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Is it just me, or is almost every bodyshop have flakes working there, or owning the shop?
I got the call today to pick up my OT Camaro from the bodyshop, as the repairs were "done". So he tells me it will be ready in about 45 minutes, so I can take it home. I get there and it's sitting outside with polishing compound running down the sides, and deck lid. The interior I covered with old sheets is trashed, and the sheets are piled behind the seats. Under the hood looks like a talcum powder bomb went off, and there's primer overspray all over the windshield and one side window!
I see the cleanup guy run out and say, "I spaced it off, and didn't wash your car yet!"
So I wait while he does a quick hose off, and calls it good. I start pointing out the overspray, so the owner comes out with steel wool and cleaner and does the windows. Then I open the doors and see the windows have been down while they rubbed it out, and compound is running down both inside door panels, and the seats have puddles of dried compound on them.
After another hour of cleaning I finally decide I'll take it home and finish myself. It's gonna take me another two weeks of cleaning before it looks like it did when they got it, and that wont even touch the undercarriage!
I've had this same sort of story from most of my friends, and it seems that most shops are careless in keeping cars clean, and in such a hurry they don't take time to clean up after themselves. Total baloney.
I got the call today to pick up my OT Camaro from the bodyshop, as the repairs were "done". So he tells me it will be ready in about 45 minutes, so I can take it home. I get there and it's sitting outside with polishing compound running down the sides, and deck lid. The interior I covered with old sheets is trashed, and the sheets are piled behind the seats. Under the hood looks like a talcum powder bomb went off, and there's primer overspray all over the windshield and one side window!
I see the cleanup guy run out and say, "I spaced it off, and didn't wash your car yet!"
So I wait while he does a quick hose off, and calls it good. I start pointing out the overspray, so the owner comes out with steel wool and cleaner and does the windows. Then I open the doors and see the windows have been down while they rubbed it out, and compound is running down both inside door panels, and the seats have puddles of dried compound on them.
After another hour of cleaning I finally decide I'll take it home and finish myself. It's gonna take me another two weeks of cleaning before it looks like it did when they got it, and that wont even touch the undercarriage!
I've had this same sort of story from most of my friends, and it seems that most shops are careless in keeping cars clean, and in such a hurry they don't take time to clean up after themselves. Total baloney.