On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:14:26 +0100, "David Slelton"
<david.skelton8758@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Recently had to spend half a day at a stealership in the South of England
>whilst my car's paint was being repaired (again) after they had damaged it
>(again), and I was checking out the new BMWs in the showroom.
>I was appalled by the quality of the paint finish on the 1's, 3's and the
>Z4. The orange peel effect was very noticeable, to the extent that when
>looking at the reflection of a thin straight line (a showroom window's
>joint, for example) on any vehicle's paintwork, it wasn't a straight line,
>but a series of dashes. I've seen smoother finishes on a post box.
>The 5's were better, but not much.
>I said to one of the sales staff how poor I thought it was, and he just
>shrugged his shoulders and replied that that is what they are like these
>days.
>
>Any one else noticed this ?
>
>regards
>
>David
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