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

In article <48eb5314$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>,
David Slelton <david.skelton8758@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> 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 ?

The finish on my '97 E39 is poor too. Thought they were all like this.
Other thing which annoys is the base coat only under the bonnet and on the
boot guttering.

At one time I put it down to their early adoption of water based paints -
but I had my old car resprayed in this (plain black) and it's a super
finish.

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*And don't start a sentence with a conjunction *

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
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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


Not SNOWS of Portsmouth?
--

Sir Hugh of Bognor

The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.

Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it!

Hugh Gundersen
hsg@h-gee.co.uk
Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK

"David Slelton" <david.skelton8758@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:48eb5314$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> Hi All,
>
> Recently had to spend half a day at a stealership in the South of England

You were in France. I'm sorry!

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:14:28 -0400, "Roscoe" <me@home.net> wrote:

>
>
>"David Slelton" <david.skelton8758@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:48eb5314$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Recently had to spend half a day at a stealership in the South of England
>
>You were in France. I'm sorry!


Huh? Where does France creep in to South of England - have they managed to
invade? I thought it was a bit quiet on the chunnel front - they were just
waiting for a diversion of interest to take over - by gum lad it's taken them
1000 years to have another go.

--

Sir Hugh of Bognor

The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.

Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it!

Hugh Gundersen
hsg@h-gee.co.uk
Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK