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Old May 6, 2020 | 03:30 PM
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Beautiful car
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Old May 6, 2020 | 04:25 PM
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I know this is scary...but I drove and drive mine with no coating! I know, it's a serious risk, especially in these interesting times. Well, at least you can sleep safely as it's wrapped now (being Wednesday). Enjoy that gorgeous vehicle.
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Old May 6, 2020 | 06:06 PM
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Lookin' good!
I drove mine for a month before getting PPF and ceramic done...
Am assuming the installer will be doing a paint correction, there is little reason not to enjoy it!
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Old May 6, 2020 | 09:37 PM
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Dropped it off today, will get it back Tuesday. Put about 80 miles on it driving around the city and another 50 highway driving to the installer. Kept finding things to go buy so I could drive it. Keeping it below 4k RPMs felt wrong, but it is what it is. 370 more miles to go.
And the people saying it isn't worth the ROE I plan on keeping the car for at least 10 years. So the reason I am getting it is I don't want to see rock chips, not so the next guy doesn't see rock chips.
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Originally Posted by Curtens
Dropped it off today, will get it back Tuesday. Put about 80 miles on it driving around the city and another 50 highway driving to the installer. Kept finding things to go buy so I could drive it. Keeping it below 4k RPMs felt wrong, but it is what it is. 370 more miles to go.
And the people saying it isn't worth the ROE I plan on keeping the car for at least 10 years. So the reason I am getting it is I don't want to see rock chips, not so the next guy doesn't see rock chips.
Meh..............do what you want and screw what other people think. It’s not their damn car.

I love the color. Congratulations.

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Old May 10, 2020 | 01:00 PM
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Almost done!
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