My 1999 S4

[Pherral]

Hi, my first post and i have finaly got an S4! but....

I have been looking through the forums for a while and decided to stop looking and start buying. After checks lots of garages and sites for a car i finaly decied on a Green S4, slightly high milage but within my budget! The test drive went well and I bought it on saturday. All went well until i got it home. My brother and me where sorting a few bits inside the car when a friend arrived and asked to look under the bonnet and commented on what a beast of an engine it was

2 hours later we set of to the cinema and 1 mile away from home I discovered that my friend did not close the bonnet properly cos it flipped up and smashed itself of my windscreen.........managed to stop it safely thankfully........thought i was going to cry.

So windscreen to be replaced tomorrow and bonnet if i have enough money sometime this week will be replaced too.

Not a great start but I am determind to keep going. Love the car

[arS4]

I'd be getting the "friend" to at least put his hand in his wallet as a contribution - not because he has to (thta's your own fault!), but as a goodwill thing!!

VERY bad luck though

Dano

ps, welcome to the BBS

[arS4]

I'd be getting the "friend" to at least put his hand in his wallet as a contribution - not because he has to (thta's your own fault!), but as a goodwill thing!!

VERY bad luck though

Dano

ps, welcome to the BBS

[s4woody]

welcome to the forum and sorry to hear about ya bonnet incident..hope you weren,t hurt..

[Pherral]

Thanks for the greeting and yes the friend is looking very sheepish and at his wallet

[arS4]

I thought my post was so important, I'd post twice more likely to be a case of "keyboard stutter"

Dan

[mikeyquattro]

Ouch!
Welcome to the site

[DavidT]

Ooops, sorry to hear about that, welcome to the site and as suggested elsewhere, a wanted post in the for sale/wanted forum may net you a second hand bonnet.

[Pherral]

I have already purchased a bonnet and its primed , just need to find somewhere up here (inverness) to get a good paint job

Thanks for the replies

Kev

[mikeyquattro]

Nice!
Did it hit the leading edge of the roof?

Can't help with the paint, My brother is top notch with paint, but were a feckin long way away!!

[Pherral]

Thankfully and the damage was to the windscreen and the bonnet. No damage to the roof or to the um....word fails me....bits either side of widscreen oh but a nick each side on the wings.

[mikeyquattro]

Is it metallic? If it is, you should get the bonnet painted in situ and flicked off both wings.

[Pherral]

Yes its metallic, awesome idea about the flicking.....awesome.......super...smashing...................ok i have no idea what ur talking about

[mikeyquattro]

To fade a metallic paint out when doing a repair, you should paint adjacent panels to fade the colour in. I'm no painter, but my bro is, and he knows his stuff!!

[dazzer]

[quote="mikeyquattro"]To fade a metallic paint out when doing a repair, you should paint adjacent panels to fade the colour in. I'm no painter, but my bro is, and he knows his stuff!![/quote

He knows you know - it's the only way to do metallic properly.