Mike Schmidt has already told you that our VW GTI is back from its secret mission off the grid, and that it returned home with a busted tire. Well, it also returned with this curb rash. Bummer.
Scott Oldham, Editor in Chief @ 23,797 miles
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audisport says:
05:54 AM, 06/10/11
Seriously, I don't understand how someone can do this. Pay attention to where you are. I just shake my head at this kind of thing. $1000 repair I'm sure.
eidolways says:
06:07 AM, 06/10/11
I know how someone can do that. I did it to my G8 GXP. -.- There's a a nice, deep scrape on the bottom right of the front clip that took off paint and a good bit of plastic, too, and it's in just about this same spot. I ran over a curb by cutting the wheel too early pulling out of a parking spot. Stupid, stupid, stupid...
Though for the IL car, is this by any chance the same impact that took out your tire?
philaburb says:
06:09 AM, 06/10/11
Also beware of high curbs when parallel parking the GTI. I almost ground my wheels against a granite curb in my 2011 GTI while parking in town recently. Those low sidewalls don't give you any room for error. I love this car.
adamb1 says:
06:23 AM, 06/10/11
Can of white spray paint. At that angle, when standing, no one will notice.
bodyblue says:
06:55 AM, 06/10/11
Hmmmm that is right next to the damaged tire......I smell hooning......
missmymiata says:
07:18 AM, 06/10/11
What the heck is up with the secret missions?
tmanz says:
07:18 AM, 06/10/11
+1 adamb1
nobody will ever notice.
audisport says:
07:29 AM, 06/10/11
Yeah, no one will ever notice that you spray painted it... Seriously?
eidolways says:
07:34 AM, 06/10/11
Not so long as you mask it off and then spray it with a can of paint that matches the OEM paint. If you just go at it with a gloss white can $2 special from your local hardware store... Well, no. You don't just do that.
saxdogg says:
08:17 AM, 06/10/11
Story please!
cjasis says:
08:17 AM, 06/10/11
You guys are just brutal on your cars.
throttleblip says:
09:00 AM, 06/10/11
"Its" secret mission not "it's". Blame auto-correct all you want, it's still sloppy journalism.
felonious says:
09:02 AM, 06/10/11
Rally driving?
dracy69 says:
09:22 AM, 06/10/11
But did you catch Jason Bourne? Staircases can be brutal on cars I know.
billt9 says:
09:24 AM, 06/10/11
Curb rashes are cool.
Why do you need to repair that?
Such a glamour girl.
e90_m3 says:
10:17 AM, 06/10/11
"Seriously, I don't understand how someone can do this. Pay attention to where you are. I just shake my head at this kind of thing. $1000 repair I'm sure."
Nah. I had the same done by one of the better body shops here and it was $150.
pickandflick says:
10:41 AM, 06/10/11
Easy fix since it's low: get a bottle of touch up paint and a small foam brush.
oldno7 says:
11:11 AM, 06/10/11
It's hard to take you guys seriously as drivers when you can't NOT run into a curb or whatever it is you drove into. I hope the guy or girl that did this is outed so they can be openly mocked in the office.
incyphe says:
03:18 PM, 06/10/11
ah, curb rashes, the bane of owning a white car...
bai2 says:
04:03 PM, 06/10/11
can i buy this GTI for 12k after you are done with it?
bluejuke says:
12:07 AM, 06/11/11
one of the biggest reasons i went for the Juke's ride height!!! my crown vic i bottomed out multiple times a day pulling into and out of driveways, and intersections... Tulsa has some pretty nasty approach angles. even the juke rubbed the front plastic "winerack" one day and i freaked out and had to check the intercooler(it was fine).