I see them. They are gigantofrickinormous, so they take a second to load and resize...the one with the wife crying is cute...sorry about the BatMINI, but at least its drivable now

 

I see them looks painfull

 

ouch!!!

I can see them now

 

That's gonna be a new hood, in my nonprofessional opinion. Ouch!

 

Ouch dude.

As for the garage people, have you thought about possible litigation? Did you sign some kind of waiver with them back when you first started parking there? I refuse to believe that you'll have to foot the bill for their negligence. Knowing what they did and how they won't accept responsibility really ticks me off, so I can imagine how you feel about it!

 

Looking at the map more closely, its more of a Montgomery county issue since you have to drive south to cross the river before you go northwest up to Sterling. Only parts of NE and SE Washington will actually be closer to Tate. How is the loaner program out at Sterling? I may start going there for service.

 

Last time I was there they had an Enterprise desk but that was about last August. I think all three dealers probably have the same rules now ... You buy the car there, its free. You don't buy it there, you pay. Although I believe Towson said they would pay for the first day free (dont quite remember)

 

Are they going to have it fixed by the Dragon???

For steppin' up w/ the panoramic picture, I'll let you take a pass at the Dragon in Jango if you have to hitch a ride... I'll bring some Dramamine, just in case!

 

Don't misunderstand, I'll be @ the Dragon, banged up hood or not! :D

 

That's the spirit!

 

Damn, Will, what an unbelievably frustrating saga. You seem to be keeping your composure much better that I would be, if I were in your shoes.

I think you should go buy a lottery ticket. You can't possibly have any more bad luck!

Look forward to seeing yuo and the BatMINI at the Dragon!

 

1st the MINI doesn't have a hood -
2nd I though you were going to have fixed this week, what happened?

MD STREGA2

 

I got one of those once, I took it back and got a Z4

 

bleech - kia optima hemorroids..

 

Sorry to hear about Batmini. Garages will deny everything and anything. Next time you've got service issues (if you are at the dealership you bought the car from) talk to your MA or the Sales Manager and they will put pressure on service to make things right.

 

My MA quit, and the Sales manager blew me off when I went to talk about getting a second Mini for Misses Wagnbat... So I doubt he'd be helpful. And Tate's chain of command dictates that BMW service manager runs Mini service from across the street.

 

Body shop called... Hood is painted and mounted... They went to mount the stripes, and claim the stripes are too short for the hood.

I leave for the Dragon in about 17 hours, and have to pick the car up in about 5. Doesn't leave much time for a fix, and I can't get ahold of the vinyl company.

Also, could not get a replacement scoop, because there's a "national outage", so the body shop patched the fiberglass & repainted...

So much for going to the Dragon fixed.

EDIT:
Talked to the vinyl peeps... Seems instead of making the stripes as the same as when I ordered last year, they made them 'factory' style so that the stripes don't touch either end of the hood... Not happy... I wanted it the same... Too late to fix now.