[ponygirl]

I had a mechanic near campus that I think I visited at least once a week to "adjust the idle." It never lasted more than a couple of days before I was back to gear-down-brake-clutch-neutral-rev-accelerator-handbrake-drift-to-stop-with-accelerator-to-the-floor.

And then there was the time I was at the car wash, working it over with one of those long-handled brushes. I noticed that the soap starting turning green, like Irish Spring. Wow, cool soap! When I rinsed it off, I realized that I had scrubbed the paint off. 😳 I was petrified to tell my dad, who had just had the Beetle repainted a few years prior. I got home, told him the paint looked weird. He went out and looked at it (the paint was still there, but had turned a "matte green.") I thought he was going to be furious, but he just shrugged and told me not to wash it with those brushes anymore... I guess it had been a cheapo paint job. So then I had to hand wash it with a bucket and chamois!

[Porkchop]

***...I guess it had been a cheapo paint job...

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I think I went to the same place!



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[Oratam]

I realized that I had scrubbed the paint off....I guess it had been a cheapo paint job.