"Oh no! There is not a mark on my baby!"
There is no overspray allowed in the factory???
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He takes his now five-year-old baby to MR BMW for complete tech inspection. At first sight, Mr BMW, says I remember this car! Hans the Kanuz service master, just had to take the hot new car for a ride and hit a curb!!!
The car had other minor issues, my friend is a physician, not a gear head. It had a slight wheel imbalance at speed and slight pull to the left. He always took it to Knauz, they told him the must have hit a curb or pothole!! New tire for the new car$$$ he paid!!! When that did not repair it , they told him it needed a new wheel $$$$ CRAZY MONEY, he paid! They adjusted the alignment, then it pulled to the right!$$$ He paid, that was the last time at the dealer.
There should have been NO RUNOUT! Blued, screwed and tattooed.
This has happened since the dawn of the auto industry.
There was a thread on a old Ford truck forum where son was restoring Dad’s truck that Dad purchased new.
It had always been a mystery why the truck took so long to get delivery of since, although it was ordered, it wasn’t really that unique.
When it was stripped to metal, several nicely repaired bullet holes were found on one side. It was theorized that it was likely hit while on the train in route to the dealer. Another reason that auto transport cars now are almost solid sided.
Years ago a HS student in Iowa bought a new Ford pickup and it turned out it had been totaled but the dealership repaired it and sold as new. The dealership went under shortly afterwards.