Recent content by Tarik

The car in question is a 2010 Subaru Forester XT with leather (perforated, which makes no sense, but so be it). My wife drives it daily and my daughter (23 months) sits in the car seat and generally snacks on whatever she's given while in motion (rasins, cheerios, apples, cheese, etc). At...

A few weeks back, some low life degenerate decided to vandalize my new STI for no apparent reason (the original thread: http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing/125765-my-new-sti-vandalized-need-advice.html). Below are photos of the damage. I am also posting photos of the fix, which was...

This is what happened to my 1 month old Subaru STI. I have scheduled to drop off the car on Monday to a reputable auto/body shop to have the fender repaired. This, unfortunately, involves spraying parts of the door, hood and front bumper to properly blend the new paint color. Because I am...

3 weeks ago I purchased my new 350Z and asked them to leave the car wrapped in plastic. They had never done this before and thought I was simply crazy, but I insisted. I drove it home, plastic flapping in the wind. I worked on the car the following day - it was a mess, to say the least. I...

Thanks in advance for any tips/advice... I bought a new black Audi (the agony...!) that was marred by the dealer who used an oribiting abbrasive polish on the new finish. Many, many $'s later it looks much better but I have a maintenance problem (it has not looked that good since the...

The first two posts of this thread outline my problem (off an Audi forum): http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2289164 But here's the skinny: I bought a new A3. The dealer went to town (before delivery) with an inexperienced individual using some sort of rotary (pics if you go to the...