03-16-2010, 02:43 AM
Living in Ottawa, I have to contend with drivers with diplomatic plates. I had stopped at Loblaws after work to pick up some things for dinner. Parked in between 2 cars, perfectly centered in the lines. Went in to the store for maybe 10 minutes, when I came to my car, there was silver minivan on the drivers side, parked 6" away from my car, over the yellow line on my side. The van had 5-6 feet on the drivers side. I took pictures of the parked cars, eventually wedged myself into the car and backed out.
I inspected my car, and didn't see anything at the time, it was dark and my car was covered in a layer of thick road salt. Noticed it the next morning in the driveway, called the cops and the loblaws, didn't get any recourse.
Ended up getting it PDRed and the rear bumper touched up from some damage that was on the car when I bought it.
The PDR place, Autodentist, did a great job getting the dent out; being on the body line made it more difficult. There was also a shallow 2" dent on the hood that they popped out for me. If you're in the Ottawa area, and need PDR, or small spot resprays, I would highly reccommend them.
As for the car itself, its an 05 ZX3 SE, fully loaded. It also has a factory rear swaybar, which as far as I know, was never officially offered on the SE trim. It only has 32,000km. I purchased it in August of 09 with 18,000km on it.
The Dent Before
And After
A little dirty. The snow is almost gone, but not quite, I think we are going to get snowed on again though.
Rear Sway on a SE
Anyone else have a rear sway on a 05+ SE? My car was built an April of 04, maybe the factory had left over parts.
Interior
Mind the dirty rubber matts.
Euro HVAC, XM Install, RS Knob on Steeda STS
I have some more interior parts on the way, a perforated leather shift boot, SVT ebrake handle and leather boot, black radio bezel, and a custom leather armrest from redlinegoods.com
I love that my car is finally looks unmolested, and I feel that the interior is really starting to come together.
I inspected my car, and didn't see anything at the time, it was dark and my car was covered in a layer of thick road salt. Noticed it the next morning in the driveway, called the cops and the loblaws, didn't get any recourse.
Ended up getting it PDRed and the rear bumper touched up from some damage that was on the car when I bought it.
The PDR place, Autodentist, did a great job getting the dent out; being on the body line made it more difficult. There was also a shallow 2" dent on the hood that they popped out for me. If you're in the Ottawa area, and need PDR, or small spot resprays, I would highly reccommend them.
As for the car itself, its an 05 ZX3 SE, fully loaded. It also has a factory rear swaybar, which as far as I know, was never officially offered on the SE trim. It only has 32,000km. I purchased it in August of 09 with 18,000km on it.
The Dent Before
And After
A little dirty. The snow is almost gone, but not quite, I think we are going to get snowed on again though.
Rear Sway on a SE
Anyone else have a rear sway on a 05+ SE? My car was built an April of 04, maybe the factory had left over parts.
Interior
Mind the dirty rubber matts.
Euro HVAC, XM Install, RS Knob on Steeda STS
I have some more interior parts on the way, a perforated leather shift boot, SVT ebrake handle and leather boot, black radio bezel, and a custom leather armrest from redlinegoods.com
I love that my car is finally looks unmolested, and I feel that the interior is really starting to come together.