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Old 07-23-2008, 08:50 PM   #10 (permalink)
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My 08 FXT is my first New Car - been driving used ones for 20+ years, but finally took the plunge last summer.
After just over a year,
1. Paint scraped off corner of bumper by some jackass in a parking lot (~1 month after I bought the car);
2. nice dent in back door driver's side; (another JA in parking lot)
3. 2 foot long rip in windscreen - stone chip from hell that grew 2 feet overnight (driving on Alberta roads)
4. misc. stone chips in hood (driving on Alberta roads)
5. 1 melted "Freezie" on passenger seat (my fault)
6. euro-plate & frame torn off front bumper (vandal/thief);

It's just a car, and I knew it would eventually get some "character marks", but gee, it smarts every time I see fresh evidence of some dingbat's carelessness around my XT.
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