Hi John,

I bought my 1st new car this year. A $50,000+ Mitsubishi pajero. I selected a white one so if it had to be repaired there would not be any complications with the paint match etc. I had minor collision, reversed it in to a tree: about $2000 worth.

I am taking it back to an aami assessor tomorrow for the 4th time. I am asking them to replace it with a new vehicle which I told them I would do if it wasn't right on the 3rd attempt. Painting cars is a very trickey job as I have repaired a lot of cars myself over the last 40 years. With state of the art equipment they have today.There is no exuse not to doisfactory job.Regards col.

PS I love your radio shows on Radio 2UE - both the weekend motoring & general midnight to dawn show.

Sincerely,

Colin

Q&A, hondaJohn Cadogan11 November 2013honda, civic, q&a, sale, used car, private sale, redbookComment

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