Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 09:55 am, by: Nick Bentley(Crazymax)
hey guys, i have been having some very bad thoughts of late. might have to sell my soarer. the problem is that i have just moved to sydney (on the beach having to park on the street)and im worried of three different things... 1. that someone will steal it. ive already cought one guy trying to brake in the other morning. lucky i was up at 5am getting ready for work and heard the alarm. 2.someone may run into it and just drive off. apparently this is common in sydney and my girlfriend has seen it happen. so this and the many other stories ive heard about it scares me. 3. and last but most important, just after 4 days of washing it the salt and what not on the paint is so thick if feels like sand paper.
so my question is what can i do??? moving is not an option. but i dont wonna sell the boat (soarer)
how long will it take before the paint will start to suffer?
i love my car, dont wonna resort to selling it and buying some heapa if i dont have to.
and help or past experiences would be great cheers
Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 10:38 am, by: Nick Bentley(Crazymax)
Mark Paddick wrote on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 10:30 am:
1. you won't get anything for it these days (certainly not what they are worth, especially in Sydney).
sorry just woke up.bit slow.... wont get anything for car??
car is insured. so my major concern is paint damage.... as my brother said, if i try and sell it in a year, so one will take a car that has sat on a beach for that long.
wish i could move. but just signed 1 year lease and house is in too good a spot to move.. really close to both mine and my girl friends work
Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 02:32 pm, by: Cristian Gruber(Cgru2)
Dude im sure your not the only person in Australia with a car, that leaves near the ocean.
Big deal ... if you were driving a prestige car, yeah you'd have concerns about the paint. But its only a Soarer, worse comes to owrse just respray it every 2-3 years if you intend to keep it that long.
And stealing is stealing, the risk is about the same anywhere in the big cities.
Yeah it would be great to have a garage to store it, but I mean yours isnt the only car around on the street.
Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 02:45 pm, by: Haydn Crandell(Haydn)
what if you get hit by a bus? •••• you wont have to worry about salt air .geez live a little stop worrying ,paint job every 2-3 years thats a bit extreme .i have lived near the beach for 30 years has never effected my paint on my soarer in the 2.5 years i have had it .
Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 10:49 am, by: Haydn Crandell(Haydn)
sure is!! then again im not in sydney.you could always sleep in it ,i have never had a car insured ,they want $2000 a year for me.so i just look at it this way ,i have saved $5000 in 2.5 years.
Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 12:47 pm, by: Nick Bentley(Crazymax)
yeah. my alarm isnt too bad. and it is parked right under my bedroom window. and its fully insured as well. so stolen isnt my biggest concern. yeah i pay 1700 a year. through just cars.
well if urs has been ok for that amount of time. i dont see why mine wouldnt be. wash once a week. maybe respray in a few years.
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