He touched my car

[dellzeqq]

So if someone scratched your pride and joy be it a car, bike, painting, pogo stick, colouring book (quite likely for some on this forum) or child's face, you'd be okay with that because it still functions fine?
One of the best lessons I ever received as a teen was having to repair/or pay for the repair of the damage I did to my mums car with the handlebars of my bike. Seems to me a few here could do with a similar lesson.

I think resting a hand on a car is probably a minor thing. Not worth the worry. Suntan lotion or no suntan lotion. If the suntan lotion makes a mark it's probably best the contemplate the transitory nature of things.

Then again, since the car in front of our house is fifteen years old and hasn't suffered from lotion, poo or bug abuse I'm probably pretty cheery about the whole paint thing.

 

[dellzeqq]

To be fair to the car obsessed here, it probably has but you haven't noticed.

now there's a thought. I should go out and check, and if there's the slightest blemish I should get really, really angry.

Why is it that baby lotion doesn't damage the glaze on my bike?

 

[dellzeqq]

If you did that to my car you'd soon have your hand on the road, because I'd get out of my car and put you on your arse. Have respect for other people and that includes their property.

wow! Have you thought about this?

 

[green1]

Why is it that baby lotion doesn't damage the glaze on my bike?

Because your bike has probably been powder coated.

 

[dellzeqq]

Although we might suspect that baby oil weakens titanium.

ah! A very interesting thought! Is this yet another reason for sticking with carbon?

 

[dellzeqq]

Because your bike has probably been powder coated.

I beg your pardon! What kind of chap do you take me for! Powder (or the talcum variety) is for innertubes and not frames!

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Yes, it is a serious technique for getting to the nub of the question, and most importantly not out of context at all. Removing everything else from someone's post, other than the immediate point being addressed, makes it much clearer for everyone to read. Ignore me as you will, it's an internet forum just do whatever you want, you think I would care?

Well, as i guessed, you ignored the question and picked at something else. There is no going forward with this or with you so i will respectfully bow out of the conversation. Adios.

 

[green1]

I beg your pardon! What kind of chap do you take me for! Powder (or the talcum variety) is for innertubes and not frames!

Who uses talc on inner tubes these days? Use lard man! but leave enough to do the chips afterwards.

 

[screenman]

Point to another person who talked about water borne paint on cars, it is laquered over with a laquer a twin pack one containing isocyanate, if it were not it would wash off first time it rained. Unfortunately although quite durable is does scratch, now there are on the market self repairing laquers, anti scratch laquers and many other types of laquer.

 

[mangaman]

I have been president of vice for a large cycling club.

What does that entail?

 

[screenman]

Mangaman, that was a late post for me and should have said vice chairman, I just tried to introduce a very small bit of humour to the post. Sorry I failed.

 

[dellzeqq]

Point to another person who talked about water borne paint on cars, it is laquered over with a laquer a twin pack one containing isocyanate, if it were not it would wash off first time it rained. Unfortunately although quite durable is does scratch, now there are on the market self repairing laquers, anti scratch laquers and many other types of laquer.

there you go! No need to rip the little horrors' arms off now! Chillax!

 

[screenman]

Just a thought, if on your ride you see a car a Passat Estate in fact fully sign written with Paintless Dent Repair on it then you are more than welcome to lean on it, and I will not get out and slap you.

Have a good ride, I know I just have even though it was wet and windy.

dellzeqq, thing about those special laquers is they do not work very well. Most cal laquers scratch quite easily which is why my detailing lads are so busy. Note, detailing not valeting, different thing in our trade.

 

[srw]

No - your detailing lads are busy because Brits are very precious about their cars and will get the smallest little scratch repaired. Your business model wouldn't last a week in France or Italy!

 

[Norm]

green1 is also equating scratching a child's face with scratching a car - I think this is the point where I decide I can get no further with this person and bow out for a bit.

I thought that was quite a good analogy. The comment was that, if I don't care about something which belongs to someone else, I can do with it as I will as long as it doesn't ruin the other person use. Never mind respect or trespass or whatever, I could daub paint over houses, park on anyone's property, picnic in their gardens, hang flags from their chimney stacks, as long as I don't care what I'm doing or spoil their use of their property.

Just to make it clear, the case was made that...

... the people you are arguing with here really don't care about the paintwork on your car

Although, whilst typing that, the words "(other people's) property is theft" came to mind, which could be the root issue here.