chips on bonnet

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mutley74 wrote: »

I realise that, but dealer always told me as part of sales pitch "all cars are in top condition being from Nissan owned"....
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Oh Jesus you're a salesman's wet dream. You really need to get an attitude adjustment when it comes to dealing with sales people, especially those selling cars. They'll tell you all kinds of crap to get your money. Ignore every single word that comes out of their mouths except anything to do with money. The only thing you need to listen to from them is what they'll sell it for, what you can get them down to and what you can get them to throw in. Anything else is superfluous and should be taken with a massive bucket full of salt as its complete bollox designed to catch you off your guard and lull you into a false sense of security.

When you're looking at a car and a sales person approaches you and asks if they can help the answer is NO until you've got to the point you've had a good thorough look over it without them lurking and made a partial decision.

force_ten

the chances are the chips never went down to the metal, you normally see a chip where the topcoat is gone leaving the white base coat and on a darker coloured car they stand out like a sore thumb

sounds like somebody has had a go at it with a touch up stick and left the touch up paint proud of the original finish hence the offer to flat the bonnet for you

i didn't see any mention of the cars colour but if it is a dark colour inspect the repaired area very well as it is not unknown for dealers to get the body shop to run a rotary polisher over the paint and leaving buffer trails and holograms on the paint they wont show in certain light but when the sun shines they will really show

motorguy

mutley74 wrote: »

I realise that, but dealer always told me as part of sales pitch "all cars are in top condition being from Nissan owned"....

I was more concerned if the chip is not treated correctly, it could rust in the future. Would have expected this to be a very straightforward simple job for a main dealer. Will ask them for an update before I collect it.

Two stonechips on a used car still could fall within the realms of "top condition".

Our merc has 5,000 miles on it now and the amount of chips and marks we've attained over those miles is quite frightening. :eek:

Resolving it will cost the dealer a significant amount of money if they have to spray the bonnet - and you'll end up with a car thats been painted. Thus while its easily resolveable its not cheap. They'll have very little profit in a car like this as is, so having to spend an easy several hundred is not going to be an option.

Why did you commit to buying the car if you had (major?) concerns about two stonechips? There are no world shortages of Qashqais, surely? Or did the salesman convince you of that too?

mutley74

car is grey metallic. Dont services like Chips away offer repairs, i dont think it needs a full respray over 2 chips.

kmb500

You can get a stone chip after 1 mile of driving. It's a used car, it is going to have some scratches/chips here and there. Up to you whether you still want the car or not but if you otherwise like it then if it were me, i'd still buy it. That being said, if it is a deal breaker for you, there are plenty of Qashqais for sale that won't have the same stone chips.

I recently helped both my parents buy used cars, and the truth is no used car is perfect (that's why they cost less than new cars). You can either spend weeks and months hunting around for the perfect version of your car, but it might never come. Or, you can just look at the ones available right now and grab the best condition one.

Turn_to_Grey

"Is it worth asking dealer to ensure its protected so it does not rust in near future ?"

It won't / shouldn't rust, they are galvanised.

force_ten

looking at your other post about the sunroof it seems that you accepted the car what were the repairs to the chips on the bonnet like when you collected the car?

mutley74

force_ten wrote: »

looking at your other post about the sunroof it seems that you accepted the car what were the repairs to the chips on the bonnet like when you collected the car?

the stone chips (and a few scuffs) had been polished/flattened out and were less noticeable on day of collection.

motorguy

mutley74 wrote: »

the stone chips (and a few scuffs) had been polished/flattened out and were less noticeable on day of collection.

Chips on the bonnet, scuffs, cracked sunroof?? :eek:

The trick here would have been not to buy the car in the first place, not try and get a scruffy car up to standard.

jimjames

Turn_to_Grey wrote: »

"Is it worth asking dealer to ensure its protected so it does not rust in near future ?"

It won't / shouldn't rust, they are galvanised.

Being galvanised won't stop rust, but it will delay it. My car was galvanised, the sill still looked like this underneath...