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Old 06-07-2008, 12:08 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Got a beaut (translation: deep!) of a scratch in my otherwise still-showroom new 2005 A4. On the driver's side door handle (?!). A detailer got out some - - but not nearly all of it (too deep).

I'm thinking of taking it to a body shop for an estimate - - it will probably need to be sanded / painted, I presume.

Philosophical / attitudinal question - - am I nuts? Worth fixing? Or, should this fall under the header "suck it up, the car is going to get scratches from time to time. . . . "

I have similar deep scratch on the side door and the black paint is scratched thru deep enough to see white underneath. The manual says this will cause blistering and eventual corrotion eventually.Is that true? Is a paint touch up sufficient protection against corrotion?
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