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Hey guys, I am continually amazed at how plain stupid some people can be. I'm afraid I have discovered a new hazard for us SSR owners to be on guard against.
A couple fo days ago, I glanced out of my hotel window, and saw 2 very overweight women at my SSR. One was wielding a camera, while the other was trying to SIT on my HOOD, so her freind could snap her pciture!!
She was having trouble getting into and staying "in position" since she visibly weighed at LEAST 225 lb, probably more. Since the hotel windows don't open, I couldn't yell to her (probably a good thing in hindsight given what I am sure I would have said), so I ran downstairs and out to the parking areas as fast as I could. Naturally, she and he companion had waddled off by the time I got there, and I had no idea where they had gone.
The SSR had been suggested to several days of 3000 count pollen deposition here in Atlanta (EVERYthing is producing pollen), and it had also rained a few times in the last few days, so it was really impossible to see how badly her a** had hurt my SSR's hood.
Today, I took it for its weekly handwash at the usual place, and the guys there know me well, and so the guy detailing and waxing it after the handwash drew me over and showed me several surface scratches her a** had left on the hood. Fortunately, he said not to sweat it, as even without a pro pain or body man, these guys in the detail shop know how to remove light swirls and scratches from a vehicle's surface without attacking the clearcoat too much. He did a great job, and so once we got out of the detail room's intense lights, The scratches are pretty much invisible unless you knew they had been there and looked very closely.
But, it of course really pissed me off. I'm sure she just had no idea, just like people who try to put their purse on you car while they look for their keys, and idiots who place their son on your fender to tie his shoelace (I heard this one from Buffy today!).
Our vehciles are such MAGNETS for these screwballs. I hate to think we need to start installing very sensitive motion sensors, as those, when set sensitive enough to react and frighten these clods off, tend to go nuts even in a light wind. And of course, we don't want to have to mount signs on all 4 sides that say
"Hey dipsy, paint is more fragile than you think, so stay away from mine!"
Any ideas (other than automatic flamethrowers)?
Jim G
A couple fo days ago, I glanced out of my hotel window, and saw 2 very overweight women at my SSR. One was wielding a camera, while the other was trying to SIT on my HOOD, so her freind could snap her pciture!!
She was having trouble getting into and staying "in position" since she visibly weighed at LEAST 225 lb, probably more. Since the hotel windows don't open, I couldn't yell to her (probably a good thing in hindsight given what I am sure I would have said), so I ran downstairs and out to the parking areas as fast as I could. Naturally, she and he companion had waddled off by the time I got there, and I had no idea where they had gone.
The SSR had been suggested to several days of 3000 count pollen deposition here in Atlanta (EVERYthing is producing pollen), and it had also rained a few times in the last few days, so it was really impossible to see how badly her a** had hurt my SSR's hood.
Today, I took it for its weekly handwash at the usual place, and the guys there know me well, and so the guy detailing and waxing it after the handwash drew me over and showed me several surface scratches her a** had left on the hood. Fortunately, he said not to sweat it, as even without a pro pain or body man, these guys in the detail shop know how to remove light swirls and scratches from a vehicle's surface without attacking the clearcoat too much. He did a great job, and so once we got out of the detail room's intense lights, The scratches are pretty much invisible unless you knew they had been there and looked very closely.
But, it of course really pissed me off. I'm sure she just had no idea, just like people who try to put their purse on you car while they look for their keys, and idiots who place their son on your fender to tie his shoelace (I heard this one from Buffy today!).
Our vehciles are such MAGNETS for these screwballs. I hate to think we need to start installing very sensitive motion sensors, as those, when set sensitive enough to react and frighten these clods off, tend to go nuts even in a light wind. And of course, we don't want to have to mount signs on all 4 sides that say
"Hey dipsy, paint is more fragile than you think, so stay away from mine!"
Any ideas (other than automatic flamethrowers)?
Jim G