Re: (Cabot)
Quote, originally posted by Cabot » |
Dog training-I'm glad you two have brought this up, because I could use some advice. I go in next month for warranty work and the dealership is going to look at the damage. I think worst case is they will have to wet sand the clear coat and reapply it, resulting in an ugly bill.
I've had this car for four months and it is/was pristine. It was my uncle's dog that did it and I would like to send the bill his way. Has anyone been through this before?
I feel awkward about it, but every time I think about that animal clawing at my new car, I get quite angry. I haven't said anything to him yet and I don't want to seem like a jerk, but I also don't need to pay for failure to train a dog. Any thoughts? |
This is a tough one if you ask me, people are VERY touchy about their dogs. I actually had this happen to me a while back with my parent's idiot dog. They have a huge Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Well, I had loaded everything up in my pickup and was getting ready to head back home. I was leaning on the hood talking to my dad when the dog jumped up on the side to stand by me. Well, in the process, he put 4 huge claw marks on the side of the hood when I pushed him down. I was pretty upset, but didn't make a big deal out of it. Well, I went inside to get something else and I mention to my mom that her dog put three nice claw marks on my hood, didn't say it like an a$$hole or anything, just mentioned it.
Well, I am pretty upset about it, they never really even reacted to it or apologized. I get back to Kansas City and my dad calls and rips me a new one for hurting my mom's feelings by commenting that THEIR DOG JUMPED ON MY HOOD!!! I was floored! I actually anticipated the call coming and they would apologize for their dumba$$ dog jumping on my nice black pickup. I let him vent and simply dropped it and hung up. I WAS FUMING!!!
Anyway, nothing was ever mentioned about it again, but you have to be careful with people's dogs, they are pretty protective.
On a side note, I used my Porter Cable DA Polisher with my Zaino PC and worked my way up to the Z2 and took care of them.
Good luck my friend, you're in a pickle.