I have the Indigo and it scratches so easy that all you have to do is look at it. For some reason the paint and clearcoat seems like it never really ever got hard. I have had German cars that the clear coat remained a little soft and flexible, by design, but I think there really may be an issue with the paint. I know I want to keep my car nice but I am realistic about it. Car paint will scratch and that is the way it is, but good grief the least little thing will go through the clearcoat on my tc. I keep it waxed too and it seems like it does not help at all. If I had to name one issue on the car that I think needs work....the paint is it. Looks good new not durable at all.
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I definitely agree. My paint seems way too sensitive. I've found scratches under the grooves behind the door handles simply from my fingernails, which I keep relatively short. Pisses me off everytime I find a new scratch
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cut your nails shorter
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yes!! all kinds of scratches
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black cherry pearl driver side door, right front fender
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I have thought about this long and hard and decided to add my opinion. I love my little black hockey puck. The interior is quality. The radio is great. The alloy wheels are killers, etc. ad nauseum. But guess what, I paid only 16.5K before taxes.
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The other two cars at the household ran a minimum of 8K more than my little black hockey puck, and guess what. The paint holds better on them.
The moral of the story is that when you don't pay a whole lot, something is going to be left out/not as good as you want. We got some great little cars here. It is OK to bitch about something we don't like, but let's keep this in perspective.
That's my opinion and I am sticking to it!
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And yes, my car has scratches too.
The other two cars at the household ran a minimum of 8K more than my little black hockey puck, and guess what. The paint holds better on them.
The moral of the story is that when you don't pay a whole lot, something is going to be left out/not as good as you want. We got some great little cars here. It is OK to bitch about something we don't like, but let's keep this in perspective.
That's my opinion and I am sticking to it!
And yes, my car has scratches too.
Right, I never said the car should be perfect. However, I don't see a problem with us asking around to check if it's a problem with one or two cars' paint or tC's in general.Originally posted by GA tC@May 27 2005, 08:32 PM
I have thought about this long and hard and decided to add my opinion. I love my little black hockey puck. The interior is quality. The radio is great. The alloy wheels are killers, etc. ad nauseum. But guess what, I paid only 16.5K before taxes.![]()
The other two cars at the household ran a minimum of 8K more than my little black hockey puck, and guess what. The paint holds better on them.
The moral of the story is that when you don't pay a whole lot, something is going to be left out/not as good as you want. We got some great little cars here. It is OK to bitch about something we don't like, but let's keep this in perspective.
That's my opinion and I am sticking to it!![]()
And yes, my car has scratches too.
Anyway, I'm still wondering; Does anyone know of any scratch remover that works?
electrikiss:
I'm in Arizona, and have had no problems with paint in the heat. My only problem is simply from scratches, which isn't a huge deal. I really wouldn't take it as a huge problem and it really wouldn't keep me from buying a tC.
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Second day I had my Scion (had it less than a week now) I woke up and found a bird had crapped on it. So I washed it off and it had ate through the clear coat and left a nice permanent mark in HOURS time!
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I bought the paint protection because for $300 all the damage is warrantied for 5 years.
I was MAD to say the LEAST though!
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I bought the paint protection because for $300 all the damage is warrantied for 5 years.
I was MAD to say the LEAST though!
I gotta get that bird S#$T of right now......SEE YA!
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I took it in today and they removed the damage.
The body shop manager told me he has done TONS of warranty work lately with the Scions because they are in such high demand, that the plastic put on the new cars is actually bonding with the paint because they are not allowing it to dry properly.
He recommended I wait till the end of August to have the paint protection put on to make sure its really dry, that way it will stick better.
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The body shop manager told me he has done TONS of warranty work lately with the Scions because they are in such high demand, that the plastic put on the new cars is actually bonding with the paint because they are not allowing it to dry properly.
He recommended I wait till the end of August to have the paint protection put on to make sure its really dry, that way it will stick better.
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