tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128895696776462638.post2944361197436323005..comments2023-07-18T05:02:39.873-07:00Comments on Interlagos: GTI Ownership: Rock ChipsGary Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128895696776462638.post-65258338076315760412013-04-12T06:47:15.693-07:002013-04-12T06:47:15.693-07:00Never did get the 3M film as it was prohibitively ...Never did get the 3M film as it was prohibitively expensive and the two installers I called never returned my calls.Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128895696776462638.post-71897431390899005552011-11-25T15:54:10.422-08:002011-11-25T15:54:10.422-08:00I think you may have misread my comment. I was say...I think you may have misread my comment. I was saying that the paint jobs are a LOT better now than they were back when water-based paints were brand new, in the 90s. Back then, bird droppings would eat away paint frighteningly fast, whereas nowadays a new car can shrug them off. Gary being who he is, he wouldn't let any such thing sit, but the slovenly rest of us would, and now we don't pay for it as we used to.Silas Humphreyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639832677140104872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128895696776462638.post-74869408147671123532011-11-25T15:45:50.003-08:002011-11-25T15:45:50.003-08:00would a 2011 GTI fit into "early tries"?...would a 2011 GTI fit into "early tries"? this surprises me.JSHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332469750447812216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128895696776462638.post-79759678346103658702011-07-31T20:13:30.211-07:002011-07-31T20:13:30.211-07:00Water-based paint has gotten a lot better than it ...Water-based paint has gotten a lot better than it used to be. Most modern paint jobs can withstand bird droppings, for example, which was not the case with the earlier tries...Silas Humphreyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639832677140104872noreply@blogger.com