Originally Posted by
Binkley2001
Thanks, it really is a neat little machine. Surprisingly roomy for both passenger & driver, definately something suitable for long haul trips. I hope it becomes a second `fun car` in the household, readily avaliable for use if that style fits your fancy on any given day. I take the Vette, she takes the Cayman and vice versa, everybody has something fun to drive each day.
While it will be put away November thru April, since it`s not brand new, less worry about `road incidents` so will be driven more than just on `good` days, so kinda half-way between daily driver and weekend-only/fair weather only car.
The paint is overall in excellent condition but pulling out the Scangrip, you can find some evidence of the 12k miles on it, not all of which can be polished out. Nice thing is, with the gray metallic it`s very, very hard to find these spots. Fixed up a few with Flex, GG Correcting cream, Urofiber pad yesterday to see how the paint would be, pretty easy to work with. Dropped some Overcoat on it and gonna let in ride for a week or 2 to see what else I see in a variety of light situations; sometimes stuff I dont see when I`m looking for it is easily noticed when I`m just walking past the car on a sunny day. Then I`ll decide what to do.
Probably down to two choices, the full Kamikaze deal or Polish Angel Primer + Cosmic Spraycoat + High Gloss Paste Wax. The Polish Angel route, while less robust than Kami, would be easier to apply (and reapply in the event of scratch needing fixing down the road) so that has some appeal benefits.
While the PPF on the Vette is a great way to go in that situation, with the more forgivable gray paint that already has a few flaws on this car, just not sure its worth the investment. I`d probably worry more about the car if I sunk that kinda money into it. I don`t wanna worry so much about this car, I just wanna drive it.
This car may actually be a keeper; fun as heck to drive, comfortable, great sounds outta the exhaust, nice appealing and somewhat forgiving paint color...and hopefully a relatively` trouble-free ownership experience. I guess I like smaller, lighter, more go-cart-ish cars as opposed to larger, louder things.
One of my favorites was my 2016 Subie WRX that grew old quickly...fun as heck but not all that comfortable and felt somewhat `sparse` as time went on. This thing is kinda like that on steroids with a bit if comfort and convenience thrown in.
Probably not gonna fix the small chips now, so hard to see than ya have to be looking and I think having a less than 110% perfect car us actually gonna make it more enjoyable overall.
Or, the whole thing ends up as yet another item`on my list of `Things that seemed like a good idea at the time`. Only time will tell, I guess.
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