New A4 w/ clearcoat damage

[Craig D. Niederst]

They do (called RapGard), but it has a date on it which it has to be removed
(I guess so it isn't real hard to remove and leaves adhesive on the paint
which would probably be a PITA to get off). I looked today, and his car was
built in 9/00, so I guess its been there awhile (but only has 175 miles on
it).

Craig
'92 100S (93k)
'86 CGT (199k)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Nas" <tnas at euronet.nl>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Cc: "Craig D. Niederst" <niederst at telerama.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: New A4 w/ clearcoat damage


> "Craig D. Niederst" <niederst at telerama.com> wrote:
>
> >A co-worker of mine whose '98 A4 2.8Q is coming off lease just leased a
new
> >'01. Its black, so every paint defect is very obvious. When he bought the
> >car, it had spots on all the horizontal surfaces, which the dealer said
was
> >sap from sitting near trees
>
> Don't they cover cars in protective wax pre-deliv in the US? All cars here
> in Europe are covered in goo which is only washed off when the car gets
its
> PDI...
>
> Regards, Tom
>