This will apply to LBCs, but it concerns my main transportation, a 1987
Subaru, purchased 3 years ago from---a little old lady. The car had 9,500
miles on it, and the color is a kind of cinnamon-rose that matched the
little old lady's living room upholstry. Well, the other day I got slightly
bumped in the parking lot at the R. rear trunck lid, went to the insurance
co., got an estimate of $730 less my $200 deductible to fix it.
I hate the color of the car. It's just >not me<. Do I spend the money at a
"legitimate" body shop and leave the car in the original color, or do I have
the car >inexpensively< repainted in a color I like? We're talking about a
driver, here, of course. But is it possible to have a car repainted for
around $730, including a quick spray of door jams, under hood, under trunk
lid, and have the finish last. . . .What about Maaco? Can they do what
they say? Can I get into trouble doing this? Or should I just grin and
bear the original color?
--Phil Haldeman
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