Roger Tulk
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I have an 11 year old Saturn S, with 365,000 km on the clock (that's about 225,000 miles) It had the engine rebuilt twice at about 100,000 km, but still drives almost as well as it did new. It was looking pretty shabby, as the driver's side mirror was held together by duct tape, and there were lots of stone chips and areas the size of a quarter or more that had no paint. So, I got a replacement mirror and a replacement license plate holder and license plates (the front license plate disappeard sometime in JUne,) went to Canadian Tire, bought a can of spray lacquer that almost matches the original colour, and painted over the worst areas.
Now, if you are standing ten feet from the car, at night, you can hardly tell that it's been touched up. I'm thinking of getting a cheap paint job in the spring. I'll never get back what I put into it in the next year or so, but I will at least not be disgraced by my car.
Now, if you are standing ten feet from the car, at night, you can hardly tell that it's been touched up. I'm thinking of getting a cheap paint job in the spring. I'll never get back what I put into it in the next year or so, but I will at least not be disgraced by my car.