So, after over a month of waiting I went to see my baby yesterday after talking to the bodyshop. And I'm disappointed. The car was painted, but not buffed and was covered in dust, so I coudln't tell how the paint job was, except for a large obvious run on the back bumper... Still no headlights or taillights. The front glass apparently needs some kind of weatherstripping that they didn't know about, so the front window isn't in. The back glass was put in crooked, and needs to be redone. The wheels were repainted - but they didn't clean the brake dust/dirt off the inside of the wheels - they painted over it! Argh. Can you tell I'm not really very happy??? When I told the guy at the body shop that I wasn't happy about them not even having the paint job finished in 32 days, he started to give me attitude (ie - telling me I didn't know how bodyshop work goes, how long it takes, etc).

So, I'm going to stop by again tomorrow and make 'em clean the dust off so I can check the paint, and I'll give them a list of everything I find wrong so they can fix it.

of course, next monday my insurance rental has to be returned, so I have to get them to cover the rental, too I suppose - after all, the car would be drivable with the scratched head/tailights, so if they haven't been able to complete the other repairs in 40 days, I dont' really feel it's my responsibility to cover a loaner car, but theirs.

thanks for listening to my rant!

B