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You know what I think? Actually it doesn't matter what I think because people love to get the last word in. If you didn't like the color, then it definitely is your opinion. I just so happen to agree with Dom in that he DID ask you what you would have done differently. I believe he asked 2-3 times and never got any response until you finally said something about the burnt orange. Hell I'll admit, I have wanted this color on my car since I bought it new in 2000(Wish it was an option), but didn't care for it so much with the first 3 pictures that Todd posted. I guess it had to be the lighting. Add that to the fact that I could tell it probably still had a nice thick coat of dust and that the car was not completely put back together. I personally just stood back and waited to see a finished product, in some better light. After I saw it with the sideskirts, and in the sun, I would gladly drive that car. I think if everyone could lighten the hell up and realize that opinions are like A-holes in that obviously Kremit and ZX2 both have HUGE ones, then we might all get along.  Mark
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by zgendron:
And Kremit, why did you even get involved? Definately wasn't your place. Stop ruining a basically good thread already. If you want to talk about the Paint Job, fine. Otherwise take it to PM or something. As in your own words...
I got involved because I know Chris and know what he meant. Why are you getting involved. Definitely isn't your place. Dom seemed to have wanted to ruin this thread himself. I'm not gonna let him bash Chris just because he didn't like the color. I think Dom took it all wrong, but how many times do I have to say it was just the color Chris was talking about before Dom understands?
I'm sorry. I have to agree with the herd on this one. Exactly what do you have to contribute to this thread besides stick up for Chris? I don't see anyone else sticking up for him, what he said was in poor taste.. Very poor. So I took a shot at him at his expense, that was after he put me and my decisions down. I didn't ruin my own thread - I didn't open my mouth first did I? Hell, I didn't even start this thread so please I'll ask you also - Let it go.
On another note... Next week plan on having complete pics and hopefully I can find somewhere scenic (inner city here) to take pictures at...lol
-Dom
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I see the future of this thread ---> 
Ryan
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Chris just stated that he didn't like the color and you misunderstood. How the hell is that in poor taste? You're just angry cuz he doesn't like the color you painted it. I don't know why you're taking it so hard. You've got a serious problem. Maybe you should seek help from a doctor or something. It's OK for people to not agree with your choices, you don't have to try forcing them to like it.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
I think if everyone could lighten the hell up and realize that opinions are like A-holes in that obviously Kremit and ZX2 both have HUGE ones, then we might all get along.
Wow, you're so mature, I should learn from you. You're just like Dom, pissed that not everyone is in love with dirty gray or whatever it's called.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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Originally posted by BuckeyeSVT:
I'm sorry. I have to agree with the herd on this one.
-Dom
A likely decision.
Originally posted by BuckeyeSVT:
Exactly what do you have to contribute to this thread besides stick up for Chris? I don't see anyone else sticking up for him, what he said was in poor taste.. Very poor. So I took a shot at him at his expense, that was after he put me and my decisions down.
He stuck up for me because you took cheap shots at my mishap in return for my "poor taste" in your car color.
I still don't understand how I did so. I'll even direct you to parts of the response I gave to BMR, which it appears you seem to have so casually passed over:
Originally posted by SAV-ZX2:
3. Dom has every right to defend his car. I know that. He knows that.
I'm trying to let it go and give Dom the courtesy I have left in letting other people view his thread without misfires such as this one. He put a lot of time into his CSVT and he deserves such recognition, FCO or CEG alike.
And yet you still put me up as the one "driving the bus." I don't know anything else I can do to satisfy you other than kiss your shoes, which I refuse to do.
So this is your thread. You can have the last word if you feel that's necessary. I just don't want any more trouble with you since I don't know YOU on a personal level. I've long since stated my opinion, and it just appears that it isn't what you hear.
Now I earn names like punkassshitforbrains and spermjockey, just for having an opinion. What kind of CEG is this? I guess I should be used to it by now. 
As for being prodded for a reply as to what I would've done, I know for a fact that you edited this post:
Originally posted by BuckeyeSVT:
Originally posted by SAV-ZX2:
I'm not trying to be a hardass or anything, but "dirty" was in quotations because there's no way that car can be actually dirty with the way everything was reflecting off of it.
Then again, I also know how much of a perfectionist you are. My vision of clean could be something you would say is filthy.
Either way, I'd have gone a different route as far as what color. That color grey just isn't my deal on a CSVT.
To each his own as they say...
However, what color would you have done it?
-Dom
That second line wasn't in there the first time I read it, so you had to have edited it. Otherwise I'dve replied to you with my opinion in a more expeditious fashion.
In simplest terms, just so you can be satisfied: Dom, I have no doubt that the color change was expensive and a lot of work and time went into it. Excellent job on that aspect. A+
I just would've picked a different color. Same work, same time, same quality. Just a different color. That's ALL I'm saying.
Originally posted by BuckeyeSVT:
Saying you don't like something is one thing, to sit here and tell me YOU would've done it differently is TELLING ME that I made the wrong choice.
I apologise if you understood my reaction in this manner. My saying I would have done it differently simply meant I would have picked a different color. All out, I would've done the same level of craftsmanship as your job reflects if I had been able to afford it. You did not make the wrong choice in this light.
Originally posted by BuckeyeSVT:
The accident you had could've resulted in a no penalty to either driver, however if she insisted on it - You can be CITED for it. Doesn't matter if she was on the phone or not.. You pulled out of a blind area (meaning you couldn't see around the vehicle next to you) in front of her. She was talking on the cell phone... Made her reaction time greater due to inattention, HOWEVER... She wasn't barreling through the lot as you describe. If a Full Size pickup hit you at 5-8mph max, that damage would occur. There was no way she was doing faster - Or she would've rocked you hard.
On a side note, the damage totalled an estimate of $950. And I doubt the twin two feet tiremarks on the asphalt were a result of her traveling at 5-8 mph. Maybe that's her speed when she actually made contact with my vehicle, but she was most certainly going faster than that prior to her noticing that I was in the lane.
I'm not looking for sympathy for being a "poor college student." There's millions other out there in my situation and still millions more that are much worse off. Top this with the fact that I already am grateful that my car is still drivable and I was not injured. I'm even more grateful that I'm under my parents insurance (which I do pay myself, thanks) becuase I earned that right from them. The way you reply to me in your posts just rubs me the wrong way because I don't think you're being very respectful about it.
We'll see how easy it is to "get over it" when something of the same caliber happens to you. It's not as easy as you're making it sound.
-Chris
Troll. 1997 VW Jetta MkIII GLS 5spd
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