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CEC · 19th December 2001, 19:00

That stinks. I can empathize with you. I live in Staten Island – the punk capital of the USA. I have had eggs thrown at 3 of my last 4 cars. All got nailed around Halloween while parked at home.

It is surprising how much damage an egg can do to a car finish. It leaves a very distinctive pattern of concentric circular chips in the clear coat and sometimes all the way through the paint.

My 1995 E36 M3 got hit 3 times damaging the clear coat only. My 2001 E39 M5 got hit once chipping the paint on the driver’s side door and mirror. My wife’s Mercedes got nailed a couple of months ago chipping the paint on the rear driver’s side door. Unfortunately I am renting while building a new home in NJ and have no garage. I have since rented garage space at a storage facility until my home in NJ is built.

This is one topic that I am not proud of being an expert on.

19th December 2001, 19:00	#4 (permalink)
CEC Member, P500 Sport, MDM on (>800) Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Middletown, NJ Age: 43 Posts: 897 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That stinks. I can empathize with you. I live in Staten Island – the punk capital of the USA. I have had eggs thrown at 3 of my last 4 cars. All got nailed around Halloween while parked at home. It is surprising how much damage an egg can do to a car finish. It leaves a very distinctive pattern of concentric circular chips in the clear coat and sometimes all the way through the paint. My 1995 E36 M3 got hit 3 times damaging the clear coat only. My 2001 E39 M5 got hit once chipping the paint on the driver’s side door and mirror. My wife’s Mercedes got nailed a couple of months ago chipping the paint on the rear driver’s side door. Unfortunately I am renting while building a new home in NJ and have no garage. I have since rented garage space at a storage facility until my home in NJ is built. This is one topic that I am not proud of being an expert on. __________________ Chet