Todd Mollerup (todd@doxcel.com)

Location: Far Chicago Burbs, IL, USA
     Car: 1992, MkI, Red
 Mileage: 62,000 miles

This car is great. However, the rear tires don't seem to last long. The link 
ftp://doxcel.com/julie/sportscar3.jpg will take you to a picture of my girl 
friend getting out of the car. I took the photo with an Epson PhotoPC digital 
camera. 

Notice the scratch in the car on the rear corner panel. I am about to have that 
panel replaced (the damage gets worse toward the back of the car). I have 
already had to replace the front left panel and door skin as well as the rear 
right panel. This car has had nothing but bad luck

I also want to point out that where the car is scratched, is body shop paint. 
Notice the perfect quality. I know a guy who is the best painter in the state 
of West Virginia. His life is paint. No one can believe how good this guy is 
and how cheap (life is cheap in the hills of WV) he is. The hood of the car, 
top, and truck has never been repainted but the rest has. What has not been 
painted  has oxidized from WVa acid rain (Toyota paint is very poor). 

When I send my car to WV to have the left rear panel repaired, I am going to 
have the whole thing repainted by this pro. To replace the left rear corner 
panel, left light, and repaint this car, he is going to charge me $2000 exactly 
including parts! I went to a quality shop in ILL only for them to argue that the 
paint was factory and I must have forgotton where my past body work was done! 
They also wanted $4000 just for the complete repaint I want. Body repair was extra. 

Every time I damage a fender, I just have it replaced, so there is zero bondo on 
this car.

When I purchased this car new, I wanted to keep it perfect. My first bad encounter 
was shortly after I purchased it, when I parked it at the very last spot, far away 
from everyone, at a Kroger's parking lot in Charleston, WV. When I came out of the 
store, a white beat-up pick-up truck had just driven directly into the passenger 
side. He stopped, dumped beer out the window, and zoomed off. I couldn't beleive 
it. I got his plate, but the police wouldn't do anything about it except give my 
insurance company the info. Since he had no insurance, my insurance company paid 
the bill.

Anyhow, here is to a great car and the great women who helps me drive it.

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