Re: Chip in paint ? and cargo net !

["Patrick Sherman" <psherman@bigfoot.com>]

I have two chips the size of pin heads on my hood. 5000 miles on the 97
GLX.. Is this normal for paint to chip so easy?



Patrick Sherman
psherman@bigfoot.com
'97 GLX VR6


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> From: deecee@exit109.com
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Chip in paint ? and cargo net !
> Date: Thursday, October 16, 1997 4:18 PM
> 
> At 08:17 AM 10/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >My first post to this list, I have just been lurking.
> >Two things, first a cargo net story and fact and second a question.
> >I have a 97 GLX which the dealer said was going to come with a cargo
> >net.  It did not and when I realized
> >this and went to complain the company (which had been around for 20+
> >years) stopped selling VWs.
> >I called VW of America and it turns out that the cargo net is not a VW
> >part but one that dealers get on there own.
> >You can not even buy one from VW.
> >Next on my list is a small problem.  I have a nick in my pain from a
> >rock that got shot up at me.  It did not dent
> >anything but went through the paint and I can see the metal turning
> >brown.  Could someone please tell me what
> >I can do to fix this.  The nick is the size of the head of a pin.  I
> >don't want to get touchup paint and have it rust
> >underneath.  Should this not have happened?  
> >-- 
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> >My views are not those of my employer, mother or my fiancee.
> >
> >Danial, The cargo net came as standard equipment in the Jetta Trek for
> 1997. During prep we had to install the cargo net and the mounting hooks.
> 
> Don
>