One of the fobs died on my Nissan Titan and I found the cheapest route for new OEM ones is to order the remote start kit because it comes with two new fobs and a replacement hood latch. The package was just a hair too big to fit in the box so when the postman came down the driveway to drop it on the porch he backed into my Mazda and dented two panels. His insurance will cover the repair but my experience has been that a good body shop paint job looks fine when you drive it home but there’s a fairly large chance it will eventually age differently than the rest of the car and become noticeable.
In practical terms that likely means I’ll be trading for a Camry sooner than I had planned. I just hope the paint can last a couple of years before starting to fade. I don’t mind my beater car having a lot of cosmetic issues but I want to have at least one vehicle I can drive in a funeral procession without looking like a Clampett.
Bummer. I’ve owned two Mazdas and now both of them have suffered a collision. At least this one was slow, it wasn’t a deer, and it was parked, so only sheet metal was involved.
In practical terms that likely means I’ll be trading for a Camry sooner than I had planned. I just hope the paint can last a couple of years before starting to fade. I don’t mind my beater car having a lot of cosmetic issues but I want to have at least one vehicle I can drive in a funeral procession without looking like a Clampett.
Bummer. I’ve owned two Mazdas and now both of them have suffered a collision. At least this one was slow, it wasn’t a deer, and it was parked, so only sheet metal was involved.
