fishx65 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Won't bother explaining but I got stuck with a Mediterranean Blue 2011 SEL. Was not to crazy about the color but to top it off the dealership painted on a red and beige pinstripe!!!!! What the heck were they thinking???? Kinda getting used to the body color but finally couldn't take the pinstripe any longer so I got crazy the other night. First I tried the Easy-off oven cleaner trick but it did not work at all. Next in line was Laquer thinner. After about 3 hours of light rubbing with the thinner and a little polishing and waxing, the pinstripe is gone! Kinda freaky using Laquer Thinner on a brand new vehicle but it did the trick and didn't bite into the clearcoat at all. Another strange thing with this vehicle is that the EDGE emblem was put on crooked. I ended up removing it along with the SEL emblem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 My garage refrigerator is an Edge Sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igcitng Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Won't bother explaining but I got stuck with a Mediterranean Blue 2011 SEL. Was not to crazy about the color but to top it off the dealership painted on a red and beige pinstripe!!!!! What the heck were they thinking???? Kinda getting used to the body color but finally couldn't take the pinstripe any longer so I got crazy the other night. First I tried the Easy-off oven cleaner trick but it did not work at all. Next in line was Laquer thinner. After about 3 hours of light rubbing with the thinner and a little polishing and waxing, the pinstripe is gone! Kinda freaky using Laquer Thinner on a brand new vehicle but it did the trick and didn't bite into the clearcoat at all. Another strange thing with this vehicle is that the EDGE emblem was put on crooked. I ended up removing it along with the SEL emblem. You have to explain now. What happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishx65 Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 You have to explain now. What happened? I purchased a white 2010 SEL from my parental units a few months ago with 10,000 miles on it. They then went out and picked up a 2011 Mediterranean Blue SEL. They did not like the 2011 because of the stiffer ride. They were about to take a huge hit by trading in the new one so I offered to trade them the White 2010 they originally purchased. I also like the 2010 more but don't mind the 11. A few things I like more on the 2011 is the much cooler looking front end, stronger and better sounding 3.5 and it gets a few MPG's better. I just wish they would have gone with White again!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishx65 Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 My garage refrigerator is an Edge Sport. Good one! I think I might make my hunting cabin's lawn tractor an Edge SEL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igcitng Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 When I test drove the 11's I drove a sport first then a Limited. I noticed it was stiffer also but wrote it off as disappointment after just having drove the sport. Guess that wasn't why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Edge Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Good one! I think I might make my hunting cabin's lawn tractor an Edge SEL!!! Can someone explain these two comments? Are they supposed to be funny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 We're referring to debadging. See? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCL123 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Oh my!! Why would the dealers just paint on pinstripes on someones car?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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