Ok, now I'm really hacked off. Came out yesterday morning to find that the crappy garage ceiling had sh*t on my right rear fender. It dumped an alkaline (alkali leached from the concrete the water had passed through) stream onto the unprotected fender during the night.
I had taken advice from a lot of listers on Porsche Pete's Boxster Board (www.ppbb.com) to not put the car cover my landlord had provided on the entire car as it would likely scratch the paint - said car not being freshly washed every day. So the convertible roof was covered where the crap had come down on the weekend but not the fenders.
So today I'm off to the detail shop to have them looking at cleaning it up. I tried neutralizing the alkaline compound with lemon juice last night but it had little or no effect. I can kind of get it off suing my fingernail (don't dare use anything harder) but it likely has concrete dust mixed in 'cause I now see a lot of fine scratches from my microfibre towel and Speedshine attempt to remove it.
I reassured my landlord I wasn't pissed at him, but I very certainly am at the property company for not fixing this problem expeditiously and the homeowner's association with not providing me with an alternate spot right away (there are free spaces in the garage).
I'm hoping it doesn't come to small claims court but I will share the pain if the paint is damaged.
Posted by artandscience at July 25, 2007 08:27 AM