GM No Longer Needs $14.4B Government Loan

Happy days are here again. Jalopnik is reporting that General Motors has withdrawn its request for $14.4 Billion from the U.S. government.

Car of the Day - 1998 Buick Regal Color Change and Dent Repairs

Today's Buick had a series of dents in the fender and a bunch of peeling paint (also called delaminating paint.) Since the owner had to paint the whole car, he wanted to get a little bit different red than was on the car. He saw a Honda CRX that we had just painted in a great, original Honda Red and decided he wanted to have the same color.

He had the right idea. Similar to the experience many people have when they paint their house, a color that looks great as a small sample often looks terrible on a whole house, or a whole car. We feel so bad when a customer sees their freshly painted car and says, "Wait! That's not the color I picked. It is too orange!" or "Too bright." Then we show them that it matches the sample they picked.

So Almost Everything recommends that customers find a car that they like the color. We can match 99% of the colors on the road with our computerized paint system. Just tell us the year, make, model & name of the color (or the manufacturer's color code if available.)

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Car of the Day - 1973 Buick LeSabre Rust Repair, Bodywork and Paint

Today's customer brought a cherished, decades-old Buick LeSabre in desperate need of rust repairs and paint. Vinyl tops are a notorious rust incubator. Moisture gets trapped under the top and finds its way into the metal so corrosion can begin & expand. The owner wanted to end this problem long term and preferred the clean look of the car without the vinyl top. So Almost Everything removed it, treated the rust and sealed holes left from the installation of the vinyl top. We also repaired a lot of dents and creases that the car accumulated over its long life.

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