Bit of a paint chip!

I have a small chip about half a cm long just on the edge of my passenger side bump strip. It is black so I'm guessing it's gone down to the metal? What can i do about this. (Will try to get a photo tomorrow, but what is standard to do with this sort of thing?

Complementary Service Question

Hey guys,

My car is going in to have its 1500 mile complementary service/check over on Monday. I am up at uni so i'm going to a Ford's I wouldn't normally go to, and probably won't go to again to be honest, as I will make sure I have future services at home. My car is brand new obviously 08 plate.

My question is this:

I have a K&N 57i fitted and lowered on Eibachs (purchased through Ford). Are they going to care about this? As long as there is nothing wrong with the car I don't care if they care, as long as they don't make some sort of note on my Ford record that I fitted an induction kit so never to give me warranty again. Basically can I leave my induction kit on when it goes in?

My Dad take took my car for a spin...

He said because I'd put him on my insurance as an additional driver the least I could do was let him drive the car. So tonight was clear and the roads were quiet so he took it for a spin. My dad is about 60 and has had his license since 17 so I also wanted him to just check the car over etc make sure it was all ok. He's used to speed and fast cars as his weekend car is a fully tuned Jaguar XKR, so I thought he could handle my ST

Anyway he's been going on at me since I got it to take it easy for at least the first 500-1000 miles, and so I have been, not over-revving or going too fast. He jumps and in straight away he starts pushing it way up through the revs and taking corners really fast. His excuse- 'The car felt like it was begging to be driven and it handled and ran really well.' That's all well and good but I want to be driving it like that and I know I shouldn't for a while longer until it's all settled in. Right now I feel like he has raped my precious car and I didn't even get to take it's high-rev virginity

One thing I noticed is that he was double de-clutching. Is this a thing of the past or do people still do this (for track days etc). I know you used to do it on old cars but hadn't seen anyone do it recently!

I am getting my Eibachs fitted tomorrow morning by the way so some before and after photos will be coming up within the next 24 hours.

James

Side Stripes:-)

Is there a right or wrong way to do the stripes? On one side the ST logo on the stripes is at the front and on the other side it's at the back. Is this wrong?

Is my body hot or is it the seat!

I've only had my ST for a day bless it so I'm still learning things. One thing I've noticed is that my bum is absolutely boiling (I have full leather interior btw). Now as far as I'm aware I don't have heated seats and can't find any buttons to control it, and I have never had leather seats before in a car so this might just be something that happens. And it wasn't left in the sun at all.

Anyone have an answer?
Thanks!(Also love driving the ST really does put a smile on your face, can't wait to start trying it out properly once it's been worn in some )

James