My earliest recollections of Dr. Scrape were back in 1978. I was just 8 years old. My older cousins would tell me tales of a mystical figure who lived in the hills and worked on the most beautiful cars ever made. Now, I loved cars even at a young age. Many long summer days would be spent reading Hot Rod magazine and playing with Hot Wheels. If you’d said to me back then that one day I would own a Lamborghini and be an apprentice to Dr. Scrape himself, I’d have said you were crazy. Well sit back, relax and let me tell you the story of a dream that came true and an invention called the Lamborghini bumper scrape...
Hey guys, I’ve got something to complain about today and it's not about my new Mercedes skid plate. Now I know what you’re going to say, “there’s enough craziness in the world, I don’t need to listen to you telling me about your problems.” I actually agree with that, but this annoying story has a happy ending and a recommendation along with it. Interested yet? Now, as you know, I’m a fellow car junkie. I love my car and seriously can’t sleep at night if there’s anything wrong with it. It literally calls out to me from under its cover in my garage. Weird right? I’m the guy who takes his car to the body shop the same day he...
Hi, my name’s Jared and I’m guest writing this blog today because I think I have a topic that everyone can relate to and well, I’m pissed off. Why? I’ll tell you in one word, rust. Now, I’m not angry at the rust per say, nor really anyone other than myself. This is a problem of my own making. Let me start from the beginning. A while back I bought an Mclaren 720S for, well let’s just say a lot of money. I’m all about this car it’s amazing! Anyway, the first time I scratched up the bumper I drove straight to the body shop. It cost me a little under $3k. That didn’t make me happy, but I...
I like to drive fast. What can I say it’s the truth. I also like expensive cars, also the truth. Fortunately, I own 3 body shops in Tulsa and the guys that work for me don’t care whether they work on a customer’s car or mine. Also, they’re good guys, like family to me, and they know the deal. Most of the damage I do is pretty minor stuff. Now, a scrape here or scratch there would ordinarily be no big deal, but with me it’s all the time. In fact, my guys have created an office pool based on how many days in a month I’ll say, “Hey boys, can you take a look at this?” The average is...
Thank God for Dr. Scrape. I call him “the ghost” because he somehow appears when you need him most and then is gone before you can say thank you. I honestly think he may have saved my marriage. How you ask? Well, you wouldn’t think that someone who could afford a Ferrari would need his wife’s approval before he get’s one, but here I am. OK, approval’s the wrong word. Actually my wife is great and I love her very much. Unfortunately, she doesn’t quite understand why with 2 kids in college and 2 more a few years away, I’d want to spend $252,800 on a car. Fair point. Even more so when you consider that I managed to...
