u/pilot87178d

At purchase, did not notice that the 4 door sills are not completely protected by the factory mats. What is the best solution to prevent scratches and chips but without incurring rust?

'23 ST: tossed the 6th shop ticket into the glove box and took a pause. Reached back in and grabbed them all...shows a few thousand dollars to fix rattles, chassis bolts that are dropping out, shields making noise only at certain speeds, and still has a shock leaking for another $1K to replace. And will take another $1K+ to fix the intermittent rattle in the sunroof. And no diagnosis yet on the hard shift btw 2/3 and a stutter in the right rear wheel when changing to Drive. And why a whoosh-whoosh noise is made when backing up. Enough of this.

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Fought it out for 6 months. Traded it this afternoon. Best wishes to you all that stick with it.....I loved this vehicle and did all I could reasonably keep going.

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Thanks to you all for answering and advice.

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Marc

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My loyal Pioneer that was supposedly in checked luggage somehow wound up clattering into the plastic TSA bin when I emptied pockets. 5 ft from the agent.

No attempt at concealment, so down the belt and into the machine it went with other items. On the other side, I was out-sorted.....darn it! Agent asked to check my carry-on - a can of shaving cream was tossed into the plastic container. Remaining contents of the bin were passed back. I FedEx'ed the Pioneer back home....no 2nd chance to lose it!

Reporting this as a caution; will ALWAYS think of the moment that knife hit the bin. Probably will save future losses from carelessness when visiting TSA.

To be clear, I greatly appreciate and support all aspects of TSA.....and have lost a couple of knives over the years, and liquids when over the right size. Fair is fair. And they have an impossible role.