[jscorse]

Actually, I'm pretty sure the front-end was after market painted because I know the car's been in a front end collision.

I don't make it a habit of following sand trucks, it's just pretty darn hard when they make staggered wall four lanes wide in front of you. You have two choices, drive 45mph ALL THE WAY TO WORK, or blast past them.

The previous owner (leasee) must have followed trucks as a matter of course. The windshield is so pitted I can barely see out of it. The paint is not peeling at all, just pitted. I wouldn't expect any paint job to hold up to that kind of abuse - if the windshield is any indication.

Remember, my car is a '97 with 'only' 80K miles. Some of you guy's/gal's '92's with 100K+ look a million times better.