Paintwork scratches on brand new Euro

seems to me you didnt learn from your mistake... I wouldnt have accepted the car if it was damaged or not up to my satisfaction

You guys are right and I am suffering from my short comings. I should have looked at the car far more cautiously. I am glad to see there are a lot of people out there that are cautious in terms of delivery quality. I know of people that don't even bother looking for faults, some are lucky and some aren't. This certainly is a lesson I have been thought. Look and look again over and over, doesn't matter how much it bugs the salesman.
I am pushing to get a brand new honda factory painted front bumper bar and not have my current one resprayed. Not sure how honda is going to react because I do get the feeling they are still doing this for the interest of looking after their dealership not the customer. Dealerships sell their cars. So I have to be stern to honda aus and get what I would like not what they want. Thanks to all that have responded.

Definitely spend the time at delivery going over every inch of the car in and out.
Dont worry about holding up the rep (hes getting paid for his time and your paying for it). I noticed a deep scratch on the lower part of the dealer fitted
front aero bumper on delivery and it was repaired at the first service. I also had a scratch repaired on the rear aero bumper, due to my own fault, unfortunately the repairer left permanent buff marks in the lower matt section of the bumper which I noted on pick-up. The service manager looked at it and admittedly, carefully rubbed/buffed an Armor All type product into it which temporarily made the mark disappear, only to reappear the first time I washed the car at home.

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Originally Posted by UNLS1

..one problem i have picked is that you noted the scratches on delivery but didnt tell the salesman. Bringing up at first service means nothing as those scratches could of come from anywhere and the dealer could say 'well they were not mentioned at time of delivery so they are not responsible'

Next time if u see the scratches on pick up note them down, and get the manager to inspect them before you leave.

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Very correct and very good advice.

One of my tenants was a crash repairer. He made his bread and butter from repairing lots of "new" cars from dealers before they made an appearance at dealerships.