Oh Hail
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Allentown Pa.
Oh Hail
Friday evening my 07 LMB got hit by a hail storm. No damage. Other
cars in the parking lot got a couple dings. One co-worker who was
driving home got his car beat up pretty bad. It was a real sinking
feeling as I work in a control tower and all I could do was look
out the window and watch. I've looked for damage in the light, dark
at all angles, top, bottom, in the garage, in the driveway and can't
see any dings at all. Is this a testament to the paint job or just
luck?
cars in the parking lot got a couple dings. One co-worker who was
driving home got his car beat up pretty bad. It was a real sinking
feeling as I work in a control tower and all I could do was look
out the window and watch. I've looked for damage in the light, dark
at all angles, top, bottom, in the garage, in the driveway and can't
see any dings at all. Is this a testament to the paint job or just
luck?
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 316
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From: Allentown Pa.
WTF, the car only has 1300 miles, I drove it to work because it was
supposed to be a nice day and then "s**t flew. It wasn't quite
golf ball sized but it was close. My lucky day I guess
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2000
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From: Longview Texas
Hopefully, I won't have that experience in my C6, but it happened in one of my C4's back in '88 in Amarillo. I was driving home from work and like your weather forecast, it was supposed to be a sunny day. About 10 minutes from home, the hail started like it was being poured out of buckets. All the other cars that I saw had some sort of damage, some with cracked windshields. I couldn't find a mark anywhere on mine.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Bedford, TX
This is really good news because I live where hail can get really big. Over the 25 years I've lived here I've been pretty lucky. Mostly because I park in the garage when at home.
I had an '83 Rx-7 that got $700 of hail damage. Most was on the removable sunroof. I took it out and filled the dents and repainted it myself. That was a fun project and the reason I bought a big air compressor that still comes in handy today.
I had an '83 Rx-7 that got $700 of hail damage. Most was on the removable sunroof. I took it out and filled the dents and repainted it myself. That was a fun project and the reason I bought a big air compressor that still comes in handy today.
