I have an irrational fear of hail storms

"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj) 07/10/2014 at 15:52 • Filed to: None

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not a fear for my own well being but rather my car's paint and it looking like this.

Everyone else in the Hampton Roads area is experience this awesome downpour/thunder/flooding/hailstorm. Thunderhail!

GhostZ > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/10/2014 at 16:02

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We all have that same fear.

Jayhawk Jake > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/10/2014 at 16:24

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I have a friend who bought a 1999 NB Miata 2 years ago. It was a pretty decent one too, relatively low mileage and he got it for a good price. 5 days after signing the paperwork the apartment complex we both lived in got hit with hail. My car took a beating, but it was new so it survived. $8600 of damage covered by insurance, repaired in about 3 weeks. The Miata wasn't so lucky. It was totaled.

2 years later the same friend finally got up the courage to get another Miata, this time a really nice NC. He has a garage now, and the Miata doesn't come out if there's any hint of bad weather. I don't blame him

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Jayhawk Jake 07/10/2014 at 16:37

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wow that's terrible. Luckily they were pea sized hail balls today.

In the instance where your car gets a nice dimpling how do they go about fixing it?

mazda616 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/10/2014 at 16:44

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I can't wait to have a two car garage so I don't have to worry about either of our cars during storms. Right now, we have a one car detached garage. So, it's a big decision as to which car to leave out in the storm.

Jayhawk Jake > mazda616 07/10/2014 at 16:47

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Leave out whichever one is newer. The more it's worth the more likely your insurance will fix it.

mazda616 > Jayhawk Jake 07/10/2014 at 16:50

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We usually do. That would be my wife's car, the 2013 CX-5. Mine's a 2008 Mazda3.