Thread: Hail...depressing

Just got back home from a trip to London (work), to find that the house had survived the Xmas day storm without much damage, the garden was pretty severely hit, and the nice 4 month old Disco 4 was nuked. Hundreds of hits on the bonnet and roof, and a few on the passenger side panels as well.

Sad...but at least the Audi was safely tucked away.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Sorry to hear that jb I know you'd spent ages looking until you found that a LR was the perect car, after all ! If they write itoff I hope you replace it with another one.

Although writing it off was mentioned by the insurance company, I really can't see that will happen, unless, perhaps, the time frame for a repair is beyond reason (and even then, why would they care). A bonnet is fixed by the simple expedient of fitting a new one. The side panel dents are few enough that the paintless repair people should be able to do it...but it will need a totally new roof panel..that's beyond any reasonable repair method

On an aside... how do those aluminium skinned aeroplanes cope with hail like that?

When the big storm hit Sydney about 15 years ago, it damaged quite a few aircraft. The worst was a brand new 767, which needed about $10 million worth of repairs. Skins are relatively easily removed and replaced with new sections. On that aircraft the worst damage was to the composite panels, which all looked like golf balls...the aluminium stood up appreciably better.