Honda Car Forum

#11 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 02:25 pm

"Happynappygory" <happynappygory@cs.com> wrote in message
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> according to an ad, a brand new hail damaged car is being sold at $8000
off
> MSRP. It normally sells for $3000 off. I have no idea what hail damaged
> vehicles look like. Are they worth it? How much to fix such a damage?

go look at it, and bring a paintless dent repair guy with ya. chances are
itll take $5k to fix.

personally, if i just wanted transportation, and it was a really good deal,
i wouldnt care. might try to push some of the dents out in my spare time...
make a hobby or education out of it!
>
>

#12 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 02:27 pm

"Dick" <rhughes33@cableone.net> wrote in message
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> In 1999 we had a hail storm to end all hail storms. Thousands of
> roofs had to replaced, and thousands of autos were damaged. Both of
> ours were out 15 minutes before it started. We were very lucky.
> These dents in cars could be seen 100 feet away. Serious damage.
> Insurance adjusters came from around the country and set up tents to
> evaluate car damage. Also a number of dentless paint repair shops set
> up on every corner. This process is amazing. In most cases, you
> can't tell anything ever happened. And the price was reasonable. If
> I could get a great price on a hail damaged car, I wouldn't hesitate
> knowing what I do now.

i woulda been tempted to take every pillow and blanket and towel i own, and
put it on the car

#13 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 03:56 pm

Wouldn't have helped in our hailstorm. It came so suddenly, you
wouldn't have had time to get to the car, and the tennis ball size
hail could have done some serious damage to you. And of course if you
were traveling down the freeway at the time, you were screwed anyway.
In our case we got the cars into the garage just in time.

Dick

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:27:44 GMT, "SoCalMike"
<mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Dick" <rhughes33@cableone.net> wrote in message
>news:9360hvcdag54vcs1s7gbn6umm6m5a45jc4@4ax.com.. .
>> In 1999 we had a hail storm to end all hail storms. Thousands of
>> roofs had to replaced, and thousands of autos were damaged. Both of
>> ours were out 15 minutes before it started. We were very lucky.
>> These dents in cars could be seen 100 feet away. Serious damage.
>> Insurance adjusters came from around the country and set up tents to
>> evaluate car damage. Also a number of dentless paint repair shops set
>> up on every corner. This process is amazing. In most cases, you
>> can't tell anything ever happened. And the price was reasonable. If
>> I could get a great price on a hail damaged car, I wouldn't hesitate
>> knowing what I do now.
>
>
>i woulda been tempted to take every pillow and blanket and towel i own, and
>put it on the car

>

#14 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 04:02 pm

On 12 Jul 2003 19:10:08 GMT, happynappygory@cs.com (Happynappygory)
wrote:

>>By the way, what is the car?
>>
>
>'03 Nissan Altima.
>

I would get some pics... I dunno, if you said the surface looks like
a golf ball, that could cose $8,000 to fix.

#15 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 04:06 pm

>>"Dick" <rhughes33@cableone.net> wrote in message
>>news:9360hvcdag54vcs1s7gbn6umm6m5a45jc4@4ax.com. ..
>> In 1999 we had a hail storm to end all hail storms. Thousands of
>> roofs had to replaced, and thousands of autos were damaged. Both of
>> ours were out 15 minutes before it started. We were very lucky.
>> These dents in cars could be seen 100 feet away. Serious damage.
>> Insurance adjusters came from around the country and set up tents to
>> evaluate car damage. Also a number of dentless paint repair shops set
>> up on every corner. This process is amazing. In most cases, you
>> can't tell anything ever happened. And the price was reasonable. If
>> I could get a great price on a hail damaged car, I wouldn't hesitate
>> knowing what I do now.

I think that's "paintless dent repair" n'est pas? I can highly
recommend the process, it's unbelievable how big a ding they can
meassge back out. Anytime a panel has to painted or blown-in -
it's rarely perfect.

#16 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 05:20 pm

Alex Devlin <Alex@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> Does it 'drive' straight or do you find it 'hooks' sometimes....

> (Sorry, couldn't resist it)

Actually, the car has a tendency to lift at about 70 MPH.

#17 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 05:27 pm

SP@M.com (Bebop) wrote in news:1fxzufs.16bu3nqxs06lkN%SP@M.com:

> Alex Devlin <Alex@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>
>> Does it 'drive' straight or do you find it 'hooks' sometimes....

>> (Sorry, couldn't resist it)
>
> Actually, the car has a tendency to lift at about 70 MPH.
>

Once knew of a car that would lose time at 88 MPH.....

Alex Devlin

#18 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 05:49 pm

Yes, you are right. It's just the first thing that entered my
cluttered mind. :-)

Dick

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 21:06:41 GMT, me@homeoffice.com (Uncle Mike)
wrote:

>>>"Dick" <rhughes33@cableone.net> wrote in message
>>>news:9360hvcdag54vcs1s7gbn6umm6m5a45jc4@4ax.com ...
>>> In 1999 we had a hail storm to end all hail storms. Thousands of
>>> roofs had to replaced, and thousands of autos were damaged. Both of
>>> ours were out 15 minutes before it started. We were very lucky.
>>> These dents in cars could be seen 100 feet away. Serious damage.
>>> Insurance adjusters came from around the country and set up tents to
>>> evaluate car damage. Also a number of dentless paint repair shops set
>>> up on every corner. This process is amazing. In most cases, you
>>> can't tell anything ever happened. And the price was reasonable. If
>>> I could get a great price on a hail damaged car, I wouldn't hesitate
>>> knowing what I do now.
>
> I think that's "paintless dent repair" n'est pas? I can highly
>recommend the process, it's unbelievable how big a ding they can
>meassge back out. Anytime a panel has to painted or blown-in -
>it's rarely perfect.

#19 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 07:18 pm

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 22:27:26 GMT, Alex Devlin <Alex@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>SP@M.com (Bebop) wrote in news:1fxzufs.16bu3nqxs06lkN%SP@M.com:
>
>> Alex Devlin <Alex@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>
>>> Does it 'drive' straight or do you find it 'hooks' sometimes....

>>> (Sorry, couldn't resist it)
>>
>> Actually, the car has a tendency to lift at about 70 MPH.
>>
>
>Once knew of a car that would lose time at 88 MPH.....
>
>Alex Devlin

Until the CEO of that company got busted for buying heroin.

#20 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2003, 07:49 pm

In article <7a91hv4l5k5ndts5ackkr9nk9vop9nonup@4ax.com>, "Gary Seven AKA: \"Mister ****head\"" <garyluckynospam@nospa.yahoocom> wrote:
>On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 22:27:26 GMT, Alex Devlin <Alex@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>
>>SP@M.com (Bebop) wrote in news:1fxzufs.16bu3nqxs06lkN%SP@M.com:
>>
>>> Alex Devlin <Alex@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does it 'drive' straight or do you find it 'hooks' sometimes....

>>>> (Sorry, couldn't resist it)
>>>
>>> Actually, the car has a tendency to lift at about 70 MPH.
>>>
>>Once knew of a car that would lose time at 88 MPH.....
>>

>Until the CEO of that company got busted for buying heroin.

Cocaine.

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