Attention All Melbourners!

XR6_4EVA · 06-03-2010, 07:35 PM

Keep your AU's covered this weekend! Im in ferntree gully and we just had hail the size of golf balls come down, smashed windscreens and 33 dents over 3 of our family cars! (mine was in the garage) visit the beareu of meteorology website for a radar of storm movements! 7:10pm Ferntree gully gets hit again!

Watch it guys!

private9 · 06-03-2010, 09:00 PM

Mine got caught in it in Camberwell. Now has some custom body mods!

mik · 06-03-2010, 11:43 PM

my brother got caught in burwood plenty of hail damage, east reservoir got the big hail, resa nth missed out

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XT221 · 06-03-2010, 11:51 PM

Mines cactus! Mother natures a ************!! least I had my old XT in the Garage, but I bloody feel ill looking at the XR8........ :(

The Monty · 07-03-2010, 08:25 AM

Ohh no, I loved you car too (before you moved away). Especially the colour.

GK · 07-03-2010, 11:28 AM

Had some heavy rain at our place (Northwest), but not sure about the car yet. I won't be shocked if I have some dings though, as when we got home from the shopping centre yesterday, there were small holes in our sun-weakened laserlight over the front porch!

To this morning 10am, we had 39mm of rain in less than 24 hours!

I guess I'm off to Bunnings tomorrow for some zincalume! LOL! I suspect new guttering as well. Ah well, better put the public holiday to good use!

GK

private9 · 07-03-2010, 02:05 PM

I just had a better look at my car, fingers crossed for a write off!!!

Saw soooo many cars today with hail damage.

Melz · 07-03-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GK

Had some heavy rain at our place (Northwest), but not sure about the car yet. I won't be shocked if I have some dings though, as when we got home from the shopping centre yesterday, there were small holes in our sun-weakened laserlight over the front porch!

To this morning 10am, we had 39mm of rain in less than 24 hours!

I guess I'm off to Bunnings tomorrow for some zincalume! LOL! I suspect new guttering as well. Ah well, better put the public holiday to good use!

GK

We had 70mm north of Bendigo in less than 5

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The Monty · 07-03-2010, 02:09 PM

Wow, come live in Brisbane. Theres been a few places lately that have recorded upwards of 3-400mm over night. Brisbane has received multiple days of 100mm in a few hours in the last couple of months. But no hail like you guys.

sednwol · 07-03-2010, 02:58 PM

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I just had a better look at my car, fingers crossed for a write off!!!

I thought hail damage wasn't covered by insurance?

**Polyal** · 07-03-2010, 03:03 PM

^^^if you had full comp it should be covered, not 3rd party though.

I was super lucky, was in lygon st when it hit and I did 3 blockies looking for a park, gave up and then parked underground..phew!

Feel for those effected though.

sednwol · 07-03-2010, 03:08 PM

GIO dont cover you, just checked their comprehensive cover web site. Fairly sure I read it right.

**Polyal** · 07-03-2010, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sednwol

GIO dont cover you, just checked their comprehensive cover web site. Fairly sure I read it right.

Thats pretty disgraceful if they dont, id be running into a pole somewhere.

CADSKY · 07-03-2010, 03:19 PM

had some very heavy rain on the mornington peninsula but no hail thank god as i dont have a garage!

HLC · 07-03-2010, 06:51 PM

my car got caught in a severe hail storm a couple of years ago. had well over 100 dents in it across the top sides of the car and the shoulders.

NRMA repaired it all. Paintless Dent Removal is your friend.

JC · 07-03-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sednwol

GIO dont cover you, just checked their comprehensive cover web site. Fairly sure I read it right.

GIO does cover hail damasge, but the 7 day repair guarantee is not given for hail damage:

7 Day Repair Guarantee (NSW & VIC Metro only)
If you're able to safely drive your comprehensively insured motor vehicle into one of our assessment centres for repairs after your claim is approved, if we don't have you back on the road within a week we'll provide a courtesy car from the 8th day until your vehicle is repaired. Courtesy car will be a small category vehicle and a car hire bond may apply. Single approved claims only and excludes damage caused by hail or flood.

sednwol · 07-03-2010, 10:13 PM

Thanks for clarifing that JC

FPV+fteT3 · 07-03-2010, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HLC

my car got caught in a severe hail storm a couple of years ago. had well over 100 dents in it across the top sides of the car and the shoulders.

NRMA repaired it all. Paintless Dent Removal is your friend.

Have also had great results with PDR even on the folds of the bonnet and doors all repaired without painting the car looked like a write off to me and fixed in 4 days perfect.

sednwol · 08-03-2010, 12:02 PM

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Have also had great results with PDR

Who and where are they? I have one hit on the fold on the left side of the bonnet.

HLC · 08-03-2010, 08:55 PM

paintless dent removal.

any panel beater worth their salt should offer this.

there are even blokes that do it, and come to you in their little PDR vans lol

sednwol · 08-03-2010, 10:46 PM

THX, might get a quote for the XR8 only 4 hits, 2 minor, 2 nasty.

POELWYK · 08-03-2010, 10:51 PM

my car got hit on the way up to kerang this weekend

thank god it was only 2 or 3 small dints on the roof you can barly see them unless you look hard

i have some pics

sednwol · 09-03-2010, 09:08 AM

Those four hail stones together are smaller than the individual hail stones that hit my cars. Try tennis ball size. We are in the most effected area.

POELWYK · 09-03-2010, 11:22 AM

dam well there the size that hit my car