Hailstone Damage

jellybeard999 · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:39

Anyone else suffer any damage in last nights thunderstorms?

My car is covered in a couple of dozen little dents over the bonnet, roof and hatch

I don't suppose it's going to be a cheap fix so it's probably not worth getting quotes? Insurance may be the way to go?

EDIT - Damage is similar looking to the red car in this news article - http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co...._captured_on_camera_across_Bradford_district/

xs2man · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:46

Act of God no?

jellybeard999 · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:48

xs2man said:
Act of God no?

Facebook is full of people claiming and apparantly you should be covered if fully comprehensive.

My policy doesn't mention weather, hail or act of god, only lightning, which is covered under fire, rather than damage.

BurningHorizons · 2 Jul 2015 at 19:14

Yes have loads on both my cars. Not a happy bunny. :-(

Insurance will cover on my policy but going to get a few PDR quotes first which might be cheaper than excess. However a friend of mine has just been costed £3,900 by his insurance company so that probably the way I'm going to have to go too.

byeo · 2 Jul 2015 at 19:48

I love how insurance company's can get out of this by the act of a fictional person.

[TW]Fox · 2 Jul 2015 at 19:49

byeo said:
I love how insurance company's can get out of this by the act of a fictional person.

I love how people make things up on the internet - comprehensive policies will cover damage by hail

Craig321 · 2 Jul 2015 at 19:51

byeo said:
I love how insurance company's can get out of this by the act of a fictional person.

Act of God is an old term though, no? Think it's under natural causes or something these days.

theone8181 · 3 Jul 2015 at 07:54

How does 'act of god' work if you're an aethiest?

Minstadave · 3 Jul 2015 at 08:00

theone8181 said:
How does 'act of god' work if you're an aethiest?

God hates athiests even more than believers.

Rimsy · 3 Jul 2015 at 11:40

theone8181 said:
How does 'act of god' work if you're an aethiest?

Its just an expression... as an aethiest it bothers me not one bit.

Ricochet J · 3 Jul 2015 at 11:45

Fully comprehensive will cover hail damage, since you have full cover.

Third party, fire and theft will only cover third party collisions, fire and theft to your vehicle. This does not include hail damage.

If you're not fully comprehensive covered you're screwed.

xs2man · 3 Jul 2015 at 12:14

[TW]Fox;28261905 said:
I love how people make things up on the internet - comprehensive policies will cover damage by hail

I love how it seemed to have actually been taken seriously...

Nasher · 3 Jul 2015 at 13:01

You can get tools designed to fix this damage (as it's common in parts of the US). Though the kits aren't cheap :/

[TW]Fox · 3 Jul 2015 at 13:24

xs2man said:
I love how it seemed to have actually been taken seriously...

Ah the old 'post something wrong, pretend it was a hilarious joke' routine

xs2man · 3 Jul 2015 at 14:47

[TW]Fox;28264783 said:
Ah the old 'post something wrong, pretend it was a hilarious joke' routine

Er, actually no. I was thinking about an old Billy Connelly film actually...

Antony101 · 3 Jul 2015 at 17:24

The moment it starts here I'll be parking my car at the petrol station around the corner.

Vertigo · 3 Jul 2015 at 17:32

Whereabouts was this hailstorm then? Must have missed us.

That said they're predicting the apocalypse tonight - hopefully we don't get monster hail as I'm not sure how my aluminium bonnet & wings will stand up!

thepharcyde · 3 Jul 2015 at 19:02

Sky faireys is covered

jellybeard999 · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:07

Vertigo1 said:
Whereabouts was this hailstorm then? Must have missed us.

That said they're predicting the apocalypse tonight - hopefully we don't get monster hail as I'm not sure how my aluminium bonnet & wings will stand up!

http://news.sky.com/story/1511974/heatwave-hail-could-have-killed-someone

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...s-of-ice-on-hottest-day-of-year-10361146.html