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Old 02-02-2005, 06:26 PM   #1
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Default Hail on Central Coast

Did anyone else get this much hail damage. I went out to cover up the car but I was too late. I havent got any pics of my actual car, but here are some pics of the hail and neighbour's cars. Most pics soon!







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Old 02-02-2005, 06:34 PM   #2
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hail scares the hell outa me, eveytime a storm even looks like it has a tiny bit of green in it, i start peaking about my car..... :
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Old 02-02-2005, 06:38 PM   #3
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That's friggen massive!!!! We got some storms in Syd, some very heavy rain, but no hail in the city during the day. I saw the electrical storms late last night and raced out and covered up the Datto. Not having a garage sucks ****!
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Old 02-02-2005, 06:39 PM   #4
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hmm anyone noticed the strange weather thats been happening over the world lately?
The day after tomorrow...hehe

Hope all is well with ya car mate, nothing worse than hail damage
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Old 02-02-2005, 06:41 PM   #5
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That's friggen massive!!!! We got some storms in Syd, some very heavy rain, but no hail in the city during the day. I saw the electrical storms late last night and raced out and covered up the Datto. Not having a garage sucks ****!
Oh there was hail in it alright! The lads EF copped it in Richmond, only had it a fortnight and no insurance. Trying to tell him golfballs go quicker with dimples, but its not working
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Old 02-02-2005, 06:46 PM   #6
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my worst nightmare - thank god it don't get that bad down this end of the world too much.....(touch Wood)
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Old 02-02-2005, 07:02 PM   #7
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****! now there are some killer hail stones
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Old 02-02-2005, 07:11 PM   #8
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Ok the pics of my car dont really show the damage, but the bonnet, roof and boot are damaged, as well as the front windscreen. Maybe pics would be clearer when it dries up a little. All the cars in the street are badly damaged.
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Old 02-02-2005, 07:25 PM   #9
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Who are the girls in the pictures??
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Old 02-02-2005, 07:30 PM   #10
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Yeah, we had some here about a week ago, it was as big as cricketballs i shit you not.

Very destructive stuff.
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Old 02-02-2005, 07:32 PM   #11
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LOL, yeah one of em with the black hair holding the hail stones looks young (wrist band black thingies)
Shit i need to get a cover for my ED, so far we havent copped anything here (nelson bay) *quickly touches wood*
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Old 02-02-2005, 10:23 PM   #12
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Got all of about 1/2 a dozen large drops of rain up the northern end of the coast - where abouts was all the hail - what suburb?(by the looks of things) I be guessin down pt claire way
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Old 02-02-2005, 10:26 PM   #13
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hehe, i had to drive to Pennant Hills this afternoon from Campbelltown, on the Cumberland Highway near Parramatta stuck in traffic we copped it. I saw one the size of a golf ball bounce off the tarp of the ute infront of me! Pretty scary driving as well, wipers were near useless as it was raining that hard. :S I haven't had a chance to check out the EF in sunlight, but doesn't seem to have any damage thankgod!
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mfg those hail stones are nearly the size of tennis balls
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Old 03-02-2005, 06:47 PM   #15
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Yes, the one holding the hail is my g/f lol.

There was 1 spot in the garage for another car and it was either mine or hers, so I put hers in. Yes, its a Holden, but I'd rather my 86 Magna with all its problems go to waste rather than an original 75 LH Torana with 90,000 original k's on the clock get wasted.

I just got the local paper, there are hailstones slightly bigger than the ones in the photos I showed. They look a bit bigger than a tennis ball. This is the biggest hail I have ever seen in my life. I tried saving my car but it was too late. I got pounded in the head and it hurt, and I had a blanket over my head at the time too!

Im not too worried about my car, as it wasnt work anything to start off with. But Im still annoyed at the fact it happened. Everyone's cars on the street got ruined. The bloke 2 doors down got quoted $40,000 damage on his toyota avalon.

Pics of my car now that its dry, pictures dont show the complete damage tho...













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Old 03-02-2005, 06:53 PM   #16
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The survivor...

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Old 03-02-2005, 07:53 PM   #17
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that friggen sucks, so did the for sale sign go on after the storm?
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Old 03-02-2005, 08:41 PM   #18
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Thats gotta be worth a bit. Not often you come across an unmodified Torry.... A bit like fiding an original Gemini.....
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Old 03-02-2005, 09:30 PM   #19
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i wonder if they work like speed holes
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Old 03-02-2005, 09:49 PM   #20
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Damn man, so the tori is ok, the g/f has gotta be happy bout that...
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Old 04-02-2005, 03:09 PM   #21
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Damn man, so the tori is ok, the g/f has gotta be happy bout that...
She's quite happy that the car is ok, but she feels really guilty at the fact that I gave up a spot in the garage for her car. Everyone keeps sayin that it was a really nice thing to do for her, which i agree. Oh well, life goes on I guess.
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Old 04-02-2005, 03:10 PM   #22
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that friggen sucks, so did the for sale sign go on after the storm?
The For Sale sign has been there for a while, but who the hell wants to buy an 86 magna? No-one! I dropped the price down the day before the storm, so I guess I gotta drop it again. Its worth very close to nothing now.
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Old 04-02-2005, 07:37 PM   #23
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if you had the time you could wreck it your self (Strip it) and you'd prolly get more for it!
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