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Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1048
Reg: 07-2005
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Beautiful Sunday morning so I though i would take my car out of d garage for a nice drive to my G/fs. Car has been sitting in the garage for the last 4-5 days after being polished, and I didn’t take it out because its been raining and all.
Anyways around 3:30pm big storm hit without any warning and now my car is totally screwed! Cracked windscreen, golf ball size damage all over the bonnet, roof, boot, and right hand side of the car.
So if anyone has a spare front windscreen please let me know ASAP. By the way I am in Sydney at Quakers Hill. |
Will Schultz
Tinkerer
new south wales
tt
Posts: 76
Reg: 05-2007
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Theres been at least 3 storms this week that have had me bolting to the car to get it from my carpark at work to cover.
So far i've been lucky.
What the hell is with the weather in sydney at the moment?
Sorry to hear about your car mate.No good |
Dave Billings
DieHard
Louisiana
SC 300, 2JZE, 5 Speed
Posts: 886
Reg: 06-2007
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Don't mean to hijack your thread, BUT...do you think maybe global warming has us done for???
OK,OK...I know I am going out on a string now, BUT, do yall see this wild climate changes we have been having lately??? Or has it been just been a popular excuse for us to have to deal with and NOT say anything about it?? It's only going to get worse!
By no means am I a tree hugger but man, when are we going to learn....when it is too late??
OK, I know it takes us, the U.S., to start the trend, but it is us AND China, who are the most polluters on the globe, to take a stand!!
I am just stupified by everybody who blames everything on the "100 Year" climate circle!! 100 years ago NOBODY had this problem!!
My thoughts...sorry! Cheers |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 2720
Reg: 03-2006
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MY FORD is a right off dude And my soarer copped about 6-10 dents, so it should get pulled out with a Dent removal guy . |
Jose-Antonio Castillo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer VVTi
Posts: 1337
Reg: 07-2005
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What hail? I've been at work all day (indoors) where did it hit? |
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
ACT
V8 Ltd manual
Posts: 3570
Reg: 07-2005
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Your Ford is right off? I think they smell at any time. It could be a dude, but is it a write-off? |
Jeff Smith
Goo Roo
NSW
GT30/37r Single T
Posts: 1732
Reg: 07-2005
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Sorry to hear your bad luck AKA and Dan!
Aka isn't a man with plenty of money and if we can somehow help him that would be great.....
Mate If you need some help with some cash to get you a windscreen let me know! |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 2721
Reg: 03-2006
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David, yeah mate... Ford = WIndscreen shattered.. Both headlights, Indicators, Bonet, Roof, Pillars, Door, Rear quarter, front guards.....Its valued @ $4200 so im guessing they will pay on that! Will find out in a couple of weeks. But its Dents are Massive! Hail bigger than golfballs, more like tennis balls...
Soarer... Has 2 on bonnet, a couple on roof, 2 on boot and 1 left rear quarter that i can find so far.... Im pretty sure a Dent removal guy can pull most of them. Will get it sorted after the new year.
I still had hail stones in my lawn 4 hours after thats how big they were!
ANd AKA... You poor dude! If ya need a hand with anything, let me know!!! |
Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1049
Reg: 07-2005
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Thanks for the kind thought Jeff, but I will make do for now, just need to replace the front wind shield.
If anyone know a place in sydney please let me know. |
Brian Timms
DieHard
New South Wales
TT Soarer Goodness.
Posts: 815
Reg: 12-2006
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The place that did my 180sx 9 months ago was a place in Artarmon, did a great job, had lifetime warranty, and the screen was about $250 all up fitted (was quoted $1800 from Obriens because they claimed it had to be original, and there was no aftermarket screen for my car, thus having to order from Japan.
I will try and get their name tomorrow on the way back from work.
B. |
Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1050
Reg: 07-2005
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Thanks Brian.
Also thanks for the offer Dan. |
Antonio Hunt
Tinkerer
NSW
TT
Posts: 26
Reg: 11-2006
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I was at a friends house in Doonside, they had hail the size of tennis balls. They made divets in the lawn and some of the hail stones were below the level of the grass that is how deep they went. i was lucky my car was not in the area and covered. Sorry to hear of your misfortunes Aka and Daniel. |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 2724
Reg: 03-2006
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Yeah, I live in Lalor Park and I work at Blacktown.
It hit my work 1st... I jumped in my car and hi tailed it thru some funny not so green lights ( safely) until i got it undercover.. Otherwise it would look like Aka's.
All of the cars in the car park at work got hammered.... Not good. |
Jeff Smith
Goo Roo
NSW
GT30/37r Single T
Posts: 1734
Reg: 07-2005
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Aka Abedin wrote on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 08:10 pm:Thanks for the kind thought Jeff,
No drama AKA but the offer still stands if you need it. |
Justin Stanley
Tinkerer
NSW
V8 Limited
Posts: 77
Reg: 09-2006
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Yeah my car got hammered, I had just finished washing waxing, cleaning the rims and stuff when the storm front came over, by the time i packed up my gear the storm had hit. I didn't think it would hail though considering how HUMID it was...
I dunno how bad it got hit though, the hail wasn't golf ball size here on the coast, Lakehaven, most was about the size of marbles, but it was pretty ferocious.
Tomorrow once the car's dry I'll see how bad it got hit.
The storm looked fantastic from my back deck though, I could see the storm front come and then hit the High and start swirling around, it kinda looked like a twister was going to form  |
Adam Chytra
Tinkerer
NSW
Manual '31 V8
Posts: 51
Reg: 07-2005
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Storms are poo. I hate them. Condolances to anyone that got hit |
Justin Stanley
Tinkerer
NSW
V8 Limited
Posts: 78
Reg: 09-2006
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I just got my car checked over, no dents at all. Toyota = Tonka Tough |
Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1051
Reg: 07-2005
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I am glad you car is ok Justin. I hope no other soarers got hit. |
Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1052
Reg: 07-2005
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Jose-Antonio Castillo wrote on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 07:21 pm:What hail? I've been at work all day (indoors) where did it hit?
Mainly Hills area mate. |
Jose-Antonio Castillo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer VVTi
Posts: 1338
Reg: 07-2005
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Ouch. Sorry to hear mate, hope you boys get your cars fixed up soon hey. |
Mike Triggs
DieHard
Western Australia
3.0GT G-Pack
Posts: 995
Reg: 07-2005
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Dave Billings wrote on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 06:05 pm:I am just stupified by everybody who blames everything on the "100 Year" climate circle!! 100 years ago NOBODY had this problem!!
100 years ago no one had Soarers to worry about getting dented
Severe hailstorms have little to do with "global warming" and occur when cold air meets with warm, moist unstable air. This happens a lot around Sydney and other areas of NSW. North America has some of the worst storms in the world, because cold polar air comes in direct contact with tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico (and this includes tornadoes).
Global warming may have and probably has had an impact on the severity of tropical revolving storms (typhoons/hurricanes/cyclones) because these form over warm water, and if the oceans are warmer there is more energy in the storms. This bears no relationship to the formation of thunderstorms over land except that they may be more severe in the event moist tropical air meets polar air (which doesn't really happen in Australia because polar has first crossed the Southern Ocean).
So, severe hailstorms have been around for ages (I remember some beauties in western Sydney, and had a car near written-off in Armidale) and will be with us forever. |
Miles Baker
Goo Roo
Vic
66 Mustang GT Convertible, 55 Chevy Bel Air, 69 Firebird 455, 73 Corvette 4sp T-Tops
Posts: 1003
Reg: 08-2005
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#1: How does anyone know what was going on 100 years ago? Think about it.
#2: As long as I can remember, they have been selling hail damaged cars from Sydney at the Fowles auctions down here. Nothing new.
#3: I'm not convinced. Hell, I can remember 20 years ago the experts were convinced we were going to enter an ice age shortly. |
Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1053
Reg: 07-2005
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Booked my car in for thursday to get a new windscreen. |
Jeff Smith
Goo Roo
NSW
GT30/37r Single T
Posts: 1736
Reg: 07-2005
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Aka Abedin wrote on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 03:28 pm:Booked my car in for thursday to get a new windscreen.
The painfull process is started.....
This is one thing I don't want to happen to me as the same as you AKA,I have third party also.
I don't know how you managed not to cry when I spoke to you on the phone.If it was me I'd be in tears.When you look at it as "It's only a car" then you should get through it alright.(I'm going to be shot for this comment...hahaha)
Keep us posted mate! |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 2728
Reg: 03-2006
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Cool Aka... Where from and how much? |
Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1055
Reg: 07-2005
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Trust me Jeff I almost broke down, watching it happen in front of me, that was the hardest. I went to put my shoes on today and found a nice painful bruise on my foot. Thats how desperate I got, that I went out in the middle of hail storm to protect my baby.
Dan the mob thats coming to my house to fix it up is called Unique Auto Glass, $245 supply and fitted. |
Ryan McDonough
TryHard
NSW
JZZ30 TT
Posts: 361
Reg: 07-2005
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We will get it fixed |
Jeff Smith
Goo Roo
NSW
GT30/37r Single T
Posts: 1741
Reg: 07-2005
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Aka Abedin wrote on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 06:37 pm:Thats how desperate I got, that I went out in the middle of hail storm to protect my baby.
I think we all would do the same!
Ryan McDonough wrote on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 06:43 pm:We will get it fixed
Or she will buff out. |
Stefan Kjellberg
Tinkerer
NSW
Soarer V8 Ltd
Posts: 55
Reg: 06-2006
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The wife's Accord Euro got about a dozen dents. The Soarer parked next to it survived without a single mark. |
Alan Chow
DieHard
Vic
GTT-L
Posts: 562
Reg: 12-2006
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my sales guy got done as well. Bonnet, roof, windscreen. The insurance companys gonna have fun with all these claims. |
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla
Posts: 3649
Reg: 09-2005
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Haha, Miles. Trust the guy with a million muscle cars to downplay the whole "global warming" debate! ;)
I'm with you to an extent, i dont think its as dramatic and world ending as some people are hyping. Certainly there do seem to be some odd changes happening though.
But then when you think about the idea of the Butterfly Effect on weather then i could take a fart over in Perth and cause a hailstorm in Sydney =P |
Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1056
Reg: 07-2005
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Jeff Smith wrote on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 07:00 pm:Or she will buff out.
I wish Jeff, i wish it was just a buff job. |
David Sampson
TryHard
NSW
TT
Posts: 235
Reg: 04-2006
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sorry to hear about the damage..
im just praying it wont hail again, I work in eastern creek and in an uncovered carpark, so im pretty much screwed if it storms again..
already hard enough to sell a soarer as is ,let alone with hail damage =\ |
Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1057
Reg: 07-2005
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I pray to god it doesnt happen to anyone specially if they only have 3rd party. |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 2738
Reg: 03-2006
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Yeah dude... You should never own a car without Full Comp Insurance! Its not worth the risk. |
Aka Abedin
Goo Roo
NSW
91 G-TT, 93 GTL 31
Posts: 1058
Reg: 07-2005
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Aka Abedin wrote on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 01:55 pm:I pray to god it doesnt happen to anyone specially if they only have 3rd party.
I couldnt agree more, but it all comes down to the size of the wallet.
By the way has anyone in sydney used any of those dent removal specialists? If so could you recommend me anyone? |
Miles Baker
Goo Roo
Vic
66 Mustang GT Convertible, 55 Chevy Bel Air, 69 Firebird 455, 73 Corvette 4sp T-Tops
Posts: 1007
Reg: 08-2005
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Callum Finch wrote on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 10:35 am:Haha, Miles. Trust the guy with a million muscle cars to downplay the whole "global warming" debate! ;)
Don't get me wrong, I do think we need to clean up our acts.. coal is filthy and the biggest problem. We need to drop the 70s mindset and go nuclear. With our uranium resources and vacant land for enrichment and waste storage, we could be the next "oil state". And reduce CO2 (and more importantly) sulfur and mercury emissions by a large margin.
Oil will run out, or at least enough to become real expensive.. we need to find ways of powering our daily drivers and road transport without oil.
But climate change? I just don't buy it. The terrorism fear campaign is running out, so OH NO WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF.... UH.... CLIMATE CHANGE! What a crock. Another BS political distraction and excuse for the government to funnel money to big business.
The sky is always falling in if you listen to politicians. If it's not global warming it's global cooling or global terrorism or communism or whatever. |
Dave Billings
DieHard
Louisiana
SC 300, 2JZE, 5 Speed
Posts: 895
Reg: 06-2007
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Miles Baker wrote on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 02:19 pm:#1: How does anyone know what was going on 100 years ago? Think about it.
UM, they keep records! LOL |
Dave Billings
DieHard
Louisiana
SC 300, 2JZE, 5 Speed
Posts: 896
Reg: 06-2007
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Miles Baker wrote on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 02:19 pm:#3: I'm not convinced
C'mon...really! With all the idustrialization of the modern world releasing all those green house florocarbons in the air, none of it being monitored in the 3rd world countries, ALL of it being monitored by the EPA, I'd start to be a little suspicious! Where are the polar caps going? |
Dave Billings
DieHard
Louisiana
SC 300, 2JZE, 5 Speed
Posts: 897
Reg: 06-2007
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Miles Baker wrote on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 01:08 am:With our uranium resources and vacant land for enrichment and waste storage,
They need to shoot that crap into outer space and be done with it and not have it to come back and haunt us. (the waste storage issue) |
Miles Baker
Goo Roo
Vic
66 Mustang GT Convertible, 55 Chevy Bel Air, 69 Firebird 455, 73 Corvette 4sp T-Tops
Posts: 1009
Reg: 08-2005
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Records aren't kept worth a squat 100 years back because they didn't have accurate instruments or know what to measure like we do today. Anyway, 100 years is nothing in earth time. To think that our little bit of action has such an impact is stupid and arrogant. The earth is enormous and we are a tiny speck on it.
Fluorocarbons are not greenhouse gases. They are the ones that "destroyed the ozone layer". And your argument that "but something is happening.. and we're doing something.. so.. AAAHHH!" does not prove anything.
That crap? Do you know how plentiful uranium is in the earth's crust anyway? If you scrape the average Aussie house block to a depth of a couple of feet, you will have over a kilo of uranium in there. Uranium is an alpha emitter. It does not glow green. Alpha particles are stopped by the top layer of dead skin on your body. Dirty bombs are a myth. And you're so worried about the "greenhouse effect" which is "caused by co2"? Well, the scientists who Greenpeace always refer to as their proof of that stuff all agree that nuclear is the answer.
The amount of useless land available in central Australia to store nuclear waste is astounding. The stuff is almost harmless when handled with even the slightest care - way less harmful than the mercury that pours out of coal plants unchecked. And they are getting a lot better at recycling and reusing nuclear waste too.
Wake up, do some reading, and stop listening to the crap that flows from Fox News. |
David Sampson
TryHard
NSW
TT
Posts: 240
Reg: 04-2006
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Aka Abedin wrote on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 01:55 pm:
Aka Abedin wrote on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 01:55 pm:I pray to god it doesnt happen to anyone specially if they only have 3rd party.
that would be me.. sigh..
impossible to afford what they ask, and not worth it considering the value.
but new car (maz 2) will have comp from day 1.
only $100 more than the 3rd party fir/theft insurance for my soarer... |
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla
Posts: 3656
Reg: 09-2005
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Miles Baker wrote on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 09:19 am:The amount of useless land available in central Australia to store nuclear waste is astounding.
There are studies taking place to work out if there are any ill effects of storing used industrial grade nuclear materials underground in north of SA atm i believe... |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 2741
Reg: 03-2006
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If you can afford to buy a car worth more than $10,000 then you can afford full insurance
Specially when •••• like this can happen
Trust me... 6 yrs ago, i bought a VL turbo, had the money in the bank to insure it( just hadnt got to it yet). Had it 6 hrs and it was stolen! I lost 12K and had to postpone our wedding, refinance to buy another car. So a 12k loan turned into a 20k loan for a car worth 7k.... |
Miles Baker
Goo Roo
Vic
66 Mustang GT Convertible, 55 Chevy Bel Air, 69 Firebird 455, 73 Corvette 4sp T-Tops
Posts: 1012
Reg: 08-2005
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Callum Finch wrote on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 01:39 pm:There are studies taking place to work out if there are any ill effects of storing used industrial grade nuclear materials underground in north of SA atm i believe...
Well currently because we don't have a dump, the Darwin hospital has to store almost 20 cubic metres of used nuclear medicine waste ON SITE in the middle of a city. |
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