I live in the suburbs of St Louis and was hit by the surprise storms that hit last Wednesday evening. The storms pretty much came out of nowhere, no one predicted we'd have anything nearly like what hit us. The "gust front" on the storm made the winds go crazy for several minutes or more before the storm itself reached us, and the wind shifted direction a few different times.
I noticed a good-sized tree limb against the side of my car, I think it came from the neighbor's house 2 doors down but with the way the wind shifted I can't be positive. It was only this evening when I went out to clean up my car and do another round with Swirlbuster polish that I noticed the dents above the window on the RR door. Two dents on the door frame and one on the edge of the roof, plus a couple of scrapes in the paint. I can't believe I missed them when I did a fast ONR wash last Friday, but I was in a hurry and it was nearly dark. I tried to take a couple of pictures, but I had a hard time getting a good shot that showed the damage. Thankfully they look pretty minor. Does this look like a good candidate for paintless dent repair? I'll check, but I imagine the damage is going to be less than my $250 deductible. I'm really missing not having a garage anymore.
A couple of the scrapes on the paint at the back corner of the roof. Haven't tried to buff them out yet. There's a few other scrapes elsewhere that aren't as bad.
Dents looking toward back.
Dents looking toward front.
I wish I could find a way to get better shots of the dents.
Here's where it was parked when it got hit. If it had been in the driveway in the backyard it would have been directly under an oak, but nothing fell back there. The offending branch came from about 30' up in the large tree in the middle of the picture, in front of the second house down.
The good news is my efforts at polishing are coming out fairly well. Here's a close-up of the hood. Still a few noticeable scratches from when it was buffed out by the shop after a repaint this spring, but I'm working on it.
I do realize I'm dang lucky, some folks had their cars or houses crushed by falling trees. Our power was out until about 10am the next day, right after my wife found a store that actually still had ice in stock to help keep the food cold in our freezer. My ex lives across the river in Illinois and still doesn't have power....Awwwwww. :sosad :chuckle:
I noticed a good-sized tree limb against the side of my car, I think it came from the neighbor's house 2 doors down but with the way the wind shifted I can't be positive. It was only this evening when I went out to clean up my car and do another round with Swirlbuster polish that I noticed the dents above the window on the RR door. Two dents on the door frame and one on the edge of the roof, plus a couple of scrapes in the paint. I can't believe I missed them when I did a fast ONR wash last Friday, but I was in a hurry and it was nearly dark. I tried to take a couple of pictures, but I had a hard time getting a good shot that showed the damage. Thankfully they look pretty minor. Does this look like a good candidate for paintless dent repair? I'll check, but I imagine the damage is going to be less than my $250 deductible. I'm really missing not having a garage anymore.
A couple of the scrapes on the paint at the back corner of the roof. Haven't tried to buff them out yet. There's a few other scrapes elsewhere that aren't as bad.
Dents looking toward back.
Dents looking toward front.
I wish I could find a way to get better shots of the dents.
Here's where it was parked when it got hit. If it had been in the driveway in the backyard it would have been directly under an oak, but nothing fell back there. The offending branch came from about 30' up in the large tree in the middle of the picture, in front of the second house down.
The good news is my efforts at polishing are coming out fairly well. Here's a close-up of the hood. Still a few noticeable scratches from when it was buffed out by the shop after a repaint this spring, but I'm working on it.
I do realize I'm dang lucky, some folks had their cars or houses crushed by falling trees. Our power was out until about 10am the next day, right after my wife found a store that actually still had ice in stock to help keep the food cold in our freezer. My ex lives across the river in Illinois and still doesn't have power....Awwwwww. :sosad :chuckle:
Yeah, I'm sure they're gonna do that after hiring extra help, paying all that overtime, all the repair costs, and losing several days of revenue. You bet. Even before this hit they were calling for a rate increase.