A 1 Series worst nightmare!!!

Swadeness · 09-04-2010, 12:55 AM

DAMN

Sylon · 09-04-2010, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by chuckf

i actually had one come through the back window and bounce of my motorcycle helmet and bruise up my entire shoulder blade. i had glass all over my face. i kinda just put my face in my hands and just waited for it to end. i was really shocked that the windshield didnt fall! the only thing holding up the back was the tint!

The front windshield is designed to be stronger than the back. The front is what gets hit the most with road debris, wind, etc. Its the 1 of the 2 windshields that is there to protect the driver's life during the car's primary function, moving forward.

That was definitely a badass storm. Sucks that the car was messed up, but that could have easily been you. Your car did exactly what it was supposed to do, protect the occupants inside. Cars can be replaced, lives cant (I've seen people seriously injured and killed by hail stones). However the back window didnt do much to protect anyone if they were in the backseat. You wonder if it would be worth it to make the rear windshield as strong as the front, or if stuff like this is one of those freak occurances that its not enough to change things.

chuckf · 09-04-2010, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DigIn3D

Haha I thought It was a drive by too. My friend go a bullet through the windshield into the dashboard of his X5.

Did they replace the hood etc or pull out the dents?

Not sure exactly there is ten pages of print outs from the shop of everything they did. But they did say that it was prob going to be full body replacement.

chuckf · 09-04-2010, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by emac08

damn lol. i too would have pooped in my pants. glad things worked out for u in the end. also, if u put a frame around ur front license plate it would look 100000x better

imo.

Want to do the midnight look to it. Thinking a black plate around it would make it better?

blingers · 09-04-2010, 03:18 AM

i had a similar experience in Perth Australia. i was in the office when a freak hailstorm started and my corolla got absolutely hammered

the hail was not soft ball size but golfball size and lot of them! insurance wrote it off and payed me out.

but thats how i became a bmw owner

Trojan4evr · 09-04-2010, 04:07 AM

wow. glad you're ok

Garduna · 09-04-2010, 12:23 PM

holy smokes, it looks as if you were in a crossfire O_O!!!

Glad ur ok and the ride is restored

thez99 · 09-04-2010, 09:54 PM

I prob wouldve fliped over n stuck my head n shoulders down under the steering wheel area real quick to cover my face n everything. That would kill me..

EINSER M · 09-05-2010, 01:46 PM

thats some messed up shit

RDDesign99 · 09-06-2010, 02:40 PM

Good thing you don't have a sunroof!

kadolege · 09-07-2010, 03:26 AM

Damn... Feel so sad now...

ptack · 09-07-2010, 07:29 AM

Wow, I'm glad we rarely ever get those kinds of storms.

Black Sheep · 09-07-2010, 08:43 AM

wow

and 1 · 09-08-2010, 05:56 PM

damn nature...you scary!

starkt · 09-09-2010, 09:32 PM

we've had hail here, but nothing ever that bad

escobar929 · 09-13-2010, 11:57 AM

man, thats horrible. Once it started hailing outside and i was like fuck what do i do, luckily it wasnt bad at all

i was in pain just looking at the pics

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blingers Second Lieutenant 25 Rep 231 Posts Drives: Pre-LCI 130i Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: sydney iTrader: (0)	i had a similar experience in Perth Australia. i was in the office when a freak hailstorm started and my corolla got absolutely hammered the hail was not soft ball size but golfball size and lot of them! insurance wrote it off and payed me out. but thats how i became a bmw owner
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