Nail biting drive home....

95G2_lastofthegreatones · 06-11-03, 10:55 AM

...Probably the most stressful drive home for me ever.
I looked out my office window last evening and saw the dark clouds rolling in so I decided to cut out at about 5:15 and head home to get my car in the garage - only thinking that I would beat the rain and keep her clean.
Well, about halfway home the drops started falling - HEAVY drops. Then, the attack - the very loud pinging of HAIL falling on my coupe. Of course everyone else on the road decided to slow to 5mph so I'm stuck. I don't know if any of you have ever had to experience the sense of helplessness when you're in traffic and your car is being pelted by ice cubes falling from 30,000 feet, but its not enjoyable. Hail is the worst enemy of cars besides idiot drivers.
I did manage to get to an overpass and hang for a while until the hail stopped only thinking of the heart attack I'm going to have when I get home to inspect the damage.
Well, I pulled her into the garage, towled it off and went over it and over it. The Legend repelled the onslaught of the attckers with NO DAMAGE!

stpidhoser · 06-11-03, 10:58 AM

dang! you got lucky

raky · 06-11-03, 11:24 AM

actually, i had a similar situation a couple of days ago. after our acura meet on my way home it started raining really hard. then all of a sudden it starts to hail and i am like oh crap, i better not get any hale damage. there was no place for me to pull off and keep my car covered. luckily the hail stopped shortly after it started. it took me like 30 minutes to get back home where it would normally take me 10. i took backroads that were had some hills and i kept plowing through large puddles...

Glen · 06-11-03, 02:36 PM

Sounds familiar. I got caught in a hailstorm a couple or so years ago and all too clearly remember that mix of helplessness, panic and dread that I felt. Like you, after arriving home I was relieved to find no visible damage. That shows how tough our Legend is.

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Originally posted by 95G2_lastofthegreatones
...Probably the most stressful drive home for me ever.
I looked out my office window last evening and saw the dark clouds rolling in so I decided to cut out at about 5:15 and head home to get my car in the garage - only thinking that I would beat the rain and keep her clean.
Well, about halfway home the drops started falling - HEAVY drops. Then, the attack - the very loud pinging of HAIL falling on my coupe. Of course everyone else on the road decided to slow to 5mph so I'm stuck. I don't know if any of you have ever had to experience the sense of helplessness when you're in traffic and your car is being pelted by ice cubes falling from 30,000 feet, but its not enjoyable. Hail is the worst enemy of cars besides idiot drivers.
I did manage to get to an overpass and hang for a while until the hail stopped only thinking of the heart attack I'm going to have when I get home to inspect the damage.
Well, I pulled her into the garage, towled it off and went over it and over it. The Legend repelled the onslaught of the attckers with NO DAMAGE!

Roger · 06-11-03, 02:46 PM

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Originally posted by raky
actually, i had a similar situation a couple of days ago. after our acura meet on my way home it started raining really hard. then all of a sudden it starts to hail and i am like oh crap, i better not get any hale damage. there was no place for me to pull off and keep my car covered. luckily the hail stopped shortly after it started. it took me like 30 minutes to get back home where it would normally take me 10. i took backroads that were had some hills and i kept plowing through large puddles...

meeeet??? there was a meet and noone told me!!

FutureX 2001 · 06-11-03, 03:48 PM

Those OEM paintjobs are very strong if taken care of, waxed properly and such.

raky · 06-11-03, 05:20 PM

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Originally posted by Roger

meeeet??? there was a meet and noone told me!!

yeah, there was one this past sunday. there was a thread on it and it was in lansing too...

tnelson · 06-11-03, 05:56 PM

i was at work the other day, actually yesterday, and it started to get really dark and hail. i was sad, but there was no damage, except for the 2 huge rock chips in my hood that were already there.

peace
T

johndftc · 06-02-04, 08:47 AM

damn you are that worried about your car getting wet from just rain?

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I looked out my office window last evening and saw the dark clouds rolling in so I decided to cut out at about 5:15 and head home to get my car in the garage - only thinking that I would beat the rain and keep her clean.

lol, i wish i cared that much for something. I can understand the hail though, but luckily no damage so far. The biggest hail I can remember was back in 1990 in Denver we were just chilling at our new house (me my parents and my two new born brothers) when these nasty GREeeeeeen clouds started rolling in, and i think there were tornado warnings and such. THen it started hailing like mad, but the hail pieces were about 2" in diamater or maybe a little bigger than golf balls. that was the weirdest thing i've ever seen, every person in the area had to replace their roof shingles after that. A friend of my parents who was over ran out to his integra with a phone book over to his head and floored it into the neighbor's garage lol

Goldeneye9mm · 06-02-04, 12:10 PM

that feeling is all too common on this thread. i wasn't a lucky one though. it was like a month ago i was driving into a nightmare.the sky turned black and the it started pouring buckets. lightining actually hit about 50 feet from me and i nearly soiled myself. then came the that awful sound like someone was steady throwing rocks at my baby. i was actually screaming profanities at weather..... helpless isn't the word for it. i'de have to say rage w/ a little bit of regret for deciding to drive at that paricular moment would about cover it. it goes like this...

then when i saw all the teeny tiny dents..

yep that about covers it.

06-11-03, 10:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
95G2_lastofthegreatones Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Midwest Posts: 192 Car 1: 1995 Legend Coupe - Sherwood Green iTrader: (0)	Nail biting drive home.... ...Probably the most stressful drive home for me ever. I looked out my office window last evening and saw the dark clouds rolling in so I decided to cut out at about 5:15 and head home to get my car in the garage - only thinking that I would beat the rain and keep her clean. Well, about halfway home the drops started falling - HEAVY drops. Then, the attack - the very loud pinging of HAIL falling on my coupe. Of course everyone else on the road decided to slow to 5mph so I'm stuck. I don't know if any of you have ever had to experience the sense of helplessness when you're in traffic and your car is being pelted by ice cubes falling from 30,000 feet, but its not enjoyable. Hail is the worst enemy of cars besides idiot drivers. I did manage to get to an overpass and hang for a while until the hail stopped only thinking of the heart attack I'm going to have when I get home to inspect the damage. Well, I pulled her into the garage, towled it off and went over it and over it. The Legend repelled the onslaught of the attckers with NO DAMAGE! __________________ 95 Legend L Coupe - original owner Total loss on 7/13/04. Gone but not forgotten...

06-11-03, 11:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
raky Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,561 Car 1: 91 Legend Green LS Sedan (sold) Car 2: 03 WDP TL-S (sold) Car 3: 06 Silver BMW 325i iTrader: (0)	actually, i had a similar situation a couple of days ago. after our acura meet on my way home it started raining really hard. then all of a sudden it starts to hail and i am like oh crap, i better not get any hale damage. there was no place for me to pull off and keep my car covered. luckily the hail stopped shortly after it started. it took me like 30 minutes to get back home where it would normally take me 10. i took backroads that were had some hills and i kept plowing through large puddles... __________________

06-11-03, 03:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
FutureX 2001 L E G E N D Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montebello, CA Posts: 4,575 Car 1: '95 Coupe Car 2: '94 Sedan GS Car 3: '90 Coupe iTrader: (2)	Those OEM paintjobs are very strong if taken care of, waxed properly and such. __________________

06-11-03, 05:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
tnelson Pedobear is watching you Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,652 Car 1: 2002 TL-S, white Car 2: 1992 Corvette iTrader: (3)	i was at work the other day, actually yesterday, and it started to get really dark and hail. i was sad, but there was no damage, except for the 2 huge rock chips in my hood that were already there. peace T __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feLqz1udhtY

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06-11-03, 10:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
stpidhoser Hello, *here! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hershey, PA Posts: 903 Car 1: 2000 Ford Taurus SE Car 2: Secret Project iTrader: (0)	dang! you got lucky

06-02-04, 12:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Goldeneye9mm Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Balto, Md Posts: 21 Car 1: 1994 gray sedan iTrader: (0)	that feeling is all too common on this thread. i wasn't a lucky one though. it was like a month ago i was driving into a nightmare.the sky turned black and the it started pouring buckets. lightining actually hit about 50 feet from me and i nearly soiled myself. then came the that awful sound like someone was steady throwing rocks at my baby. i was actually screaming profanities at weather..... helpless isn't the word for it. i'de have to say rage w/ a little bit of regret for deciding to drive at that paricular moment would about cover it. it goes like this... then when i saw all the teeny tiny dents.. yep that about covers it.

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