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Jimmy No Hands
1,795 posts
25 months
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Jesus Christ mate, very unlucky. I'd be feckin' heart broken if it was my P & J and mines probably not even worth half of yours.
Hope it gets sorted!
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WojaWabbit
612 posts
87 months
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ChrisRS6 said: ChrisRS6 said: Telling him to keep his chin up????...come on mate....he aint driving a 1997 snotter or something similar!!!
Just turn it into a track slag isnt what he wants to hear!!..bloody sure it wouldnt be what i wanted to hear!!
Skim of filler....on a 2009 GTR like his???...come on..your winding me up aint ya? If you read back what I said, you'd see I was referring to the possibility of buying the car back from the insurers 'if' it is written off. He'd get the car at a vastly reduced price compared to what would be paid out 'if' it is written off. This could work out financially beneficial if it is played correctly, albeit requiring more effort than what Dan had intended. Sure, its a pisser, but rather than throw in the towel, I suspect Dan will come out of this in a reasonable position... he's clearly not one to shirk effort. I was merely offering some moral support 
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binka1000
19 posts
68 months
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Can you claim on insurance for things like this??
Surely it's classed as an act of god, I feel sorry for you dude, worked your ass of and then this happens.
Good luck what ever the outcome.
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R12HCO
732 posts
28 months
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I know it would cost a fortune and not very cost effective (potentially) but could you 'sucker' alot of them dents out?
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Lund
1,542 posts
79 months
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Just look at any cars in Marbella, they all have peppered bodywork due to a freak hail storm a few years back. Sorry that this has happened to you also. Turn it to a positive and setup a mobile dent man business for the UK area affected!
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Locke
1,176 posts
53 months
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Maybe your insurance will pay you out more than what you paid for it?
Well done on what you've achieved so far.
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Spuggy
161 posts
20 months
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Very sorry to see that damage to the GTR. Hope it all works out favorably.
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Xaero
2,763 posts
84 months
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Considering the wheeler dealing and I assume a lot of insurance swaps, claiming on this would put quite an increase on future insurance, which is another thing to bare in mind.
But saying that, considering how the OP has gone through cars, I'm sure he'll ride the storm (excuse the pun) quite well through it all.
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Erwin1978
80 posts
15 months
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mig25_foxbat2003
1,513 posts
80 months
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That is awful, sorry mate. Can't believe we had hailstones that size, that's the sort of thing that happens in Oz (and indeed happened to some poor bugger's S2000 on Readers Cars a while back) but not in the UK!
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StottyZr
4,071 posts
32 months
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WojaWabbit said: ChrisRS6 said: ChrisRS6 said: Telling him to keep his chin up????...come on mate....he aint driving a 1997 snotter or something similar!!!
Just turn it into a track slag isnt what he wants to hear!!..bloody sure it wouldnt be what i wanted to hear!!
Skim of filler....on a 2009 GTR like his???...come on..your winding me up aint ya? If you read back what I said, you'd see I was referring to the possibility of buying the car back from the insurers 'if' it is written off. He'd get the car at a vastly reduced price compared to what would be paid out 'if' it is written off. This could work out financially beneficial if it is played correctly, albeit requiring more effort than what Dan had intended. Sure, its a pisser, but rather than throw in the towel, I suspect Dan will come out of this in a reasonable position... he's clearly not one to shirk effort. I was merely offering some moral support If the car is written off, surely he'll make a killing? If it is written off, it will be due to Nissan parts costs and labour charges, if he bought it back it could be restored to its former glory by an indie for a fraction of the price. Or as mentioned, carbon skin the s  t out of it. Do insurance companies offer to sell the car back to you at 10% of the payout? So if they pay £40k, you buy it back for £4k or is that just for cheap cars?
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Dave Hedgehog
5,320 posts
73 months
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Jimmy No Hands said: Jesus Christ mate, very unlucky. I'd be feckin' heart broken if it was my P & J and mines probably not even worth half of yours.
Hope it gets sorted! indeed gutted for the OP 
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aussieinlondon
490 posts
88 months
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I have seen many cases of this back home, even remember as a kid helping a neighbour try and cover his car with a large blanket while getting pelted with golf ball size hailstones...... Sorry to hear mate and hope you do come out of it well, sh*t thing to see happen to someone's pride and joy.
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mig25_foxbat2003
1,513 posts
80 months
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Just heard from my mate in Leicester, his brother's Civic Type-R was also written off. Madness!
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Bungleaio
2,916 posts
71 months
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Wounder mate, I've got a few dents in my car but it's not too bad, no where near as bad as yours. StottyZr said: Do insurance companies offer to sell the car back to you at 10% of the payout? So if they pay £40k, you buy it back for £4k or is that just for cheap cars? Mine certainly didn't when my impreza got written off, they wanted about 80% of the payout. Seeing as it had been rear ended on the motorway I let them keep it.
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Use Psychology
9,789 posts
61 months
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look on the bright side, they might pay to fix it, and if they do, you could have a bit of fun throwing rocks at your massively expensive car.
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BHML
117 posts
39 months
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what to do if this kind of thing happens again?
Presumably throw thick duvets/clothes all over the car as rapidly as possible?
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Use Psychology
9,789 posts
61 months
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you could always get a wrap.
bubble wrap.
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DHE
1,983 posts
59 months
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Not good. Hope you can get it sorted out. I saw a video of the hail on detailing world, an Evo suffered similar damage.
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gaz1234
1,910 posts
88 months
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should have used the garage
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... I hope somehow this turns out right for you! some moral support form from Holland! 
