Steve/K2WE

I don't think I ever posted this but 2 years ago, March 13th to be exact we had winds over 90 MPH. Sometime during the night, this 60' blue spruce which was on my front lawn, blew over and landed on my car.. The attached photo's show the results.. I was very lucky. A branch went thru my windshield but that prevented the main trunk of the tree from hitting the car. It missed the glass Targa roof by 3 inches.. There were hundreds of scratches and small dents.. The dent removal guys did an amazing job. You could never tell where the marks/dents were. The only thing re-painted was the front bumber skin. If my car had 9 lives, I have 8 to go..

Steve in Saratoga Springs, NY

Edgy01

Wow. You were relatively lucky that trees are soft things--except for the branch that penetrated the glass. I also am very impressed with the paintless dent removal guys. It's a special skill.

These are tough cars!

Steve/K2WE

Yup.. The tree removal guys removed the tree that morning. The cut the trunk in 3 foot sections and were super careful removing them.. Everyone on my block took photo's and figured the car was totaled.. To there surprise, I was driving it the next day and has the glass replaced within 24 hours.. The body shop had the car for almost 2 weeks (while we were out of town on vacation). When I got it back, it looked better than new.. I'm still finding wood chips in places I can't figure.. I was VERY lucky..

Steve in Saratoga Springs, NY

Steve/K2WE

Here are a few more pics of the event and the replacement of the windshield..

Steve in Saratoga Springs, NY

phily911

Curious, what does your carfax report look like?

fskof

Wow its amazing that only the windshield was damaged and not the roof, hood (front trunk) or the window a-pillers.


Also what kind of exhaust tips are those? They look great

Zeus993

OUCH!

rotesAuto

wow! I just went to check on my car LOL....

nice exhaust tips too.....they look different than mine...

any more clean pix?

good luck!

Steve/K2WE

You know, I never checked the carfax report but I really don't care.. I have no plans to replace the car. As for the exhaust, I have the complete Fabspeed headers, mufflers and tail pipes w/dual tips. It gives the car the right touch and just the right sound while driving. It is loud under hard driving.. I have full glass coverage so the new factory windshield didn't cost a dime... And believe it or not, my insurance went DOWN 20% the following year.. I've been with GEICO now for 40 years!!

Steve in Saratoga Springs,NY

Minok

That is rather impressive. The only apparent damage is the windscreen... easy enough to replace. No a-pillar damage? Nice rigid top on those Targas!

beden1

You should consider investing in a garage.

rotesAuto

glad it all worked out my Targa brother

Renzsport

ha ha I second the garage.
Glad to know she came out ok!

Edgy01

So happy it missed the A pillar. That would have changed the entire deal.

It pays to keep a chainsaw handy! Good Karma.

Mark Harris

And I thought that lizard was only about 8 or 9 years old.