Hail last night in Italy (2 Viewers)

[Jewellbags]

I rest my case just need to find some now

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

I took this picture in France some time ago…

View attachment 787516

There's the answer to your touring in the UK question, the worst you'll get here would be midges and gale force winds on the same day

 

[Elsie2010]

That’s a traveller’s trick, most here do that. When you don’t have insurance you need to protect rather than insure

I thought they were just massive fly nets

 

[Rob Turner]

Amazing how much damage to the sides! Looks like its been machine gunned.

Wondrr what will happen to it? Too expensive to scrap, too much work to replace the side. Damaged repairable?

I was speaking to a guy in Gravelines last night who was in that same storm with other Morelos.
His was almost as bad as the Empire Liner in the pictures and the Factory are replacing the side plus solar panels etc etc.
He could have had it written off but the lead times are too long.

 

[dpsuk999]

The Morelo factory can replace any side apparently, here is one of many to be done because of the hail storms of late

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

The Morelo factory can replace any side apparently, here is one of many to be done because of the hail storms of late

View attachment 813361

That’s not a cheap fix

 

[Ridgeway]

That’s not a cheap fix

What do you reckon, north of 40k ?

 

[Ridgeway]

The Morelo factory can replace any side apparently, here is one of many to be done because of the hail storms of late

View attachment 813361

Could be planning the worlds biggest slide out

 

[jongood]

That’s not a cheap fix

Thats quite impressive, yes values these days, must be worth it.

 

[jongood]

What do you reckon, north of 40k ?

But on a mh worth €250k which would otherwise be worth a lot less.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[dpsuk999]

What do you reckon, north of 40k ?

Actually not that far off, €50k, a friend of mine was there yesterday with the insurance assessor to have his side replaced

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Actually not that far off, €50k, a friend of mine was there yesterday with the insurance assessor to have his side replaced

A lot less than I though, but I thought the roof would have to come off to enable new sides to be fitted, seems not

 

[seasideBill]

Severe hail damage like this isn't uncommon.

Is that right? I’ve been visiting France regularly since 1980 and have never experienced a hail storm severe enough to damage vehicles, ditto other European countries. This year I’ve heard more about hail storms and consequent damage to vehicles than at any time I can remember. I had my first experience of such a storm in 2022 in the Dordogne. You expect them in the tropics, my sister lives in Australia and gets them fairly regularly, so many folks have corrugated metal roofs, just like a PVC which tend to deflect the hailstones and reduce damage. I think damaging hail storms are becoming more common and some vehicles are much more vulnerable to damage than others.

 

[dpsuk999]

I could be wrong but if you zoom in at the front it looks like the roof had been lifted slightly

 

[Jewellbags]

It Garda circa 15 years ago a colleague of mine and me had our golf gti’s turned into golf balls by the hailstones . It was revalue I the area and northern Italy has “hailstone” cover within their insurance contracts . If we are getting more extreme temperatures then wherever it rises rapidly we are going to get hailstones .

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Kilroy]

Amazing how much damage to the sides! Looks like its been machine gunned.

Wondrr what will happen to it? Too expensive to scrap, too much work to replace the side. Damaged repairable?

It’s for sale on mobile.de

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

That Morelo is not that old either, the steel wheels start to rust after 12 months and they look brand new on that one