Would you buy a hymer with hail damage?

[berni109]

Like most have already said - it's only dents and u are not going to be looking at it until its cleaning time. Has it had the side damage repaired? Unusual to have perfectly vertical hail although possible.
I would expect almost perfect bodywork if I was paying top dollar but with sufficient discount a few out of sight dents would be bearable.

 

[Jim]

It won't be an issue for you till you want to sell it. Just get as much as you can discounted because of it, rest assured the person who buys it of you will do the same

 

[dabhand]

If the price is right it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest, I can’t see it being to difficult to hide anyway with fibreglass, why not put a solar panel over it?

 

[bobandjanie]

We purchased a caravan that was about a year old, that had hail damage on the roof and one side, but we couldn't insure it, we got our money back. Bob.

 

[Speve]

It was an Option on the Exsis I think it cost me €600 on mine which was 2014, it was still an extra in 2019.

I just paid forecourt price Lenny as it was already built

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[JP1889]

Humbled and grateful by the pearls of wisdom here. A superb £15 a year investment for any newbie.
I put my concerns to the dealer just now, he's coming back to me tomorrow on the 'semi fixed price'


They'll always be another van, even if I can't go shopping abroad to buy it.

 

[BusyBuilder]

How many buyers look at the roof when buying ?

It wouldn't bother me as long as the price was right.

 

[CazPaul]

Humbled and grateful by the pearls of wisdom here. A superb £15 a year investment for any newbie.
I put my concerns to the dealer just now, he's coming back to me tomorrow on the 'semi fixed price'


They'll always be another van, even if I can't go shopping abroad to buy it.

If the price is right then yes, who is the dealer by the way?

 

[Campervan_man]

Most motorhomes people add aluminium chequer roof plates to walk on the roof.
Just add some chequer plate over the dints.
Don't pay top money for the van.

 

[bobandjanie]

As long as a insurance company has not paid out a claim on it, the caravan we was going to buy according to the dealer was non reported damage, but as soon as we gave the details no insurance companies would insure it, so the dealer had lied to us, probably not a part exchange but more like a write off that he got his hands on.
Probably had we got a professional to repair it, ( like a car we had back from a insurance claim ) and then a inspection the insurance companies would insure it, but then it would not have been a reasonable priced caravan.
We wasn't worried about the dents, but was concerned not having insurance if it caught fire and burnt half the campsite down. Bob

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[Lenny HB]

As long as a insurance company has not paid out a claim on it, the caravan we was going to buy according to the dealer was non reported damage, but as soon as we gave the details no insurance companies would insure it, so the dealer had lied to us, probably not a part exchange but more like a write off that he got his hands on.
Probably had we got a professional to repair it, ( like a car we had back from a insurance claim ) and then a inspection the insurance companies would insure it, but then it would not have been a reasonable priced caravan.
We wasn't worried about the dents, but was concerned not having insurance if it caught fire and burnt half the campsite down. Bob

OP said an overseas dealer probably German so it wouldn't be on the UK insurers data base but unlikely to have been written off just for roof damage. You see a lot of vans for sale in Germany with hail damage.

 

[fullfat]

Plenty more fish in the sea

 

[Scotch mist]

Interesting thread ,I think a lot of new vans come with GRP roofs , I just bought a new A class (pre built) it has the £770 option of GRP Sidewalls , perhaps worth more than I originally thought

 

[EuroTrotters]

Yes, I would buy it.

 

[hymerman]

I agree with previous comments and if the price is right then with the money saved cover most of the dents with solar panels , win win.

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[Ian Bosman]

How many buyers look at the roof when buying ?

It wouldn't bother me as long as the price was right.

Assuming the roof has not been penetrated and it is mostly unseen anyway I cannot see what the issue is. As suggested get a solar panel(s) over the worst parts and maybe a satellite dish, etc

 

[JP1889]

If the price is right then yes, who is the dealer by the way?

The way things stand today Germany has entered a non essential business lockdown until mid January , so plans are to put it mildly, much complicated. Add in Brexit and the likely third country covid status which precludes UK citizens from entering the EU.

At the moment I am very much minded of Donald Tusks comments of 'a special place in hell'.

If I somehow manage to go ahead with the purchase, reverse people smuggling springs to mind I'll write up a review of my finding of several dealers, which I hope gives back a little to the many funsters who've selflessly helped me!

 

[zedman]

as already said.......just stick thin aluminium chequered plate all over the roof, lot safer for walking on and looks fine if done correctly

 

[Folkranger]

I know a guy in France (2005 A-class van) who had hail damage which also smashed the roof lights.

He claimed on his insurance but they wrote it off leaving him seriously out of pocket. He replaced it with a secondhand PVC as that was all he could afford.

He did investigate various options to repair the damage (before accepting the insurance offer) but concluded that a new roof was the only permanent solution which would have cost mega bucks.

I got caught in a hail storm with my Hymer. Claimed insurance for the repairabl but not the indentations. That £1000 claim cost me twice that over the next few years in raised premiums.

 

[Lenny HB]

I got caught in a hail storm with my Hymer. Claimed insurance for the repairabl but not the indentations. That £1000 claim cost me twice that over the next few years in raised premiums.

Depends on the insurance company, I had a claim with Comfort no premium increase.

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[Folkranger]

I bought one without hail damage and added the damage later.

 

[GWAYGWAY]

Using a dent repair set with hot glue and pullers I would like to have them out of it in a days work, depends on how many there actually are most of the area is plastic panel vents.

 

[Lenny HB]

Using a dent repair set with hot glue and pullers I would like to have them out of it in a days work, depends on how many there actually are most of the area is plastic panel vents.

Can't do that on bonded aluminium panels.