Excellent example as to why you should park expensive cars in a garage [pics]
02-26-2005, 11:55 AM
#41
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Originally Posted by WILLDOGS
1. HAHAHA this is New York City - the house its parked next to is probably worth $400,000
2. Registration and Inspection
3. I agree
2. Registration and Inspection
3. I agree
Its not NYC that's upstate, there is no NYMA indicator on the registration and it has an upstate inspection sticker- so this happened north of westchester.
As much as it sucks, a lot of upstaters drive porsche's year round and it is- and it hurts to say this- just a car, imagine of someone had been walking under there when that fell!
02-26-2005, 09:48 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by Tireguy
Its not NYC that's upstate, there is no NYMA indicator on the registration and it has an upstate inspection sticker- so this happened north of westchester.
As much as it sucks, a lot of upstaters drive porsche's year round and it is- and it hurts to say this- just a car, imagine of someone had been walking under there when that fell!
As much as it sucks, a lot of upstaters drive porsche's year round and it is- and it hurts to say this- just a car, imagine of someone had been walking under there when that fell!
02-26-2005, 10:41 PM
#43
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Originally Posted by Beelzebub
No it just means that the car is under 2 years old. I have that sticker on my windshield. Because the first 2 years it is only a visual inspection and doesn't need to be put on the machine.
02-27-2005, 10:18 AM
#44
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Originally Posted by Beelzebub
No it just means that the car is under 2 years old. I have that sticker on my windshield. Because the first 2 years it is only a visual inspection and doesn't need to be put on the machine.
That's irrelevant, there is still no NYMA indicator above the VIN on the registration, that's upstate- or at least the car is registered upstate.
02-27-2005, 10:29 AM
#45
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Originally Posted by WILLDOGS
1. HAHAHA this is New York City - the house its parked next to is probably worth $400,000
2. Registration and Inspection
3. I agree
2. Registration and Inspection
3. I agree
2. wow, i hope those aren't annual
3.
02-27-2005, 01:40 PM
#46
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Originally Posted by Tireguy
That's irrelevant, there is still no NYMA indicator above the VIN on the registration, that's upstate- or at least the car is registered upstate.
02-28-2005, 10:07 AM
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Brings back terrible memories of when that happened to my CLS. There was no garage available to park in though. Shattered the rear window, dented the roof, scratches, snow + ice in the back seat. $3.5k in damages. It sucked.
02-28-2005, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 55M2G7L
dayum now that sucks, would insurance even cover that, "yea uh, ice fell of my roof and caused thousands of dollars in damage to my car"
02-28-2005, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Pull_T
Even from a second story roof, those are enormous dents for falling ice.
02-28-2005, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by scalbert
We do not know if that was once a single piece of ice which broke up on impact. Regardless, when compared to the wheel, some of those peices are at least four cubic feet; or about 30 gallons. Even with a small percenage of air trapped I would assume the weight would be upwards of 200+ lbs for some of the larger individual pieces. This is just quick math but a quick estimate of this mass falling off a roof could exceed 9000 lbs. Certainly enough to cause that damage.
I was thinking the same thing when I looked at the ice.
ya, I bet your right on. Water is about 7-8lbs per gallon (I believe). Been so long since I've had to measure a gallon
I'm sure some website has the weight...
02-28-2005, 02:52 PM
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Yea, it is about 8 pounds per gallon. The question would be how much air is trapped and that can vary significantly. Even at 50% the forces of a 15 foot drop would be devastating.
02-28-2005, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by CLpower
FYI, this picture is a few years old
FYI, its not a few years old- its inspection is due in 2005, so its less then a year old.
Edit: Looked at the sticker again and it was inspected in April of 04, I live in NY and don't recall a snow storm that would generate that much ice after april in 04. That damage is fresh and happened this winter season(of 04/05).
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03-01-2005, 09:04 AM
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Okay that's al little hard to swallow. Those ice chunks look terribly large to accumulate on a roof top. Look at the snow on the roof of the garage, it definitely does not look like ice blocks. This is definitely a insurance scam.
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