Here's how to protect your car last-minute during a hailstorm
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- KVUE's Hannah Rucker provides tips on how to keep your car safe as a last resort.
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Remove junk from garage, have a garage sale, and proceed to park car in garage.
Blows my mind that people do not park cars in the garage if they have one. They rather have junk in it... What's more important?
😂 lol!
Yes... People want to preserve their worthless junk more than their $20k (at least) investment. Have been in people's houses where they have their 50, 60k or more vehicle in the driveway getting toasted in the hot sun here in FL for months or even years. After a while the interior plastics and materials will start fading and dry out. Many times they may look beautiful, but when you need to get something repaired and anything gets broken at disassembly in the interior they question the tech's abilities because now something is broken, and they want to be compensated even after the warning is given. I've seen that many, many times. Yes, I was a tech and it happened to me.
Hahahaha. You win the internet today! 😂
Nah, that makes too much sense Mark. People gotta use them as a mini storage for junk vs. protecting their expensive vehicles.
Headline: Man Killed While Taping Boxes to His Car in a Hailstorm...
hee, not THAT last-minute ;~)
...and trying to heave potting soil bags on top of the car! 😂
I could watch her for hours!
Same. I was looking for a comment like this 😄
I’d wrap mine in cellophane if she told me to!
Who is she???🤩
She is f'in hot!
@@marshallrogers8011Someone who you will NEVER have a chance with.
I covered my car with garden soil like she said,
The garden soil it camouflaged it,
The storm never saw it, so I didn't have any hail damage,
What a great idea 👍👍👍
Okay, Keith, now figure out a way to keep tornados from reaching the ground. You can spin up there all you want, just don't come down.
Then you planted flowers upon the car. 🌻🌹🏵🌸 Going 💚 green there.
🤣🤣🤣
Her suggestion is slightly better than flipping the car upside down.
Thanks for the laugh.
welll if nothing else, I liked her y'all at the end
She has a nice end !
🤣😂🤣
Howdy 😍
@@darinmullins4770 pardner
That was one very nice ya'll!
Baseball sized hail has entered the chat.
ive had softball hail. put holes through roof shingles and sheeting, broke mirrors off truck, knocked gutters off house, dents in steel dump bed.
Just make a bee line for your nearest self-service car wash and park in a stall.
I stayed parked under the gas staion canopy after getting gas!
Who cares about the glass, it’s the body panels I’m concerned with
You can legally drive with a dent. It is illegal to drive witha windshie;d that is damaged to the point that it impairs vision .
@@CharlesHuse Glass and windshield are not crazy expensive body panels run you some money and the body is not easy to repair for dents so people just end up scrapping their car.
@@buildmanepic3850 depends on the car you are replacing the glass on and if a particular windshield cut is even available or if it is special order.
So, I'm thinking the fastest and easiest protection for your street or driveway parked car would be a large roll of old carpet (kept in the garage), already outfitted with bungees. Just unroll it front to back over the car and bungee the ends down.
Exactly what I was thinking
Better yet take the old carpet and misc. out of the garage and park the car there.
I like your carpet roll idea. I would suggest placing the carpet side down towards the car. Let the bottom side weave of the carpet take the hits. Better protection and less scratches on the paint.
@@tomphillips3162 touche
She's cute! She should have her own show, ya'll.
She does, KVUE News Austin, Texas, USA. (Okay, it's not exclusively hers, but she is there every day, along with the other cute lady at the beginning of the video)
The 5 minute craft version of hail protection 😂
Comments are worth more than the value of the car. Thanks.
By the time the weather is threatening, the wind and/or rain will make trying to wrap your car up a futility lesson.
That’s what I was thinking. I haven’t experienced a lot of hail storms…..but I seem to remember them being accompanied by strong winds?
Better have a bike helmet handy for runnin' around outside.
If the storm hits unexpectedly and you don't have access to any of this stuff, the best you can probably do is grab your floor mats and at least try to cover your windshield.
Excellent report, all great ideas!! ....marry me!!! 😍❤
weave a cover out of pool noodles and keep it handy.
Best tip!
Genius! 👌🏼
😂
😂😂😂😂😮
Drive to the car wash, it's covered
Fight 15 other cars for the line that developed 😅
Keep heavy blankets in the trunk and be aware of covered areas, banks, gas stations, parking decks, car washes. We've grabbed every bedspread and comfortor in the house when hail was coming. Be prepared ahead of time. Have a plan, don't panic.
How long do these hail storms last during their continuous hail dropping periods?
@@cosmicallyderived usually a few minutes
My neighbor asked me why I park in my garage. I ask him what the stuff in his garage is worth to him? He said maybe $10k. Both my cars are worth more than that. Plus, if in the garage, it's kinda hard to steal from a car you can't see. Neighbor still parks outside.
As a native Texan ..bathroom mats, walk off matts , Yoga
Matts & sleeping bags .Yes your garage needs be for the cars. I remember in the 70s that Dad pull all Sears mats out from bathroom and have rubber side up.
No warning back then except pay attention to weather.
I don't know what's she's talking about but she's gorgeous!!
A sunroof is not a load bearing structure so putting something heavy directly over the glass is not a wise thing to do. You could end up doing more damage than the Hail. You may be better off just putting extra layers of cardboard + thick blanket over it .
Yup cardboard as long as its dry will do a great job
A sunroof will generally support the weight of something like a soft bag of potting soil (40-50 lbs) just fine, AS LONG AS you roll it onto the glass area and don’t throw it on.
Best to get a large piece of bubble wrap first. It should be long and wide enough to cover the car from front to back. Then put the tarp (or car cover) on top of the bubble wrap with bungee cords to secure the cover.
I would like to be sitting nearby when the hail starts just to hear all the pops. 😄😄😄
Hail storms don't usually give 30 minutes notice.....Plus overuse of the word "Neighborhood"..
Maybe 5 minutes (if you're watching and listening to the radio or online news), so whatever you do to your car better be quicker than that. The items would need to be ready to go. In Colorado, hail storms were somewhat predictable, and it was understood that random cars that are out driving were permitted to quickly park under anyone's empty car port.
How come nobody has invented an air mattress that can be pulled out from the boot and deployed in seconds via a small explosive charge like an anti collision airbag?
We waiting on u!😂
There is the Hail Protector car cover. But I don't think it deploys in seconds.
I thought of something like that back in the '90s when my husband was going to college. I'm just not the inventor type; I have no idea of how something like that would work. These days, I'd try using multiple layers of bubble wrap attached to a car cover. Couldn't hurt to try and not too expensive if you save up all those Amazon mailers. 🤷🏻♀ I currently live in Commiefornia, so no hail to test it with.
@@martabachynsky8545 "Commiefornia" I LOL!
Hail Protector is a Joke. I was Dumb enough to buy one in 2020. It barley covered the top and minimum glass. Glad I used my CC to buy it. Went though the CC company and got all my money back. I threw the Hail Protector in the garbage, where it belonged. Hail Protector was in California. Stay away.
I always keep several bags of top soil handy for just such emergencies.
You would be horrified to know how much the replacement headlight and tail light assembly cost at the dealership. My experience with big hail also resulted not only windshield glass but also head lights and tail lights damage. The damage incurred makes you want to just buy a new car.
That car is going to get destroyed with that bs job she just did lol
Haha YEP
Are leggings the norm for field reporters?
I dunno but they sure look great on her😀
The best invention mankind ever came up with was spandex
Even better are the women who convinced each other that they look cute. If men said they liked them, women would wear literally anything else less flattering.
They are now
I use plywood and fence panels 😂
😂
My car turns into a "shipping container" when I press all 4 buttons at once on the "keyless transmitter".
I'm sorry. Was this a safety video....or some....thing.......*shakes head* She purrrrty
use old comforter blankets, put blankets on car then then take a hose or a bucket of water and water them down so they wont move
I'm a car collector who can't afford a building put all my collection in and I've resorted to these kind of tactics.
That reporter is very pretty
Furniture blankets and flat boxes work for me
Harbor freight sells moving blankets very cheap. Use them under the garden soil.
This is the kind of news we need!
If expecting baseball sized hail, then carry a bat.
😆🤣😂😁
Some blankets and a cheap car cover is the way to go ! Only takes about 5 minutes !
Was in Florida, had my truck parked under a Live Oak, powerful unexpected storm hit. High Winds, hail up to the Bumpers on small cars. Other than my Truck buried in leaves and some tiny branches, no damage.
I could watch this over and over, I just don’t want to miss any helpful hints so excellently delivered.
Or, you could drive to a shopping mall or hotel or office that has multi-level covered parking.
Yes !
I have definitely done this. I have mapped out every parking garage just in case.
I love the y'all at the end
Better off driving to the nearest gas station or car wash and ride the storm out. By the time you finish covering your car you could have just driven out of the storms path if you had that much of a notice lol.
In reality, how many people would have the time to "properly" do this?
Heavy duty moving blankets, covered by strapped tarp.
I’ve done this… it works
I use quality car cover with soft lining as a base, then ‘moving blankets’; some cardboard taped to the blankets or garden soil or mulch bags to go on top of the blankets. So far, this season, in Eastern PA have not had to resort to this.
what most people dont know is your insurance most likely doesnt cover your windows ,you gotta pay extra for that ,i was curious and asked my company im glad i did so i pay an extra $30 a month now .a front windshield will run around $2,000 just for that one window .
where do you buy a windshield that costs 2 grand,had one put in an older ford sedan for 130 bucks
@@georgestrickland9278 the new vehicles, my 2022 subaru windshield is over $1,500
In Florida, windshields are covered by insurance by law. I saw a Lambo windshield go for over $5,000. Crazy, because it's mostly flat.
There is only 1 windshield,the back window is called back glass.
@@DKTek07 it probably say Lambo on it
I would have used the windshield cover on the windshield.
Windows are cheap compared to bodywork.
I can imagine that that tarp and blanket are just going to stick right around in a 50-70 mph gust.
I cover mine with double packing quilts and hold them down with an ordinary car cover…..works like a charm!
Gusty winds would tear up the tarp. I would drive to a carwash or a covered area, usually hail does not last forever.
You can cover the hood or the roof with the trunk mat most cars come with. Had to do this when SelectOne Collision in San Antonio left my car outside when it was supposed to hail.
Thank You for the emergency protection ideas. Anything to help protect our property. Have A Beautiful Spring Weekend! 🛻🚤🏖️
My wife had a 2005 Honda Odyssey. I drove thru a hail storm with hail almost as big as golf balls. Not one scratch on the body or damaged glass. Maybe I was lucky!
I bet it was because you were moving. If you were parked it might have been different.
@@JamieStLouis-tu9ml That's what I thought. Ty.
Thick yoga mat material works really well. Tie a few together and attach straps for your and her pleasure. Perhaps use really strong Neodymium magnets for the high winds. Cover the entire car. Dents are expensive. Practice a few times installing on vehicle as fast as you can. Hail drills!
Put cardboard under wipers
I would think glass would be the last thing you should protect. It’s easy and inexpensive to replace relative to body work. It’s also the toughest.
Great information
And the hood is out on full display, in anticipation of baseball sized hail. Bravo!
Just buy a hail damaged car on the cheap and forget about all of this. Your insurance likely includes full glass.
nahhhh they make you buy that seperate
it's a separate insurance I pay an extra $30 a month for window coverage
Hail damaged vehicles cost almost the same as non hail damaged vehicles these days.
I gotta deeeeeeeaal 4 u!
Usually these storms are windy... all that would be gone.
Don't forget to protect those headlights and taillights. 💀
CARDBOARD WILL SCRATCH AND SCUFF PAINT! NEVER ALLOW CARDBOARD TO COME IN FRICTION CONTACT WITH PAINT.
Yea, scratches are far worse than hail dents 🎉
$100.00 dollars for a buffer, pads, compound and wax vs 1000.00 + for a windshield, sunroof and rear glass. You do the math 😂
Here's a guy who tucks his car in at night.😅
Can you use a buffer/polisher, to remove dents made by hail?
OH,,, will the buffer put glass fragments back together?
NO, but a buffer can polish out mild scratches, from cardboard contacting paint, clear coat, or glass.
Or, you could just glue the cardboard to your vehicle, , , use name brand, face it out, sell advertising space😂😂😂
I reckon the tarp must be to keep the broken glass consolidated in one area? Keep the rain from entering broken windows?
Girl I wish you would have told us what you were connecting the bungee cords to. I got 2 tarps and thought I was doing as you showed. You didn’t tell us we couldn’t drive around with the tarps on the car. Plus It can start to hail at any moment so driving around with tarps made sense to me at the time. As I was driving, I first saw my muffler come off in my side view mirror. My 1986 Hyundai Excel GLS (top trim with sunroof), started sounding like a motorcycle. Then the tarp on the back flew off and covered the windshield of the car behind me. They blamed me for insurance fraud. Saying I purposely did that so I can be rear ended. Then my car started to over heat. And the ac stopped working. The dealer said I blocked the ventilation airflow systems with the tarp. The dealer also said that I never had AC in the car. If so why was there an AC button? I have the top trim. This summer I’m going to run it and prove them wrong. This was a hot mess. I have never had one problem with my car. I bought it branused 35 years ago, with only 2003 miles. Did I mention it was the top trim?
I went to the carwash😂
How about find a garage?
Ok Boomer.
If you “found these things in garage” why don’t you park the car in garage.
I use TV box Styrofoam under a frost guard that attaches to the mirrors. We have not had hail yet but I am confident.
Putting bags of soil on the car is a clever idea. Just be careful as they are heavy and if you just drop them on the sheet metal they can dent the roof or hood as well.
I love all these comments that presume a) you're at home 2) you have a garage and 3) you've got time.
I watch the Weather closely, if any Storms head my way, I run to a Cement Parking garage and duck in until the storm passes. My Truck is too long to fit in my garage.
I have a custom made inflatable mat cloth covered.
Ooh lala
Hail will dent metal long before it will break glass chick...the glass is at an angle...gotta be huge hail to break glass
You're right about the hail denting the sheet metal first. But if your windows get broken, then water will enter and damage the interior as well as setting up mold growth. And, you can still safely drive a car with huge dents, but you can't safely drive a car with a shattered/broken/caved-in windshield. So, I would protect my windshield first, then the other windows second, then the sheet metal last.
@@tesstkohls7448 Golf ball size hail will not break a windshield...because of the 45 degree angle...it would have to be bigger.
I always toss a heavy carpet over the glass. I'd rather have a wet carpet than broken glass.
Find the nearest Aldi undercover carpark
I just put my car in the garage….😊. Actually there have been two instances where heavy hail did come down and just by coincidence, my car was in the garage. I hate the thought of hail damage and do pay attention to weather reports.
That chick isn’t gonna be typing anything with those nails 💅
Here’s an idea buy an old truck one that was made with heavy steel (made prior to 1986) and not worry. Instead of a car made out of plastic and fiberglass like the junk produced nowadays. I have a 1984 Chevy army truck that has been through more than 10 hailstorms and it has never ever took any damage.
Slid a flattend out cardboard box with big narly staples under the tarp and scratch up the paint.
If only someone could invent a space for cars to be in a closed or at least covered area for vehicles. Man one person is going to come up with such an ingenious idea 😅
Dont mind all the scratches you left from bungy cord and cardboard
buy a metal carport
Note hair scrunchee on wrist (thumbnail picture). That's all you need to know when figuring tip's value.
You never know when you might need one.
Best place to put a scrunchie is on wrist, if not wrapped around hair.
@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 That's totally practical.
Safelite repairs..Safelite replaces😂😂😂
😂 😅🤣😆
What about a huge roll of bubble wrap?
Dramatically decrease your odds of getting struck by lightning by not doing any of this and staying inside. Driving to a gas station, car wash, or underpass is a better plan.
Meanwhile I get beaten to death by some hard water
I use inflatable air mattresses.
This is cracking me down. Who really has this much time to do this - find a car wash and park there until the hail is over.
Do I need a helmet while preping the car?
Sold my car, easiest solution.
If one is near a bank pull into their drive-thru, and wait it out, if after hours even better. Just one tip it isn't always useful.
Always save your banking days for days with hail storm predictions, therefore increasing your odds of being near a bank drive through. Pro tip.
I once entered a bank to take refuge from a tornado! When I came in, they were unaware that one was coming.
@@betsybarnicle8016 They should let you in the vault-- for safety :)
You can buy hail car covers. Just do that instead of this patchy protection.
What if I don’t have a bag of potting soil just laying around, then what?
ask grandma/grandpa to sit on it
Hail ya!