Car hit by lightning no damage however computer flash reset

[Ryan_R]

Good thing you didn't have the time circuits on

(BTTF reference)

[Hail22]

Good thing you didn't have the time circuits on

(BTTF reference)

Oh hahaha xD

I must of achieved this at least.....

[GTIPolo6R]

Lol thats gold!

Got a call from Chatswood and the car is fine they reset the computer and ran a diagnostic for error codes there was none that could be found, they inspected the car i asked if the aerial was fine to which his reply was "If it hit your aerial your car would of been f*cked mate and you would of had no antenna aswell".

So that would be logical as i was listening to a disc in the stacker!

No physical damage found on the car, all in all positive thinking has lead to a clean bill of health!

Stage 1 Godtune...hahaha...

Glad it all worked out well for you mate.

And the dude was right about the car being "f#cked" if it was struck on the antenna

[Hail22]

Glad it all worked out well for you mate.

And the dude was right about the car being "f#cked" if it was struck on the antenna

I know quite interesting how you told me your experience and his answer to my antenna fear, maybe your cars story has been heard of?

[RoknRob]

With a name like Hail22, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised you would attract storms?

[Hail22]

With a name like Hail22, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised you would attract storms?

Oh har dee daa

I was thinking on the lines of the VW add of the child vader vs the new Passat *raises hands up and drops Hail on incompetent drivers and lane hogs* hehe >

[wai]

So i drove on thinking...sh*t hope my car hasn't been hurt internally.

Thanks to the Faraday cage, the internals should generally be OK. There could be some damage to the paint where the lighting hit and how it got to ground, however if it jumped the gap to your car, it would have alsojumped the gap to ground.

You can get it checked out, however I do not believe that the term "Act of God" is used anymore. Terms have to specify exclusions, so if lightning strike is not specified as an exclusion, then it is covered.

[Hail22]

Thanks to the Faraday cage, the internals should generally be OK. There could be some damage to the paint where the lighting hit and how it got to ground, however if it jumped the gap to your car, it would have alsojumped the gap to ground.

You can get it checked out, however I do not believe that the term "Act of God" is used anymore. Terms have to specify exclusions, so if lightning strike is not specified as an exclusion, then it is covered.

I will have someone take a look at it this week, due to weather and all its a bit difficult to tell while outside xD

[GTIPolo6R]

I know quite interesting how you told me your experience and his answer to my antenna fear, maybe your cars story has been heard of?

Quite possible as these freakish accidents seldom happen, so word spreads pretty quickly.

FYI...lightning strikes are still covered under storm damage.

People still don't believe me when I tell them my car got written off by a lightning strike.