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Old 01-28-2008, 01:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Ought to be damn near hail proof.

I was just thinking, with the plastic body panels, and the only horizontal surface on the Passion being a sheet of Lexan, the little smart ought to be damn near hail proof. Something important to use living in those parts of the country where hail, and large hail, happens with frightening regularity.

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I was just thinking, with the plastic body panels, and the only horizontal surface on the Passion being a sheet of Lexan, the little smart ought to be damn near hail proof. Something important to use living in those parts of the country where hail, and large hail, happens with frightening regularity.
Not the Cabrio, though.
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it's ok the hail will bounce right off of the cabrio's soft top =)
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The passion roof you think will be ok? I guess the dents, if any, will be easy to just take off and pop out.
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The Passion's roof is made of polycarbonate, which is the basis for most bullet-proof "glass". I think it'll do just fine with hail. The canvas top I'm not so sure about - golf ball sized hail packs quite a punch.
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Yeah, I don't think the Pure will have any problems... the hole in the roof is filled in with a big sheet of a different kind of plastic than the Passion.

And, even if it did crack, it ought to be easy to replace. Easier to replace the whole roof panel than to remove dents from a metal one, surely.
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