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What do car dealers do during hail storms?

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Most large dealerships don't have covered parking for the majority of their vehicles so the real question becomes what do dealers do AFTER hail storms. read more

During the storm, we wait. After the storm, we call insurance and, in some cases, area corporate people and assess the damage. We have had 2 hail storms in 2 months at my dealership and the manufacturer repaired the first round. The second was very minimal and will be fixed on a case by case basis. read more

Used car lots around here - we get hail storms in Pennsylvania a lot some years - usually put on a sale, slashing prices of the cars that were damaged, so they don't have to fix them by themselves. This seems really effective for them, since most people will gladly take a dented car for moderate savings off the asking price. read more

Car dealers know it is better to sell a car as is than let it go to the paint shop. The last reason for dealer not to fix a hail car pre-sale is the price was too high. The cars perhaps could have been fixed using PDR or paintless repair, but they did not want to pay what it took to get it done. read more

You'd think that having most of your inventory destroyed by a freak hail storm would be a pain in the ass, but it turns out dealerships make good money and bring in new customers after such an event as Automotive News reports. read more

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