Good neighbors watch each other's backs (and Rivians)

[Killer95Stang]

So today was one of those rare occasions where we got some hail in SoCal. Unfortunately, I was work all day about 50 miles away, when the rain first started coming down. About 30 minutes ago, my wife sends me a text saying that it started to hail. She included a video of the backyard. Me being the car guy, I immediately thought about her R1S in the driveway, so I pulled up the cameras on my cell phone. To my amazement, I see my fellow Rivian owner/ neighbors already outside throwing a tarp over the roof of the R1S. They definitely deserve a beer when I get home and probably a nicer present at Christmas.

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[COdogman]

That is really cool to see! Not many people would risk cauliflower ear to save another person’s Rivian.

 

[R1TruKaLa]

So today was one of those rare occasions where we got some hail in SoCal. Unfortunately, I was work all day about 50 miles away, when the rain first started coming down. About 30 minutes ago, my wife sends me a text saying that it started to hail. She included a video of the backyard. Me being the car guy, I immediately thought about her R1S in the driveway, so I pulled up the cameras on my cell phone. To my amazement, I see my fellow Rivian owner/ neighbors already outside throwing a tarp over the roof of the R1S. They definitely deserve a beer when I get home and probably a nicer present at Christmas.

And a big hug

 

[iansriv]

I'm moving to your neighbourhood!

 

[Derkaramma]

We drove up to see some snow and ended up in the middle of a pretty bad hail storm, putting that PPF to work

 

[R1 EVY]

And a big hug

I'm a hugger too

 

[PappaBolt]

That’s a true blue friend right there

 

[goldburger]

The hail was loud but not too bad

 

[RabidRat]

The hail was loud but not too bad

I thought you had a carbon fiber hood! And then I realized it was just the reflection .

 

[Hillbilly]

Nice neighbors. Not a bad storm it would seem but you never know I'd and when the hail will get big enough to cause damage. I'm glad everyone and everything's ok.

 

[Thedude]

The hail was loud but not too bad

Around here that wouldn’t even count as hail.

 

[shrink]

Around here that wouldn’t even count as hail.

I think this was graupel and not necessarily hail?

https://abc7.com/what-is-graupel-definition-snow-hail/12900506/

We get graupel in Phoenix occasionally.


Regardless, fantastic story! Thanks for sharing! I’d do the same for my Rivian kin!

 

[beyondgravity]

I'm moving to your neighbourhood!

Same here. I am going to move to your neighborhood. It will be a coast to coast move; but for neighbors like that I definitely should.

 

[Gen(R3)Xer]

This happened in me years ago when I was running a summer camp. I pulled my car under one of the shelters and then the kids and I grabbed these puzzle mat toys and started putting them on people’s car roofs. They worked surprisingly well and the marble-sized hail just bounced off.

I’ve been in a hailstorm before with another car and when it was all said and done it looked like a golf ball it had so many divots. Expensive to remove, too. Friggin’ hail.

 

[zefram47]

Gonna counter this. A tarp isn't going to do squat against hail, definitely not against hail large enough to do damage on its own, and by putting one over a vehicle you could scratch the paint. While the general sentiment is nice...leave other people's property alone.

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