This is why you don't park your car under a transformer

[MC Hammered]

Let my other vert to my brother for a test drive as he wanted to buy it from me and he ended up parking it underneath a leaky transformer.

The insurance company wants me to take the car to a detailer to see if they can remove the crap off the paint and bumpers but I don't think it will come off the cloth skin of the hardtop.

So the question is this... have the hardtop rewrapped or painted instead?

[e30trooper]

aww fuk! sucks man, oil right?

[MC Hammered]

I don't know what it is.

The stuff on the paint feels like cooled wax and flakes off when I push it with a fingernail but the stuff on the roof seems to have bonded with the fibers.

[reelizmpro]

You know, i think that's what happened to my 528i except no where near as bad and a good clay and detail cleaned it right up. I was wondering wtf that was though. Thanks.

[Jand3rson]

I don't know what it is.

The stuff on the paint feels like cooled wax and flakes off when I push it with a fingernail but the stuff on the roof seems to have bonded with the fibers.

I'm pretty sure the stuff inside power transformers is some kind of oil, I think it's mineral-based, to cool and insulate the internals.

And the city had better cover that shit.

[dvs909]

I really expected to see Megatron crushing your car.

[carmv4]

I really expected to see Megatron crushing your car.

+1

But that does suck big time. Did you complain to the city?

[Car Addict]

I really expected to see Megatron crushing your car.

ya seriously took me a minute to realize. oh power transformer

[isamemon]

other then your own insurance I would go after whomever controls the transformers

[M-technik-3]

The power company should pay for this. Not your insurance! Sad to see this I will assume that there are no PCB's or carcinaginics in power transformers in Canada?

[fiftytakedowns]

DO the american thing! ARE YOU AMERICAN?!?!

A: SUE THE EVER LOVInG SHIT OUT Of THe power company, for:
emotional damage, car was damaged, Paint, and hardtop. not to mention the possibilty of cancer contamination
B: Insurance Covers it
C: ??????????
D: Profit.

[MC Hammered]

The city is paying for the decuctible and the insurance company is paying for the repairs.

The estimate right now is $2000 to reskin the hardtop and I dropped it off at the upholstery shop this afternoon.

I really did want to paint it but the retro cool look of the blue cloth won me over.

[regnu]

I was thinking one blew up over your car and set it on fire. still sucks to have that stuff on your car.

[M-technik-3]

I don't see why your insurance company is paying for it. It was their property that caused the damage, not like it was a tree.

What's it gonna be wrote up as? Hit&Run? Are your rates going up?

[CleanAzzE30z]

Wow that blows.



Mariano