Has anyone had this happen?

[Dr. Kill]

Originally Posted by bmwm750

Not entirely related, but a few years ago my neighbor came home from lunch in his 2 day old CLK430 (I know, not a Porsche but I still felt for the guy), parked in the driveway since he had some contractors using the garage since it was raining. Well, lightning struck the tree (roughly 2 foot diameter) at the edge of the driveway, and it fell right in the middle of the roof. At 200 something miles the car was totaled.

Sometimes you just can't win.

Patrick

I had something similar happen to me, but with a much crappier vehicle. A tree fell on my Volvo 740 turbo during a particularly bad thunderstorm. I called the insurance company to send someone out to assess the damage – assumed it was totaled. They brought a crane type thing to pull the tree off. Once the tree was clear, we noted almost no damage to the vehicle – some mild scratches and sap that was tough to get off, but other than that, the car was fine. I am not sure why I never bought another Volvo.