this isn't helping matters...was posted on our local forums...
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I stopped on the side of I-80 to snap these shots from the Omaha Auto Auction, still trying to find someone with an auction pass to get in there, anyone got one that can go today? 
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The very unfortunate news is that every vehicle sitting in bay at Council Bluffs received significant
damage and will likely be bought back and sent t auction. The vehicle list includes (35) Dodge Challenger
SRT8s. The damage to these vehicles is not dentless paint repair. The damage is significant and includes
broken windshields and headlights. Most body panels will have to be replaced. Therefore these units will be
re-classified as "Act of God, major transportation damage" and will be sold at auction.
There is nothing that can be done to recover a unit bought back. The vehicles are now on "Hail Storm" hold
and awaiting Insurance Inspection and buy back. Obviously this is devastating news to those people waiting
for one of the 35 Dodge Challengers that were effected. There is no avenue to replace these units as the
production has been filled for the 2008 model year.
Please do not contact Sierra Mountain Express in Council Bluffs, to check the status of your vehicle. They are
scrambling to catch up with the situation and everything is on hold waiting inspection. You can see the status of
your vehicle in DealerConnect.
We apologize for this unfortunate situation.
DBC Distribution
You can go to the gallery for full resolution shots, but I think all the damage is on the other side of the cars. It has to be, I guess there was some pretty bad damage.
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My Boss told me his is on the transporter, and will be there Saturday, but the ones hit by hail were hit so badly that chrysler couldnt re sell them, there was 90+ mph winds with golf ball to tennis ball hail, and they litterally shredded the cars like swiss cheese. Tore through the interior, the seats, dashes, and the door pannels were torn off one of them, thats how severe the damage was. They are gonna get the guts stripped outa them, and crushed. Im gonna talk with the transporter driver saturday, and check out his cell phone camera pixs."
Full gallery - http://www.1320video.com/gallery/TotaledChallengers
or maybe they fixed a lot prior to auction but they are listed with an R title(or whatever you call it)?
Salvage title?
Are those replacements in the pics?
I don't think any of those are going to the crusher. None of them appear to have any damage and the cars they are with don't have any damage either. It looks like it's a storage lot for new vehicles to me but the story will come out soon.
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very plane looking cars... good luck finding on though bud if that's what you want... me personally im gonna holding out for the camaro
some wicked ass hail it can damage only one side of 35 cars without a scratch on the top or other side.
besides there is mention of windshields damaged, but none in the pics.
the cars are local here...I assure you...they're damaged
The storm we had was WICKED. The hail from the storm came down for about 5 minutes...and 3 hours later...there were still piles of hail leftover from the storm. Millions in damage here in Omaha!
was it only on the one side then????
If that storm was so bad I want to know why all the hoods, windshields, and sunroofs look fine...
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James Larsen wrote:If that storm was so bad I want to know why all the hoods, windshields, and sunroofs look fine...
ZING . . .
Hail damage does NOT effect one side of a car, it would effect the windows first off if the hail was that large and in fact going that fast. Second, why would this huge lot of Challengers that have already been sold, just sitting outside in the open like this . . . Whole thing seems wrong.
Also, I'd hate to be the guy that had to crush these cars. I'd just be crying the whole time, lol.
Thats gotta be storage or something...why all those cars in one place at one time?
there goes the resale of the chalenger, Ha for us but thats gata suck
A J-body owner since 1998
91 cavy, 99 sunfire, 00 cavy
06 cobalt SS/SC YELLOW
09 cobalt SS/TC sedan WHITE 1 of 41
i assure you...thats the auction lines
they aren't going to be auctioned though from what I read.
