Here is the Copart auction for a co-worker's hail totalled 2018 Honda Odyssey EX-L, from the second massive summer hail storm in Colorado.
https://www.copart.com/lot/42554198
They were at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo which is outside of Colorado Springs, when the hail storm hit. Some of the hailstones were as large as softballs (most were tennis ball to baseball sized), and the storm lasted for 10-15 minutes. No one was allowed to leave the zoo premises in their vehicles after the storm (driveable or not). They were all bussed to a nearby high school, and had to arrange for transportation from there.
They did get lucky and scored a rental car the next day, but were not allowed to leave the state of Colorado in it. The rental car companies were already badly short of vehicles, after the earlier massive hail storm that had affected the Denver area, and were not allowing any vehicles to be taken out of the state. My co-worker lives in Illinois.
They were able to get a USAA adjuster to quickly total it out, because they were stuck there, on vacation, 1000 miles from home. They then bought a 2019 Odyssey EX-L at Freedom Honda in Colorado Springs, so that they could get back home in Illinois. They also had to buy new car seats, as the old ones were soaking wet, and covered in broken glass. USAA covered that as well.
She's not sure why the instrument panel is reporting the "Transmission System Problem" message. The van only has 6,000 miles on it, and was pristine before the hail storm. I wonder if a towing company unnecessarily dragged it while it was in Park. and damaged the transmission, knowing that it would be totalled out anyway.
One thing that I notice in the auction, it states that the van has a Colorado title. That is incorrect, as it does have an Illinois title. Is that a simple listing mistake by Copart, or would USAA (as the new owner of the van) convert the title from an Illinois one to a Colorado one, for some odd reason?
https://www.copart.com/lot/42554198
They were at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo which is outside of Colorado Springs, when the hail storm hit. Some of the hailstones were as large as softballs (most were tennis ball to baseball sized), and the storm lasted for 10-15 minutes. No one was allowed to leave the zoo premises in their vehicles after the storm (driveable or not). They were all bussed to a nearby high school, and had to arrange for transportation from there.
They did get lucky and scored a rental car the next day, but were not allowed to leave the state of Colorado in it. The rental car companies were already badly short of vehicles, after the earlier massive hail storm that had affected the Denver area, and were not allowing any vehicles to be taken out of the state. My co-worker lives in Illinois.
They were able to get a USAA adjuster to quickly total it out, because they were stuck there, on vacation, 1000 miles from home. They then bought a 2019 Odyssey EX-L at Freedom Honda in Colorado Springs, so that they could get back home in Illinois. They also had to buy new car seats, as the old ones were soaking wet, and covered in broken glass. USAA covered that as well.
She's not sure why the instrument panel is reporting the "Transmission System Problem" message. The van only has 6,000 miles on it, and was pristine before the hail storm. I wonder if a towing company unnecessarily dragged it while it was in Park. and damaged the transmission, knowing that it would be totalled out anyway.
One thing that I notice in the auction, it states that the van has a Colorado title. That is incorrect, as it does have an Illinois title. Is that a simple listing mistake by Copart, or would USAA (as the new owner of the van) convert the title from an Illinois one to a Colorado one, for some odd reason?
