It's funny seeing people in the Northeast freak about a little hail storm. Considering I went to KU and live in Dallas--both of which are in Tornado Alley--hail is pretty normal here. We actually had a freak incident a month ago (we don't ever get severe weather in the summer) and had a small disturbance with a few clouds with golf ball size hail that affected only near downtown. A buddy of mine that has an '06 3 Series had no damage but a friend about 1/2 mile away she had to file a claim (she has an Infiniti M35). I think German cars have pretty good metal.