I think the man upstairs must be trying to tell me that I've been placing too much emphasis on material things...I never had these problems with cars I really didn't care about!
My VX caught some good hail damage about a month ago in DFW. I got it fixed at a paintless dent repair place (DentWorks in FW...they did a great job).
Tonight, I'm in Bridgeport, Texas at a City Council meeting...yup, the sky's opened up again. Golf ball size and bigger. The good news is I heard that storms might be likely so I parked 3 blocks away under a bank drive-thru. The bad news is that the hail was coming in at such an angle, the front part of the hood still got dented...but the rest of the VX was spared.
I suppose I'll wait till the spring storms are over before getting these fixed. Jinxed in FW (a.k.a. Rob A.)