Bad experience with coconuts - Team-BHP

shrivz · 10th May 2006, 23:32

Guys.. I've had a very bad experience with coconuts!!!

(in the literal sense)

had parked my car at night under a coconut tree at my house as usual.. and went off to bed early...

the next day my mom woke me up at 7.00am and told me that a coconut had smashed my rear windshield in the morning at around 5.00am (i was shocked since my family trusted that good 'ol tree for the past 20 yrs.. it had never caused us damage

).. i jumped out of bed and went to check the damage... it was horrfying.. the whole windshield was smashed and glass was all over the place.. the thing that worried me the most was the glass in my JBL's (will get them checked before i fit them back)...

I removed the speakers before starting the car and cleaned them very carefully..

I then moved my car away from the coconut tree...

One more thing.. i had to run all over town to get my claim form and submit it.. i have Oriental insurance's policy.. Will be shifting to maruti insurance once it expires... Oriental has this wiered rule of charging Rs. 1000/- per claim!!! do other insurance companies charge such amounts??

anyways.. it was a very bad experience (I learnt my lesson: never trust a coconut tree)...

anyone having similar experiences, please post!

revharder · 10th May 2006, 23:40

so sad, a faith of 20 years got tarnished with just one incident!
consider yourself lucky that you didn't slept under that tree on that eventful night!

did JBLs suffered any damage?

one similar incident happened in our colony, where a monkey pushed a brick kept on the roof's boundary wall and it landed on a M800's top-edge of A-pillar (very near to the place for radio antenna) and then it bounced or don't know how, landed on bonnet and made a good impression on that too and rested there!
luckily, that owner was few seconds away while coming to use his car!

such donations from sky are not welcome at all at certain times!

jkdas · 10th May 2006, 23:53

lol

couldnt help. Imagine Kerala. Land of coconuts! I always park my car away frm it. Better be safe than be sorry. WAsnt ur windscreen the laminated type?

and ever heard of people throwing coins when tehy see places of religious workship? My old car had a small dent when it was one week old. One 5rs coined bounced after it hit teh road after being thrown by a bus passenger towards the place of religious workship. I thought my screen with break! lucky me. I have seen a car which infact had a nice hold of a big coconut size coz of this and a doc who lost his eye in teh same way!

prasadee · 11th May 2006, 00:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by shrivz

coconut had smashed my rear windshield in the morning at around 5.00am

That sucks! Since it is a tree in your house, have you considered getting someone to tie a net around the coconuts? In a few months you are going to forget about the tree, and park it at the usual parking spot.

shrivz · 11th May 2006, 10:42

the worst thing is when kids from the overhead bridges on the expressway throw small pellets on cars passing by.. those pellets hit like bullets at speeds like 120 - 140kmph..

@prasadee: will put the net soon... and i agree abt parking the car back it its usual spot!!! it happens instinctively...

@jkdas: i dont think my windshield was the laminated type and i dont think maruti gives laminated windshields in the rear...

will post pics soon...

deepug · 11th May 2006, 11:10

One of the first things my father taught me was , after parking look up and check whether there are any thing with any probability of falling down. Has been one of my golden rules.

Deepu

nosfreak · 11th May 2006, 13:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkdas

lol

couldnt help. Imagine Kerala. Land of coconuts! I always park my car away frm it. Better be safe than be sorry. WAsnt ur windscreen the laminated type?

and ever heard of people throwing coins when tehy see places of religious workship? My old car had a small dent when it was one week old. One 5rs coined bounced after it hit teh road after being thrown by a bus passenger towards the place of religious workship. I thought my screen with break! lucky me. I have seen a car which infact had a nice hold of a big coconut size coz of this and a doc who lost his eye in teh same way!

Coins Vs coconuts, i would chose a coin rather than a coconut

, Btw i travalled to kerala by M1000, Stayed at my uncles place surrounded by coconut trees, but not even one fell. Some trees gorw old n the coconuts become dry(brown in colour), thats the time u shouldn't park anyting under it, caz surely it will fall.

supremeBaleno · 11th May 2006, 13:51

Well, it is said in Kerala (call it folklore or whatever) that no one will have coconuts falling on their heads. But, it does not hold for cars, I guess.

manaa45 · 11th May 2006, 16:56

sorry to hear about your car shrivz

i had heard this one from my husband, a customer came to him with a broken front windsheild, the reason, somebody residing in his building had kept a small stool, the flat ones used in kitchen, in the box grill and it slipped and fell on the windsheild of his car parked below the window.

these kind of things do happen but coconuts are surely very heavy and they cause considerable damage when they fall form a height.

as far as insurane companies are concerned they charge claim charges varying from Rs 500/- to Rs 1000/-.

i paid a claim charge of Rs 500/- for the last claim and the insurance company is United India.

Shubbhi

Boom Shiva · 11th May 2006, 17:06

Heh. Once I opened the door of my Gypsy King and found a hole in the soft top canvas and a coconut sitting in the driver's seat. Damn thing had fallen right through the little transparent plastic window, which was the only part of the soft top that wasn't strong enough for the impact.

jango · 11th May 2006, 17:10

Hey man sad to hear abt that .Well now u can't do much abt that, anyways make sure u never park ur car under a coconut tree, one way i would consider u to be lucky coz the cocont only fell on ur rear glass, imagine if it would have fell on the roof or ur car, leaving behind a big dent !!!!

jango · 11th May 2006, 17:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkdas

lol

couldnt help. Imagine Kerala. Land of coconuts! I always park my car away frm it. Better be safe than be sorry. WAsnt ur windscreen the laminated type?

and ever heard of people throwing coins when tehy see places of religious workship? My old car had a small dent when it was one week old. One 5rs coined bounced after it hit teh road after being thrown by a bus passenger towards the place of religious workship. I thought my screen with break! lucky me. I have seen a car which infact had a nice hold of a big coconut size coz of this and a doc who lost his eye in teh same way!

Oh Ya in kerala it happens ... Nerchapetti right

Technocrat · 11th May 2006, 17:19

Damn that must have felt bad :(

Btw how much does the windshield cost ?

Rtech · 11th May 2006, 17:26

Bad experience with coconuts

....on reading that, I was thinking of a different sort of coconuts! Those can get dangerous as well at times!

nitrous · 11th May 2006, 18:17

Happens all the time.
Its just plain luck. My cars have had some experience with coconuts.
Since then, i always look up the windshield and park my car.
Never near a tall coconut tree.

10th May 2006, 23:32	#1 (permalink)
shrivz BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: MH12 Posts: 539 View My Garage	Bad experience with coconuts Guys.. I've had a very bad experience with coconuts!!! (in the literal sense) had parked my car at night under a coconut tree at my house as usual.. and went off to bed early... the next day my mom woke me up at 7.00am and told me that a coconut had smashed my rear windshield in the morning at around 5.00am (i was shocked since my family trusted that good 'ol tree for the past 20 yrs.. it had never caused us damage ).. i jumped out of bed and went to check the damage... it was horrfying.. the whole windshield was smashed and glass was all over the place.. the thing that worried me the most was the glass in my JBL's (will get them checked before i fit them back)... I removed the speakers before starting the car and cleaned them very carefully.. I then moved my car away from the coconut tree... One more thing.. i had to run all over town to get my claim form and submit it.. i have Oriental insurance's policy.. Will be shifting to maruti insurance once it expires... Oriental has this wiered rule of charging Rs. 1000/- per claim!!! do other insurance companies charge such amounts?? anyways.. it was a very bad experience (I learnt my lesson: never trust a coconut tree)... anyone having similar experiences, please post! __________________ Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain

10th May 2006, 23:40	#2 (permalink)
revharder BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 405	so sad, a faith of 20 years got tarnished with just one incident! consider yourself lucky that you didn't slept under that tree on that eventful night! did JBLs suffered any damage? one similar incident happened in our colony, where a monkey pushed a brick kept on the roof's boundary wall and it landed on a M800's top-edge of A-pillar (very near to the place for radio antenna) and then it bounced or don't know how, landed on bonnet and made a good impression on that too and rested there! luckily, that owner was few seconds away while coming to use his car! such donations from sky are not welcome at all at certain times! Last edited by revharder : 10th May 2006 at 23:42.

10th May 2006, 23:53	#3 (permalink)
jkdas Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapuram-Shertalla! Posts: 6,940 View My Garage	lol couldnt help. Imagine Kerala. Land of coconuts! I always park my car away frm it. Better be safe than be sorry. WAsnt ur windscreen the laminated type? and ever heard of people throwing coins when tehy see places of religious workship? My old car had a small dent when it was one week old. One 5rs coined bounced after it hit teh road after being thrown by a bus passenger towards the place of religious workship. I thought my screen with break! lucky me. I have seen a car which infact had a nice hold of a big coconut size coz of this and a doc who lost his eye in teh same way! __________________ Audio, video, disco Tat tvam asi Last edited by jkdas : 10th May 2006 at 23:57.

11th May 2006, 10:42	#5 (permalink)
shrivz BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: MH12 Posts: 539 View My Garage	the worst thing is when kids from the overhead bridges on the expressway throw small pellets on cars passing by.. those pellets hit like bullets at speeds like 120 - 140kmph.. @prasadee: will put the net soon... and i agree abt parking the car back it its usual spot!!! it happens instinctively... @jkdas: i dont think my windshield was the laminated type and i dont think maruti gives laminated windshields in the rear... will post pics soon... __________________ Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain

11th May 2006, 13:51	#8 (permalink)
supremeBaleno Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Weekdays at DetroitOfIndia (Chennai) & Weekends at VeniceOfTheEast (Alappuzha). Posts: 2,510 View My Garage	Well, it is said in Kerala (call it folklore or whatever) that no one will have coconuts falling on their heads. But, it does not hold for cars, I guess. __________________ Suzuki Baleno : 91bhp @ 5500rpm, 130.5Nm @ 3000 rpm, 14kmpl in city @ 100% a/c. Fun & economy needn't be mutually exclusive.

11th May 2006, 11:10	#6 (permalink)
deepug BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 80	One of the first things my father taught me was , after parking look up and check whether there are any thing with any probability of falling down. Has been one of my golden rules. Deepu

11th May 2006, 16:56	#9 (permalink)
manaa45 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: nerul, navi mumbai Posts: 288 View My Garage	sorry to hear about your car shrivz i had heard this one from my husband, a customer came to him with a broken front windsheild, the reason, somebody residing in his building had kept a small stool, the flat ones used in kitchen, in the box grill and it slipped and fell on the windsheild of his car parked below the window. these kind of things do happen but coconuts are surely very heavy and they cause considerable damage when they fall form a height. as far as insurane companies are concerned they charge claim charges varying from Rs 500/- to Rs 1000/-. i paid a claim charge of Rs 500/- for the last claim and the insurance company is United India. Shubbhi __________________ Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

11th May 2006, 17:06	#10 (permalink)
Boom Shiva BANNED Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,053	Heh. Once I opened the door of my Gypsy King and found a hole in the soft top canvas and a coconut sitting in the driver's seat. Damn thing had fallen right through the little transparent plastic window, which was the only part of the soft top that wasn't strong enough for the impact.

11th May 2006, 17:10	#11 (permalink)
jango BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: B'lore & kotayam Posts: 744 View My Garage	Hey man sad to hear abt that .Well now u can't do much abt that, anyways make sure u never park ur car under a coconut tree, one way i would consider u to be lucky coz the cocont only fell on ur rear glass, imagine if it would have fell on the roof or ur car, leaving behind a big dent !!!! __________________ Wounds Heal & Bones Set DRIVE FAST !!

11th May 2006, 17:19	#13 (permalink)
Technocrat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Pune Posts: 7,860 View My Garage	Damn that must have felt bad :( Btw how much does the windshield cost ? __________________ The Holy Trinity: Traction, Torque and Tarmac

11th May 2006, 17:26	#14 (permalink)
Rtech Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 5,633 View My Garage	Bad experience with coconuts ....on reading that, I was thinking of a different sort of coconuts! Those can get dangerous as well at times! __________________ He who makes the loudest noise usually has the least to say. Unfortunately they don't realise that and keep at it! ____

11th May 2006, 18:17	#15 (permalink)
nitrous Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Motorcity Madras Posts: 5,594 View My Garage	Happens all the time. Its just plain luck. My cars have had some experience with coconuts. Since then, i always look up the windshield and park my car. Never near a tall coconut tree. __________________ Han:The Red Evo's yours Sean:What do u mean? H:U're representing me now...What did U think, I'm gonna let you roll in a hyundai?

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