Cobras and hail damage.

[Donunder]

Last Sunday my trusty old Honda Accord that I bought new in 1996 and which had led a very sheltered life, was caught out in a violent hail storm that tore through our suburb. The hail was ferocious and my poor old car copped a terrible battering, to the extent that it will be a write-off if I proceed with an insurance claim. My wife's car went through the same storm and the quote for it from a dent removal firm was $5889. The guy then looked at mine and said it would be a fair bit more than that to fix. I didn't bother with obtaining a quote...

I was interested to note that while every steel panel has damage to a greater or lesser degree, the plastic bumpers and boot spoiler are unmarked, as are the sunroof panel, windows and windscreen.

Not that I'm prepared to run a test but I'm now wondering whether a fibreglass Cobra would have fared better in this storm than a steel bodied car? Did the plastic components survive because there was perhaps a certain amount of "give" in them? In which case a firm glass body would possibly have been damaged as well. Does fibreglass react differently to plastic in these circumstances? Has anyone had the misfortune to find out?