how did your ford tackle the recent wild weather conditions?

[HULK_I6T]

Sydney has of late experienced wild weather conditions, massive rain fall in short periods of time has left many roofs damaged, heavy hail and winds present over past few days in particular.

I have a xr6t that has never seen rain so that is basically hidden away in this sort of weather not to get its feet wet. In any respect the huge mid range torque would be difficult to tame in the wet (difficult in dry)

However, i also have an AWD territory. I was on the m4 motorway when all of a sudden i was hit with wild weather, huge hail stones were pelting the car, rainfall extreme where you couldnt see 20 metres ahead. Most cars on motorway pulled over as it was like driving on ice. But the sure footed awd territory simply gobbled up the km and headed safely for home.

Whilst in the car i was certain the car was seriously damaged, the hail stones were smashing the windscreen that hard that i thought it was ready to smash through it. Never experienced weather like it. Look at the marks on the windscreen.

Parked the car in garage and used chamois to wipe top dry.. there were hail stones piled up at bottom of windscreen. They had melted by then and sort of formed really large pieces of ice.

I was amazed that there looks to be zero damage, i will post pics to show the conditions and hail stones still on the car. You can see it looks all clear with regard to damage. Once chamois and taken outside (when rain stopped), confirmed no damage at all. Stunned.

The awd territory felt sure footed and safe for the family whilst being tough and rugged enough to withstand an absolute hail pounding. So impressed with the car, worth every penny of the fuel consumption if it keeps family safe and is resiliant to wild conditions. As i said most cars had to pull over on side road. My xr6t would have been a blubbering mess in those conditions being all over the road and likely damaged.

How did your ford tackle the wild weather?