Windshield time?
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Windshield time?
Hi all, I am on my way up North from Los Angeles. On the first leg of highway driving a big rig shot a rock into my windshield. Obviously it chipped, but not cracked or horrible. I was not tailgating and the truck was in the lane next to me. Stuff happens and I am bummed. My question is how bad was or is your current windshield, before you replace it. I have no cracks, just a good number of small chips. Really in direct sun you can see them. Do most of you just deal with it because it happens? Where do you draw the line before pulling the trigger on a new windshield. Thanks in advance!
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Hi all, I am on my way up North from Los Angeles. On the first leg of highway driving a big rig shot a rock into my windshield. Obviously it chipped, but not cracked or horrible. I was not tailgating and the truck was in the lane next to me. Stuff happens and I am bummed. My question is how bad was or is your current windshield, before you replace it. I have no cracks, just a good number of small chips. Really in direct sun you can see them. Do most of you just deal with it because it happens? Where do you draw the line before pulling the trigger on a new windshield. Thanks in advance!
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Had that exact thing happen to me once, new car, 1 week old. I get on the highway and a 18 wheeler passes on my left
lets loose a large rock and
same condition as yours, I was disgusted but lived with it until I sold the car 5 years later
lets loose a large rock and
same condition as yours, I was disgusted but lived with it until I sold the car 5 years later
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Years ago I was driving home my newly ordered 2008 Boxster S from Brumos and had a rock bounce off my hood, twice, and chip my windshield...**** happens.
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Why are new cars a magnet for rock chips and door dings? It seems so strange, especially since I am extra cautious with a new car. I've had more damage in the first 1000 miles of many cars than in the next 20000. S**t happens!
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Living in Florida and driving on the expressways is a crap shoot with all the effing gravel trucks dumping their *hit without a care.
BTW. Florida has the highest concentration of phosphate deposits in the US, mined for fertilization (and its run-off is wreaking havoc). Plus gravel trucks galore. And you wonder why we get free insurance windshield replacement (well it's free only because you don't pay for an individual replacement, but everybody pays through their premiums).
BTW. Florida has the highest concentration of phosphate deposits in the US, mined for fertilization (and its run-off is wreaking havoc). Plus gravel trucks galore. And you wonder why we get free insurance windshield replacement (well it's free only because you don't pay for an individual replacement, but everybody pays through their premiums).
