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Of course the windshield is cracked, it’s New Mexico

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In my youth: a VW Beetle, mid-February in east-central Ohio, heater tin long since rusted away. Self and three companions had to travel north fifty miles to get home. Sniped the vodka bottle from a friend's dad's booze cabinet to defrost the windshield. Snow storm, wipers actuated by two pieces of cord being alternately pulled by passengers, vodka in the windshield squirter... one situation where alcohol and driving mixed to success. But no broken glass!
 
Reminds me of when I was in college, cept it didn't work out quite as well. Decided to head home for Christmas after my last exam one day. Was evening and a couple hours or so drive. Cold, snowing, windy and didn't want to see if morning was worse. So hopped in the Alpine and hit the road. About half way decided to get something hot to drink at McDonalds since, well, the inside wasn't much warmer than the outside thanks to a thin convertible top. So get a drink and go to get back in the car. Yep, slipped on a patch of snow, ended up on my back with the drink rapidly getting cold everywhere it had landed from shoulders to knees. And to cap it off, my left elbow went through the driver's window. Wouldn't have been an issue, except for the fact it was up and now in a million tiny cubes around me. So, the rest of the drive was wet, really cold and windy in the car. So now 45 years later, it's funny, but back then, nope...
 
Last fall in Montana we got a large chip so I headed to Safelight to get it fixed. Every other time glass guy would fix it, send you on your way and the bill to insurance. Safelight wouldn't touch it without an ok from insurance. Calling Progressive they wouldn't ok it on the spot and it took a day and a half for them to process and send an ok only to to a specific shop for repair. Next time I'll just pay to get it fixed and fight them on a claim.
 
sail said:
Last fall in Montana we got a large chip so I headed to Safelight to get it fixed. Every other time glass guy would fix it, send you on your way and the bill to insurance. Safelight wouldn't touch it without an ok from insurance. Calling Progressive they wouldn't ok it on the spot and it took a day and a half for them to process and send an ok only to to a specific shop for repair. Next time I'll just pay to get it fixed and fight them on a claim.
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USAA has never given me grief about fixing rock chips. Unfortunately I didn't notice this one until it started to crack. Lesson: get in the habit of looking closely at the windshield every chance I get.
 
NutmegCT said:
" get in the habit of looking closely at the windshield every chance I get."

Or at least, whenever you're driving.

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Yeah, well where this chip was could not be seen from the drivers seat unfortunately.
 
An old body man used to set a fine piano wire on windsheilds and watch people react to the crack in the windshield. Would show them how to fix it and picked up the wire. Was callled a lot of different names.
 
My policy fixes or replaces any glass free. I have a glass roof on the entire top. Looked up costs, top is cheaper than a windshield.
 
LarryK said:
My policy fixes or replaces any glass free. I have a glass roof on the entire top. Looked up costs, top is cheaper than a windshield.
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My sister had something drop onto her roof (Toyota Venza) and broke the sunroof. The insurance company had to inspect the car to decide whether or not to write it off - they didn't but everything - track, seals the whole unit needed to be replaced
 
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