You know, you can go for years without windscreen damage. Then one day, when you're least expecting it...BANG !!
Yesterday, northbound on the M5 I collected two bullet holes within an hour of each other ! Neither in vital locations so I phoned the famous windscreen repair people this morning and they reckon they can do a silicon gunk repair on both of them from my description. Coming this afternoon. Well lo and behold, my wife overheard the conversation ( I'd not mentioned it previously to her ) and announces that she too picked up a similar bullet hole yesterday on her car. Sure enough, on inspection, a currently 1p sized star at the bottom right hand corner of her screen. Fortunately, the guy from the windscreen repair firm was still on the phone...
So the upshot is someone is coming this afternoon to do all three !
I might buy a lottery ticket today...
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The 1p sized star sounds a bit iffy, generally they say anything that can't be covered by a 5p coin needs a replacement screen. I don't think they like doing anything near the edge either.
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Leaving the Ferry one morning.Windscreen shattered,police thought somebody had a go at nicking.Nothing was missing in the car.
This was caused by the engine vibration of the ferry.Weird.
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If you need to have the windscreen replaced, this might be worth looking at:
www.autowindscreens.co.uk/prescription/
:)
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Every time you had your eyes tested you may have to change your windscreen - could be expensive! - I dont think it will catch on to the every day market, you will still need to take your glasses with you in the car, for use when you get out! might as well wear them. you would also have to change it from car to car when you change cars, and it would make any car unsaleable if you didnt do it before offering test drives.
Very clever but useless technology, only for one-off situations.
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Erm, read it a bit more fully...April fully...
:-)
Last edited by: Humph D'Bout on Sat 28 Apr 12 at 12:31
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Doh! - cant believe i ALMOST fell for that old Chestnut!! ;-)
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Almost?
:)
Last edited by: Clk Sec on Sat 28 Apr 12 at 12:39
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Well, the bloke's just been. He could have fixed one of mine but apparently the other one on mine and the one on hers were beyond redemption. I could have ordered new screens but I've decided to wait to see if they spread. Of course they will but...
:-(
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>> Erm, read it a bit more fully...April fully...
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I did wonder about the reference to bullet holes. Where are you - Kabul or Basra?
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>> >> Erm, read it a bit more fully...April fully...
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>> I did wonder about the reference to bullet holes. Where are you - Kabul or
>> Basra?
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He was referring to Clk-Sec's link.
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The last time I had a windscreen replaced was a few years ago the day before an MoT test. A Discovery going the other way flicked a stone up and put an irrepairable, failure-sized hole in the new screen on the way to the test station. That was an expensive day.
The Mondeo had a fixable chip when I got it, so the monosyllabic chap in the Fiesta van came and magicked it away. A year later it's still only visible if you know where it was.
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>> So the upshot is someone is coming this afternoon
Kevin?
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Well, it was a Kevin on the phone funnily enough who thought it they'd be fixable but the fellow who arrived didn't give his name. In fact he was pretty monosyllabic. Grunted something about them being irrepairable and hooked off.
:-)
Last edited by: Humph D'Bout on Sat 28 Apr 12 at 16:41
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Autoglass replaced a windscreen on my car around ten years ago - they failed to seal it properly, so when you shut the door, the screen flapped open. Oh yes they did fix it but replaced the wipers so badly that when I used them later that day on busy motorway they touched and tangled....never voluntarily again...
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Well, the Merc is a company car, I was sort of thinking that if the little star becomes a supernova, I might take it to a Mercedes dealer to get it replaced. I'll have to ( "hufty" if you're Scottish ! )check out whether the company insurance would stump for that.
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>> Well, the Merc is a company car, I was sort of thinking that if the
>> little star becomes a supernova, I might take it to a Mercedes dealer to get
>> it replaced. I'll have to ( "hufty" if you're Scottish ! )check out whether the
>> company insurance would stump for that.
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Do you have a rain sensor Humph?
Do you like it working?
If so, ONLY go with a Merc screen.
Have seen a lot of non gen screened car's where the rain sensor doesn't work/doesn't work properly.
You could find everything is fine with a non gen screen, but don't come crying if it isn't... ;-)
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Thanks for the tip ST. Appreciated !
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Our Picasso has had 3 replacement screens in the time we've had it. The OE screen got a bullet in the drivers side so had to be replaced. That one picked up a tiny chip in the middle, but it didn't like being washed at -10 when it was +20 inside and cracked right across. That one cracked from the bottom edge after a year so had to be replaced.
The Xantia OE screen has had a bullet on the passenger side, just within the 40mm MOT limit for 2.5 years / 40k miles that has not spread.
The Picasso replacements were Autoglass. Make of that what you will!
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Had a replacement (solar reflective) windscreen on my 53 Peugeot 406. Didn't stop the auto wipers doing what they should have. I believe that as long as it's scrupulously clean on the inside of the 'screen around the sensor you'll be alright. Any windscreen fitter worth their salt should be as good as Mercedes on that front.
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I would imagine the Merc dealer would just call a local windscreen fitter anyway.
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>> I would imagine the Merc dealer would just call a local windscreen fitter anyway.
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You would imagine incorrectly.
All the Merc dealers I have worked for, do glass replacement in-house.
This includes putting right the cock-ups the 'specialists' make.
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just had autoglass come to my house. stone chip [ from pot hole ] cant fix it multiple impact, jagged stone. Two chips to far apart to fixed as one repair and to close to be two repairs. so now have to wait for new screen . £ 75 excess . money i would rather spend on something else.
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Agree with ST about genuine MB screens, aftermarket rear screens as fitted to coupes have lots of very fine wires about 3mm apart make up the HRW as does OE, aftermarket lasts less than half the time a OE screen does before the heating starts to fail in batches, mine will probably manage one more winter before it needs replacing again.
Autoglass fitted about 3 before we got one that the heating element worked correctly from new, no glass problems though and no clouding at the edges like OE.
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@ Slowdown Avenue - Claim it from the council.
Last edited by: R.P. on Sun 29 Apr 12 at 21:44
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how would i go on with that
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Phone their Highways Dept, tell them what happened and ask for a claim form.
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Windscreens under fire - Robin O'Reliant
