Snap, Crackle, Pop!

[ellyssian]

Or, The Story of What Happened to the Windshield.

Of course, we're really not sure *exactly* what happened to the windshield. What we do know, is that a certain teenager known for being overenthusiastic (he snapped two ice scrapers while clearing ice from my car after the last storm) was brushing snow off the windshield of the Subaru. I made it down the end of the street before I realized that the funky line going from left to right about 4-6" up from the bottom of the windshield was a crack. We suspect the involvement of a rock-pock-mark right along the line (with moisture worked in, and heated to the snapping point).

It will be about $500 to get it replaced, which is much more than when we had to get the Taurus window done 5 years or so ago. The insurance will be covering it, or at least most of it, but still, less than fun. So, I have to use another PH today (no more working from home for me). At least I'll be here when the HVAC guys come by to finish off the supply vents in Justin's room, as well as look into sealing off the basement/former returns and getting the heat to spread out better along the front-to-back plane.

Oy.

Comments

[wolfette]

very annoying. The windscreen companies here in the UK have an arrangement with most insurance companies - if you have a chip in your windscreen they can repair that with a special resin that will prevent the chip becoming a crack and the whole cost of that repair is covered by your insurance, whereas if it gets to the crack stage, and the windscreen needs replaced, you'll end up paying the "excess" (deductable).

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

I don't know whether they are so kind as to cover it all, but they do have the chip fix here as well. It would probably be less than the deductible, though, if they applied that.

In Massachusetts, they covered 3-4 windshields a year. In PA, they give you a certain number of comp claims before they start wondering why, and then your insurance cost goes up.

[patrixa.livejournal.com]

in 1991, the cost for Taurus' windshield was about $500-- don't recall exactly, but it was more thanthe deductible. --we wanted the safety glass which was still a new produc

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

It was $150 for the Taurus last time.