Yankee

Took a co-worker out to lunch earlier today and noticed about a 3 feet crack in upper passenger side of the windshield... got out and looked at it and it was definitely a rock strike (must have been a quiet one cause I didn't hear or notice a thing). Seriously doubt it was vandalism because I'm parked in a secure area on an Air Force base.

So... now gotta deal with my insurance company (yay). According to them, the total cost is $571... [sm=yikesomg.gif]. Guess what my deductible is? $500. I'm thinking I might just pick up the whole tab and not file a claim. [sm=headbang.gif]

Argh...

MoparGuy

Sorry to hear it Yankee. Those are the kinds of things that make you crazy. I've replaced a number of windshields over the years from cracks and rock strikes and I've never once had to pay a deductible. Mine is also $500, but they've always said it's some kind of exclusion. Maybe you can double check with them if your deductible applies?

Paladin06

Sorry about your luck man. I know when CRUSH gets a cracked windshield and it will, I'll cry like a baby.

Some policies include full glass coverage and some do not. Due to the extreme heat in AZ I've always had full glass coverage. The little I pay upfront saves me a bag of money later on.

Yankee

Well I've learned that glass repair is a separate entity from your usual policy claim - it goes under like a "stuff happens" clause and you're not penalized for making a claim - so I guess I'll save that $71 after all. If your windshield can be "fixed" without replacing it, there's no charge - but if it has to be replaced, you're stuck with paying the deductible .

I don't know if Louisiana has a full glass coverage clause - it gets plenty hot down here but not quite like AZ hot - if it does it's probably way too expensive to consider... but if this gets to be a recurring thing, I just might consider it after all... [&:]

RoswellGrey

At least you didn't get a bullet through it. I had that happen in my 86 Thunderbird. It was parked along a street and somebody drove past, firing off a .22. Naturally, one slug went through my windshield then lodged in the passenger-side headrest. Aside from having to pay to replace the windshield, I thought it was pretty cool having a car with a bullet lodged in it. My wife, though, was always leery about riding in it again.

FAD1

Yankee, so sorry to hear that man, speaking of that, I saw a Challenger on the side of the highway when I was coming back from school. It was a nice black R/T and I was really sad to see mopar muscle on the side of the road with the blinkers on.

whylee

That really sucks, thats why I keep mine off the road in the winter, just too much sand and junk around here. I am on my 3rd windshield in my FJ in 2 years, all cracked from winter driving.

BkChallenger09R/T

I hadn't had my Challenger but a week or two . The vehicle in front of me on a 4 lane By pass road decided to getin the left turn lane only 3 car length's from the light. They ran through the gravel on the road most don't . Because they normally are already in the lane long before that. some of it hit my windshield right in my line of view. Two very small chip's in the glass. I was so mad. Hasn't got bigger . And it doesn't stand out as much now . Seem's every time I get a chip in a windshield it stand's out like a diamond to start with. Just hope I don't get anything big enough to have to replace the windshield . But I've only had a few car's that haven't had one replaced.

Yankee

You know something a bit ironic is that I also have a 78 Firebird Formula - a car that's over 31 years old, and I'd be willing to bet that car still has the original windshield...

tdub2112

i'm pretty sure that the cuda has the original windshield. NOTE: I'm 15 i haven't ever drove or letalone sat in the cuda drivers seat with the enginge running. So please don't even think that "WOW a 40 year old Cuda that has spent it's life in Idaho hasn't had the windshield cracked?" That is a pure asumption. Heck i'm just rambling on about nothing right now. oh. BTW I only have like 5 more post till the big 500th. Ok i'm done talking.