Heater + Frozen Windscreen =.......

[BoozyDave]

cracked screen :(

 

I've got a small dash top heater for in my work van, saw windscreen was frozen this morning so I plugged it in 10 mins before I was due to leave. somehow it moved out of it's holder and rested against the screen, when I went to go out I spotted a crack in the screen :(, on my journey to work it has been snakeing it's way across the screen.

 

oh well, £90 excess, not too bad

[Gambit]

One of my old work vans the heaters didn't work and the water bottle had a hole in the bottom. I used to have to chuck coffee over it whilst driving along :D never cracked the screen once ;) 

But gutted I take it must have been a small chip in the screen somewhere to have cracked like that :(

[BoozyDave]

I didn't notice any chip's, the crack started at the bottom edge, so there must have been a small chip or something down there

[Gambit]

Touch wood I've never had a cracked windscreen :( but seen loads start from chips in the screen. Guess a few people don't find Gavin from Autoglass  that attractive to pop round and put his resin in ;) 

[BoozyDave]

I have had chips repaired on other car's and given the choice of a free repair or £90 for a new screen? I know what I'd prefer

[Gambit]

I get free windscreen replacement with mine but always think they would screw it back out of me sooner or later :( I trust any insurance company as much as I trust the government :) 

[Jay762]

they do count it as a claim if you try to move to another company - relative got hammered that way after two windscreens in 5 years

[Jonny b]

Screens have never counted on mine as claims

[Gambit]

Oh right I did wonder I have a chip in the screen and never had it sorted just incase but it hasn't got any worse either. More annoyingly I even watch in slow mo the stone come up from an oncoming Ford KA tyre towards the center of the screen and BANG! fish and chips is there :(

[Ash007ks]

once in the old days i used to have some competition subs, a small stone hit the screen and i was literally on the way to those free guys on the parking lots that add resin and boom was a full blown spider web haha.

[tom_gr7]

i've got a tiny chip in my windscreen, tiny tiny thing. So I took it to autoglass,  the chap took one look at it and said it was an old chip that they have already repaired. The only thing to do was leave it or get a new windscreen. -.-