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Title: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: Gaffers on 14 May 2009, 12:35:25

Hi guys,

Made it safely back to blighty  but managed to have a muppet moment and smashed the windscreen.  Its defo not repairable but still fairly legal right now. I have to put the car through the MOT soon and will need to get the windscreen replaced.

I know there have been a few nightmares with windscreen replacements but I cant remember who was good and who was downright shoddy...

Experiences people......?   ::) ::)

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: platty on 14 May 2009, 12:45:33

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managed to have a muppet moment and smashed the windscreen

You have to spill the beans now.... how did you manage it?

I think it was RAC who were particularly bad (in MDTM's experience?) but no experience of others.

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: albitz on 14 May 2009, 15:52:41

Just noticed a rather great crack has appeared in my screen,and my year old drop links are shagged,due to all those potholes which appeared after the snow a couple of months ago. >:( >:( >:(

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: HolyCount on 14 May 2009, 16:03:05

Yep -- RAC are to be avoided like the plague !!!

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: miggcddave on 14 May 2009, 16:42:27

autoglass done a good job on my volvo few years back . untill they tried to put the high level brake light back on  :o there were no fixing lugs to fit it to wrong windscreen  ;D ;D so they had to get a new screen the next day  :D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: tmx on 14 May 2009, 17:24:44

autoglass very good they seem to know what theyre upto in my experiance + they will come to you even to your work!!

was it a pigeon??

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 14 May 2009, 18:52:20

Autoglass are usually very good in my experience, and I am pleased to say my insurance policy specifies I use only them. 8-) 8-)

The horror stories about the RAC are far too many!! :o :o

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: stemon on 14 May 2009, 18:59:08

Just had a company replace mine called southern windowscreens , local to me in reading and done the screen for £160 which i thought was good. very good job too. dont know if they do anywhere else other than the southern area though.

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: HolyCount on 14 May 2009, 19:25:11

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Autoglass are usually very good in my experience, and I am pleased to say my insurance policy specifies I use only them. 8-) 8-)

The horror stories about the RAC are far too many!! :o :o

Snap -- must get mine done soon too -- a few cracks here and there.... passed the MOT with them but you never know when they are all going to join up !!

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: HI2DVY on 14 May 2009, 19:55:59

I had Autoglas replace the windscreen on my 2.6 last month - couldn't fault them.  :y

Title: Re: Smashed Windowscreen
Post by: Gaffers on 15 May 2009, 00:09:55

 :-[ :-[cheers, i just wasnt sure who was the really bad one.  Now i know.... :y

How did i do it?  Well i was lugging the dinghy back on the roof. Managed to get it on no probs, lashed down a beauty too.  30 mins into the 8 hour drive to dunkirque and the mast step, a large piece of metal, i thought was bolted to the boat floor fell down and scared the sh!te out of me.  Needless to say it was not my finest hour.....