If you have glass coverage, (Usually, there is no deductible for glass)
have a neighborhood kid shoot your windshield with a BB gun, or better yet
drive it to the unhamptons where any number of old, grizzled,
cold-potato-eating fellars will blow it away for free. You can even make
the appointment ahead of time. However, you will end up removing original
fabric and the process is not reversible.
Best,
Leland FraudFender
----- Original Message -----
From: Marilyn Harper <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 8:57 AM
Subject: Automotive glass
> Dear experts--
>
> Since I know nothing whatsoever about automotive window glass, I
> figure I can ask a stupid questions without embarrassment.
>
> I guess I know the difference between tempered and laminated glass,
> but I don't know which one is standard now and which one is likely to
> be the standard in the future. Which one is my 1992 Geo Prizm likely
> to have? I have no problem with breakage, etc., but I AM having
> trouble with scoring, presumably from stuff in the air This is now
> really reducing visibility, particularly when driving into the sun.
> The little car just turned 100,000 miles (the first car I have had
> that has lived that long), but I intend to keep using it until it
> dies.
>
> Is there anything that can be done to fix the scoring? Is there some
> type of glass that is less vulnerable to that that I can try to get
> for the next car (which I hope will be some distance down the line,
> when I have the money to pay for it)?
>
> My favorite car was a "Metallic Burgundy" 1959 Oldsmobile 98 hardtop
> that we inherited from my mother-in-law in the 1970s when it had
> 16,000 miles on it. Now THAT was a windshield--wrap around and huge!
> The car didn't have seat belts, of course. I hate to think what
would
> have happened if any of us had hit the windshield in that one.
>
> Happy New Year to all.
>
> Marilyn
>
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