Having a smashing time :-)

Post by **MColes** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:01 pm

So today a nice dumper wagon traveling down the road in the opposite direction to me decided to deposit a stone on my windscreen...

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Post by **PhilBonneville** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:29 pm

Oops, Hope you're ok. It makes you jump, doesn't it? Have you a spare screen, are you insured for this? Perhaps now's a good time to have a windscreen fitting experience.
All the best,

Phil.

Post by **santadawes** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:14 pm

Hay Matt I have a spare screen.

Post by **millerman** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:13 pm

Claim on your insurance; done and dusted, may cost £50 excess but check if no claim affected, re-think if it is

Ray I now know who has a spare screen

Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:41 pm

be careful about talking to your insurance company they will record the conversation and this may affect your future insurance as you will have had an "accident".

Post by **robedney** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:05 pm

charlie_morris_minor wrote:be careful about talking to your insurance company they will record the conversation and this may affect your future insurance as you will have had an "accident".

Nice to know that's not confined to the US. Makes you happy to pay the bill, doesn't it...

Post by **bmcecosse** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:32 am

Bad luck there - at least the 'zone toughening' worked as designed!

Post by **santadawes** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:22 pm

millerman wrote:Claim on your insurance; done and dusted, may cost £50 excess but check if no claim affected, re-think if it is

Ray I now know who has a spare screen

Hi Colin I might have two sets.......

Post by **JOWETTJAVELIN** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:34 pm

DO NOT CLAIM FOR THIS ON YOUR INSURANCE!!! They will screw you for it come renewal time. I wouldn't even inform them, just buy a new screen, they're not exactly rare. (Read Honest John in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday for many letters about insurers hiking up premiums after accidents have taken place, even if it wasn't the policyholder's fault).

On a technical note, what glass was this? Toughened, laminated, Zebrazone?

Anyone know what glass is on a splitscreen (no seatbelts btw - gonna get them fitted when I get round to it).

Post by **millerman** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:46 am

Matt,

Put me out of suspense

What have you decided to do?

My advice still stands

Post by **mike.perry** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:43 am

Split screen windscreens are toughened glass. Do not use laminated as it is thicker and will not fit in the rubber surround properly.

Post by **HughC** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:13 pm

Actually, most insurance companies do not penalise your no-claims discount for making a windscreen claim.

You can check easily and quickly, without having to phone them up at all, by reading your insurance schedule and/or the policy wording.

If you have trouble deciphering the wording (and let's be honest, they are not always the clearest or most interesting of documents!) let me know. I've had a few years experieince of handling motor/property/liability claims, so can normally suss it out for you!

Hugh

Post by **ASL642** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:14 pm

Mike - Matt's car isn't a split screen. He sold that one.

Post by **millerman** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:47 pm

Hugh C good advice

(Why are owners so cynical

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