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Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:01 pm
by MColes
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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Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:29 pm
by PhilBonneville
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.
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:14 pm
by santadawes
Hay Matt I have a spare screen.
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:13 pm
by millerman
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
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:41 pm
by charlie_morris_minor
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".
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:05 pm
by robedney
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...
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:32 am
by bmcecosse
Bad luck there - at least the 'zone toughening' worked as designed!
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:22 pm
by santadawes
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.......
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:34 pm
by JOWETTJAVELIN
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).
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:46 am
by millerman
Matt,
Put me out of suspense
What have you decided to do?
My advice still stands
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:43 am
by mike.perry
Split screen windscreens are toughened glass. Do not use laminated as it is thicker and will not fit in the rubber surround properly.
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:13 pm
by HughC
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
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:14 pm
by ASL642
Mike - Matt's car isn't a split screen. He sold that one.
Re: Having a smashing time :-)
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:47 pm
by millerman
Hugh C good advice
(Why are owners so cynical
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