jsauce8921
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My family and I are pcsing from San Diego to South Carolina, and I currently have a 5 inch crack I’m the windshield. Should I replace it before my road trip or... push it because I know I’ll crack it again on the road trip?
Windshield advice
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Matze
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I wouldn’t push it, theoretically you could catch a crack on the way back home after replacement! I drove within a few weeks Santa Cruz-NYC-Orlando-Santa Cruz-Orlando without noticeable damage to my windshield, my wife drove not even an hour to Disney and got a bad one... you never know!
The Risk that the existing crack get worse is way higher
The Risk that the existing crack get worse is way higher
jrandom
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So replace windshield drive 5000 miles on highways, risk of damage = high
Keep current windshield, replace when after trip = well seems like the smart move to me ?
Guess I am not sure what you are asking. So what if the crack grows? Your windshield isn’t going to just fail. Is it right in your line of vision so that it is bothersome to see past or something?
Keep current windshield, replace when after trip = well seems like the smart move to me ?
Guess I am not sure what you are asking. So what if the crack grows? Your windshield isn’t going to just fail. Is it right in your line of vision so that it is bothersome to see past or something?
LandCruiser
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Wait until you get back home unless it's keeping you from seeing or it's leaking.
I think I'm on my 6th or 7th glass.
I think I'm on my 6th or 7th glass.
ElectroBoy
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Why the windshield fear of highway driving?
I’ve got over 36K mostly high speed highway miles in CA, NV, AZ,UT in 2 years.
No cracks, although several tiny rock chips in the windshield.
I’d replace it and enjoy it.
I’ve got over 36K mostly high speed highway miles in CA, NV, AZ,UT in 2 years.
No cracks, although several tiny rock chips in the windshield.
I’d replace it and enjoy it.
LandCruiser
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Go drive through CO in winter.
deadbeat son
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I had to have my first chip repair at 8k miles. There are lots of things I love about living in Colorado, but there are also a lot I hate...
Tuco Ramirez
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2 windshields here as well. I drove with the cracks for some time, highway and all, rain....no issues except being unsightly.
I agree with others, do the trip with the cracked one and replace when you get back.
I agree with others, do the trip with the cracked one and replace when you get back.
LandCruiser
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The shortest I've had one was 2 weeks.
Brand new glass, cracked within 2 ****ing weeks, lol.
ElectroBoy
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Are you sure someone wasn’t shooting at you? :uzi:
jsauce8921
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So where are you headed in SC? I'm near Columbia.
Daikon
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The military doesn't pay for vehicle transport?
cb1111
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It depends in part of where the damage is and what happens if it grows. If it outside your line of sight, then I'd drive by a glass place and see what you can do to stop it from spreading.
I suspect that you'll need to pay your deductible in either case even if you register your car there - in which case you probably need a safety inspection first and the glass will most likely fail.
But -- if you've done your deductibles correctly, then your pain will be less. Glass (unless you are in a no glass deductible state) falls under the comprehensive portion of your insurance. Lowering your comp deductible is cheap (for me, with USAA in VA, the difference between a $1k deductible and a $100 deductible is about $25 a year). Lowering the collision portion is expensive.
Get ready to see your rates skyrocket in SC - insurance rates are obscene there and it doesn't make any difference where your car is registered - only where it is "normally garaged".
I suspect that you'll need to pay your deductible in either case even if you register your car there - in which case you probably need a safety inspection first and the glass will most likely fail.
But -- if you've done your deductibles correctly, then your pain will be less. Glass (unless you are in a no glass deductible state) falls under the comprehensive portion of your insurance. Lowering your comp deductible is cheap (for me, with USAA in VA, the difference between a $1k deductible and a $100 deductible is about $25 a year). Lowering the collision portion is expensive.
Get ready to see your rates skyrocket in SC - insurance rates are obscene there and it doesn't make any difference where your car is registered - only where it is "normally garaged".
Space King
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Typically, no. The military expects all, but pays little.
If you're an officer stationed in another country... then maybe. Otherwise, forget it.
SC does not have vehicle inspections.
If military choses to register here then the insurance must be from a company licensed in SC. Not all are, even some of the big ones.
Yes USAA insures in SC.
As for the "scary" comment- you got that right! We have some really poor overloaded roads.
And to compound it, tailgating and speeding is rampant.
Now factor in the state trooper force is undermanned by roughly 400 troopers. That's right- 400.