My luck with windshields
Thursday, March 13th, 2008My experience with windshield damages:
Sometime between 1998 and 2000 - my very first stone chip on my very first car (MX-3). I tried to fix it with some DIY kit that did not help a bit. Luckily the chip did not spread before I traded the car in.
2002 - two years after getting my new MX-5, I got a stone chip that was repairable.
2004 - two years later, I got hit by a fist-size rock falling from the top of a truck
traveling on a different lane ahead of me on the highway. Needless to say, that wasn’t repairable.
2006 - another two years later, I heard a pop while traveling on the highway, but did not notice any chip on my windshield. Turned out that the chip was hidden behind the rear view mirror. By the time it was noticeable, the crack has spread too much for it to be repairable. I tried to live with the crack but had to eventually replace it in before I traded the car in.
2008 - two days ago, I heard a loud pop while going to work. This time I actually got a double whammy - I don’t know how I could’ve gotten two chips when I only heard one pop. I had them repaired today.
Looks like I’ll be due another hit in 2010 