NMNA: Front Windshield on Sale @ W&N 12/20 only

You certainly nailed it there. I last checked shipping on June 13 of this year. At that time it was $295. From what I've seen the price of the glass has been increasing and shipping might have come down a bit from a high point in late 2022. I got a $325 shipping quote from them in August of 2022. I'm sure you are much more familiar with shipping rates from Germany than the rest of us are.
 
dave v. in nc said:
Note to self...Stay well back from gravel trucks, et.al.
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As someone with quite a few long distance road trips under my windshield, it's an unpleasant experience to watch a sizeable rock fly up and off a truck, then home in on the windshield like a Sandy Koufax curve ball as you sit powerless to avoid. Brace for impact, then assess the damage like B-17 flak. I had a Marchal driving light lens blown out, of course several windshield chips, and a-pillar/roof line gouges from these projectiles. Part of my car's battle "charm" I tell myself. Therefore, I am defensive by being aggressive and getting past the trucks/SUV's by any means possible in search of clear air. I also have a spare windshield for when the time is right.
 
I understand your desire to get around the vehicle that's flinging stuff at you. Chipped, cracked and broken windshields were a way of life for a long time in Houston. Trucks carrying dirt/rocks/gravel - your basic construction site debris - weren't required to have their loads covered. It might have been a statewide rule (or lack thereof), but I'm not sure. I think they finally put in place some regulations about uncovered loads like that because the incidences of cracked windshields went way down.
 
Dont get me started. On my Porche Cayenne I just replaced my windshield. Two days later a large rock out of nowhere, no trucks around, hit my brand new windshild and put a bit dent in it. No crack so I am leaving it
 
Stevehose said:
As someone with quite a few long distance road trips under my windshield, it's an unpleasant experience to watch a sizeable rock fly up and off a truck, then home in on the windshield like a Sandy Koufax curve ball as you sit powerless to avoid. Brace for impact, then assess the damage like B-17 flak. I had a Marchal driving light lens blown out, of course several windshield chips, and a-pillar/roof line gouges from these projectiles. Part of my car's battle "charm" I tell myself. Therefore, I am defensive by being aggressive and getting past the trucks/SUV's by any means possible in search of clear air. I also have a spare windshield for when the time is right.
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I was on a two lane road (one lane each way) when I saw a 'work' truck coming towards me (this is a truck that is a flat bed with short side panels... usually with all sorts of stuff piled in there). There was traffic following the truck and a ditch to my right. We each were going 50mph - meaning 100mph closing speed.

When the truck was about 150' in front of me - I saw a small straight rod of some sort drop off the drivers side of the truck and fall to the ground. It looked to be a handle or something similar (about a foot long and 2 inches in diameter). Looked like bare metal with a plastic end grip kind of thing...
The handle landed to the side of the truck and bounced up heading straight into my lane. I had no time to really do anything.... but I did have a second to think about it.

I could speed up as best I could and try to pass under it as it bounced - but I had a feeling it would end up in the windshield.
I could slam on the brakes and hope the second hop would take the object out of my path L or R (or it could continue straight into my windshield - not a good choice).
Or I could just stay steady and 'hope' for the best.

I chose the later. The thing landed in the middle of my lane and bounced straight in line with me. I hit it as it was falling for its second bounce - at about 18" above the ground.
My 997 now wears a nice scar on its nose. 90% of it is in the front bumper cover. But.... there is about 2" into the front trunk lid.
All in all - I really had no choice other than what I did. And nothing I could do about it...

This happened in June and it took me till Sept to get an appointment to have the damage reviewed by the shop I want to have do the work. It will go in in Feb 2024... All the good body shops are VERY backed up. Current estimate is just shy of $10k.....


Everyone .... Stay safe.....
 
AND... I was driving on 101 in Morgan Hill with a golf course in the distance. Golf ball hit the drivers side of my Toyota Sequia. Have nice dent in drivers side door. Scared the heck out of me
 
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