MINUTES!

I picked it up from the dealership and on my way back to work, a rock from a dumptruck chipped it.



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Cheese

 

What a total bummer!!!

 

>>MINUTES!
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>>I picked it up from the dealership and on my way back to work, a rock from a dumptruck chipped it.
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>>:(
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>>--
>>Cheese


That blows. Sorry to hear it. I have a chip in mine too. F*cking dumptrucks :evil:

 

That's shorter than any of mine. I feel the pain.

5 and counting....

 

OMG!! That sooooo sucks!! For christs sake I think i would have killed the dump truck driver!! But then i have had some aggression the past few days heh

 

Don't blame the dump trucks, blame BMW for sourcing completely crappy windshield glass.

 

...actually, you can blame the aerodynamicists and designers for insisting on such an upright and "Mini" looking windshield.

A vulnerable windshield is the price to pay for aesthetic excellence.

Story of Irony: I was following a fellow MINI this weekend, and he flung up a pebble and hit my windshield!

 

>>...actually, you can blame the aerodynamicists and designers for insisting on such an upright and "Mini" looking windshield.
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>>A vulnerable windshield is the price to pay for aesthetic excellence.
>>
>>Story of Irony: I was following a fellow MINI this weekend, and he flung up a pebble and hit my windshield!

Ryephile,

So it doesn't really matter what thickness of glass is replaced? Due to flawed design/angle of the windshield the glass will still crack on impact no matter what?
Do tell!

 

Sorry to hear that, I guess I am lucky, with coming up on my 1 year anniversary with my MCS July 2, and still on the first windshield.

 

Car companies have been reducing weight to improve gas mileage and get better ratings. Windshield manufactures are to blame making thinner windows to help with there part.

 

>>Sorry to hear that, I guess I am lucky, with coming up on my 1 year anniversary with my MCS July 2, and still on the first windshield.


I guess I'm also lucky because I'm still on my first windsheild too.

Sad to hear about your windshield macncheese
:???:

 

I guess I'll wait til this one gets worse before getting it replaced. My dealership throws in a free dent with every service!

They're going to try and pull the dent out for me but ofcourse I need to make the over 2 hour round trip again to get that done.


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Cheese

 

Cheese; there's no reason to bring your car to the dealership to have the windshield changed! That's what glass-replacement companies are for; they'll come out to your work and change it right there in the parking lot, no problem.

--->Pooky: it's NOT a flaw in the design, it's an aspect of the design. A more upright windshield is inherently more suseptible to damage due to the higher angle of incidence.

 

:evil: Sorry to hear that, Cheese. Was it PPG glass?

 

You know, the windshield issue isn't at all related to the design angle. Think back, way back, like maybe 3 or 4 years ago if you can when cars had more upright windshields. Remember those? Some of them are even still on the road.

As a matter of fact, I had a car with a cheap, thin, upright windshield once before. Virtually identical to the Cooper's screen. Yep, 32 years of daily driving didn't put even a single chip in the windshield of my 240Z.

 

>> :evil: Sorry to hear that, Cheese. Was it PPG glass?

My previous windshield was installed at the MINI Dealer so I'd assume it was factory glass but I'll check.

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Cheese

 

I had a brand new 1990 chevy S-10. Very vertical windshield (I think even more than the MINI, IIRC) The windshield it came with lasted for a while, but it got many rock chips, then one of them cracked the windshield. The first thing I noticed about the new windshield was how it reminded me of how pitted the original was. Then over the course of years, that new windshield never became pitted as much as the original nor did it get as many rock chips. So my aftermarket one was stronger than the original.

BTW, my new PPG glass replacement for my MCS seems to pit up really easily.

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Happy Motoring!

 

>>...actually, you can blame the aerodynamicists and designers for insisting on such an upright and "Mini" looking windshield.
>>
>>A vulnerable windshield is the price to pay for aesthetic excellence.
>>

I don't believe that is the main issue.

My 03 Taurus has gone through 3 windshields in 3,000 miles.

And back in the day when all windshields were pretty much at the MINI's rake (including my 1966 Mini S) we did not go through as many!

The real culprit is weight saving. Thinner glass weighs less. Thinner glass is crap.

Regards,
Red

 

<<BTW, my new PPG glass replacement for my MCS seems to pit up really easily.>>

Huh... it seemed like people were having better luck with the PPG glass (I've come to this stellar conclusion based only on the fact that I havent' read any absolute rants about it) I'm actually really pleased with mine: clarity is excellent and no pitting. That's a major bummer--I thought PPG might have been the solution

 

I got a '65 Chevelle (currently for sale) that has its original glass. I think because its leaded :smile: jk

 

Just past the break in and no windshield issues except that things have gotten more blurry. Seems to be a function of the position of the speedometer needle.

In a previous vehicular motor I called my insurance company to learn if they would repair or replace the windscreen.

I was told that if the crack was shorter than a dollar bill it would be repaired. If longer than a doillar bill it would be replaced.

I told them it was longer than a TWENTY.

Windscreen replaced!