mookaloid
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 posted on 23/10/11 at 05:51 PM |
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AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH
Just been changing the wiper blades on the tintop - as I was doing the second one the arm snapped down hit the screen and cracked it......
I only recently changed the insurance to TPFT
S**t S**t F**k S**t S**t B*****d S**t
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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jacko
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| posted on 23/10/11 at 06:03 PM |
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Not the Alfa ?
that will be BIG money
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adithorp
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| posted on 23/10/11 at 06:03 PM |
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Easy done! I've dropped a few over the years but only had one screen crack on a customers "pride and joy" Capri. I replaced the
screen and he was happy. The screen was already de-laminating in one corner so it ended up better than before but it's not a phone caal I want
to have to make again. I try to put a rag on the screen whenever practical now.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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mookaloid
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| posted on 23/10/11 at 06:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jacko
Not the Alfa ?
that will be BIG money
No it was the Saab
I don't suppose it will be any cheaper though 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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jacko
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| posted on 23/10/11 at 06:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
quote:
Originally posted by jacko
Not the Alfa ?
that will be BIG money
No it was the Saab
I don't suppose it will be any cheaper though
I did not think it would be the Alfa after re reading you had put the car on TPFT
How long is the crack ? some times they can be drilled then resin filled
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40inches
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| posted on 23/10/11 at 08:26 PM |
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My mate runs a car spares shop, they have had to stop fitting wipers for customers because of this reason.
Apparently, because manufacturers have cut down the windscreen thickness to save weight, the slightest tap on the edge of the screen results in it
cracking.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 24/10/11 at 09:01 AM |
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I lobbed my phone onto the flat part of the dash on the passenger side once, it bounced off the window and caused a big crack.
Be thankful it's not a heated windscreen!
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RichardK
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| posted on 24/10/11 at 11:04 AM |
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Ooch,that's not good mate,is it a rubber seal jobbie or a glue in,either way wouldn't like to have a bash, time to get your wallet out
Cheers
R
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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nick205
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| posted on 24/10/11 at 11:04 AM |
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Bummer!
I was sorting out the wipers on SWMBOs car recently and didn't realise how far the screen extended under the plastic mouldings. Trying to prise
the wiper arm off with a large screwdriver and heard the fateful crack So far the crack has migrated from bottom left corner by about 6"
although it seems to have stopped for the time being.
Must get onto it really and get it replaced
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eddbaz
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| posted on 24/10/11 at 11:16 AM |
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I've done the very same thing, felt a complete cock.
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 24/10/11 at 02:14 PM |
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My niece and her husband down graded their good car to TPFT so they could get a second car as they both started working in oposite directions. The
very next day as he was driving to work (in the good car), he hit a Deer on his way to work through the New Forrest.
Sh!t Happens.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 25/10/11 at 12:41 PM |
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Update:
I managed to get it replaced for £168 which I thought was quite good.
I suppose I should get windscreen cover added to the insurance now - talk about shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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DixieTheKid
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| posted on 25/10/11 at 01:39 PM |
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Ive done that! Cleaning a freshly restored Saph cossy, just finished with the leather chamois and flicked the arm down forgeting that the blades had
yet to be put on. WACK!!!!!! My mate was not impressed, at all! I did say sorry many many times. Thankfully though i think i only chipped the screen
from memory!
COS IT'S Worth IT
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