cracked windscreen - a blessing in disguise

[Will]

A 10cm crack suddenly appeared from the base of the windscreen the other day. So a quick call to the insurance company will have it replaced tomorrow, at a cost of £100. Not the cheapest excess out there, but there's nothing I can do about that now.

But in some ways this is a blessing in disguise. Ever since buying the car 2 years ago I have not fully solved the problem of the hundreds of fine scratches all over it. It at times made driving towards a low sun level quite uncomfortable. But as of tomorrow, all this will be in the pass.

I might even treat the car to a new wiper blade!

Every cloud has a silver lining

 

[a2sumo]

Hi Will i had the same last year with my screen covered in fine scratches in the area of the wiper sweep. I feel it was caused by the ash cloud fall out we had. I was also "lucky" to have a crack and a nice new screen---i put a new blade on and boy its so nice!
Enjoy mike

 

[discovolante]

joined the cracked screen replacement club last year with the same subsequent relief to be rid of the distracting scratch pattern. new wiper blade highly recommended. new lease of life etc.