So I was a few blocks from work and doing less than 40mph when i see a bug spat on my windshield . . . I actually saw the bug a few microseconds before impact. As soon as the bug hit it splattered into a line and i thought . . . .dang, just washed my car too! Got to work and got out my rag to clean the bug off . . . . The smear actually a crack. My windshield cracked due to a bug! Not a big one either.

 

That sucks, sorry to hear the news, that must have been one tough bug

 

some auto repair shops have something to fill in the crack. doesnt get rid of it but makes it more hidden.

 

Kamikaze Bug!

 

WTF? i've honestly never heard of that happening before.

 

I wouldnt doubt it... weak ___ winshield

 

if y'all haven't seen southern bugs before, they will do some damage indeed!!! no lie! i know. look at my front bumber, hood, top of roof above the winshield, headlights etc, etc, etc

 

i hit a bird and it cracked my windshield

 

NICE!

 

too bad the bug didn't fly away afterwards

 

Well, I feel like an idiot . . . I call for glass repair and they send out a guy. There are two friends of mine that also confirmed the crack. Repair guy looks at it and agrees that it's a small crack and gets all his stuff out ready to do the work. He sprays some sort of cleaner on the glass and gets the surface ready. Then he stops for a second, grabs the cleaner solution again and cleans it again, then starts rubbing really hard. He was as shocked as me . ... . It cleaned off. Even though we all felt it and agreed it was a crack. That bug must have eaten concrete or something because his guts were so well implanted that they even felt like a problem and took some vigorous rubbing to get off the windshield.


Sadly I feel like an idiot (at least even the repair guy was fooled too). But i'm happy my windshield is still intact

 

You are 100% correct about southern bugs. Drive through a rural area at about 5pm going about 60mph . . . . You'll swear someone is hitting your car with large rocks. Closest I can compare it to is the TV shows about locusts and the sound it makes on the plane.

 

Did you see this: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,...MQ_3_3,00.html
Closeup pics of insects hitting cars. Some of those look like they did some damage!

 

I hate the windsheilds on the xb. Mine cracked 6 months of owning the box.

 

ew. the bugs in that link are disgusting.

 

 

wow...your lucky! i'm still riding with a cracked windshield until the end of this month when i can afford to get a new one. good thing it was only a bug....lol

 

thats cool it was just the bug, ive got a crack in my windsheild because there are a lot of trucks in my area that are lifted and dont like to use mud flaps.... whats the last thing that goes through a bugs mind when it hits your windshield?......... its A@@

 

lol that was funny, good thing it wasn't a crack though. my old mercedez got a small crack, i never took care of it so it eventually made a crack throught the whole windsheild.

 

I hate arkansas bugs, when a mesquito hits the windshield on my box it feels like its actually picking it up, dang 747 sized skeeters