L4rry_B1rd

in MA, glass insurance is standard in all policies. but we also prob pay the most compared to everyone else

rdclark

I have always stayed as far away from other vehicles as I could get, and I drive my xB no differently. Maybe that's why I've never had an accident, and my xB windshield has no cracks or pits.

My modus operandi is that the other drivers are pretty much the only real danger on the road. Avoid them, and your life expectancy increases dramatically.

RichC

bB2NER

I like the way you think Bro!!!

ZOMGXB

Yeah, I'm with the boys on this one. I hate to point fingers, but if you're putting your vehicle in a position where debris is pinging off it like a Pong paddle, maybe you need to modify your driving style somewhat.

This whole thing isn't REALLY an issue of car design - rocks are going to proceed according to the laws of physics, regardless of what they're aimed at. The difference is that the xB's windshield will crack, because of the angle, whereas on a Cavalier or something with a more slanty windshield it just goes ricochetting off into the night. (But the airbags deploy anyway.)

The thing to keep in mind is that this debis would have hit you no matter WHAT you were driving. So maybe you need to alter HOW you're driving.

I used to drive a Blazer that required, considerably more stopping distance than other vehicles, and occaionally a ditch, to come to a complete stop. The huge following distance I started allowing carried over to my xB. 30,000 miles later, through the most truck-heavy portions of Chicago and northwest Indiana, all of which has been under massive construction since THE DAWN OF MAN, and I'm fine.

I realize there is the occasional freak accident, but come on, people - if you're on your fifth windshield in a year-old car, maybe you should put more than three feet between you and the back wheels of the Peterbilt in front of you.

Fusion-Ti

I was quoted $250.84 by Safelite AutoGlass (the website says might need a $57.51 install kit??). My insurance company is going to cover some of it...I think with my policy the cost is $100. I have the hood deflector, and it hasn't prevented 1 chip and 1 huge crack...oh well..

bB2NER

At least not everyone thinks I'm a kook for driving like everyone on the road is out to harm my xB. With this shape vehicle you have to modify the way you used to drive or pay pay the price by replacing windshields on a regular basis.

rallying_the_scion

im on my 2nd windshield, and the 2nd one allready has 5 rock shoots in it, all on the drivers side of course....

YELOSUB

4th windshield in a year and a half...Go Scion windshield! It does not matter how you drive ur xB in Az...Rocks and debris fly from all over...Atleast my windshield replacements are free, FOR NOW...Hope they dont drop my xB's policy because of the claims...

bB2NER

Note to self! Buy stock in company that makes xB windshields. LOL

AKgoalie7

I always thought there was a law that required insurances to pay for busted windshields (not a tiny crack)

THE-MACF

Damn! After reading through this thread I consider myself damn lucky. I was driving back from Dallas on I-20 after new years and some @$$hole in a Cadillac decides to throw a can out of his window. One bounce off the freeway and straight into my windshield. No crack or anything but I was still ____ed and there was nothing I could do about it.

RedneckwithanxB

im on windsheild #3...

first was a bit of concreate off the bed of a truck i was following, IRONY... I was following my dad to a house that we were working on...

second was a hammer that fell off scaffolding that i was parked next too...

from now on I dont drive my xB to construction sites where i am working....

Bewitched

Yeah but who the hell can afford a force field around their automobile with the way some of these idots drive.Someone needs to invent car condoms so that nothing gets in and nothing gets out.

THE-MACF

I knew it was going to happen. Not evena week later to. Was driving back from Destin last night and I notice because someone's headlights bounced off of it. A hairline crack from the very top of the windshield curving down towards the niddle about 10 inches long. The funny thing is is that theres no impact mark at the top and I was driving all day.

TRDBox

i just got a factory windshield for free so i have a spare
friend of mine worked at a shop and before he left he took it

bB2NER

Isn't that special. Admitting you have a friend that's a thief.