Do I get the impression that Safelite might possibly have given you the shaft at some point in the not too distant past?
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hmmmmm...
Not to hijack a thread, but yes.
Warning to anyone who ever needs to have a windshield replaced. Safelite claims (or at least they used to) to have a warranty on their glass, but if you get a crack, they will do everything they possible can not to honor it, at least in my experience.
After a loooong inspection, I was handed a powerful magnifying glass and told to observe a pit inline with the crack. I could not see it, even with the magnification. But he insisted it was there. Buh Bye! Too bad... so sad. No warranty.
Do yourself a favor, and find someone who uses quality glass.
I had two windshields replaced by them a few weeks apart.
Both rock damage even if the second one was something else.
The second one I was on open interstate and not much traffic. Then I heard a loud crack and saw tiny shards of glass on the dash and my clothes.
Whatever hit went in at almost level with the dash. Just above the windshield wiper arm, drivers side.
Looking down when I got somewhere to stop, the hole was about quarter sized and went all the way through. Nothing wrong with the dash panel.
Funny thing was I didn’t find the rock or whatever it was lodged anywhere. I also didn’t see the object coming.
I’ve never seen a windshield get hammered like that from rocks.
One would almost think it was a bullet because of the damage plus there being a fairly round hole. There was light traffic there was, mostly some tractor trailers way ahead and a few cars. I didn’t see anything unusual.
It would have to come from straight ahead.
Safelite replaced no problem. The guy said that damage was new one to him.
With the windshield out, no signs of anything.
Make of it what you will.
That was the one time I should have had a Go Pro mounted.