A rock thrown on the freeway dinged my windshield, and it cracked. Oh well. It's been a bad winter, and shit happens.
I called the dealer--"we don't do windshields, take it to Safelite or similar". OK, fine. I was worried about the rain sensor behind the rear view mirror, but OK.
Safelite looks it all up and says, "$419 installed for a new one." Fine. Do it.
The tech has it for a half an hour or so, then invites me back to see what he's found. In doing his due diligence with the rear view mirror mounting covers, he discovered that the windshield Safelite has for this model doesn't really work. The covers don't fit right.
The ONLY way to get the proper windshield for this car is through...the dealer. Really? The same dealer that told me to pound sand, they don't even manage these repairs, go away, get Safelite to do it? Great.
So Safelite is ordering the factory glass. It'll be here next week. Oh--and the glass alone is just north of $500. Then there's labor.
Anyway, heads up. Absent the rain sensing camera (and the DAP stuff, if it had it), this would have been cheaper and easier with the Safelite glass.
(Now that it's $500 plus labor, that puts me into insurance territory. I will first check with my agent to see if such a claim on the comprehensive policy will hurt me. But even if they pay, it'll only be the balance after my $500 deductible.)
I called the dealer--"we don't do windshields, take it to Safelite or similar". OK, fine. I was worried about the rain sensor behind the rear view mirror, but OK.
Safelite looks it all up and says, "$419 installed for a new one." Fine. Do it.
The tech has it for a half an hour or so, then invites me back to see what he's found. In doing his due diligence with the rear view mirror mounting covers, he discovered that the windshield Safelite has for this model doesn't really work. The covers don't fit right.
The ONLY way to get the proper windshield for this car is through...the dealer. Really? The same dealer that told me to pound sand, they don't even manage these repairs, go away, get Safelite to do it? Great.
So Safelite is ordering the factory glass. It'll be here next week. Oh--and the glass alone is just north of $500. Then there's labor.
Anyway, heads up. Absent the rain sensing camera (and the DAP stuff, if it had it), this would have been cheaper and easier with the Safelite glass.
(Now that it's $500 plus labor, that puts me into insurance territory. I will first check with my agent to see if such a claim on the comprehensive policy will hurt me. But even if they pay, it'll only be the balance after my $500 deductible.)