Impact Of A Soul To A Soul From A Soul

I got my windscreen replace last Thursday. The process took about half a day and so. It was really scary the day before. It was like nothing the night before and then suddenly in the morning you see a two to three inches crack on the windscreen, what’s the big deal right. Then when you go for lunch in the afternoon, the little crack spreads like a spider’s leg which span to about six to seven inches. It very scary to think that you would be sitting just behind the crack. What happens if it suddenly decides to break apart? I just do not want to think of consequences.

Apart from that, I have submitted the claims for my windscreen and it will take about 14 days to process and stuff like that. I would say that it’s quite convenient, you just get the pictures taken and the bill and you submit by hand at their office. Submission is like a fifteen minute job maximum including parking and transportation to their high rise office, cool.

Apparently I learnt something new and important with this entire ordeal going on. First of all is that there’s two main types of windscreen out there. They are the layered windscreen and the chemical windscreen. The one that was originally fitted and replaced on my car is the layered windscreen. This type of windscreen will only crack and apparently will not break into pieces. The catch with this layered windscreen is that it’s twice the price of the chemical windscreen.

As for the chemical windscreen, this type is the ones that will break into small pieces the size of five cents coins. If you have seen in accidents some of the windscreen which are smashed and you can see a web of small pieces sticking to the windscreen, those are chemical windscreens. It’s actually still sticking there most of the time is because the windscreen has been tinted with film which is a hot item in the market now. It reduces heat and UV rays and other stuffs like that. If the film is not present then the windscreen will just break apart and all the small pieces will fly in the car, or out depending on the impact.

It’s just something I just thought I should share. It’s something that might save lives and it’s some information that we should all know as a driver or a passenger. Any how getting the windscreen replaced is no fun at all. First of all I had to make sure I send the car in the morning to ensure that I can get it back the same day. Apart from that I had to make sure all my out of office job is settled before hand as I do not have my car around in case of emergencies. The worst part is that I need to rely on public transport or beg someone to send me to and fro from the workshop for me to send the car in and to get my car. And then after all that hassle, the smell of glue in the car is still there until now, almost a week after the replacement. Now I know what it means when they were so hot on the topic of glue sniffing. I’m actually doing the same, in the comfort of my car with the air conditioning on, rather than those punks sniffing it from cheap red plastic bags.

And all this happened because of a stone the size of a ten cents coin. But alas, I am thankful that nothing serious happened or this place will be lifeless for a while or forever…

Drive carefully and beware of stones/rocks/whatever that’s hard enough to hurt your windscreen…