What caused this effect?
How strange. After church on Sunday, I went over to Esther's to take a nap while waiting for her to return from consistory meeting. My car was fine then. A few hours later, as we were heading out to dinner, imagine my surprise to find a a large crack in my windshield!I have no idea how it got there. It doesn't look like someone hit it. The crack appears to be inside the windshield, since you can't feel it at all on the outside or the inside. Anyone have any ideas on how a crack like this can just spontaneously appear in a parked car?
It's kind of hard to see, but if you click on the close-up picture, you'll notice that the crack curves down the left and extends all the way to the bottom the windshield. All that in just a few short hours.What's worse is that on Sunday, the crack started/stopped right in the middle of where the suction cup is on my GPS stand. Now, 3 days later, the crack has quite obviously gotten larger, having expanded beyond the boundaries of the suction cup. I was hoping to put off replacing my windshield for a while, but at this rate, I may have to do it even before I move.
posted by Andy @ 2:23 PM
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Check it carefully!
S.C
Yeah you definitely want that fixed ASAP; don't want any pieces of glass flying into your face at freeway speeds.
Not sure why it would do that - where's a material scientist when you need that? Possibly due to the temperature difference between the interior of the car and the exterior? Where did the crack start? Around where the GPS suction cup is placed?
It happened to me before. How it happens is that a piece of rock or stone must have hit your windshield. It must have caused a very tiny crack somewhere on your windshield. After much exposure to the sun, it cracks. You can call your insurance to see whether they cover the replacement. They can do a repair, which is to seal the crack without forming further cracks. However, that line will stay there forever. Good luck!
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