infrasilver
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Just wondered if this was something anyone had come across, I had never heard of it happening before until it actually did.
I was M1 Southbound in the 50 limit road works last Friday night, lane one with nothing to my right when there was an almighty explosion and the whole glass pane fell in on me and landed everywhere, down my back, on my lap and all inside the seat creases, it was also raining heavily which made things worse. I'm not really sure what happened exactly but I can only assume a stone from the Northbound carriageway due to the angle it would need to be to do that damage. Luckily I got nothing in my eye or have any cuts anywhere.
I couldn't stop as there was no hard shoulder and carried on about 5 miles to the next services, Newport Pagnell to assess the damage and shake the glass from my clothes.
I got out and I couldn't believe the mess, there was glass everywhere inside the car, I called my Insurance's glass company and they didn't stock the glass and could only do a plastic (cellophane) type repair and it took them 2 hours to get to us. £75 excess and 20 minutes into the journey later the plastic was already removing itself and I was having to hold it on with my right hand while driving. Luckily the missus had asked them what if it comes off and they gave us the rest of the cellophane roll to take with us, after all we were driving all the way to Paris the next morning, luckily my hotel in Paris had secure parking, a rare thing usually.
I was going to work that night so I spent my time repairing the temp job they did with a better fix which also included duct tape to stop the wind from getting underneath the clear.
Their repair which I had re-done a little already.
My repair.
My repair did last the full journey there and back, some 770 miles luckily but we both needed to wear ear plugs for most of the journey due to the wind noise at high speed.
I also had to crawl out the passenger door each time i needed to get out which became a PITA.
Eurotunnel
Touring Paris' sights
On the return leg when passing the same sort of area on the M1 but northbound I got a stone flung from a lorry (I saw it coming at me) and hit my windscreen to crack that too, so that also needed an new one.
I had my new door glass fitted Wednesday and a new windscreen fitted today, I told them that both incidents had happened at the same time and luckily this washed with them and I only had to pay the single excess charge of £75 for both glasses, one glimmer of light in all this I suppose? Although when removing the temp repair it has lifted some of the wrap on the door and that will need redoing. :roll:
I was M1 Southbound in the 50 limit road works last Friday night, lane one with nothing to my right when there was an almighty explosion and the whole glass pane fell in on me and landed everywhere, down my back, on my lap and all inside the seat creases, it was also raining heavily which made things worse. I'm not really sure what happened exactly but I can only assume a stone from the Northbound carriageway due to the angle it would need to be to do that damage. Luckily I got nothing in my eye or have any cuts anywhere.
I couldn't stop as there was no hard shoulder and carried on about 5 miles to the next services, Newport Pagnell to assess the damage and shake the glass from my clothes.
I got out and I couldn't believe the mess, there was glass everywhere inside the car, I called my Insurance's glass company and they didn't stock the glass and could only do a plastic (cellophane) type repair and it took them 2 hours to get to us. £75 excess and 20 minutes into the journey later the plastic was already removing itself and I was having to hold it on with my right hand while driving. Luckily the missus had asked them what if it comes off and they gave us the rest of the cellophane roll to take with us, after all we were driving all the way to Paris the next morning, luckily my hotel in Paris had secure parking, a rare thing usually.
I was going to work that night so I spent my time repairing the temp job they did with a better fix which also included duct tape to stop the wind from getting underneath the clear.
Their repair which I had re-done a little already.
My repair.
My repair did last the full journey there and back, some 770 miles luckily but we both needed to wear ear plugs for most of the journey due to the wind noise at high speed.
I also had to crawl out the passenger door each time i needed to get out which became a PITA.
Eurotunnel
Touring Paris' sights
On the return leg when passing the same sort of area on the M1 but northbound I got a stone flung from a lorry (I saw it coming at me) and hit my windscreen to crack that too, so that also needed an new one.
I had my new door glass fitted Wednesday and a new windscreen fitted today, I told them that both incidents had happened at the same time and luckily this washed with them and I only had to pay the single excess charge of £75 for both glasses, one glimmer of light in all this I suppose? Although when removing the temp repair it has lifted some of the wrap on the door and that will need redoing. :roll: