Chipped windscreen

Frozennova · 10 Apr 2015 at 10:03

Blackhawk47 said:
What is 'acoustic' glass?

Slightly different interlayer to reduce the amount of dag dag you can hear from your diesel.

Or the less tounge in cheek answer it allows the manufacturers to use thinner glass to reduce weight without introducing increased noise into the cabin

sovietspybob · 10 Apr 2015 at 11:12

I've had a few screens replaced over the years, have been quite unlucky with them cracking on various cars and i've never declared them at renewal.

Ryan-3 · 10 Apr 2015 at 20:51

Frozennova said:
Slightly different interlayer to reduce the amount of dag dag you can hear from your diesel.

Almost spat my drink out.

There seems to be a number of chips in my Mini screen, debating whether to bother with getting it fixed or leaving it till later.

Blackhawk47 · 10 Apr 2015 at 21:52

Don't replace it yet. I just had mine replaced and already have a small stone chip with a tiny tiny crack in it.

Least it is on the passenger so pretty much out of site/out of mind.

mikeo · 10 Apr 2015 at 22:39

Most mainline Insurance companies will allow you at least 2 (or maybe even 3) replacement windscreens (lets alone chip repairs) before considering loading your base premium at renewal. I've worked for General accident (as it used to be) and Norwich Union and that at least used to be the attitude of the claims dept back when I was there.

Had 2 broken windscreens last year on my swift sport and it made not a difference at renewal time. Not that it mattered, as I changed insurer anyway and both were declared and did not effect my NB (IE. New Business) quotes. Though I'm sure some companies may well try and screw you sideways these days.

Technically, a windscreen claim is still accident damage, so "yes" you should always declare them with an Insurance company.