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That's missing the point though, fitting modern bonded windscreens is very difficult. Your quotes include cutting the old windscreen out, cleaning the remaining adhesive, applying new adhesive and accurately positioning the new screen, plus extra labour like your fancy sensor. You are paying for labour and the specialist tools not just the price of the windscreen.
If you really want to buy a screen and then try and fit it then go to a breakers, modern windscreens aren't very valuable as very few people fit them themselves anymore.
How she's looking today:
Currently getting replaced in 8 days time but think I might try to get it done sooner, it's still growing...!
Currently getting replaced in 8 days time but think I might try to get it done sooner, it's still growing...!
8 days? Holy crap. I got my replacement windscreen done on my driveway. Took the guy about half an hour 
It was covered by the insurance too, so I only had to pay the excess (which was like £50 or something). I don't need rain-sensing glass, I can see when it starts to get wet with my rain-sensitive eyes.
It was covered by the insurance too, so I only had to pay the excess (which was like £50 or something). I don't need rain-sensing glass, I can see when it starts to get wet with my rain-sensitive eyes.
Yeah I dislike the massive amounts of automation in modern cars.
I still haven't used auto-cancelling indicators that work. Forever turning themselves off before the corner unless the road leading to the junction is straight, and don't turn off soon enough once the manouver is performed.
Auto headlights and auto wipers are far too eager, slightest cloud or drop of rain and they're on.
I swear I'll retaliate and buy a Caterham as my next car. Automatic anything? It won't even have doors!
I still haven't used auto-cancelling indicators that work. Forever turning themselves off before the corner unless the road leading to the junction is straight, and don't turn off soon enough once the manouver is performed.
Auto headlights and auto wipers are far too eager, slightest cloud or drop of rain and they're on.
I swear I'll retaliate and buy a Caterham as my next car. Automatic anything? It won't even have doors!
Not so true...
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I'm sure it depends on the car to some extent but ones I've been in are certainly over keen.
Automatic lights I'd quite like as I've forgotten to turn them on and set off once or twice.
Wiith the wipers, I take it you have a manual option too? Or are you screwed if the sensor breaks?
Most cars with these systems require you to switch the headlights onto Automatic or the wipers onto Automatic. They aren't always automatic whenever the ignition is on.
Thus defeating the point of them - if you have to turn them on, then they're not automatic.
And if you can drive off without your lights on, then it isn't dark enough for lights - rule of the road #422: Everyone switches their lights on about an hour (or two) earlier than needs be.
Really? I generally had the opposite impression. Massive visibility aid around dusk.
Around the city with all the street, I never need my lights on to see where I'm going. They barely help at all. I'm sure the police would have something to say if I always took your approach though.
somethings are good...like stuff that doesnt easily malfunction, and break. or stuff that doesnt aid the lazy people..like automatic stuff 
like GPS' are good, heated seats, cooled seats, and stuff that just improves the conditions in general.
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like GPS' are good, heated seats, cooled seats, and stuff that just improves the conditions in general.
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Because then it's about being seen and recognized as car, or similar object of roughly the width that your headlights are apart. They also make it easier to spot an approaching vehicle in low visibility situations by not just illuminating the area in front of the approaching vehicle, but also reflecting in other surfaces such as windows, store fronts, other cars and such.
I'm with you on the unnecessary-gadget-aversion though, really glad my car doesn't have any automatic jibber jabber other than climate control, and even that still has a proper knob to select the desired temperature and not some silly buttons
Oh well, does have cruise control as well which I'm quite fond of.
In more developed countries cars have had lights on all the time. (Except when they aren't running. Duh.) Every manufacturer since the 90's have for that reason made the lights go on when you turn the key. Which is awfully handy.
Autowipers are really handy - yes I can perfectly well adjust the speed for myself, but it's nice not to have to - same for cruise control. Of course the problem is if it doesn't do it anything but perfectly, it'll be useless.
Auto headlights are nice for things like tunnels etc, though turning the lights on and off isn't that hard (twice per journey).
Lighting up your car unnecesarily doesn't really cost anything, and any lights on a moving object force people to take it in.
DRL's = win tbh (braces for epic Tristan flaming)
Auto headlights are nice for things like tunnels etc, though turning the lights on and off isn't that hard (twice per journey).
Lighting up your car unnecesarily doesn't really cost anything, and any lights on a moving object force people to take it in.
DRL's = win tbh (braces for epic Tristan flaming)
It's bright as bright can be in the mornings sometimes when I am heading to work. Sure, absolutely no need for my headlights to see. The issue is when I am sitting at the only stop I have pulling onto another road where cars are rounding a bend on a hill right where the morning sun sits right behind them in a break in the trees. You can't see cars rounding that bend at all if they are running without their headlights.
Autowipers are awesome. If you wouldn't have them, your wrong.
It's never too early to drive with your lights on. I never drive without them being on. IMO it should be mandatory.
Exactly. The only reason I noticed they weren't on is that I looked at my speedometer and for a second wondered why I couldn't read it (as it wasn't illuminated). This wasn't dusk either, this was 11 o clock at night.
I do agree that they're absolutely neccesary to help people spot you rather than to help you see things - I was just pointing out that it's hard to notice from inside the car.
I could not disagree with you more. I love RainX. I apply them to all windows and the side mirrors liberally. I very very rarely ever even use my wipers. It has to be a horrendous downpour for me to use my wipers. I certainly don't want them wiping at any hint of rain. Just like the stupid auto glare mirrors in cars these days, I'm the one driving, I'll decide when I want to use these features manually.
Auto-wipers are cool until you run out of screen wash and there's a little bit of drizzle for the first time in weeks and you've forgotten you left your wipers on auto and they go into panic mode at the slightest thing and smear crap all over your screen.
More automated stuff leads to death on the roads from lack of attention. Freeing up drivers from having to operate 'boring' stuff (wipers, gear changes, lights, cruise control etc) doesn't increase the amount they watch the road, but decreases it.
Even though I lost my brother in a car accident (the tree won), I still cars are FAR FAR FAR to safe, and drivers FAR FAR FAR to reliant upon their gizmos.
Even though I lost my brother in a car accident (the tree won), I still cars are FAR FAR FAR to safe, and drivers FAR FAR FAR to reliant upon their gizmos.
In which case.. why not add more mechanics? Why not have to alter the AFR yourself based on MAF readings? Why not have a manual choke? etc
I'm more than capable of driving at a steady speed... but with cruise I can spend less time looking at the dials and more time looking at the road - im sure some people use it as an excuse to "turn off" but frankly if you took that away they'd find something else to distract them.
Crack in my windscreen - what now?
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