WTF in America
Mar 21st 2019, 8:21 pm
#7547
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Re: WTF in America
Was your deductible $500? If that's the outright cost it sounds about right so hardly worth claiming, but the older ones should be getting cheaper as time goes by. When they outlawed the good butyl stuff for installing them a lot of the independent guys stopped doing it so it's hard to find someone putting in windshields on the side. I priced out a windshield for a 2002 Windstar a few years ago and couldn't find it for less than $400, even in the US, but I suspect I could find one now.
Mar 21st 2019, 8:25 pm
#7548
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Re: WTF in America
Was your deductible $500? If that's the outright cost it sounds about right so hardly worth claiming, but the older ones should be getting cheaper as time goes by. When they outlawed the good butyl stuff for installing them a lot of the independent guys stopped doing it so it's hard to find someone putting in windshields on the side. I priced out a windshield for a 2002 Windstar a few years ago and couldn't find it for less than $400, even in the US, but I suspect I could find one now.
Mar 21st 2019, 8:37 pm
#7549
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Re: WTF in America
Was your deductible $500? If that's the outright cost it sounds about right so hardly worth claiming, but the older ones should be getting cheaper as time goes by. When they outlawed the good butyl stuff for installing them a lot of the independent guys stopped doing it so it's hard to find someone putting in windshields on the side. I priced out a windshield for a 2002 Windstar a few years ago and couldn't find it for less than $400, even in the US, but I suspect I could find one now.
The ICBC coverage includes windshield replacement, so only had to pay the $200 deductible though. (normal deductible for the policy is $300 but ICBC has a lower one for windshield.) Repairs to chips and such are $0 deductible. Provided one has the optional comprehensive insurance coverage.
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Mar 21st 2019, 8:38 pm
#7550
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Re: WTF in America
Look how much a Tesla costs.
Mar 21st 2019, 8:58 pm
#7551
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Re: WTF in America
When I was calling around for MIL the quotes I was getting for a Mazda 2 in Vancouver were $400-$600 cash price if self paying. The ICBC coverage includes windshield replacement, so only had to pay the $200 deductible though. (normal deductible for the policy is $300 but ICBC has a lower one for windshield.) Repairs to chips and such are $0 deductible. Provided one has the optional comprehensive insurance coverage.
Mar 21st 2019, 11:02 pm
#7552
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Re: WTF in America
Was your deductible $500? If that's the outright cost it sounds about right so hardly worth claiming, but the older ones should be getting cheaper as time goes by. When they outlawed the good butyl stuff for installing them a lot of the independent guys stopped doing it so it's hard to find someone putting in windshields on the side. I priced out a windshield for a 2002 Windstar a few years ago and couldn't find it for less than $400, even in the US, but I suspect I could find one now.
Mar 22nd 2019, 1:36 am
#7553
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Re: WTF in America
Florida man has got such a history behind him that it is now a thing to Google Florida man and your birthday - and then post the story you like best from that day!
Mar 22nd 2019, 1:48 pm
#7554
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Re: WTF in America
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/ne...er/1997706002/
Mar 22nd 2019, 1:54 pm
#7555
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Re: WTF in America
You had to go there...
Mar 22nd 2019, 1:55 pm
#7556
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Mar 22nd 2019, 2:01 pm
#7557
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Re: WTF in America
/helpful
Mar 22nd 2019, 2:02 pm
#7558
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Mar 22nd 2019, 2:03 pm
#7559
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Re: WTF in America
Are we sure it wasn't alligator semen?
Mar 22nd 2019, 2:07 pm
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