"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
11/27/2017 at 13:12 • Filed to: None
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"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
11/27/2017 at 13:12 • Filed to: None | 0
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Last Monday, I got a flat on the work truck. Today, while I’m waiting for it to get replaced so I can have a spare again, the other driver hit a bump and the rear window exploded. Now I’m terrified of the little 3-inch crack on the windshield of mine.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Rainbow
11/27/2017 at 13:13 |
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Windshields are laminated so it won’t explode into little pieces all over like a rear window would.
jimz
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/27/2017 at 13:15 |
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yep. windshields = safety glass. layer of polymer sandwiched between the glass sheets. holds together pretty well; I’ve seen shattered windshields able to just be “peeled” out of the aperture.
side/back/sunroof = tempered/”toughened” glass. “POP” into a million little glass pebbles.
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> Rainbow
11/27/2017 at 13:31 |
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Whenever it gets cold out (below freezing) I always worry about the windshield in my Mazda5. It seems like I can hear some flexing noises around the right A-pillar that make me think that it’s going to crack if I hit a pothole or something. But it’s been like this for 5 years now so maybe I don’t have anything to worry about.
SpeedSix
> jimz
11/27/2017 at 20:25 |
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This is one of the few things that movies seem to be correct about regarding cars - people remove windshields in one piece, more or less, though they’re usually kicking it out.