# Driving Down The Street, When Suddenly I Was Shot At, Breaking The Rear Glass. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 22, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952 "2013-11-22T07:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TurboLT1SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@TurboLT1SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboLT1SS)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/1 "2013-11-22T07:00:19Z")
I was driving to work, and my rear window exploded for reasons that are not exceedingly obvious. The car is a beater, so price is more of a concern than quality. How do I get this resolved cheap? Internet shows about $215 locally for a replacement. Thats not a big deal, but less is better. ---
**Author:** ![Mike93](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike93/32/7325_2.png) [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/2 "2013-11-22T07:02:38Z")
Did the shot come from the 6th floor book depository, or from the grassy knoll? Also, what kind of car? ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/3 "2013-11-22T07:04:38Z")
I can not answer your question, but the title of this thread reminded me of the lyrics to the song “Stone Cold Crazy” last verse. ---
**Author:** ![TurboLT1SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@TurboLT1SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboLT1SS)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/4 "2013-11-22T07:05:01Z")
I suppose that may be an important detail. Most likely a grassy knoll. 1999 Honda Civic EX Sedan. It has the antenna and defroster on the glass and all that fancy shit. ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/5 "2013-11-22T07:16:19Z")
same thing happened to JAM like 2 weeks ago… ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/6 "2013-11-22T07:44:11Z")
> [@Haenszel](#): > > same thing happened to JAM like 2 weeks ago… Yup! In my work car. Shit just exploded. Scared the crap out of me it was a year old ford focus hatchback ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/7 "2013-11-22T08:57:35Z")
Don’t they have glass coverage on insurance for this kind of thing? I was kinda hammered at a party once and started throwing objects out the 2nd story window at my Subaru. I won’t go into too much detail but somehow an empty jar smashed my rear glass. Insurance covered it, no deductible… ---
**Author:** ![drewster99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drewster99/32/5468_2.png) [@drewster99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drewster99)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/8 "2013-11-22T09:22:43Z")
I thought 100% glass coverage was mandatory in NYS? My parents smashed 3 rear windshields of their old van in less than a month and insurance covered it with no deductible every time. My brother had someone shoot a frozen paintball through his old windshield and it worked out the same way. ---
**Author:** ![TurboLT1SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@TurboLT1SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboLT1SS)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/9 "2013-11-22T10:07:35Z")
The insurance for this car is much less than $100 a year through Geico. I don’t think it has zero deductible on glass, thats typically covered under comprehensive, which is not required. Even then, I believe Geico has a $200 or $0 deductible option, of course you pay more for the $0. Being that the glass basically costs $200, and wouldn’t cover OEM glass anyways, theres near zero advantage to go that route even if it was mandated in NYS. The car isn’t worth much, but I do prefer it has a rear window. Quite a conundrum. ---
**Author:** ![MR.TWOSINISTER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr.twosinister/32/6198_2.png) [@MR.TWOSINISTER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MR.TWOSINISTER)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/10 "2013-11-22T10:11:43Z")
Call Dave at M&D autoglass Tell him Darren with the MR2 referred you. 685-1294 ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/11 "2013-11-22T10:41:27Z")
When I hit a deer back in May I had this shop replace the windshield for me at the recommendation of Zeon’s place. They were quick and did a great job, and from what I recall the price was like $250 or $300 for a windshield. They even vacuumed up most of the broken glass for me. [http://www.clearcutbuffalo.com/](http://www.clearcutbuffalo.com/) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/12 "2013-11-22T10:41:37Z")
> [@TurboLT1SS](#): > > Even then, I believe Geico has a $200 or $0 deductible option, of course you pay more for the $0. To go from my $500 deductible with $0 on glass to just a straight $500 deductible would save me a total of $12 a year for my 2 vehicle policy. But both those vehicles already have full coverage. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/13 "2013-11-22T14:20:20Z")
a $215 windshield job is going to be awesome… and by that i mean the opposite 🙂 it amazes me how cheap off-shore glass is ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/14 "2013-11-22T14:58:22Z")
I got paid $1200 by safelite when they replaced my front window. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/15 "2013-11-22T15:35:54Z")
how does that work? did they crack your dash or something? ---
**Author:** ![TurboLT1SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@TurboLT1SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboLT1SS)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/16 "2013-11-22T16:50:11Z")
The car cost $1200, so I do like the sound of a free shitty car AND new glass. I tossed some plastic wrap on it. Can’t even tell. ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/17 "2013-11-22T19:40:50Z")
> [@tpgsr](#): > > how does that work? did they crack your dash or something? Yup, the window cracked in half and scratched my dash on my ridgeline. It was $1200 to fix, you cant even notice it unless you look for it but it pissed me off. The worst part was when I turned my air on and shards of glass flew in my face. anyway, I got a new windshield and $1200, woot. ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-down-the-street-when-suddenly-i-was-shot-at-breaking-the-rear-glass/233952/18 "2013-11-22T23:25:27Z")
Never get cheap aftermarket windshields. I’ve done that twice. The first time I didn’t know any better, and the second I really didn’t care much about the car. Both times I got crappy wavy glass with sealant blobbed all over the place. The first one leaked until I made them re-do it, after their attempt to blame the sun roof. Unless it’s a POS you don’t care about, go OEM.