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I just had my windshild replaced at the end of April. $100 deductible for what would have been a $2,500-ish bill, all at only an additional $72 premium on my insurance. As I noted earlier in this thread - it's a no-brainer at that cost.<br />
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A funny story related to my windshield replacement, however: In mid-May, I received a photo radar ticket for $192 in the mail. I take a close looks at the picture of the car and the speed (113kph in a 90 zone) and figured, "yup that's me all right" but I was pissed off becuase I'd received a ticket from the same spot at a similar speed no more than 3 months earlier. It's a permanent photo radar station there, so there's really no good excuse to get nailed. Anyways, I check my calendar to see where I might have been going and see there was no reason for me to have been on that road at that time. In fact, I checked my email records and see that I'd sent an email from my office 2 minutes later than when the photo radar ticket was taken, so I couldn't have been driving my car there at that time. I'm starting to put together a defence, printing out my email record and such, when I figure I'd better take one more look at things.<br />
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So, I take another look at my calendar and see that the ticket was issued on the second day of the 2 days that my car was in the local autobody shop getting its new windshield. The shop had mentioned that they'd need the car for 2 days - 1 day for the installation and the 2nd day to take it to the Kia dealership to get it calibrated. The photo radar location was defintely on the road to the shop. I phone up the body shop and ask to speak the owner. Turns out, he remembers my car well and figures it was likely him driving it to the dealership. Not the first time his been tagged at that same spot - he apologized and agreed to pay it with no further discussion required.
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</blockquote>I use alpine insurance (part of intact), they use a side company, that way your premiums doesn’t go up. So it’s $250 a year then $60 for a full windshield or $20 for a crack that can be filled. My KIA K900 came with all that, part of KIAs premium service the car came with. Wish they had that for the Stinger.</div>