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MOT today.............
« on: June 06, 2012, 11:18:01 PM »

And Oogley passed without any advisories! 

Woohoo, haven't had a car in a number of years that did that!

Only problem was Autoglass fitted a new windscreen this morning and when my husband went to drive it down to the MOT he found that there was a long scratch down the windscreen on the drivers side!  Muppets are replacing it next week  >:( (They were supposed to replace it on Monday this week, and makes me wonder if they didn't have the trim to go with it as it has already been in a car once)
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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2012, 11:50:54 PM »

Well done Kate :)

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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2012, 09:18:52 AM »

Well done on the MOT.

Can vouch that some of the "fast fit" windscreen specialists are muppets.
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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2012, 05:20:14 PM »

Always a relief when a car flies through an MOT!
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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2012, 06:20:42 PM »

So they for a windscreen in your car that was already used before?

Autoglass are SO expensive, about four times as expensive as other windscreen replacing companies!
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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2012, 06:44:33 PM »

Strange thing I have found driving today is that the dash is really reflected in the screen when you are looking through it.  Didn't get it on the last one so wonder if this is a cheap version of it  ???
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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2012, 08:25:00 PM »

Is the standard one tinted? (if only slightly, you may not have realised)

Is the reploacement one tinted?
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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2012, 08:39:09 PM »

Could just be that the new one has yet to develop a film on the inside. Maybe they wiped your dash down after they fit the glass too.
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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2012, 06:04:47 PM »

And the saga continues...............

The Smart had it's windscreen replaced as a stone chip had started to crack.  Autoglass came out and fitted that windscreen (after alot of faffing around with the glass coming in but not the trim, so they had to rebook the appointment for the morning of the MOT grrr).  The bloke came out to fit it and said he didn't have the warranty paperwork, so would post it to us.  My husband got in the car to take to the MOT place and there was a blooming big scratch down the drivers side. 

Phoned them up, and they said that they would come replace it, but had to wait a week so that it came out clean, so that was last Thursday.  New windscreen refitted, and Friday the thing cracked from the edge at the bottom upwards  >:( >:( >:(

They have agreed to come out and replace it (again) with a dealer windscreen.  It now makes you wonder what the quality actually is of the autoglass windscrren that they use  :-\
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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2012, 06:12:58 PM »

The jokers probably hope it'll last just long enough for the warranty to pass.
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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2012, 06:40:45 PM »

You are assuming they are using new windscreens ;)

Scratched one and now a cracked one.....

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Re: MOT today.............
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2012, 08:45:54 PM »

Didnt someone else post a few months ago about Auto glass taking 3 attempts to make a windscreen fit without leaking or cracking......
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