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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: itavaltalainen on 19 September 2014, 15:24
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Got a large chip on passenger side (4cm in diameter, radiating cracks, courtesy of a retard 4x4 owner who apparently must have driven straight from field onto motorway).
Have the heated front screen - Autoglass quoted over 1200£ for replacement (they have to get screen from VW)!!
I paid less than that for most of my cars!
Does anyone know how much VW would charge directly? Though Autoglass guy said that VW would also call them (makes you wonder what a VW garage can do).
Does the camera and other sensors need re-cal?
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Why wouldn't you get glass replacement through insurance? It'll probably be £75 glass excess to pay. You will not lose any no claims discount making a glass claim.
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Er - just do an insurance claim for windscreen damage??? Normally just pay a small excess.
I was hoping (with heated screen also) that if I ever needed a replacement it would have to a a VW one and hopefully will not cause sensor issues
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I don't as such have to pay for it but will get moaned at by car admin and finance at my company.
They only take out third party, theft and fire - lease covers stonechips but not windscreen replacements. :whistle:
Bet they regret that now!
Autoglass first told me that VW don't do heated front screens and had I not be adamant they would have fitted a normal one on Sunday... Took 3 hours for them to find out that VW actually do heated ones on the Golf
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No point going through a dealer they will get Autoglass in to fit it.
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I would have them moan at me and then pay the £1200 themselves rather than pay out of my own pocket to save the moaning. If you're driving a company car then they should cover it. Stone chips happen to glass and bodywork, if their insurance is inadequate then that's on the company and not the employee. The company sound pretty reckless to let you loose in a £25k + car and not even insure it fully comp. Would they expect you to chip in the replacement costs if you had a crash which wrote it off?
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I would have them moan at me and then pay the £1200 themselves rather than pay out of my own pocket to save the moaning. If you're driving a company car then they should cover it. Stone chips happen to glass and bodywork, if their insurance is inadequate then that's on the company and not the employee. The company sound pretty reckless to let you loose in a £25k + car and not even insure it fully comp. Would they expect you to chip in the replacement costs if you had a crash which wrote it off?
My sentiments. Give your company the middle finger tell them it's their problem for being cheap and procuring insufficient insurance cover.
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Well, don't have to chip in at all. Our finance director is a bit like scrooge mc duck (aren't they all) so might moan and stop me from getting heating screen next time. They also don't get me winter tyres :D
Maybe they'll get glass cover from now on.... tbh for them writing off a 29k£ car isn't really a concern, few 100£ on insurance and some other stuff though is because it is regular cost or so they say (company turns over in excess of 100M£ p.a.).
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I had mine replaced by autoglass 4 months ago. Had a stone fly out of a trucks rear wheel and put and 10inch crack on the drivers side. Cost me £150 through insurance and you wouldn't tell it's been replaced.
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Itavaltalainen: I do have to ask, if you're prepared to unnecessarily write off £1200 that you can't be held responsible for - how much money are you on? Those boss moans must be epic in your place of work. :grin:
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Wish I was on as much money as you think I am :D
To be honest if it was my private car I would not get windscreen changed till next MOT. I work for a quite successful company, though they watch pennies (when they have to spend them regularly).
I do 40+ k miles a year in my company car, so want to be comfortable and safe. Not really wanting to spend 1200£ (though it's not my own money) on a new windscreen but compared to 500£ just for fuel each and every month it just does not seem an awful lot of cash...
My boss is not the problem, he's done my job so knows what kinda sh!t you can get.... it's the pea counters that are the issue :D Plus I got no choice in vendor... I have to phone lease company and accept their offer (company car policy calling).
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I got a new windscreen fitted to my Golf GTD after 4 days of ownership! :-( A lorry kicked up a massive stone. I got it replaced through VW insurance at a VW garage. I've had a bad experience with Autoglass in the past and wouldn't trust them with a brand new car! VW also told me that all the repairs would be covered by them and everything would be under warranty. The service was excellent and the peace of mind was great. I only paid £60 (I think) but the full quote was about £650. I don't have the climate windscreen though so guess mine will be cheaper.
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You do realise that vw don't fit replacement windscreens! They get someone in to do them usually auto glass. Don't think because your car went to a dealership it was done by VW.
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You do realise that vw don't fit replacement windscreens! They get someone in to do them usually auto glass. Don't think because your car went to a dealership it was done by VW.
Who said it was done by VW? All I said was it was done at a VW garage and through their insurance. They get a specialist in to do the work (Not Autoglass in my case), which is then checked by VW technicians for quality control. As they check the work they can cover it under VW warranty. I know this because they told me. Worth doing in my opinion, especially if you have a brand new car! (Mine was only 4 days on the road!)
The reason I didn't want Autoglass to change my screen is that they gouged out a massive chunk of interior trim on my previous car while cutting out the old screen! They didn't say anything to me about it and denied that they did it! Even though its impossible for that cut to appear in the location it was (Right next to the screen). Naturally this angered me and I've lost all faith in them to do any future work. At least without it being monitored/checked by a dealer.
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By specialist you mean a glass company :whistle: I didn't say it was done by vw either it was you who said at a VW garage. Anyway it doesn't matter as long as the jobs done properly. :wink:
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Your biggest worry after glass replacement is ensuring your autodimming rear view mirror (and lane assist if you have it) is working properly when everything gets swapped to the new screen.