Hi,
A friend of the family broke their rear windscreen - or should that be rear window - are windscreens only at the front? It was a hatchback and it shattered when he closed the boot. I would never have expected that. I thought you would need to bang it very hard. Perhaps it had already been weakened by something?
Anyway, this happened at 4pm on Saturday afternoon, so auto glass said sorry, they were closing at 5pm and would not have time to come out and he would have to wait until Monday.
Is there anything you can do in these circumstances? Other than tape some plastic over the hole to keep the rain out? If it was a new and expensive car, I'd be worried about someone trying to get in through the hole but I suppose it would be difficult to start it and drive it away, so perhaps all you can do is remove your valuables and wait?
I can understand a chip could wait over the weekend but aren't there people who will replace a broken car window 24 hours a day like there are for house and shop windows? But then I suppose all they do is board the window with plywood until the glazier opens in the morning.
Has anyone driven with a window missing? It must be particularly noisy. Do you avoid motorways and use A roads and drive slowly or buy earplugs?
TIA