Non-OEM windshields?

Interested in your reply re Shannon's. I wanted to insure with them for the choice of repairer, and also for having the chance to buy the car in the event of a write-off but they wouldn't insure my 1991 900i because I couldn't prove to their satisfaction that I was an "enthusiast". So I went with GIO. Still can't believe it!!

I got Pilkington in MA too. I'm told they make Saab's glass by this company and they do all the work for the local dealers. I think it's a case of the glass replacer buying higher or lower quality glass. I bet the OP gets Pilkington if he chooses the "saab" glass.

That's starting here too. I'm not quite sure how it's meant to work though. There have to be conditions on keeping an automatic maximum no-claim bonus. WHen you look at how much it costs to have insurance when you don't get any no-claim bonus it's no wonder so many cars are driven around unregistered.

I expect the next step is going to be structuring polices and premiums to discourage owning older vehicles - providing cheaper insurance for newer vehicles could be used by the industry and governments to co-erce people to trade-up.

My unregistered Saab's (the turbo one and the 900i) almost never go on a public road - far too risky even to test-drive after doing some work on one of them. Only time they'd ever go on a significant trip would be with an unregistered vehicle permit to get them to a repairer to inspection prior to being re-registered.

Craig.

Yes well remember Shannons are really just a 'dealer' for Allianz - and Allianz offers choice of repairer for no extra cost in it's own car insurance products. There's only one place my car will go if it needs accident repairs and that's Saab Serve.

As much as I don't want to, I'll probably go with NRMA since my wife has the full-comp for her van with them, and we'll get a multi-policy discount for having house insurance. Otherwise I can't afford full-comp on any of my cars again this year. But I can't afford the non-discounted cost of the compulsory 3rd party either at the $550+ price that all the insurers quoted me without any full-comp to give a no-claim bonus qualification. Damn insurance is annoying. 8-)

Craig.

Simple. A 'glass claim' isn't counted against your bonus. Accident damage is handled as before.

Graham

The original windshields fitted to my 900's were from Pilkington in Sweden or Sekurit Saint-Gobain. Definately OEM because they had the fancy SAAB logo and date code (corresponding to the car's model year as well)

I have a Viracon one on the 90 900 T. Not horrible but whatever.

The "Walker" exhaust for the Saab C900 is identical to the Starla one.

With the angle of the windscreen, the reflection from there go mostly up, not directly back to the LIDAR unit. There are enough other surfaces that reflect in the proper direction to make the glass type the least of your worries while speeding. I appreciate your sentiment, though.

Walt Kienzle

cs,

Thank you for the confirmation and specifics.

Walt