Date:         Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:14:20 -0600
Reply-To:     "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM>
Subject:      Is your Vanagon as unlucky as mine.....windshield has taken hits
              several times, even here on So CAL freeways
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I had a small star crack in my windshield-(windscreen) on my 85' Westy,
right in front of the drivers view, of course!
I installed a brand new windshield ($130 no tint along top edge....more
visability) along with a new seal and trim.
A week later driving down the 101, I encountered a small rock which nicked
the windshield in almost exactly the same spot.
I decided to not fix it because it was way too coincidental......A month or
2 later, I got a larger rock to hit the windshield.....and then another.  So
now there are 3 small cracks on the windshield.....waiting for ding number
4.
The van has such a vertical rake that it is just a huge stone
catcher.......I got to get a bra....but I've got the SA Quads, and I havn't
found any bra which looks good with that setup.......A custom California Car
Cover  Bra maybe?

Malibu Tony  85' white Westy......1.9L   6 degrees BTDC......as fast as you
want to go in a Vanagon.....
                   78'  white 911SC Targa 3.0L CIS