Yeah, I left my car unlocked last week, and some jerk went through it. Bastard got my diaper bag, of all things. I hope he was really, reeeeeeaally disappointed. No one takes my CDs, though. I’m not sure if I should be relieved or insulted.
Have you tried any of those glass places like Safelite? It won’t be stock Nissan glass, but at least it’s new and has some kinda warranty, and is probably less than 225 parts and labor. They might even come out to your house to fix it.
In the future you might just want to find a local glass shop right away instead of waiting the whole weekend. That only extends the pain, especially if bad weather is in the forecast. It usually only takes an hour or two, which is probably better than trying to tape up the window and stewing for two days – once it’s fixed it’s much easier to forget and move on (my sympathies, it has happened to me a number of times).
Where do you live that it’s not???
find another shop. Seriously. It should be a shop that does nothing but install glass.
Are we talking about a 1/4 window that’s fixed or a rear door window that can be rolled down? Either way it shouldn’t be that much money unless the window is $200.
The problem is: The cheap window is the windshield…there’s a market for 'em as people continually replace them due to pitting, cracking, etc. All of the OTHER windows in a car rarely need replacement, so they’re typically a lot more expensive.
Still tho, I had my rear passenger window replaced by a glass shop not long ago for under 200, also a japanese car. And this is in NYC, not exactly known for its cheap auto repairs.
K, calling a glass shop soon. Someone else told me to do that too. If the bar flies and the Dopers agree, it must be good advice!
I had someone break the driver’s side window on our minivan and take the GPS back in February. My wife had driven the kids down to Chicago for the day and got back late the night before and didn’t bother to take the GPS off the windshield. The kicker was, it was parked in the underground parking garage of our apartment! Some fucker came in early in the morning, between the time my neighbor left for work and when my wife was leaving for work. Apparently, there was a rash of break-ins all over Madison this winter, thanks to the heroin pouring into the state. It seems it’s the drug of choice around here.
Wait to see how angry you get after it happens the second time, then the third, then the fourth, then the fifth, then the sixth…
Seriously. When I was single and apartment-living in Ottawa my Honda CRX got broken into more times than I could count. First time, the stereo was stolen, so I got a pull-out stereo and took it up to my apartment. Next time they broke in, only to find nothing worth stealing. The next time (I had gone months and months with no problems) I came home late one night and left the stereo in the car. It was stolen by the next morning.
At this point I had no comprehensive insurance, they refused to insure me, so I just left the car unlocked since I had no stereo and kept nothing of value in it. After a few months of leaving it unlocked they tried (unsuccessfully) to steal it. This resulted in a smashed steering column, ripped wires, and a totally undrivable car, still with no comprehensive insurance.
I had to pay to get it drivable again. A year later I bought a house in the country and never looked back.
I used to seriously think that if I ever saw someone breaking into my car again I would attack them with a baseball bat, or a golf club and beat them shitless. I would have killed. I seriously would have killed. I’ve mellowed a bit in the last 15 years since going through all of that, in about a two year period.
ETA: Actually I didn’t get a pull-out stereo until the SECOND one was stolen!
Not that I don’t like you, but reading this anger made me feel better. I feel a tiny bit less like an over-reactive pyscho for wanting to rip the guy’s fingernails out for breaking into my car. “Yes! Just like how you ripped out my radio, you motherfucker!”
So anyway, I checked out a glass-only repair shop, and their parts, labor, tax and coming to my flippin’ apartment is going to cost me less than my regular mechanic would have for labor alone. The bad news is, much like your cable guy, they don’t actually set a time for when they’re coming over. I think the time frame they gave me for tomorrow was “Some time between sun up and sun down,” so I’m leaving work early for it. The good news is I’m leaving work early for it.
I’m done whining about this now. When it first happened, I was so mad that I had to tell the entire freaking universe just how mad I was, because damn it, they needed to know! Three days later, and now that the damn thing will be fixed by tomorrow, and I won’t have to look at tape across my window every time I come home, I’m fine. Believe it or not, this thread makes me feel better, and contained some advice that saved me some money. You’re all good kids. Thanks.
Mean Old Lady, For that price call the cheapest glass company and get a new one. My windshield had a scratch from the last idiot that owned it and didn’t change their windshield wipers. I got an estimate of 400 dollars and and estimate of 195.00 by calling around.
Good Luck with it.
One time I had my car broken into (and drivers side window smashed in the process) for $5 worth of batting cage tokens. They didn’t take the radio or even the $10 emergency cash I had in the glove compartment. They must of really needed some batting practice I guess.
My mom’s car was broken into in DC (shocker) years ago. They stole a set of 1950s comedy tapes and one of my then-7-year-old brother’s batting gloves. Just one, not the other. They left behind his Gameboy, which was right next to it, and my Discman.
I don’t understand thieves.
My guess is Michael Jackson and Carrot Top were on a drunk.
If you would like a semi-good story I’ll give you mine. After getting my total POS Maverick broken into I decided to rebuild my garage so I could get cars into it. After God knows how many months of pouring cement and installing roof trusses I had a garage. All it needed was windows. Since my garage had once been broken into I decided to up the ante. I built the windows myself out of steel reinforced 2 x 4’s and 1/2 inch acrylic panels. They are literally bullet proof and cannot be opened from the outside short of driving a car through the wall. Recently I was mowing my lawn and found a steel bar used in an attempt to break the window. All they did was dull the paint. I smiled and continued mowing.