birdsallpl Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Today whilst travelling on the M25 in the outside lane doing about 70MPH the window in my drivers door completly shattered with a very loud bang. For a second I wondered what the heck had happened, glass every where. Anyway I managed to get it booked into the main dealer for tomorrow for a replacement window. They were amazed that it had happened and so am I, in nearly 50years of driving it is the first I have heard of this happening. The obvious thought is a stone, but how would a stone from the opposite carriageway hit my window. At the time I was on a stretch that has the solid concrete barrier which makes it even less likely. Anyone else experienced this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Sniper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 dare I say it could it be that someone took a shot at your car there are some funny people about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich1984 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 its brown pants time when stuff hits the windows while your driving, especially to smash it !. I've had stones hit the side window of my van and rear panels before that's come from across the motorway, the glass in your side windows is usually toughened glass and occasionally wont break on impact it can break some time after the initial impact, so it could have been an impact previously that caused it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted December 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 It did cross my mind and I jokingly said at the time "I haven't been shot there's no blood" guess it could have been an air rifle!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Thermal shock? it's v cold tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 When my old van went in for a respray it looked like a snow scene down the drivers side . You get so many stones flick up off the on coming traffis without realising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 I quite commonly recover vehicles for shattered windows, Its not that unusual, Sometimes do 2 or 3 a week, either for side windows or rear windscreens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 (edited) Thermal shock? it's v cold tonight. That's what I thought, very cold one side and warm the other, add a stone doing 70 mph and it could shatter. Edited December 3, 2014 by FalconFN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 My old mans car lost a side window! Driving down the dual carriageway the tyres flicked a stone, which bounced back off the concrete wall and took his window out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I had my Defender for about two days and as I hopped in to drive off the back window pretty much exploded. I did think someone in the field behind had shot the window. Autoglass said there wasn't anything wrong with the frame which would have likely put pressure on it, so it was £75 and I'm still baffled to this day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wascal Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Many moons ago I had a marina ( in vomit brown ) , It had a toughened windscreen , not laminated. was driving a long when "bang" - the windscreen did its best crazy paving impression , I couldn't see a thing ! I managed to punch a hole in the glass while pulling over to the side . It was a bit drafty on the way home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyxologos Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I think it all depends on several factors working together or against eachother. Things like the velocity, the angle the object hits the glass, the temperature and the shape of the object. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Could have been a few thing but it would definitely been a new shorts moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zx10mike Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 perhaps in one of the many cars behind a driver took a shot at you for doing 70 in the outside lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 perhaps in one of the many cars behind a driver took a shot at you for doing 70 in the outside lane. Yes you're probably right, for ONLY doing 70 in the outside lane. Then again it was the M25 so lucky we were moving at all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 i was driving a 6 wheel tipper in the 80s, when the front screen went, that was a bang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Very hot day a few years ago as I walked past a parked car the rear screen shattered for no apparent reason. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Had this happen on a new Cortina in 1981. Parking in the car park at work at walking speed. It was a hot day and I had driven into a shaded area....put it down to thermal changes.......maybe a stress fault in the glass made it vulnerable to breaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 slightly off topic, but Velux have a recall on their narrow windows. The window panes shatter by themselves! The gas escapes causing a vacuum which causes the inner panel to shatter! Happened to us whilst on holiday. We came back to find the inner panel broken. I thought it must have been a bird or animal had got trapped inside, the misses started talking about poltergeists! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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