My physician has taken me off Valium now that a new BMW windshield is installed
You may recall that I was doing some safe break in driving and got a stone chip / crack @ 404 miles and the "repair" process ensured that I wound up with a new windshield. A few lessons: not sure I would try the repair route again. All of the shops warned me that a larger crack could happen. Next, replacement is a bit more technical than I knew. For example, the adhesive must bond, when cured, to something like 1,000 pounds per square inch; and the curing process, depending on temp and humidity, can be around 12 -24 hours. They prefer that you do not move the car for that period. I requested that our dealer have one of their techs remove the rear view mirror assembly, wipers and cowling under the hood to ensure the proper tools / experience and not have things scratched up, bolt heads rounded, etc. A number, but not all, of the windshield repair / replacement shops look pretty shade tree mechanic in nature and have more than their share of questionably trained staff. Very few dealers, I suspect, do the actual work - it is farmed out. Some clean rags were stuffed into the dash vents so that "whatever" did not wind up falling into them. My upfront requests, along with the service manager's attention and techs involvement, appear to have resulted in a perfect job I was able to get the car back in our garage between rain showers and will let it set up another day or so before getting back on the road
Also , our dealer shared some really horrible stories involving customers who have, just recently, been involved in moderate accidents with their two week old Bimms - ouch! In closing, I look forward to getting back into the driving mode and be beyond the purchase / detail / repair mode
See a number of you in Napa soon
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