This morning DF woke me up to tell me someone had thrown a concrete brick through my back car window.
There is glass everywhere that I have to clean up before it rains again (but I want to vent first).
Insurance doesn't cover it because I only have third party property damage, fire and theft. (Because I don't see the point in paying $1500 a year for insuring a car that is only worth $5000 - so instead I pay $383 a year). Even so, if my insurance DID cover it, my excess would have been $500, because I am under 25.
The silver lining in all of this is, because I am a member of an automobile club (which costs $70 a year), I get a 20% discount on glass repairs and replacements with a certain company. I called them, and the cost to replace the window is $570, with a discount that brings it to $456, plus the rubber seals approximately $50. All of this AND they come to my house to do it. So in the end, it's cost me basically the same amount.
So I am feeling a little better after this whole incident. Except now I have to go and clean glass out of my car. And throw out my NEW seat covers. ARGH.
not a nice thing to wake up to
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December 30th, 2009 at 05:41 am 1262151662
Wow. For the replacement window, that sounds expensive (might be the diff of AU vs US?). Have you tried a junk yard?! They might have a car that's the same as yours with a perfectly good rear window?! We replaced our rear truck window that way for $100. Someone broke into the truck by smashing out the window.
Best of luck!! Sorry for the sucky morning.
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