Back from my sad trip to Ohio, cracked my frikkin' windshield.
Many of you already knew that my father passed away, at the age of 67, last Thursday. Between the exhorbitant amount of money that the airlines wanted for a ticket, and the recent terrorist activity, Mrs. 5150 and I decided to drive to Cincinnati, in the FJ, instead of flying. We left this past Saturday morning, drove straight through, and made the 1072 mile trip in 15 hours.
First for the bad news, on the way home today a small rock hit the bottom of the windshield, on the passenger's side, nicked the glass, and a 6 inch angled crack went up the windshield from the point of impact. I don't think the rock was that big or even it hit that hard. I was shocked at the size of the crack that subsequently formed. I'd think that a window that is obviously a rock magnet would be more durable. I was so pissed off and upset, what else can go wrong this month?
Anyway, the nice thing is that the insurance companies in Florida are required to replace the windshield without requiring a deductible. The bad thing is that the repair is set up but the repairman cannot get the windshield from Toyota because they are "on Nationwide Back Order." They also informed me that there are no aftermarket FJ windshields available yet because it is so new. So, I have no idea when I'll be able to have it replaced. In fact I'm very wary of letting anyone do this after some of the things I've read here about the hack-jobs. I kind of wonder if Toyota is aware that this is an issue and has halted production as they sometimes do.
Anyway, other than that the trip went fine and my Black Diamond FJ looked really good, immediately behind the hearse, with my mother riding shotgun. This car is even more special to me now than it ever was.
Thanks again to all of you for your support during this rough time.
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