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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:10 PM
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Driving on the highway today my windshield took a good ol hit by a rock thanks to a pofs semi truck. I am ever so pissed. That ding is going to forever haunt me as it gets gradually larger overtime. /endrant.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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go to a car shop adn have them fix it...

they will drill a whole on each side on the chip so it wong get bigger

they did that to my moms car a couple months ago...and i hasnt gotten any larger
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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Gotta love that crap.

The thing i hate the most is when a bird is on the road, you think your going to hit it and you duck in your truck thinking its going to hit you.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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Be happy it was just a rock my dakota took a hit last summer from a piece of 2x6 about 4-6 inches long at about 70mph luckily it hit my hood first cause if it didnt it would of went right through the windshield. Put a dent and some scratches in my hood and some nice scrapes up my windshield.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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lol i ride 2-3 car lengths behind the semis, helps my gas mileage on the highway, 7 years and still on the origional windshield, and its still immaculate, (i probably just jinxd myself but w/e)
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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which highway? i know it wasn't 294 because there is so much construction you never go more than 15mph. LOL.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 09:49 PM
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lol i ride 2-3 car lengths behind the semis, helps my gas mileage on the highway, 7 years and still on the origional windshield, and its still immaculate, (i probably just jinxd myself but w/e)
Pssh...try 9 years like mine =P Actually..I think it's almost exactly 9 years for me since the truck was made in March of 2000.

And I was just driving on 53 from school to home. Of course when I drive behind slow pokes and try to get in front of the semi to get to my exit..I pay the price, lol.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 10:04 PM
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i don't draft flatbeds...i try to avoid being behind them.

Cargo trucks, i just keep one fender or the other out where they know i'm there and cruise along
 
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 12:58 AM
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im lucky a windshield lasts me 6 months.... chit, shortest i had a windshield for was about 2 months
 
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