Non-original windscreen news
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:03 am
My leased Audi A6 Allroad cracked its windscreen spontaneously when it was only a couple of months old. No stone chip or anything like that. I paid the excess on my insurance and had it replaced, and everything was fine. Handed it back to the lease company with no queries.
Just over a year on, the new owner e-mailed me last week. He said he'd had trouble with the rain sensor so took it into Audi and they pointed out the non-original windscreen. They told him some story about new windscreens needing to be Audi's own, and calibrated (which is clearly rubbish because the Autoglass fitted windscreen was fine for the best part of 2 years in my care, and the rain sensor was one of the most reliable of any car I've owned - vastly better than the Volvo one which has never been great despite being as it left the factory.
Anyway, I think this just reinforces the need to put 'original windscreen' in your advert when selling a car. Thank me later.
Just over a year on, the new owner e-mailed me last week. He said he'd had trouble with the rain sensor so took it into Audi and they pointed out the non-original windscreen. They told him some story about new windscreens needing to be Audi's own, and calibrated (which is clearly rubbish because the Autoglass fitted windscreen was fine for the best part of 2 years in my care, and the rain sensor was one of the most reliable of any car I've owned - vastly better than the Volvo one which has never been great despite being as it left the factory.
Anyway, I think this just reinforces the need to put 'original windscreen' in your advert when selling a car. Thank me later.