Poor Zaphod Again
So I was driving home from the dentist tonight and was quite shocked to see a *giant* crack in the windshield of my beloved Zaphod Beeblebrox the Car. Like, *giant.* I know for certain that it wasn’t there in the morning when I scraped the ice off my windshield because, well, I was looking right at my windshield, and I didn’t notice it when I was driving to the dentist’s office and given how big it is, I don’t see how I could have not seen it. My best guess is that there was some sort of a rock chip that I didn’t see and the combination of the cold outside and the heat to defog it on the inside made it crack ((it was too dark for me to get a close look at it by that point, so I’ll have to examine it more closely in the morning)). As I drove to the produce store, which is where I was headed after the dentist, I saw the crack proceed to grow across my windshield. My initial thought, for a split section, was “this kinda sucks.” But then I *immediately* thought, “Eh, there are worse things that can happen in life. I’ll deal.” And I was surprised at myself. Usually it’s so easy to think “oh woe is me! The world is out to get me!” I mean, when I discovered that someone had scraped my car back when I first got it, I was very upset for days. For days ((first world problem, much??))!! So to find myself just letting this go really took me aback. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen a lot of people who really have bad things going on in their lives – I mean, today alone I heard about the death of a family member of one person that I know *and* that a family member of another person I know is very, very, very sick; and as everyone in the Vancouver blogging world knows, Derek will not be with us for much longer – so maybe that puts my very small “problems” into perspective. I mean, given what other people are going through… and all I have to do is take my car into the shop? I’m pretty much living on easy street.
Does anyone happen to know if I make an ICBC claim for a cracked windshield, will the cost of my insurance go up?
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A windshield claim doesn’t make my insurance go up, but then mine is completely different than yours, so I’m not much help! I just had this problem the other day, sorry you’re experiencing it too! 🙁
Thanks! A friend of mine from here in BC just commented on my Facebook that it won’t affect my insurance either. Just have to pay the deductible (and I just checked the ICBC website and apparently it’s $200. Could be worse!).
If only you’d stop mistreating Dr. Car!
I don’t know who the “Dr. Car” you speak of is – it’s Zaphod Beeblebrox the Car who has the cracked windshield. You should really try reading things more carefully.
I think it’s just your bad memory, Beth.