dhallworth wrote:
I wish mine would develop a crack as it would be nice to have the heating elements work again!
have you checked the relays in the fuse box
A spring loaded centre punch will cause what looks like a stone chip which will every easily turn into a crack. I considered it on mine but the concern about how well the replacement is fitted meant I'd rather stick with the one in there that doesn't leak and fits properly. I've also got French and German ULEZ vignettes stuck on my windscreen and they are both the type of stickers that won't come off in one piece so I'd probably need to get replacements for those too.
replacement on mine was fitted well obviously new sealant was used and they did give a key over so it adhered better as was still original window that was replaced afert it was smashed
Yea, it's definitely the screen on mine as I've got a couple of lines working on either side.
David.
Phoned insurance company this morning, they took all the details and said they would pass it onto the local depot who would call me. Within a couple of seconds of speaking to them I got a text from Nationwide Windscreens who called me a couple of hours later. "Range Rover needing a windscreen?", "Yes", "would you like it doing tomorrow?", "Yes, if you can", "it isn't heated is it?", "Yes, it's a Pilkington Optikool heated screen", "Oh"......
We'll have to wait and see what happens tomorrow now.
Oh dear, just noticed it's being done by the same bunch that did Sloth's here https://rangerovers.pub/topic/1015-nationwide-motorglass-i-have-no-words. Not a good score on Trustpilot either, more negatives than positives, but one of the excellent reviews mentions the Huntingdon depot which is the depot that called me. I don't think the company makes that much difference in all honesty, some fitters are good others aren't.
Maybe "Oh" means they need to find a heated screen and one of their competent members of staff to fit it?
If its this lot > https://nationwidewindscreen.co.uk/ it does say there is a lifetime guarantee on it (Autoglass offer the same) and at least he did get it replaced. Though what happened there should not have happened obviously.
If on the other hand its this lot > https://www.nationwiderepairs.co.uk/motorglass/ Then even their website doesn't appear to work...
All I'll say is... Good luck. Either park it under CCTV or watch them while they're at it. Preferably both so you have proof if they do try to screw it up.
If mine ever needs doing again, I'll be putting it right back under the CCTV out front again.
It's Nationwide Windscreen Services, so the first one. Not only will I be there the car is parked in front of the garage with a CCTV camera looking straight at it. I'll move Dina's Merc so they can park their van next to mine and then that will be in full view of the camera too. I'd better clean the cobwebs off the lens before they get here.....
Actually the windscreen saga was another point in favour of saving my P38 and doing the M57 conversion to it... I'd rather have done that, than tried to get the windscreen replaced on another one :D
And I'm glad I did.
Seems like I got the installer that knows what he is doing. I started off taking the side and bottom trims off so I could fit a new plenum filter while waiting for him to arrive. Bottom trim came off without breaking any of the spider clips (all bar one stayed on the plenum and not on the trim though) and I was surprised to find no build up of dirt and dead leaves under there either. Took the A pillar interior trims off too. Fitter turned up with a heated screen so that was a good start. Between us we managed to get the top trim off. The RAVE suggestion of using a credit card didn't work but we managed to release on of the clips at one end then slide the whole lot sideways. He wouldn't like to say if the screen had been replaced before or not but there was a lot of sealer at the top stopping the trim clips from sliding as they should. The only thing he couldn't do was get my ULEZ vignettes off the screen but as they are designed to not be removed that wasn't a surprise so I'll need to get new ones.
After the screen was in he even got me to start the car and put the screen heater on to make sure that was working as it should. Between us we put the top trim back by putting the clips onto the studs then pushing the trim down onto the clips. A couple of them broke when getting it off so I'll have to see if it rattles and if it does new clips are only a quid each. All in all, I'm happy with the job he did and he was happy for me to hang around watching what he did so that says to me he's confident in how he did it too.
glad you got it sorted out and he knew what he was doing and he stayed to see if the heating elements work
Good job I haven't got a trip over the Channel coming up though. As the vignettes wouldn't come off I've had to order new ones. In the terms and conditions for both they say that if you lose or damage it you need to buy a new one. So I've just contributed 6 Euros to the German economy and 4.51 to the French.......
not to much money to spend out then you got plenty of time for them to come
That's the difference between the French, Germans, Dutch, Belgians and UK. The first four charge you a small fee and as long as your car doesn't pollute too much (and all accept that LPG is a cleaner fuel than petrol even), they allow you to drive into the Cities. If it does pollute too much, they don't allow you in so the air pollution is reduced. Unlike the UK where you can drive any old clunker putting as much crap into the air as you like as long as you are prepared to pay the fee.
that makes sense I know London does a congestion zone boss had to pay loads of money for me to drive my old 06 plate lorry in there but nothing on new ones 56 plates cause they had add blue fitted
Yeah, before I retired earlier in the year I had to drive into London at least once a week in a 15 plate Renault Kangoo diesel so cost £12.50 a day because it was only Euro 4. Later ones are Euro 6 so are free and they only manage Euro 6 because they inject cow piss into the exhaust. What amused me was when I came to park. You get charged to drive into the zone and they then add extra onto the parking fee because you're running on diesel. I never worked out how what fuel you used when the engine was switched off and the van was parked could make a difference to the air quality.
London has 3 different things going on - the congestion charge itself (£15 for all vehicles). The ULEZ (same area as congestion zone but only some vehicles charged) and the LEZ (Lorries and busses and other large vehicles). The ULEZ zone is £100 daily charge for larger vehicles currently if they don't meet the required standard, the LEZ standards are different, but if they aren't met then its either a £100 or £200 charge (LEZ only applies to larger vehicles, but broadly speaking covers most but not all of the area inside the m25, the ULEZ currently is the same area as the congestion charge, thats changing later this year).
As said by Richard above, the approach is different, and works out that if you can afford the charge you can still do what you want. Last I saw the scheme they were setting up in Glasgow was more along the lines of if you drive in the zone with an unsuitable vehicle, you will be fined.
Before I retired I was involved in a project to work out what the fleet of Kangoos was going to be replaced with. At that time, a further 21 Cities where proposing to introduce low emission zones in some form or another so my recommendation was that we went for petrol (as electric didn't give an acceptable range and nobody makes a self charging hybrid van). Bristol was one of the first places to announce it's proposals and that was to divide the centre into two zones with a total ban on diesels in the inner zone. As the vehicles need to go anywhere there is a problem, any restrictions weren't acceptable. The replacement of the Kangoos has been put back by a further year due to Covid and I've no idea what they are going for now although the last I heard was they were looking at the Citroen Berlingo/Peugeot Partner/Vauxhall Combo (which are all the same van with different badges) as it was the only medium sized van you could get with a petrol engine.
yes London is all to do with emissions cause mine didn't have the new adblue tank fitted we got charged lots but cause my friends had adblue he wasn't charged
how many RRs do you think would get the ULEZ charges 🤣🤣