Jeez, that sounds like where I live too. You must live in a growing area!

 

Hmmm... Here is a good reason to avoid the trucks! It happened a couple of hours ago... OUCH!

 

Ouch! that suck Sean.

Must be going up the hill on highway 1 after the bridge, perfect height for truck to split rock in your face. I've had it happened to my Prelude.

It does look too deep, don't know if Apple Auto Glass can help you. $300cdn to ICBC for windshield replacement.

 

All roads around here are bad! So the freeway is actually the safest place to be. I have had more chips from debris on normal roads than the freeway.

 

Hey Cong!

We talked to ICBC and they said only $200. Funny thing was that the guy we spoke to at ICBC was at our BBQ last week (he was one of Tim's pals). Very small world, isn't it?

 

This thread brings up an interesting issue. I'm not about to change my driving habits, but some people may be concerned about safety. For several decades I was a long distance commuter, putting on a few hundred thousand miles on the infamous Route 128 [America's Technology Highway] beltway in the Boston area. In that time, I lost several windshields to flying stone chips. I also got smacked in the windshield by a flying piece of tire carcass on one occasion. On another, a piece of metal in the road got kicked up at 60+ mph by the guy in front of me, flew just over my windshield and put a big gouge in the roof of my VW Rabbit, before bouncing around behind me to an accompanyment of lots of screeching brakes.
The S2000 does have a smaller windshield than most cars, and perhaps we are a bit more vulnerable to flying stuff on the freeways, similar to the risks encountered by a motorcyclist. I'm a borderline senior citizen, so the risk to longevity is less for me, but I can understand the concerns. Perhaps I can merely wear a football helmet if driving the freeways top down.

 

After 2+ years of driving my S around all sorts of roads, my car has chips, scrapes, dings etc...all barely visible sinc the car is Silver (the best color!). My windshield looks like its been sandblasted. BUT, I enjoy the raod everytime I drive out, regardless of freeway, highway, twisty...its all still worth it.

Ultimately, its still a car that is meant to be driven and I just try and avoid what I can.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by yu888
[B]After 2+ years of driving my S around all sorts of roads, my car has chips, scrapes, dings etc...all barely visible sinc the car is Silver (the best color!).

 

I'm Ohio born and Ohio bred and when I die I will be Ohio dead......

I struggle to say I am from Ohio, but I am. Not only do the roads suck, but the Highway Patrol is one of the most strict in enforcing speeding. My 1st ticket I got as a kid was going thru a yellow light. It cost me 30 days of no driving privileges. Sammy Haggar would be in Jail big time...and those little narrow "freeways" ( except the loop around Columbus) they are like "primitive".

Ohio is NUTS! Its muggy in the summer and frozen in the winter.... I am thrilled to have at least two major mountain ranges to distance me from the Buckeye state.
I was freaking out to see a Starbucks in the state, and then I couldn't stop laughing when seeing everyone walk out ( and I mean everyone) with frappuccinos with a ton of whipped cream on each one. No one was drinking coffee.

IMO, a S2000 is much too nice of a car to be driven anywhere in Ohio....not even the pot hole laden streets are safe.

Head west man!

Cheers!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by S in S
[B]I'm Ohio born and Ohio bred and when I die I will be Ohio dead......

I struggle to say I am from Ohio, but I am.