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Our car has electric windows. I thought I would mention that first since it was vital to the story. We were blessed when the remnants of Hurricane Ike came calling in that we only got a few hours of wind and some rain. Our house is on the side of a hill, the north side, so it was with a great deal of surprise that we found some damage from the storm. And that was the weirdest part. The only damage that happened from that storm was the passenger side window in our car. It has blown out. We are still not sure how this came about considering the car was in the carport, parked back pretty far. the wind would have to have come through a lot of trees, past a house on one side and our house on the other. The wind would have to be coming from the east.
It was broken all right. I guess the worst part is that where we live, you cannot simply put plastic up on the window and go on. Authorities do not appreciate that anymore. It had to be fixed relatively soon since the cooler weather is about to happen here. We do have a few weeks, maybe, but we did not want to take that chance. That meant buying something that we had not budgeted within the Checking Account at all. Oh no. We are not set up to deal with emergencies after all the emergencies we have already had.
Yet, we did go get the window fixed. Actually, I expected it to cost us a good deal more than it did. Of course, I had hoped it wouldn’t cost us anything but our insurance did not cover this particular problem in an older car. Biting the bullet, we paid out less than $160 for an electric window. Now, I know that takes some effort to get into a door with that type of workings but they did it in a little under an hour. Hats off to the folks at the glass company! I was very impressed. So, if you’re looking for advice on replacing car windows, especially if they happen to be electric, go to an expert. Do NOT allow the man of the house do the work unless he already knows how to do it. If he is just trying to save a buck, save the buck by finding the cheapest professional to do the work. It pays off in the end. (BTW, my husband is such a blessing. He knows how rough it is to replace that type of window. There was no problem at all.)
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