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What Every Leased Car Owner Needs To Know About Windshield Repairs
Tips –So you’re driving to work in your newly-leased car, wide awake, going the speed limit, not texting, not eating jelly donuts, hands at 2 and 10, minding your own business, when suddenly—smack! The truck in front of you launches a pebble projectile right at your windshield. What starts out as a little impact ding spreads…
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How Often You Should Inspect Your Tires
Tips –As if you don’t already have enough to worry about in your life–dental appointments, anemic IRAs, and whether or not to get your mocha ‘with whip’–now there’s one more thing on your list of stressors: the tire pressure light on your dash that suddenly lit up. You walk around the car, eyeball the tires, and…
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Things You Must Not Do With A Cracked Windshield
Tips –A cracked windshield can have a big impact on how your vehicle looks—and it can be annoying to drive, too. But worse than that, a crack in any car window can lead to expensive problems or even endanger you and your passengers. Having your windshield repaired by an expert should be a priority, but sometimes…
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Should You Really Do It Yourself? The Paradox of Build-Your-Own-Cars and Safety
Safety –The evolution of cars today is on an a massive upswing. In just ten small years we have gone from creating cars that simply had rear cameras, to cars that can parallel park themselves. Cars today are equipped with wifi signals, sensors for weather, and even sensors that tell you if you are about to…
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The Rise of Smart Safety Technology In Cars
The night is young, and you’ve just finished a nice dinner with a couple glasses of wine. You and your spouse decide to grab a sweet dessert at the local ice cream shop before heading home. After getting into your car, you are met with a surprise–the ignition won’t turn. A message pops up on…
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How Can Your Windshield Save Your Life in A Collision with a Train?
It seems an abnormal amount of strange news headlines come from Florida. Being an online business that is especially focused on vehicle safety, we cycle through the news with a special kind of fervour. After all, we want to insure that the members of our community–you! –get the best and most up to date information…
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Tesla Breaks The Consumer Reporting Agency
News –“Its near-instant g-forces can otherwise be achieved only by leaping off a building—literally.” –Consumer Reports The team here at Glass.net already geeks out over the latest car technologies, but reading that line in the latest Consumer Report about Tesla really got our attention! Let us fanboy for just a minute here. First of all, let’s…
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Glass.net Examines A Recent Google Report And Discovers That We’re Searching
News –Glass.net was created to connect local glass shops with consumers. Part of that is finding high-quality shops that keep up with the latest in consumer safety and best practices. Part of that is also helping educate consumers on glass safety and choosing the shop that’s best for their safety and budget. The most vital part…
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How Auto Insurance Can Help Repair Your Windshield
Note: This is a guest post from Auto Insurance Discounters. Driving down the highway can be an exhilarating experience, which can be quickly ruined if a rock cracks your windshield. With people driving more than 10 billion miles across America as recently as November 2015, the chances of this mishap are more common than you…
