Windscreen Woes

[tull48]

I needed a new windscreen after a stone caused a 12 inch crack whilst I was travelling on the M6.
My insurance company uses AutoWindscreens and after a lengthy conversation about the Mk 6 screen having an additional layer within the laminated screen they decided to order from VW to keep me happy.
The technician arrived today and I inspected the screen.No VW markings just Pilkington.He went to great lengths to convince me it was the correct one and he had fitted one earlier today to a Mk 6. Still unsure and while he was preparing my car I checked the damaged screen of the Mk 6 {in the back of his van} he said he replaced earlier and it had a dealer sticker on it with MOT due Jan 2011: alarm bells start to ring.
I tackled him about it and to cut a long story short he said if I was not happy a new windscreen would be ordered. I was not happy,so off he went,no work carried out.
The penny dropped: he had fitted my replacement screen to a Mk 5 and was about to fit the replacement Mk 5 screen to mine. This was confirmed by the main depot when they rang me.
New screen ordered and to be fitted next Wednesday. fingers crossed.

John.

[markus_bms]

Confusion over ur text : are you saying that you had your windscreen replaced once before with an Mk5 one and this resulted in the crack..

[tull48]

Confusion over ur text : are you saying that you had your windscreen replaced once before with an Mk5 one and this resulted in the crack..

No, the damage was to the OE screen.

[SC03OTT]

Ah I get it. Someone with a mk5 got your mk6 screen and you got their mk5 screen in your mk6?

[tull48]

Ah I get it. Someone with a mk5 got your mk6 screen and you got their mk5 screen in your mk6?

Yes but was unhappy with the screen so it wasn't actually fitted.

[Felixhy]

Well spotted John.
How is it that these "experts" who "know their trade" get it so wrong.
You have got to be on the ball all the time.

[dataconn]

so there is someone running around in a mk5 wondering why its all so quiet all of a sudden!

[HHGTTG]

I did not think that the screens were the same size on the MK5 and MK6!!

[dataconn]

I got my MK6 Yesterday, disappointing thing was that there was no dark blue tinted section to the upper most part of the windscreen. It makes a real difference on a sunny day.

Pictures and buying experience to follow, but I thought I'd post about the windscreen here as its vaguley topical.

[tull48]

After the problems of last week AutoWindsceens arrived with my replacement screen. I checked through the protective plastic and could see VW stamped on the screen so I was happy this time they had brought the correct screen.The damaged screen was removed and on unpacking the new screen it was found to be cracked on one corner.:zx11:
The car sits in my garage,without screen,waiting for yet another replacement.:1zhelp:

John.