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Sep 9, 2009 | 05:17 PM

RLN-18

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Heel & Toe

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From: Manlius New York

Shattered back window

Has anyone had a back window in a C-5 coupe implode?

Sep 9, 2009 | 05:32 PM

HT1663WB

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From: Clayton New Jersey

Yep, mine did over the winter...when I hit the rear defroster button. This was on my 2000 Coupe. Thank God the insurance covered it 100%.

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Sep 9, 2009 | 05:34 PM

R Devil

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From: Life is a game/Golf is serious. IA

I've never heard of that happening.

Sep 9, 2009 | 06:14 PM

happa

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From: Simpsonville SC

wow! Thats aweful

Sep 9, 2009 | 08:06 PM

$$$frumnuttin'

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Wow, that's a new one for me too...and I've been here a LOOOOONG time!

Sep 9, 2009 | 08:26 PM

Patches

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From: Lake Elsinore, CA

Has happened to a few members here as well as on other types of cars. My 86 TA, for instance. Turned on my A/C on High one hot Ft Lauderdale afternoon and BOOM!

Blew the hatch back over an inch.

Sep 9, 2009 | 08:35 PM

kennya35

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From: McAlester Oklahoma

man that sucks.....

On a side note, I havent seen an 86 TA that was lust like the one I had in a LOOOOOOOOONG time. Even the same rims. Mine was all black though.

Sep 9, 2009 | 08:44 PM

z21ranger

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From: Houston Texas

I'd be willing to bet everyone of those windows had some sort of (maybe minute) crack, chip, or structural damage before they went!

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Sep 9, 2009 | 08:51 PM

z060-0

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From: cobourg ont

New rear window for a Z06 is about 1500 bucks

Sep 9, 2009 | 10:13 PM

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urfubar

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From: greenville north carolina

thought it might be a jealous exgf....sucks major A$$!

Sep 9, 2009 | 10:24 PM

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Florida Mike

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From: Valrico FL

I mess around with older BMWs a bit and they had this issue with many of the 80s models when it got cold. Owner turns on defroster and POP, broken window.

I do think there must have been a defect in the glass.

Kind of like how if you have ever had a cracked windshield and if it sets out in the hot sun and you spray it with a garden hose, the crack races across it at light speed. Yeah I have done it and its cool to see (but only when you know insurance is replacing it).

One of the few things insurance in FL is good for...by state law all auto glass is covered at no cost.

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