Good points Franc, but those damn things are all over the place these days.


I also have another way we can look at this, rather than the car becoming part of the road, the road desires so much to become part of the car...strictly because it loves it so much....

 

No gravel truck just a mix of mother nature's wind blown sand with the occasional rock kicked up by the car your passing. Average windshield life for a car that is driven out of the city limits arround here is less then 2 years. My comuter car has had seven chip repairs in five years, the windshield is so pitted that I have decided to replace it on the next chip whid should happen next fall. By the way the ugly bras help but it also has it's own issues. I have one that I only use on road trips and on one three hour trip across the state I had weed seeds and pieces of hay get under the bra, but fortunately the expel clear bra protected the paint. The car is definitely a double bagger when it comes to road trips.

 

Ive hit rabbits at 60, not even a mark. 135mph highway runs at night, driving on gravel, etc, etc.

I havent had a paint problem, but then again I do take overly good care of my car