4/24/2023 0 Comments Mypoint shade crackedYou 66 van has tempered glass- very hard to breakbad comparison here. The only things that will change the odds are: With the odds you just beat, you might get struck by lightning too! On second thought, go home and go to bed. If you get a rock to hit and crack your windshield, especially from 4 lanes over, go buy a lottery ticket because you beat the odds that day. It has been hit several times by rocks, but not more than any other vehicle. They don't even keep bugs off the windshield much less change the trajectory of a rock by causing a different airflow pattern. To the guy above who says bugshields worked for his buddy: Haha. In order for a rock to strike your windshield requires much more than the angle of the 4Runner windshield. Call it what you want: Fate, Luck, Kharma or anything else. I have had many many vehicles over the years and this 4Runner on average has been struck by a rock in the windshield about the same as the other 20+ vehicles I have had. What is just as important is the angle, mass and velocity of the projectile, in this case a rock. Sure, the windshield angle has some effect that will ultimately determine the maximum force of the impact. I've had rocks kicked up by trucks that were more than 10 lengths ahead of me.Īt 70 mph you cover your "10 lengths" in less than two seconds. The last windshield strike was from the left most lane and I was in the center lane at least four car lengths back and to the right. (For other reasons, but the results were beneficial.) Just saying. Or, just maybe more aware and kept my distance. Was the glass just that much better back then? Could be. The driver and passenger were seated in an area protected by just about 10 inches between the floor board and the outside of the front fender.īut my point being, I never had a rock chip or crack. The front tires were actually right below the seat and slightly behind the driver, so you really had to learn how to turn these vehicles a bit differently then regular autos. The engine housing or (dog house) as it was lovingly called, was the center counsel in these vehicles. In this van, (as well as most others of that time period), the driver and front seat passenger sat next too and a little bit forward of the engine. I did this because there was very little "protection" up front. One thing I did do however, is stay well back from vehicles in front of me. (and cross country getting from one state to the other). This, while driving in Oklahoma and Oregon which means gravel roads, sand/rocks vs. I never had a chip, crack, or any other annoyance but dirt. It was like driving behind a sliding patio door! The wind shield was very large and almost straight up and down.(No aerodynamics here). Many years ago, for about 4 years, I owned a 66 Chevy van. I am not being judgmental here, but really, are we maybe doing a little tailgating? Here is why I say this.
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