Because of a misdiagnosis by my indie (he was 90% sure my water leak was windshield related...but now it appears that it was sunroof water drains that were draining but only slowly), I unnecessarily bought a new windshield. But, MAN, is there ever a difference between 20 year old glass and new glass! Never realized how accustomed I'd grown to all the imperfections in the glass over the years.

So I guess I'll forgive my indie....

And go ahead...get that new windshield you've been craving.

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Lol... It's on my list... My seal is dry rotted on both cars and the 300D has a lot of chips and a bullseye from some debris during Hurricane Katrina.

I know. My state is tough on windshields. My 300D got a new one in 2006 and it's already getting pitted.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

We have two newer Mbzs a 99 and a 96. Both could use new glass. So I can defintely relate.

I'm pretty sure mine is original. I wonder what new glass would be like.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

It is like....like....like....like, man, having no glass at all!

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

That's awesome! I replaced mine this year before the seal got too far gone.

The difference really is amazing. The glare I was getting from all the pitting was obnoxious. Not to mention the windshield wiper scratches. It is amazing how many scratches a windshield picks up over time.

The biggest difference is in the rain at night. Much safer than before.

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

Planning on replacement as part of the repaint currently going on. Too many sand pits after 20 + years that I can't see while driving into the sun.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags