Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:15:13 -0400 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: Rear window disintergrates...
Didn't the MIR space station break up sort of in your area? May be one of the smaller parts fell off course just recently. wysiwyg.docnopsamspring.com wrote: > my theory is that a small meteorite struck and penetrated the back window with > so much force that made the hole but left the shattered window behind. check the > back deck for a small stone about the size of a pencil eraser. of course if was > a meteorite consisting of ice it would have melted by now, you know those things > get pretty hot comming into the atmosphere. > > Tim Wise wrote: > > > Has any one else in this news group experienced this problem? > > > > I have a 1997 900 S Talladega 3 door that was parked outside > > last night, it was a very cold night with the temperature below > > 0 degrees C. > > > > I got up early to go to the airport, took some bags out to the car > > and put them in the back through the hatch which was covered in frost, > > or at least what looked like very heavy frost. (Very light frost and a > > shattered windscreen.) > > > > Went back to get a second load and as I closed the hatch a small chunk > > of glass dropped out of the center of the rear hatch window. Then I noticed, > > (in the dark) that the entire rear hatch glass had shattered and stayed in > > the frame? > > > > Anyone have this happen to them? > > > > Seems unlikely someone could belt the window hard enough to shatter it and > > yet leave > > it in the frame. > > > > The only theory I could come up with was water getting under the rubber > > seals and then > > freezing and the resultant expansion of ice shattered the glass, although I > > believe the hatch > > is encapsulated glass so this seems unlikely. > > > > Replacement glass is over $900AUS which I'm told is not that expensive > > compared to > > other makes. > > > > Any ideas?
