laminated glass

[Per Lindgren]

All European cars have laminated windshields, and has had so since 1970 or so. My
73 VW Squareback has a laminated windshield.

PerL
92 Cabrio 2.3E



Zsolt wrote:

> I was surprised when turned out that my Euro 911 has laminated
> windshield in the front. I thought that all European cars has tempered
> glass, but I guess Porsche decided to make one kind for both markets.
>
>    Zsolt
>
> Lee M. Levitt wrote:
>
> > Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> writes:
> >
> >>Windsheilds (US) are laminated so that they stay together. The others are
> >>tempered so that they do break into those tiny little pieces. I know, I
> >>was picking them out of my GTi for up to 5 years after it was broken
> >>into. And that was the small stationary "vent" window of the door.
> >>
> >
> > A few new cars now come with laminated side glass. It's an option on the
> > Volvo Cross Country and other high end Volvos. Dunno about other makes.
> >
> > Works the same as laminated front glass. The Volvo dealer video shows a guy
> > working on a side window with a hammer for about 2 minutes before he makes a
> > hole big enough to reach through.
> >
> > Lee
> > '95.5 S6 avant
> > '96 A6 quattro avant
> >
> >
> >