Geico: It truly is so easy a caveman can do it.
Posted by Jeremy on April 22nd, 2008
A couple years ago, I was driving to work one sunny morning, tunes blaring. As I passed a truck hauling gravel, I watched - in a slowed down Matrix kind of way - a small pebble flying towards my windshield. It hit, and made a might racket as it pinged off. And there I was. Stuck with a little chip missing out of my windshield.
I really didn’t think anything of it, and for years I drove with that tiny chip. All was fine, until the first big snow this winter. See, at the place I used to live at I had heated underground parking. And when I drove from home to the bus stop, it usually wasn’t snowing. So there was never a chance for water to get in, then freeze.
This new place, I park outside. The first big snowstorm, it took me 2 hours to get home. Swish, swish, swish went the wipers, making quick work of the heavy flakes that fell upon my windshield. The car got quite toasty and warm, so much so that I had to turn down the heater. I finally make it home. I don’t even want to park in the parking garage - I decide to just park on the street and move it in a few hours.
And when I did, there was this large crack. And all winter long it got larger, and larger - until it hit an easy 2 feet long.
Well, I didn’t think much of it. Being a Daewoo, it’s not exactly the most premium transportation method available - but it does the job well, and it does it without complaint. But I was getting the itch. The itch that says “Hey, you should check out the new cars. That Mazdaspeed 3 is looking pretty sweet. And such a great price!”
So I decided to scratch it in the only way I can - by fixing what’s wrong with the current ride. It’s 7 years old, but it only has 75,000 miles on it and runs perfect. So really, I should fix it, and keep that extra $400 a month I would be spending in the bank.
I went to Geico.com to just feel out how much new glass would cost and, I shit you not, literally 10 minutes later I had an appointment for this Monday to swap it out. Happened so fast I didn’t even realize it at first. No talking to anyone, no filling out forms, just a dozen or so clicks and some personal information - they even made the appointment.
The glass man came on Monday, replaced my window, and I gave him a check for a little over $200. The glass is perfect, and it was crazy easy.
And I know everyone gives me shit for not having the $3/month glass coverage but this is the first time I’ve ever had to replace a windshield - so I really saved money, not spending thousands on useless coverage over the years.
But damn. I just wanted to say, Geico rocks.