What You Should Know About Auto Glass Texas

Finding the Very Best Local Auto Glass Repair Austin



Did you know that if you want to find auto glass repair, Austin is one of the best places to find one? I didn't know it, but what I went through one Monday night about 20 years ago made me absolutely aware of that fact. I was a new driver, still in my Dad's car, and I had driven in my first hail storm.



"Dad?" I called as I peeked over his blue recliner in the living room as I entered. No answer. "Daddy?" I said a little bit louder and he looked up from the book he was reading, resting his gaze upon me. I swallowed hard and then said "There is a problem."



"I knew there was a problem as soon as you said the 'Daddy' remark. What's wrong?" He took off his glasses, folding them and placed them down on the coffee table. I sighed deeply as I could feel the expectation in the air hanging heavy over me.



"I can't read minds you know" he said to get me to open up.



"Okay, well, I had a bit of an accident. Something happened to the car. I noticed that I was starting to sweat as I finally got the words out to my dad.



"My car?" He got up from his recliner, lanky, six foot plus making my diminutive 5 foot nothing all the more small. "You totaled the car?"



"No, actually it's the windshield. It seems that something cracked or chipped it when I drove home through the hail storm the other night."



For some reason I felt tearful. Probably because I was so happy and relieved to get home safely the other night from the hail storm. That was a scary experience for me and now the car was damaged. I too could have been hurt if matter were worse.



This made me realize that I had a cool dad and that he was giving me the first lesson in repairing cars. As he surveyed the crack in the windshield I caught him smiling. He quickly got serious as he knew how worried I was about the situation. It was then that I knew everything was going to be fine.



"Thankfully as it goes with auto glass repair, Austin has the best places so we need to find somewhere to get this fixed." He laughed about it a little more and told me not to worry, quickly giving me hug.



"What needs to happen is that we need to get it taken care of quickly," he explained, "not drive the car too much so that it doesn't get worse and avoid things like speed bumps and pot holes."



Even now, when faced with high stress car problems, I remember my dad's cool disposition and easy smile in the face of adversity. It worked then when I got a chip in his car windshield, and it is something I remember now looking at my car windshield. I had driven home in a hail storm 20 years later, and now I had a chip in my windshield. My father's words came back to me: don't drive too much, avoid potholes, and if you're looking for a place to do auto glass repair, Austin is still the best place to find it.





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