"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
idual.net...
If a repair is possible many insurance policies cover that for a
tenner and no affect on your no-claims bonus. You'll get a
"professional" repair and less argument from the insurance co should
the damage grow requiring a replacement screen.

I had a stone chip (with no visible cracks radiating out from it) repaired
by a well-known repairer. The repair was virtually invisible. However a few
days later a crack began which quickly propagated to the edge of the
screen - so I called the repairer and they treated it as a high-priority
urgent job, and the whole screen was replaced within a few hours at no cost
on my insurance, because the initial repair was exempt from a charge and the
screen replacement (which normally carried a cost on my policy) was a
consequence of the original attempted repair.

That screen has now got a small chip which I'd have thought would fail the
MOT, but because it's only about 2 mm diameter (less than a 5p coin, which I
believe is the threshold size) is deemed to be OK even though it's in my
field of view.