zimbonies

Yep, my money, my life. Just be sure to not stop suddenly while driving in front of me or else I might crash into you due to a mis-calibrated piece of technology. I guess ES has made my own judgement and driving abilities irrelevant? Call me a fool all you want, but the reason I posted a response was to state that I personally did not pay the extra money to have ES re-calibrated over a year ago and ES 'appears' to be working the same as it did before the windshield replacement. My vote was for 'no', it's not always necessary to re-calibrate. And I'm sure that Shakespeare was thinking about me when he coined that phrase. Maybe it's written in the owners manual?

Has anyone thought that Subaru is trying to cover their own ass by putting that type of 'requirement' in the manual? There are different types of things that break windshields; a tiny pebble chip to a meteor falling at MACH speed through the windshield and into the front seat. I would say that the latter would require re-calibration. 2 years ago I got a stone chip (not along the defroster area) on the passenger side that eventually cracked to the middle of the windshield, about 4" from the bottom. Eyesight didn't freak out while it was cracked, but I knew the car wouldn't pass inspection with it like that. I called the local dealer, they gave me a list of suggested local companies that would replace it with "OEM" glass. Long story short, the company replaced the windshield in the parking lot at work. No calibration needed and Eyesight works perfectly fine - adaptive cruise, object warning, lane warning etc. My point is, if a meteor hits your windshield and hoses up everything, then it's a no-brainer to get ES calibrated. If it's simply sliding out the old cracked windshield and sliding a new one in, I don't see the point in re-calibration. PS - it's a huge PITA to get a windshield replaced in Pennsylvania using insurance.