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Out of curiosity - are glass sunroofs made of the same glass as the windscreen (i.e. laminated) or is toughened still the order of the day? I remember when laminated glass was a "luxury-safety" feature, along with rear seatbelts, ABS, halogen headlights, hazard warning lights and the like, which Joe Public either had to pay extra for, or else shell out for a move up to the next notch (GLS/XL/Super ) in the prevailing car hierarchy. We still seem to be in a world of safety-apartheid with runflats/full size spares, Xenons, LEDs and all the digital gizmos to help us see, get in lane, brake and apparently save the planet!
My best sunroof anecdote is when a group of friends of mine drove to a London theatre to see the Rocky Horror Picture show, five of them crammed into an Astra, all dressed like characters from the show. On returning to the car after the show, the driver realised they were locked out so he climbed onto the roof to try and prise open the sunroof. With an almighty crash he fell into the car, picked shards of glass out of his skin, retrieved the spare key and let his friends in. It had started raining and a passing bobby came upon the scene. After a brief check of paperwork he let them go on his way without further ado, not wanting to spend the rest of his career writing up the details of the five cross-dressed S&M zombies (rain-streaked makeup, fake and real blood, fishnets,...) and the world's most surreal carjacking.
Edited by Bilboman on 03/12/2017 at 13:03
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