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Hey, I'm from NSW, Blue Mountains. Just bought my first car in Jan 2013; Outback H6 Premium 2004. Very happy with her. Called her Sussubio. She had 213,000 on the clock when I bought her so I'm being very gentle, hoping to stretch her life out as much as possible. I'll probably sell her and upgrade ...

2004 Outback 3.0R done 214,000 kms. I'd like to keep her going for another 150,000!

Really? Self-repair the chip?! I thought those things were just patches to tide you over.

I have no excess glass cover too but I've had the car and policy a week so they won't cover it this soon. I'm saving that claim for a sunroof replacement if I need it. That was the only condition I would buy a car with a sunroof.

Thank you, friend. The sandblasting hasn't bothered me yet and the chips aren't in my line of sight so I think I will get them to repair the two bigger ones and leave it at that. If the smaller (invisible to me!) chips crack bigger than 15cm I will get the screen replaced.

I have bought a 2004 Outback from a mate and it's tip top, except the "sand pitting" on the windscreen. I believe it's also called "sandblasting". The car has had its 200,000km service recently and this was not picked up as a fault but when I took it into O'Brien to have two or three chips (newly ac...