There was a loud pop, and then it just exploded

The back window of my car that is.  About 8:30 last night, shortly after I started my car in the (empty) parking lot at work. Actually, imploded is probably a better description, as the large chunk of fragmented window that popped out fell inside the car. As I drove home (what else could I do?) more little pieces kept falling out with a sound like little icicles falling off the roof during a thaw. By the time I got home, more than half the window was gone. Fortunately, hatchbacks have those little luggage-compartment covers right under the back window which helpfully contained all the broken glass and the snow that sifted down all night.

But the nice thing about auto glass catastrophes, unlike pretty much anything else that can go wrong with your car, is that the people who fix this stuff have developed an unusual service model that involves.... actually providing SERVICE.  You tell them where your car will be and they show up in a truck and, in the best of all possible worlds, just replace the glass on the spot. In the winter time they prefer to drive or tow your car to their own shop, fix it and bring it back. In this particular case, they didn't have the molding for my car window in stock so they just cleaned up the glass and covered the hole with plastic; we'll have to repeat the whole exercise next week when the part comes in. Whatever. Either way, I don't have to drive around town looking for the shop and then sit in a grimy waiting room for two hours.

I just wish it was this easy to get my muffler replaced.