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Originally Posted by Dzmitry
Though I'm not disagreeing with others experiences, I'm in your boat on this one. Got over 50K on my 2018 now, with 80-90% highway driving and plenty of rock-kicking trucks on the roads... no issues so far. I always keep a proper distance from those in front of me, and I definitely avoid being behind any trucks if I can. I've heard a few loud rock hits over the years and no pits or cracks to be seen so far.
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I think some of it may be based on where the person lives and what they use on the roads in the winter.
Those places that use lots of rock salt and sand vs the more caustic (but effective) sprays/chemicals may have more pitting. The sand and rock salt will sand-blast your glass and paint even when driving a safe/reasonable distance behind other vehicles.
When I lived in the UK, they'd put down a sand/salt combination when it snowed. After a year or two of that stuff, the softer windshields would be heavily covered in very tiny pits which killed visibility.
Around here they just lay down the salt and when you drive you can hear particles constantly hitting the glass, even at several car-lengths back.