I took my BMW into a windshield repair shop a few blocks from work this morning to address the small chip I picked up last week. After inspecting the dime sized crater, the technician said he would have me in and out in 15 minutes. Half way through the procedure he announced that the entire windshield would need to be replaced and showed me how an 8 inch crack had started to propagate from the original point of impact. Fortunately, it was an easy walk to work and they said my car would be ready by the close of business. When I returned that evening they were just wrapping up the job and I was very pleased with the quality of the workmanship.