The "stone" walls are actually a mix of cement powder and crushed beer bottle or windshield glass.

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Even from a distance, beneath the hard glass of the windshield, we could tell this was an exceptional animal.

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Chrysler has also put a significant amount of unit-cost into soundproofing, with acoustic windshield and front-window glass and other noise abatements.

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Toyota says it went to great lengths to cut vibrations and engine and wind noise by adding insulation in the floor and sound-deadening glass in the windshield.

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Depending on how bad the pitting is, polishing will probably improve how the windshield looks, but uneven work can distort the glass and hamper your vision as you look through it.

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The sounds, the sight of glass breaking and holes "appearing" in the windshield, the yelling, the almost tangible fear you could sense inside that vehicle.

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