Mister Bally

A crook will just do more damage if he wants to break in. Someone posted photos of their A8 with dual pane glass broken in a couple of years ago. Not pretty.

mishar

Don't be. One in the video is single glazed.

jakematic

Ooooooh. You just made my week!

Guess you'd need a tank to get through double glazing

Edit: Presenter talks about laminated glazing. Is that double or single pane??

jakematic

Would probably frustrate the hell out of them, can see how it could get ugly fast.

yetis

Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear. I don't have dual pane in my S8, had it in my cayenne turbo. In the ctt, ezpass didn't work.

ModestW12

Don't you have a D3 S8? I could have sworn dual pane glass was standard in US D3 S8's just like in US D3 W12's?

I know I've seen at least one S8 sale sticker where dual pane glass was listed standard and definitely not in the options section.

EHLO

The presenter in the video mentioned laminated (double glass with elastomeric filling), so I'm assuming it's the same as what's standard in my '08 S8.
If it was single it would shatter into small pieces instead of resisting like it did.

Aside from slowing down small arms fire, it mutes the sweet sounds of the engine, so it's a wash.

mishar

Yes. Just like a windshield, but only one of those.

subit0

Dual paned security glass seems more like a luxury option, so I'm not surprised that it would be standard on a W12 and an option on the S8, since the S8 is optimized more for performance (reducing weight wherever possible).

subit0

Reminds me of the time where several cars were broken into at work (late at night). We all suffered damage to our cars, except for the one person who left his unlocked (on purpose, having been the victim of damage from a previous break-in). Moral to the story - if someone wants into your car, they will do what it takes to gain entry, and cause a lot of damage in the process. That said, I still lock my car.