Plsnostrain Yes I tried a total of 4 windshield before throwing in the towel. It may have been the way the frame of the car was holding the windshield, who knows, but the refraction gradient on the windshield was different / th windshield "bent" in such a way that the right eye and left eye were getting different optical exposures. It was like wearing a pair of glasses with the wrong prescription in them and made the windshield intolerable to look through
Were the windshields tinted? that's a problem for me.
No
I believe the issue is related to the increased rake in windshields (the angle they are held at in the car). Windshield rake has been increasing over the years as a way to try and meet rising fuel efficiency standards. When you increase the rake you magnify any distortion caused by the glass not being perfectly flat, which no windshield is. The thinning of A pillars and increased usage of "wrap around" windshields exacerbates the issue since there is now a bend in the windshield right near where you look out, which changes how the light hits your eye. It basically turns the entire windshield into a giant pair of glasses and if you are sensitive to distortions in the 1/4th to 1/2 diopter range, you are F'ed.