JonathonK

This is not how Chevy intended to prove the crash worthiness of its C7 Corvette Z06 Convertible.

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Kevova

This stuff happens. Dealer will fix car which could take a while if parts particular to a 16 are damaged. Ethically and maybe legally dealer should disclose damage and repair to prospective buyer(s). He will likely have to discount car how much will depend on local market. That's a lot of money to has sitting on the lot, so I would think he will want to move it quickly. The longer he sees it unsold on the lot the more of an irritation it will be. If original prospective buyer may refuse to take car. That would have been my last day....

BOBSZ06

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-salesman.html

AllFlash

Doesn't make sense unless he elected to hit the gas thinking it was the brake and then accidentally floor it enough to leave rubber? I hear that he hit the clutch rather than brake but, even then, how would that cause the rubber? Am I missing something here?

DGXR

I don't care what the dealership does with the car. It's their problem now.

And I don't care whether the car is a custom order or standard C7 stingray, or any other brand-new car... the buyer should get a new car, not a damaged and fixed car.

HGUNHNTR

I can't imagine that one of the custom options was "rammed through the dealership wall by an idiot". That's the dealer's car. I'd cancel my order and go somewhere else, regardless the discount offered.

pokerpro

That happens a lot down here in FL. A lot of these old F'kers don't know their a$$ from their foot and usually drive through supermarket windows or some other store.

They should never be anywhere near a car and the same for this salesman!

BOBSZ857

Maybe he tried out the Launch Control???

Babaron

It's a "Door-Buster Sale."

Kevova

Possibly how you do it 1) gotta hit clutch to start it. brumm...2) gotta rev it .....hear the power. 3) Forget / not realize it's in gear ...take foot off clutch. churp ooof boom ....time for a new job

wsaugenstein

Maybe the salesman was ticked off at his boss and gave his resignation this way. He'll certainly be remembered.

If I was the buyer, I'd demand a new car unless the dealer gave me a HUGE discount with repairs that were completely unnoticeable, not reported and done very quickly. Dealers repair damage to unsold cars caused by transports, etc. without reporting them all the time, so it should be that way here.

ta70raiii

The boss

Loosing the original paint is big on the value of the car, I would not take this car. Sad story

boraxman

Wonder how this one will play out/

Best guess,

Customer walks from deal
Salesman gets fired
Car gets repaired and sold as new

Dan.S

Here for the part out...

wsaugenstein

If it's minor damage (which it seems to be), damaged panels are replaced (not puttied), not reported to Carfax, and the re-paint to the damaged areas is done professionally, how could anyone tell there was any damage or a repaint?

DGXR

How could anyone tell? By the dealer doing the right thing... by full disclosure, stating outright to potential buyers that there was a small incident with no serious damage and all was repaired to like-new condition... but it is not new, not anymore. That is the truth.

If the dealer is dishonest, nobody would ever know.

wsaugenstein

Okay. I now understand your perspective. It's great that you have had good experiences with car dealers. I'm sorry to say that my experiences have not been good. I just assume that car dealers will not do the right thing. I can tell you a lot of stories about many car dealers' outrageous dishonesty in my dealings with them. I now assume that they will try to cheat me. I wish there was some way we could monitor the situation with the C7 Z06 damage. I would be willing to bet a lot of money that the dealer covers it up and tries to sell the car as new. And if the salesman who crashed the car didn't lose his job, I bet he would gleefully sell the car as new to some unsuspecting sucker.

JoesC5

I saw something similar happen at my local dealer, but on a C6 with a manual.

Car was in the service bay, engine off, car in reverse gear. Service writer reached into the car to press the start button to read the odometer. The car started and took off hitting another car. The clutch safety start switch apparently was defective, allowing the car to start without the clutch pedal being depressed.

Maybe that is what happened on the C7. Salesman got in the car, did not depress the clutch pedal, hit the start button to light up the dash, and the car started. Not saying that is what happened, but it is a possibility.

william wyatt

First of all there are no plates on it so nobody has taken possession of it yet.Dealer will eat it or sell it at break even discount.He will not loose a penny.