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Burning Brakes
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From: Webb City Missouri
bad news..... :(
went to pre pay for gas...im inside waiting i hear a crash...run outside..bust my @$$ on some oil...get right up and run to my car..and guess what.
some hill billy in a dodge dually decides he is goin to back onto my car with his bed and fender.he moved the car about a foot and also the back end lifted up a little bit from what i heard...i have never been so mad in my life...they called the cops and they said the cops didnt do anything..i called and they said they couldnt do anything unless someone got hurt because it was private property..i know its bad but i told the dispatcher that someone is going to die if they dont send someone..she freaked out...i finally got a cop there and we exchanged insurance dillies and we will find out the damage on the car monday..oh by the way i have had the car for 12 DAYS!!!!!!!
twelve days with my first vette...i was enraged...
some hill billy in a dodge dually decides he is goin to back onto my car with his bed and fender.he moved the car about a foot and also the back end lifted up a little bit from what i heard...i have never been so mad in my life...they called the cops and they said the cops didnt do anything..i called and they said they couldnt do anything unless someone got hurt because it was private property..i know its bad but i told the dispatcher that someone is going to die if they dont send someone..she freaked out...i finally got a cop there and we exchanged insurance dillies and we will find out the damage on the car monday..oh by the way i have had the car for 12 DAYS!!!!!!! twelve days with my first vette...i was enraged...
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From: Chicagoland
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Originally Posted by c5vette_dallas
went to pre pay for gas...im inside waiting i hear a crash...run outside..bust my @$$ on some oil...get right up and run to my car..and guess what. some hill billy in a dodge dually decides he is goin to back onto my car with his bed and fender.he moved the car about a foot and also the back end lifted up a little bit from what i heard...i have never been so mad in my life...they called the cops and they said the cops didnt do anything..i called and they said they couldnt do anything unless someone got hurt because it was private property..i know its bad but i told the dispatcher that someone is going to die if they dont send someone..she freaked out...i finally got a cop there and we exchanged insurance dillies and we will find out the damage on the car monday..oh by the way i have had the car for 12 DAYS!!!!!!! twelve days with my first vette...i was enraged...
some hill billy in a dodge dually decides he is goin to back onto my car with his bed and fender.he moved the car about a foot and also the back end lifted up a little bit from what i heard...i have never been so mad in my life...they called the cops and they said the cops didnt do anything..i called and they said they couldnt do anything unless someone got hurt because it was private property..i know its bad but i told the dispatcher that someone is going to die if they dont send someone..she freaked out...i finally got a cop there and we exchanged insurance dillies and we will find out the damage on the car monday..oh by the way i have had the car for 12 DAYS!!!!!!! twelve days with my first vette...i was enraged...
Burning Brakes
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From: Aptos CA
Originally Posted by c5vette_dallas
went to pre pay for gas...im inside waiting i hear a crash...run outside..bust my @$$ on some oil...get right up and run to my car..and guess what. some hill billy in a dodge dually decides he is goin to back onto my car with his bed and fender.he moved the car about a foot and also the back end lifted up a little bit from what i heard...i have never been so mad in my life...they called the cops and they said the cops didnt do anything..i called and they said they couldnt do anything unless someone got hurt because it was private property..i know its bad but i told the dispatcher that someone is going to die if they dont send someone..she freaked out...i finally got a cop there and we exchanged insurance dillies and we will find out the damage on the car monday..oh by the way i have had the car for 12 DAYS!!!!!!! twelve days with my first vette...i was enraged...
some hill billy in a dodge dually decides he is goin to back onto my car with his bed and fender.he moved the car about a foot and also the back end lifted up a little bit from what i heard...i have never been so mad in my life...they called the cops and they said the cops didnt do anything..i called and they said they couldnt do anything unless someone got hurt because it was private property..i know its bad but i told the dispatcher that someone is going to die if they dont send someone..she freaked out...i finally got a cop there and we exchanged insurance dillies and we will find out the damage on the car monday..oh by the way i have had the car for 12 DAYS!!!!!!! twelve days with my first vette...i was enraged...
Drifting
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From: Moorhead MN
I am really sorry to hear about this. Every Vette owners nightmare! I wish I could take away your pain. No words any of us say can help you either. But, it's life. You have no options other than getting it fixed. Get back in the saddle and ride my friend. Dan
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From: Sarasota Florida
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Oh man, that sucks! My sincere sympathies!
I can relate because something similar hapopened to me in the first new car I ever bought, a '79 WS6 Trans Am SE 4-speed. I'd had it about a week and I was driving home late at night. There was *one* car on a divided highway but she decided to wait until I was almost next to her to do a turn into a gas station from the center lane. I had enough time to twitch and avoid hitting the passenger door dead center but that was it. I was mad enough to spit rivits, and after that I was heartbroken.
But you know what? They fixed it good as new and I drove that car for another 40k miles without any problems. So hang in there, friend.
I can relate because something similar hapopened to me in the first new car I ever bought, a '79 WS6 Trans Am SE 4-speed. I'd had it about a week and I was driving home late at night. There was *one* car on a divided highway but she decided to wait until I was almost next to her to do a turn into a gas station from the center lane. I had enough time to twitch and avoid hitting the passenger door dead center but that was it. I was mad enough to spit rivits, and after that I was heartbroken.
But you know what? They fixed it good as new and I drove that car for another 40k miles without any problems. So hang in there, friend.
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From: Rehoboth MA . . . NRA Life Member
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Originally Posted by RandyVettes
OUCH - You shoulda just killed him.
Was his name was Darryl, and does he has two brothers named Darryl?
Sorry for your troubles....Get it fixed right and don't look back. Drive your Vette and remember; No one gets off this planet alive.
Bob
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From: Moorhead MN
Originally Posted by y2kcorvettebob
sorry dude but remember Its a car, its only a car. Its not your Mom, Wife, Daughter, Neice, or even crappy second wife. Cars can be fixed
people, sometimes not
people, sometimes not
Just kidding! I'm on my first! Dan
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From: Home of the VOLS ! Knoxville, TN. Tennessee
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Don't spare the insurance any cost in getting this car back right .
remember they don't tell you where to fix it , you pick the shop
I would find the best , most expensive , and most meticulous shop in town . it's a Vette ! It needs put back together right
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first of all...sorry about your car...hope the repairs go well...don't sign anything till you are 100% satisfied...
secondly..I own a Dodge dually and I am NOT a hillbilly 
secondly..I own a Dodge dually and I am NOT a hillbilly
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What a terrible way to start Vette ownership. Sorry about all the damage - hope you get her fixed up soon.
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From: Allentown PA & Elk Twp NJ HPDE Addict
Terrible start to your Corvette ownership
Hang in there, hopefully a year from now this will be a distant memory and you'll be cruisin with a Keep your eye on the light at the end of the tunnel
Hang in there, hopefully a year from now this will be a distant memory and you'll be cruisin with a
Keep your eye on the light at the end of the tunnel
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From: Galesburg Illinois
Sorry for you. People just aren't careful. I would've been angry too. I know how you feel . . . . 4 days after getting my pewter vette, I was rear ended at a stop light!
Make sure the insurance company gives you what your estimate says. They seem to always want to give you less. It was that way in my case! 
Glad you were'nt hurt and smashed up too.
