Sorry to hear about the accident - sure glad your wife is OK. Hope the car can be repaired.

 

 

I told my wife that we need a back-up Vette, just for such occasions as this!

 

Isn't that just a kick in the pants!!! Why does it seem like only the uninsured drivers are causing the accidents? I've been hit by other drivers four times... ALL FOUR were uninsured.

If there was one thing in this world that's unfair, THAT would be it! We should be allowed to tar and feather these a$$clowns and then have them drawn and quartered!

BUT: Glad to hear that your wife fared better than the car! There are lots of other Vettes out there... best of luck!

 

Glad your wife is O.K. I'm sure it was a bad experience for her. Was she riding with the Top down... maybe she would feel safe in a ZO6 Hardtop instead!

 

Hope your wife is okay, car can be replaced.

If they had no insurance, I would sue them anyway, just for spite. What is wrong with some of these people.

 

Yep, the top was down, so that scared her even worse. She's feeling a little better every day, so hopefully she'll be back to normal soon.

As far as the other driver not having insurance, we should know today if they were covered. If they weren't, then I'll just keep in mind something my Daddy used to tell me. "You may not be able to get blood out of a turnip, but you can get the turnip!" Crackhead heifer...........................

 

Man, I'm SO sorry to hear about this. As others have said, the Vette can be replaced, but your wife can't. Best to you both. Keep us UTD about everything.

 

wow that sucks

 

Hi Razorback58 -

Glad the wife is ok. That is of course the most important thing.

Good luck with your repairs or replacement.

best regards -

mqqn

 

Such a shame, but most importantly your wife is OK. You'll be back behind the wheel of a vette soon enough.

 

Thanks to all for the replies and kind words. The wife seems to be doing better today, so maybe she's on the mend.

I saw the Vette for the first time today. It's not quite as bad as I had expected. It's going to need a fender, a door and windshield, and some suspension work. They haven't put it on a rack yet, but they suspect that it won't be a huge deal. I just don't know yet how long we'll be without it.

I think that my fears about the other driver are coming true. The insurance company that the other party claimed to have is denying that they insure this particular vehicle. My insurance company is taking over and will pursue these $&%^%&$ people. Thank goodness I'm insured against uninsured drivers!

 

Good news all around. First, my wife is doing very well, and that's the most important thing! She's still going to the doctor for adjustments, but her visits are getting fewer every week. The second good news is that the owner of the car that hit my wife FINALLY produced an insurance policy, so it's all on him now. Third, I'm supposed to get my Corvette back from the shop in 2 days! It will be like having a new car all over again! Hopefully we won't have to go through this ever again. Thanks for everyone's support!

 

 

Glad to hear things are working out OK. Thanks for keeping CF posted on this most unfortunate incident.

 

There are different insurance laws in each state, but since the driver was not the owner you should have the right to go after both the driver and her insurance as well as the truck owner and trucks insurance. In my state my insurance covers me and the other person and their insurance is only responsable for up to $500.00.
Now to the important thing, your wife , like others have said DO NOT settle untill well after you are sure she is OK. When I was young and dumb ( well not that dumb) we settled to early and my wife had problems the rest of her short life.

My advice is to consult a lawyer, it can't hurt.

 

Sorry about the car, but it sounds like good news about your wife. Well, and the car, too, in the long run. But it's a bummer that this is so common.

I've been to Texarkana. Not that huge a place. Where I live isn't, either. It's funny how people seem to be constantly distracted and careless, and that it appears to be increasing. I don't know whether it's the pressures of the "modern world" or what, but growing up in Los Angeles, in the late 1950s and 1960s, with all those people and bad roads and all, and with the relatively primitive cars of that era, I don't remember anywhere near as many close calls and general foolishness as we see today.

I'm trying to convince my kids, both young drivers, that nothing is worth that much hurry, that stopping for a yellow light is the right thing (no matter what the moron on the horn behind you thinks), and that speed limits are usually fast enough. It took a while with the boy - he watched me driving around in my Shelby when he was young and it was cheaper, and expected a lot of roar and commotion everywhere he went. But the Vette has been a good object lesson to both of them. It isn't about drama, most of the time, and it's always fun to see the hot shots get stopped by the local PD or Highway Patrol for trying to show off to the guy in the Vette (or is it to my blonde daughter...).

In fact, we saw an object lesson in this, with minimal side effects, over the last weekend. A kid in a mid-1990s Mustang GT saw 13 Corvettes parked in a row at a scenic siding on State Route 70 in Northern California and apparently decided to show off with a big smokey burnout as he pulled out of his campsite. He lost it. Nose first into the guard rail of the bridge he was crossing. Fortunately for him, he didn't hit the 1961 fuelie that was near that end of the parking area, or any of the other cars, but it was a classic example of someone not thinking through his actions. His wife was with him, and was simmering quietly as they walked back to the campground they had just left. Hard not to feel sorry for him (and the therapy he was about to receive with a heavy object in the hands of his beloved), but also not hard to think that it was a good thing nobody else was on that bridge, and that he hit the bridge instead of our club's lineup. Local Harley dealership had several staff members injured when that luck didn't hold, and they were hit by a moron changing a tape in her SUV (or lighting a joint), while they were parked under a tree 25 feet or so off the road.

So good luck pursuing any legal action - people need to learn to be careful, and to carry adequate insurance. California minimums are $10k property damage, $15k bodily injury per person, $30k bodily injury per accident. $10k won't paint a car anymore. My wife was in the hospital for three days for surgery, and it cost $38k, with no traumatic injuries to attend. That uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage is vital, but revisiting the requirements is, too.

Sorry for the editorial rant - it's just that, like you, I expect people to think, and to show responsibility, and I'm still surprised when they don't.

But you and your wife appear to both be okay, and you'll be back out in the rag-top soon, no doubt. For that I join the rest of the forum members in being thankful.

Cheers to you both!

 

that's a damn shame.

 

It's just amazing to me how people don't pay attention when they are driving! This woman was driving someone else's truck. Aren't you more careful when you're driving some else's ride? I know that I am!

Bad news this afternoon. The shop found even more damage, and will have to order more parts. They said that it could be another week before it is ready. I've had it a month now, and only got to drive it a week and a half.

 

Post some pix's maybe we can help with decisions.