Dealership totaled my corvette!
01-31-2019, 09:26 PM
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I pity you.
Yeah, I learned it when a city road contractor was jerking me around in fixing my motorcycle where they were at fault. They said they would handle everything, but were dragging it out and lowballing me. I called my insurance company and they said they would pay my claim and subrogate, or get their money back from the contractors insurance. My company totaled my bike and gave me more than I paid for the bike four years ago when I bought it new as a replacement cost. I wasn't going to get anything close to that from the other insurance company. My insurance company lawyers went after them to get all their money back. After spending many hours communicating and arguing with them, I got to wash my hands of the entire mess and let my insurance handle it. I replaced my four year old bike with a brand new one. My company was USAA.
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01-31-2019, 10:28 PM
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Second, do you say "It's almost like your insurance looks at long term profit and plans appropriately" with any hint of irony?
Third, here are you comments boiled down:
"If you're persistent you could easily see 5-20k extra over what you are initially offered". A statement nobody agrees with.
"Realistically this could be anywhere from a 20-50k insurance settlement based on how you choose to approach it". A statement almost everyone agrees with.
"The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith, they owe you a fair market value for your car plus a reasonable amount on top to avoid you pursuing them for a suit." A statement almost everyone agrees with.
"This would be incredibly easy to take to court, you'd get a judgement in 2 years." I guess big-time attys can afford to lose a car and it's value for two years.
"Right away, you demand the value of the car, the totaled car back, and money on top of that." You, bet. Here's the cash value, take the junk, and here's some travellin money.
The OP is dealing with the dealership here, not an insurance company so there is no "insurance settlement". This is chump change for them.
Your one spot on comment: The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith
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01-31-2019, 10:43 PM
#284
First of all, do not pity me.
Second, do you say "It's almost like your insurance looks at long term profit and plans appropriately" with any hint of irony?
Third, here are you comments boiled down:
"If you're persistent you could easily see 5-20k extra over what you are initially offered". A statement nobody agrees with.
"Realistically this could be anywhere from a 20-50k insurance settlement based on how you choose to approach it". A statement almost everyone agrees with.
"The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith, they owe you a fair market value for your car plus a reasonable amount on top to avoid you pursuing them for a suit." A statement almost everyone agrees with.
"This would be incredibly easy to take to court, you'd get a judgement in 2 years." I guess big-time attys can afford to lose a car and it's value for two years.
"Right away, you demand the value of the car, the totaled car back, and money on top of that." You, bet. Here's the cash value, take the junk, and here's some travellin money.
The OP is dealing with the dealership here, not an insurance company so there is no "insurance settlement". This is chump change for them.
Your one spot on comment: The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith
Second, do you say "It's almost like your insurance looks at long term profit and plans appropriately" with any hint of irony?
Third, here are you comments boiled down:
"If you're persistent you could easily see 5-20k extra over what you are initially offered". A statement nobody agrees with.
"Realistically this could be anywhere from a 20-50k insurance settlement based on how you choose to approach it". A statement almost everyone agrees with.
"The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith, they owe you a fair market value for your car plus a reasonable amount on top to avoid you pursuing them for a suit." A statement almost everyone agrees with.
"This would be incredibly easy to take to court, you'd get a judgement in 2 years." I guess big-time attys can afford to lose a car and it's value for two years.
"Right away, you demand the value of the car, the totaled car back, and money on top of that." You, bet. Here's the cash value, take the junk, and here's some travellin money.
The OP is dealing with the dealership here, not an insurance company so there is no "insurance settlement". This is chump change for them.
Your one spot on comment: The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith
01-31-2019, 10:55 PM
#285
First of all, do not pity me.
Second, do you say "It's almost like your insurance looks at long term profit and plans appropriately" with any hint of irony?
Third, here are you comments boiled down:
1 -"If you're persistent you could easily see 5-20k extra over what you are initially offered". A statement nobody agrees with.
2 -"Realistically this could be anywhere from a 20-50k insurance settlement based on how you choose to approach it". A statement almost everyone agrees with.
3 -"The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith, they owe you a fair market value for your car plus a reasonable amount on top to avoid you pursuing them for a suit." A statement almost everyone agrees with.
4 -"This would be incredibly easy to take to court, you'd get a judgement in 2 years." I guess big-time attys can afford to lose a car and it's value for two years.
5 -"Right away, you demand the value of the car, the totaled car back, and money on top of that." You, bet. Here's the cash value, take the junk, and here's some travellin money.
The OP is dealing with the dealership here, not an insurance company so there is no "insurance settlement". This is chump change for them.
Your one spot on comment: The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith
Second, do you say "It's almost like your insurance looks at long term profit and plans appropriately" with any hint of irony?
Third, here are you comments boiled down:
1 -"If you're persistent you could easily see 5-20k extra over what you are initially offered". A statement nobody agrees with.
2 -"Realistically this could be anywhere from a 20-50k insurance settlement based on how you choose to approach it". A statement almost everyone agrees with.
3 -"The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith, they owe you a fair market value for your car plus a reasonable amount on top to avoid you pursuing them for a suit." A statement almost everyone agrees with.
4 -"This would be incredibly easy to take to court, you'd get a judgement in 2 years." I guess big-time attys can afford to lose a car and it's value for two years.
5 -"Right away, you demand the value of the car, the totaled car back, and money on top of that." You, bet. Here's the cash value, take the junk, and here's some travellin money.
The OP is dealing with the dealership here, not an insurance company so there is no "insurance settlement". This is chump change for them.
Your one spot on comment: The smart path here is to simply work it out with them in good faith
There is an insurance settlement, because you will likely not be dealing directly with the dealership
, you will likely be suing their insurance provider for not covering you. (This depends entirely on how they are covered and their corporate structure, I could very well be wrong in this instance here due to incomplete information)How can 2 be valid if 1 is not valid
3 - Yeah duh, doesn't take a Bar card for that.
4 - Lol what? If you've got a C6 I'm assuming you can probably tighten up the belt for a few months to pay for an attorney on a case you will for sure win eventually. Not to mention there's a TON of hungry attys who would take a case like this and run with it on contingency.
5 - Yeah no ****, but the dealership is NOT DOING THAT HERE, hence the reason he should probably pursue litigation if they don't cover him more than he deserves?
Last edited by Odo; 01-31-2019 at 10:57 PM.
02-01-2019, 12:30 AM
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Yes, with the manuals the only thing I can guess is it was assumed by the engineers that if the clutch pedal is depressed, and the car is being started that either the e-brake or brake pedal would be in use. This has pretty much been the norm for every manual car I've owned.
I can't find it at the moment, because I'm tired, but you know as much as I can remember and can search as well as I can.
Anyway, it has happened.
02-01-2019, 02:18 AM
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02-01-2019, 06:28 AM
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Wow.....This thread has had it all:
Bad advice
good advice
Fake attorneys
wannabe attorneys
wishfull attorneys
a number of ambulance chasers
law school students
law school dropouts
obvious 10 year olds (where are the parents??)
At least one 8 year old (can tell by the bad grammar)
Several visits by the CF clown car
Trolls
Internet tough guys
forum bullies
Almost forgot to mention trolls
I know I've missed something.......
290 and going strong! Any bets on a final? I think 500 easy......
Bad advice
good advice
Fake attorneys
wannabe attorneys
wishfull attorneys
a number of ambulance chasers
law school students
law school dropouts
obvious 10 year olds (where are the parents??)
At least one 8 year old (can tell by the bad grammar)
Several visits by the CF clown car
Trolls
Internet tough guys
forum bullies
Almost forgot to mention trolls
I know I've missed something.......
290 and going strong! Any bets on a final? I think 500 easy......
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02-01-2019, 06:47 AM
#291
Race Director
I'm waiting on the resident attorneys to take the case pro-bono since it's such a slam dunk win. 
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02-01-2019, 07:50 AM
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Wow.....This thread has had it all:
Bad advice
good advice
Fake attorneys
wannabe attorneys
wishfull attorneys
a number of ambulance chasers
law school students
law school dropouts
obvious 10 year olds (where are the parents??)
At least one 8 year old (can tell by the bad grammar)
Several visits by the CF clown car
Trolls
Internet tough guys
forum bullies
Almost forgot to mention trolls
I know I've missed something.......
290 and going strong! Any bets on a final? I think 500 easy......
Bad advice
good advice
Fake attorneys
wannabe attorneys
wishfull attorneys
a number of ambulance chasers
law school students
law school dropouts
obvious 10 year olds (where are the parents??)
At least one 8 year old (can tell by the bad grammar)
Several visits by the CF clown car
Trolls
Internet tough guys
forum bullies
Almost forgot to mention trolls
I know I've missed something.......
290 and going strong! Any bets on a final? I think 500 easy......
02-01-2019, 10:35 AM
#293
Wow.....This thread has had it all:
Bad advice
good advice
Fake attorneys
wannabe attorneys
wishfull attorneys
a number of ambulance chasers
law school students
law school dropouts
obvious 10 year olds (where are the parents??)
At least one 8 year old (can tell by the bad grammar)
Several visits by the CF clown car
Trolls
Internet tough guys
forum bullies
Almost forgot to mention trolls
I know I've missed something.......
290 and going strong! Any bets on a final? I think 500 easy......
Bad advice
good advice
Fake attorneys
wannabe attorneys
wishfull attorneys
a number of ambulance chasers
law school students
law school dropouts
obvious 10 year olds (where are the parents??)
At least one 8 year old (can tell by the bad grammar)
Several visits by the CF clown car
Trolls
Internet tough guys
forum bullies
Almost forgot to mention trolls
I know I've missed something.......
290 and going strong! Any bets on a final? I think 500 easy......
02-01-2019, 11:09 AM
#294
Melting Slicks
can we get this dumpster fire locked until the OP comes back with an update... Its been a week.
My guess is his insurance or (a real)lawyer told him to STFU publicly about this.
My guess is his insurance or (a real)lawyer told him to STFU publicly about this.
02-01-2019, 11:31 AM
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02-01-2019, 11:37 AM
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I started my 2004 coupe this morning and sidestepped the clutch in Reverse.
The car stalled after 2 feet.
The rear bumper on the OP car didn't crush from the garage door, looks like it crushed when it hit the wall.
That kind of damage doesn't happen in Reverse on idle.
The dealership story is somewhat suspect.
The car stalled after 2 feet.
The rear bumper on the OP car didn't crush from the garage door, looks like it crushed when it hit the wall.
That kind of damage doesn't happen in Reverse on idle.
The dealership story is somewhat suspect.
02-01-2019, 12:40 PM
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02-01-2019, 02:55 PM
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If you havent yet,what you need to do is call their insurance and file a claim. there is no further need to talk to the dealership. Just get a claim filed and go from there. You took pictures which is good, next you need to take your car to a different body shop. They will work with the dealership insurance in figuring out the damages. You should alert your insurance company about the accident, but you dont need to file anything with them, just alert them in case the other insurance company drags their feet.
Good luck, with the age of the car and the damages, it may well be declared totaled. Gonna be close. As for my advise i'm not an attorney or in the insurance industry at all. I'm just a vette owner who has been through someone ******* up my car.
Good luck, with the age of the car and the damages, it may well be declared totaled. Gonna be close. As for my advise i'm not an attorney or in the insurance industry at all. I'm just a vette owner who has been through someone ******* up my car.