Why me.......
Drifting
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My wife was sitting in her car (non corvette) waiting for a red traffic light to change to green. 3rd car in a 3 car line. A 75 year old man in a Buick plowed into the back or her car and pushed it into the car in front of her. Her air bad deployed. No major injury thank God. Guy got out of his car and said "Oh did I hit you? Understatement of the year. Guy had dementia and should not have been on the road. Sorry about your beautiful car just wanted to let you know you were not the only one who recently had a bad day through no fault of their on.
Last edited by Nice Ride; Aug 8, 2016 at 01:43 AM.
Melting Slicks
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That's sucks, sorry for your bad luck. It's a joke how people pay more attention to there phone then where there driving. Hope everything get fixed and is like new after.
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My wife was sitting in her car (non corvette) waiting for a red traffic light to change to green. 3rd car in a 3 car line. A 75 year old man in a Buick plowed into the back or her car and pushed it into the car in front of her. Her air bad deployed. No major injury thank God. Guy got out of his car and said "Oh did I hit you? Understatement of the year. Guy had dementia and should not have been on the road. Sorry about your beautiful car just wanted to let you know you were not the only one who recently had a bad day through no fault of their on.
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Same thing happened to my C7. I was stopped at light and a woman in an suv drove right into me. She said she was turned around talking to her child. They replaced the lower rear fascia, repainted the upper fascia and realigned the rear view camera. $4000.
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Sorry to see that damage to your car. Good luck with the insurance company and with the repair.
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Update
Update: I'm meeting with the Geico Insurance Adjuster tomorrow morning. State Farm called me today a few hours ago and said that they were able to talk to the girl who hit me and she accepted liability. I'm also meeting with a lawyer tomorrow after the adjuster talks to me. I'm not trying to screw over anyone but, I have to protect myself. I was in a new Corvette with only 11K miles, now even if the car is fixed 100% I'm still gonna be in a new Corvette that has been wrecked and has a bad car fax. So I need to get depreciation value for my car. I hope to have it fixed and put that money towards possibly getting out of the wrecked car and into a 16'. Just sucks
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Update: I'm meeting with the Geico Insurance Adjuster tomorrow morning. State Farm called me today a few hours ago and said that they were able to talk to the girl who hit me and she accepted liability. I'm also meeting with a lawyer tomorrow after the adjuster talks to me. I'm not trying to screw over anyone but, I have to protect myself. I was in a new Corvette with only 11K miles, now even if the car is fixed 100% I'm still gonna be in a new Corvette that has been wrecked and has a bad car fax. So I need to get depreciation value for my car. I hope to have it fixed and put that money towards possibly getting out of the wrecked car and into a 16'. Just sucks
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Burning Brakes
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What happened with the price difference for you with going from 14-15?
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If you find a 16' you like, I'd put a deposit down because since the 17's are coming off the line now, you should be able to get a good deal on a 16'. If you try for a 17', you might cringe when you see what you actually lost.
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Sorry this happened, I got rear ended in January and the total cost to repair was ~$16000 the entire rear tub and frame rail extensions had to be replaced, now I have intermittent issues with the back-up camera and left turn signal. The insurance companies are still duking it out and going to arbitration in September. Best of luck to you in getting it fixed.