Zero-Mile Corvette C7 Z06 Crashes Into Dealership Wall
#1
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Zero-Mile Corvette C7 Z06 Crashes Into Dealership Wall
This is not how Chevy intended to prove the crash worthiness of its C7 Corvette Z06 Convertible.
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#2
Le Mans Master
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....
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Le Mans Master
#4
Melting Slicks
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?
#5
Melting Slicks
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.
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.
#6
Melting Slicks
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.
#7
Melting Slicks
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!
They should never be anywhere near a car and the same for this salesman!
#10
Le Mans Master
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
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#11
Pro
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.
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.
#16
Pro
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?
#17
Melting Slicks
If the dealer is dishonest, nobody would ever know.
#18
Pro
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.
If the dealer is dishonest, nobody would ever know.
#19
Team Owner
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.
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.
Last edited by JoesC5; 11-10-2015 at 01:23 PM.