I would not want to be that C8 owner. Not for one second.
Poor C8 gets Mauled
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This is why I spent days installing UHD front and rear, and HD on each side dashcams that stay on for 6 hrs after the car turns off. It was quite an install for me to make them un-noticable, but I would have the pics and the plate # if he got away.
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From: Del Boca Vista FL
By having you drive the D-Head’s vehicle until yours is fixed. Totally at their expense including fuel and insurance. Then they wound learn something.
OR by having their insurance company lease you the vehicle of your choice until your car is fixed or replaced.
OR by having their insurance company lease you the vehicle of your choice until your car is fixed or replaced.
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Must be disappointing to wait 16 months for a car and then having is squished. I was waiting for a space in my C4. A car in front of me had stopped to let someone exit a parking space so I was stuck. I notice beside me reverse lights went on. OK I am sure they see a bright red car. Then I see the wheels begin to rotate so I start hitting the horn. My top was off so I am also yelling and a pedestrian is also yelling and pointing. Crunch. Drivers door and quarter panel and bumper and trunk/hatchback and glass.
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These trucks not seeing cars on the passenger side is not just a parking lot problem. I've had them change lanes AT me when driving my Miata, and my Sprite. They're mirrors seem to be set too high. I always drive defensively so I haven't been hit but I did have a guy back right into me, my horn blaring. He was driving a Lincoln automobile, not even an SUV and couldn't see me in his mirror.
In parking lots you can pick your space but while moving ya gotta be ever vigilant.
In parking lots you can pick your space but while moving ya gotta be ever vigilant.
Safety Car
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From: N.E. Suburb MN
No. A parked car(the C8)is not at fault. That's the most idiotic thing I've read on here in a while.
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The C8 may have been centered before it was ran over. And sometimes you have to park off center to keep some space from the next car over that parked off center.
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PS Today I saw a very similar truck with two young ladies in it trying to back into a spot. I moved my bike, One lady got out and began directing while standing directly behind the truck. Of course the driver could not see and then as the truck got very close to a car behind the lady directing puts her hands on the tailgate to stop the truck. I had my finger on 9-1-1 but ...
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That new truck looks to have back-up sensors in the bumper.....no warning?? No camera? Not only is the truck jacked up, so is it's operator who obviously didn't even attempt to use the mirrors. Just another dick with ears.
The more I look at the pictures the more I think this *** was parked next to the Corvette and just cut it too short urning out. Either way they need more schooling on how to drive.
The more I look at the pictures the more I think this *** was parked next to the Corvette and just cut it too short urning out. Either way they need more schooling on how to drive.
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That new truck looks to have back-up sensors in the bumper.....no warning?? No camera? Not only is the truck jacked up, so is it's operator who obviously didn't even attempt to use the mirrors. Just another dick with ears.
The more I look at the pictures the more I think this *** was parked next to the Corvette and just cut it too short urning out. Either way they need more schooling on how to drive.
The more I look at the pictures the more I think this *** was parked next to the Corvette and just cut it too short urning out. Either way they need more schooling on how to drive.
The driver of that truck had no business being in that parking space. That truck has too wide of a turning radius to negotiate the turns necessary to park there. I own a 2020 2500HD and don't even try to park in spots like those. I park at the end of the lot so I have enough room to turn my truck if someone parks near me.
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Do we think there would be no damage to the front of the car if they backed over it? Also, the running board would have been sitting ON the car if it was backed over the front.
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These trucks not seeing cars on the passenger side is not just a parking lot problem. I've had them change lanes AT me when driving my Miata, and my Sprite. They're mirrors seem to be set too high. I always drive defensively so I haven't been hit but I did have a guy back right into me, my horn blaring. He was driving a Lincoln automobile, not even an SUV and couldn't see me in his mirror.
In parking lots you can pick your space but while moving ya gotta be ever vigilant.
In parking lots you can pick your space but while moving ya gotta be ever vigilant.