# 97 Vette in service dept since 9/18/07 updated 4/26, FAIL!! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024 "2008-04-18T05:53:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/81 "2008-04-26T08:01:16Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > yeppers… what you;ve got is basically a cheap vette shell, but with a drivetrain. > > I can’t even imagine where you’d be able to go to replace _allll_ of the wiring & electronics. Maybe the dealer… 😉 headlight harness…64.42 each engine harness… 752.71 cockpit harness… 2944.30 brake system harness… 114.41 each corner fuel tank harness…123.84 i could keep on going… ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/82 "2008-04-26T08:06:01Z")
> [@TORQDSS](#): > > headlight harness…64.42 each > engine harness… 752.71 > cockpit harness… 2944.30 > brake system harness… 114.41 each corner > fuel tank harness…123.84 > > i could keep on going… eww what kinda rate does that pay time wise? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/83 "2008-04-26T08:06:43Z")
so how high did the water get anyways ? like to the centercaps on the wheels? top edge of the rims ? touching the side glass ? lol ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/84 "2008-04-26T08:11:18Z")
well just by what they are saying it had to go above the rockers so whats that like 4/6in of water ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/85 "2008-04-26T08:14:03Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > eww what kinda rate does that pay time wise? i didn’t even bother looking that up. from where the PCM sits inside the dash it was up to the bottom of the radio, plenty high enough to completely screw up all of the harness, not to mention all of the modules. the only good parts left on it are the fiberglass body parts, roof and maybe the engine/tranny/rear end if the rust inside them isn’t to bad. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/86 "2008-04-26T08:19:02Z")
doh, oh yea I forgot this wasnt a Z… iron frame ftl. That sucks. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/87 "2008-04-26T08:33:16Z")
30 min to go? ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/88 "2008-04-26T09:21:36Z")
WE NEED THE FAIL BOAT!!! The guy shows up at 11:42am (nothing like last minute) and wants to fix the car… the insurance company does too. They are paying to put a new PCM in it and for us to try and get it running. If that doesn’t work then they will total it. Apparently he tells me he owns “several Vette’s” and wasn’t worried about this one because he saw it all the time so whenever it gets fixed, it gets fixed. So he peels 100’s off his wad of cash to pay his bill (and then some) and tells me whatever it costs to fix it he’ll pay because he likes driving it and the weather is getting better. I told him we do not reccommend fixing it, that its a POS and that he shouldn’t fix it but he said he would like us to try. The insurance company has already paid us a dollar amount to tear the car apart and see how bad the damage is so we are going to do that next week as soon as we get some room in our service schedule. I’ll take some pics and post them up then. MY IDEA: Guy with too much money who doesn’t care about the car or when it gets fixed. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/89 "2008-04-26T09:25:30Z")
I’d still charge him or the insurance company storage. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/90 "2008-04-26T09:44:07Z")
insurance company’s never pay that much in storage charges… its usually not worth arguing with them about it and only get 100 or 200 bucks ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/91 "2008-04-26T09:57:33Z")
> [@TORQDSS](#): > > WE NEED THE FAIL BOAT!!! :fail: Close enuff 😛 > [@TORQDSS](#): > > **So he peels 100’s off his wad of cash to pay his bill (and then some) and tells me whatever it costs to fix it he’ll pay** because he likes driving it and the weather is getting better. Damn, I’ll bet it costs a _lot_ to fix a stagnant, flood damaged C5. Like, almost as much as it would be to keep a car in storage for 200 days, I reckon. 😉 Obviously, your space and time is not free. If he was hiding it from a settlement he owes you. If he was simply inept he owes you. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/92 "2008-04-26T10:19:00Z")
well since his insurance is paying to tear it down but haven’t paid us to put it back together he may end up with a flood damaged pile of parts in his driveway ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/93 "2008-04-26T10:53:01Z")
rotfllllll ---
**Author:** ![AfXtc777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@AfXtc777](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AfXtc777)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/94 "2008-04-26T16:06:13Z")
lawl at the cubancard =) Sorry to hear bro… ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/95 "2008-04-28T07:51:46Z")
eww well at least he showed up ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/96 "2008-04-28T08:08:38Z")
It would be a good donor car… [http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html](http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html) ---
**Author:** ![RedrRocket](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrrocket/32/7193_2.png) [@RedrRocket](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedrRocket)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/97 "2008-04-28T08:14:07Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > It would be a good donor car… > > [http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html](http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html) ding ding ding! ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/98 "2008-04-28T08:17:12Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > It would be a good donor car… > > [http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html](http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html) yes. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/99 "2008-04-28T13:43:50Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > It would be a good donor car… > > [http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html](http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html) thats the best thing this guy could ever do for himself ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024/100 "2008-04-28T14:29:47Z")
> [@TORQDSS](#): > > thats the best thing this guy could ever do for himself post pics of the interior/frame when you get a chance [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/97-vette-in-service-dept-since-9-18-07-updated-4-26-fail/47024.md?page=6)