This story has been on Camaro5 forum for quite a while. It took a week to get to yahoo and jalopnik. GM is stepping up to the plate (not the dealer), from what I have read, they just aren’t posting up about it. The owner happens to be a lifelong Chevy guy that has written several books. Here’s one of them:
Most likely he will be getting a new car.
The legal system is great but in things like this internet trolling/social media get it handled quicker
So you’re advocating screwing someone else over? Glad you’ve been raised morally well.
Give owner a new ZL1, with options of his choice, and thank him for his patience and assistance in weeding our liability issues. Small price to pay for continuing business.
What do you think of First State Chevrolet?
JohnRoss Lumbert
I love this place! I just had to take my Corvette in for an alignment and they totaled it for me. No questions asked!
Like3614 · on Saturday ·
Chris Fetterman
Why would any one buy from this dealership. They joy ride in your car wreck it, then try to sell you a new one. Good luck not going out of business. Word of mouth can kill a business....
Like101 · on Saturday ·
Kyle Satterthwaite
They totaled my segway
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If this was a tech that got in a accident on a required test drive then I would say book value and help finding a replacement. With this being a guy who purposely came in on a day off to take it out then he deserves atleast a comparable car with compensation or a new zl1.
i wonder if they originally bought the car from the dealership and the dealership profited off of them, and is 13k really abnormal for tires to be shot on ZL1 with 20" wheels?
You think with this being on the internet they would get more likes, I would but I don’t have liking capabilities.
shitty situation.
in the US i think you have better ‘loss of use’ or various other ways of increasing potential compensation through lawsuit. given that things are so litigious in the US i would bet that the lawyer for the dealership has advised that they know how to drag out any legal action such that suing them would be wasteful and more costly for the vehicle owner. i’ve seen a few cases like this… one involving Hertz and franchise rights where even though they are clearly in the wrong it is somehow advisable to keep the lawsuit in pending status so you dont have to book the losses… the objective is to push the little guy out by making him run out of money; or hoping he does.
in that sense the vehicle owner is right not to sue, he is getting way better play through the internet.
small town dealerships are stubborn and their owners often have delusions of grandeur since big dealers are often some of the highest profile businesses in these towns. and since the owners are probably old they dont understand the internet and that their own sense of superiority doesn’t translate in the 21st century.