Dealership joyride destroys customers ZL1 Camaro.

[Chili]

Where's Delaware? I'll never forget the call I got about my car being "ass raped" repeatedly on Inwood when I thought I was helping a tech friend make some side cash on wiring issues. Hope the guy gets compensation - but I also no longer understand owning a car that's irreplaceable.

Word

[juiceweezl]

I was referring in addition to returning to him every dime he'd spent on it and paying his note off completely. They should buy that car for what he paid for it.

That I would be on board with as long as he truly could replace it with a equal car at a minimum. If the car had appreciated in value, then he should be due that money as well.

[Forever_frost]

I didn't read the whole thing, but the guy bought his car new, right? The dealership wants to replace it with a previously owned one. How does he know what kind of care the car received? The car they are offering would show a previous owner before him on the title. He took his car to a dealership for service work and they totaled it. He's due a direct replacement okay -- exactly what he brought in - a car that was brand new when he got it so he knows 100% what kind of care the car has received. Since they obviously can't give him that, then they should do the next best thing -- a brand new one. Since they are trying to fuck him over and drag this thing out, then he should be compensated for it. Now, if it was a civic with 60K miles on it, then I agree he should take a car in similar condition.

Oh, and LOL at the suggestion that he should get like 5 years worth of free service/oil changes from the dealership. THEY TOTALED HIS CAR! Why in the world would he ever take it back to them. Besides, if he only put 10K miles on it in 2 years, he's not going to need much service work.

I was referring in addition to returning to him every dime he'd spent on it and paying his note off completely. They should buy that car for what he paid for it.

[juiceweezl]

Case in point. It's a friggin' car, not their first-born son, he's owed nothing more than a direct replacement, it' not like he's "suffering" without a car, the only anguish he's having is that he wants a new car and they aren't giving it to him.

I didn't read the whole thing, but the guy bought his car new, right? The dealership wants to replace it with a previously owned one. How does he know what kind of care the car received? The car they are offering would show a previous owner before him on the title. He took his car to a dealership for service work and they totaled it. He's due a direct replacement okay -- exactly what he brought in - a car that was brand new when he got it so he knows 100% what kind of care the car has received. Since they obviously can't give him that, then they should do the next best thing -- a brand new one. Since they are trying to fuck him over and drag this thing out, then he should be compensated for it. Now, if it was a civic with 60K miles on it, then I agree he should take a car in similar condition.

Oh, and LOL at the suggestion that he should get like 5 years worth of free service/oil changes from the dealership. THEY TOTALED HIS CAR! Why in the world would he ever take it back to them. Besides, if he only put 10K miles on it in 2 years, he's not going to need much service work.

[Victorious]

Where's Delaware? I'll never forget the call I got about my car being "ass raped" repeatedly on Inwood when I thought I was helping a tech friend make some side cash on wiring issues. Hope the guy gets compensation - but I also no longer understand owning a car that's irreplaceable.

[Machx2]

I guess they have different laws than here in Texas, because that's straight up robbery here.

He had a gun held to his head?

[Rick Modena]

I guess they have different laws than here in Texas, because that's straight up robbery here.

[orphan Shelby]

Sometimes you have to put your foot in it on test drives. What dumbasses to go after hours for a joy ride though

Roof damage will usually do it in.

[Scott Mc]

lol not that again! Now I want to write an estimate on it.

[LS1Goat]

I want to see the other side of the car. From the posted pics it isn't a total. Yes it needs a lot but The cars value is high. That being said I wouldn't want it back regardless.

All the airbags deployed. It's totaled.

[Scott Mc]

I want to see the other side of the car. From the posted pics it isn't a total. Yes it needs a lot but The cars value is high. That being said I wouldn't want it back regardless.

[Big A]

Whether or not their employee had permission to take it on a joyride, they are still liable for their employees actions, and should step up and take care of this. The backlash from this among the automotive community will cost them far more than taking care of this the right way would have.

I think this is a little more gray than that, as this wasn't an employee acting as directed by management during business hours. IMO criminal charges SHOULD have been filed, the guy used his position to effectively steal a car, seems to me like the DA is being lazy on this one. I do think that the dealer is somewhat culpable for making the keys available, but it seems to me that this is primarily on the driver.

All that said, this is what insurance is for, let them figure out who's paying, and pay the man blue book plus a little extra for good will/publicity.

[Chili]

Dealer is probably self insured.

You have to be pretty liquid and cash wealthy to be able to legitimately operate as "self insured". Granted, I have mostly only dealt with commercial equipment dealers, but in my experience there, only about the top 5% - 10% actually had the financial wherewithal to operate self-insured.

They have an umbrella policy.

Most do, at a minimum. Which should cover it. I'm guessing the guy had a bunch of mods that the insurance company is trying to negate.

Before we traded in my Mustang, the dealer had it for about a half a day, and during the time they were supposed to just be "appraising" it they damaged the bumpers. I am absolutely sure someone hit something while "hot-rodding" it. But since they didn't reduce the trade in value, and we ended up trading it in, I didn't make a stink about it.

[Scott Mc]

Used to fix "stolen" cars all the time for stealerships. Happens way more than you would think. Seen quite a few cars totaled on test drives and the drivers info be fraudulent also.