Another C7 Accident
 

The C7's haven't even started production yet and there's already been 2 accidents :(

https://sphotos-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/h...02071519_n.jpg


And here's the first accident. I knew that there were rumors about this one being photoshopped but I'm still assuming that it is real.

http://content.worldcarfans.co/2013/...6278547209.jpg


I also posted this on corvette7 .com , that's the forum that I usually use but I figured I would try posting with you guys as well :thumbs:

Hhmm. So that's why Ox. . . uh Tadge. . . has been so quiet lately. . . .

Well, I guess that's real life testing.:D

Looks like it held up better than that Lincoln if it did get T-boned.

If it had the agility of the z51 package that wouldn't have happened..

JK :D

:iagree: that's the only take away from that scene

So, exactly how does that work with insurance if the car you hit is bound for the crusher anyway?

Hard tell from the pic, but the C7's frame looks to be about 60% stiffer than the Lincoln.

Not to worry GM will fix it send it through the GM auction and someone here will buy it posting how they own a rare pilot car..:rofl:

:troll:

well duh, that's why you don't drive it in the rain!

:leaving:

Visibility issue? BTW, of it had 500HP and weighed less than 3100 lbs it could have got out of the way.

Is that the way the plastic body looks when it get's smashed?

Looks real to me

Hope no one was in the passenger seat! :willy:

Looks to me that the impact did not penetrate the inner wall.

I think the other car got the worst of it!

Good sign.

:rofl::rofl:

Looks like the C7 knows how to take a punch.

Damn skinny tires. :)

Nothing to see here folks, the camaro tails are ok.

Looks photoshopped. Notice there is far too much damage on the older car on the left to produce such minimal area of damage on the Stingray, especially with the C7 being pushed all the way into the crosswalk.

:iagree:

Damage looks too low on the door compared to the bumper and hood height of the other car.

No, the stingray emblem deflected most of the blow.

2 accidents posted, but most likely more we're not privy too.

Perhaps all those C6 GS owners have been correct, and the C7 has severe handling issues.

Not only that, but the small chrome piece you see just behind the 'vette's front wheel, is a door handle from a 1973 Plymouth Valiant.

So that's why GM put it there .................. :thumbs:

I was gonna say. It held up from the side much better that the front of Lincoln.

I was raining and I bet the old Lincoln had bad breaks.

Must have been a tire grip issue!:lol:

:iagree:

:eek:

some of the comments in this thread :rolleyes:

Looks like the C7 had the right of way in the cross walk:D

:ack: now that's logic for ya! :crazy:

If "better handling" and better feel in the C7 is considered a "handling issue" by GS owners then I agree :thumbs:

Good Lord, my comments were meant to be sarcastic! I didn't think I needed emoticons to emphisize that, but guess I was wrong. :lol:

I think it's fair to say that if the C7 had the traditional style tail lights this never would have happened.

Sorry.... didn't get the sarcasm. There is so much crap on here lately that it taints how you read posts :D

First of all, the bumper on the other car is pushed up. Second, cars like that (old Lincoln or whatever it is) have soft springs and shocks. If he was on the brakes, which he likely was at that point, the front end would have suffered a lot of brake-dive at that point. Why would anyone want to photoshop it anyway?

This wouldn't have happened with black wheels.

You guys are slacking,

A little Zaino should make it look like new.

That would explain a lot of his posts. :D

"a C6 wouldn't have been damaged to that extent"


;)

If you look closely the guy in the beige jacket actually does look like Tadge.

Really? Or are you kidding?

Dang dude; I even put the emoticon there !!!

:)

that is what said in another post. Just Wait Just Wait till get in the hands of
inexperienced drivers that happen to be able to buy or finance one. Going to
need a separate column just for reporting. They want to sell to the younger, heck
they can't drive a Cruze much less a 450 hp vette.

No way, that vette would be totaled. Complete Right side gone.
Along with Roof supports. Plastic probably has cracks clear to the
other side. Not even looking at the axles and suspension.

If the Lincoln had had a big black plastic hole in the hood, it wouldn't have buckled up, as the trapped air would have had a place to escape.

Hard to say maybe there was a third car that took the brunt of the impact. I do agree I think the Vette would look a little worse considering how bad the Lincoln looks.

Lots of older folks would be in the same boat... and years of street driving giving them a false sense of ability. I thought I knew how to drive until I started tracking my car and then realized how little I actually knew. Today, after hundreds of track hours, I know more but have so much more to learn and experience. Age doesn't always equate to ability.

Photo shopped. Street sign blurred also look over the left rear corner. The guys pants leg isn't grey from the knee down?

Looks like a flared rear fender to me - likely is a photochop.

Hey, it's all good....I guess I've gotten sarcastic of late because there is sooooo much speculation, fanboyism, wishful thinking, and sometimes just plain ignorance, on so many threads these days, that I see humor in almost everything. :cheers:

What do you mean, lately?:lol:

That oughta buff right out. Cant say the same for the Lincoln tho

That has crossed my mind at least twice before.....

If you study the reflections of both cars in the rain soaked street, you can tell that the photo is real and NOT photoshopped IMHO.

Its rumoured that these accidents are instituted by the insurance institute of america. This is to both help them determine where to set rates, and to start building inventory for LKQ (like kind and quality) for when the real accidents start to occur. they take these cars that were going to be crushed, and use the parts to jip you out of new ones if you do get into an accident......

I recognize that street sign...just down the road from the Tech Center...13 mile road, here in MIchigan. Ok, I'll get the 13 unlucky # joke out of the way right now....:cheers:

You Photoshop guys crack me up.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/2013...n=awdailydrive

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/...psaea99409.jpg

Come on........front ends are designed to colapse and sides are designed to protect and not colapse.

And you guys are on a car forum?

If the vette had been a C6 GS or Z06, it would have sustained catastrophic damage and may have even exploded compared to the apparent minimal damage the C7 endured. :rock: :D

That's right around


1620 East 13 Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073

at the intersection of E 13 Mi and N. Campbell.. Looking at Google Maps, all the location markers line up.

That ass = Aero loose!

Here's another picture too for the guys still not convinced haha

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/attach...1&d=1375377768

No, you are completely wrong.

According to some here, if it were a C6 the other car would have bounced off and fallen to pieces while leaving the C6 with barely a scratch that can easily be buffed out to like new using only household cleaners. :)

Well, that's one way for Ford to get some PR. :)

Wow....looks like the C7 was hit while crossing the street at the crosswalk.

A C6 would have been on the roadway, and avoided that mishap altogether.

Waiting for the Jalopnik title today

"Corvette driver douche bag crashes prototype car"

Image 2 doesn't look right
 

Not that its worth much, but the 2nd image of the blue C-7 on the rocks isn't very Kosher. I investigated more accidents than I care to remember and several things don't fit in the photo.

It doesn't appear to have any paint transfer on the rocks or abrasion marks from the under-carriage. I also note virtually no disturbance of the foliage to the rear of the car.

As my daughter would say "What ever" (usually accompanied by an eye-roll)

Cheers!

Your way is a reverse jab at the C6 "fanboi's" where as I went with the double-reverse jab at them. :D :cheers:

It's real. GM acknowledged it.

That's what the MFer gets for not waving.

It's well documented that all those younger drivers that are ordering the C7, know nothing about the wave.

The C7 will be known as the generation that killed the wave!

C7 can take a hit!

. All these accidents the C7 is having GM needs to do a recall to address the situation. That has got to be at least 25 percent of the vehicles on the road. These cars are accident prone no doubt about it. lol (sarcasm)

Thank God the C7 is packing all that weight. Damn I'm funny...lol.

...the more I look at that pic it may be that one of those cars ran a red light....or maybe bald tires on that old Lincoln caused it to slide into the intersection. If it was the vette driver, he ain't gonna get his next merit raise for sure!:eek:

Let me guess, the driver of the 20 year old town car, doesn't have insurance....... And was in a big hurry to get to the unemployment office.

HEHE, not sure thats too far from the truth. :rofl:

Corvette Hulk SMASH!

haha

This says something about the C7. How many people photographed this rather ordinary fender bender?

And to think that GM will be crushing all these C7 preproduction cars :cry

Could you give a reference for that? I am sure you are not guessing..

Correct, the pi of 35.33 = a cd of 1.24 in a wind shear of 5.0 or greater, the rear PSS's will lose grip.

This thread is worthless.

Another angle
 

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/memb...ent-149928.jpg

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/memb...nt1-149929.jpg

Maybe the Town Car thought it was the Batmobile.

So where are those guys who were saying photoshop?

Here's one of them.....Like it was beyond the realm of possibility. :lol:

I'm no expert but I did stay in a Holiday Inn once. That Corvette took the impact damn well.

It must have rear tail light airbags to protect the soon to be rare Camaro tail lights.

I thought that was the show car from Sebring but it has different wheels. :sadangel::sadangel::sadangel::sadangel:

:iagree:

Impressive :yesnod:

:iagree: Wish I knew how fast the Lincoln was going. The vette held up very well.

The C7's could have avoided both accidents if they only had
bigger tires
less vents
a smaller grill
a different rear fascia
more power
a DCT
lane change warnings
A carbon fiber tub
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There are good deals on C6's right now. If you do not like the C7 go buy a new C6. Then go over to the C6 section and whine were people give a Sh!t what you think...

Don't know if this was mentioned but I wonder if the side bag blew. It sure should have based on the impact, anyone know?

Looks like classic left turn at an uncontrolled intersection. Vette tried to hot foot in the rain, lost traction and got tboned by the Lincoln.

Despite all of the glaring drawbacks of this car, it was clearly driver error.

Chill Bill I have a C7 ordered in the 2nd consensus -
that post was sarcasm aimed at the whiners and haters -
sorry if it didn't work.