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Somebody else will have to do the math on this one...A 650 HP 2018 ZL-1 Camaro with 48 miles on the odometer since delivered is sitting forlornly in a Copart scrapyard begging for a talented rebuilder (and a more responsible driver)...The insurance company ate $83,377 if the sticker price is used...Minimum bid is $27,500 for this low-mileage, one-owner beauty...Who wants to start the bidding?...:drive:...Ben
That boy is going to get another one----right after he finds another insurance company:pimpgrin:
Assuming Daddy is willing to write another check...:doh:...BenQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
Once upon a time, I was hired by the insurance company of the driver of a late 80’s T-top Mustang to defend him in a lawsuit in which my client ran a stop sign and was t-boned by another car. The Mustang split in two and the two friends in the back were thrown out and terribly injured. My client and his brother in the front passenger seat were not injured to speak of. When I went to look at the car, the first thing apparent was that while the car only had 5000 miles on it, the rear tires were practically bald. The driver was still in high school and had been given the car by what I considered to be an indulgent set of parents, and the son had been driving the hell out of it. The lesson coming to my mind is bad things are being invited giving fast cars to young sons.
Incidentally, because the policy limits of the insurance were far below the damages suffered by the two injured boys in the back, much thought was put in to suing Ford for the design of the Mustang which came apart in an appalling manner. A normal convertible is designed with a lot of additional structural components and bracing to keep from flexing, which that T-top did not incorporate because, it was surmised, the engineers thought the t-top would have some of the structural solidity needed. It did not, as the thing came apart like a tinker toy box...entirely uncrashworthy. I am not sure if Ford was ever brought in after we paid our policy limits in the case.