Ouch!!

[black296tuuk]

This is at Scottsdale dealership. The guy is a jack-ass. He says that he was trying to make a u-turn and hit a curb. The entire front end is full of grass and dirt, i have a picture of the brake rotor broken in half??? He lost control of this car at a higher rate of speed than a u-turn and he ditched it somewhere. There was no deer you can be sure of that. I am not sure when that picture was taken but I saw it at the beginning of February taken apart on the lift. The parts for it are just starting to show up now. LOL

[Shortbus]

arent GT's mostly carbon fiber under the body? Sucks big time repairing that, as the tiniest crack in CF spreads all over the place...

"I was just making a U-turn", hahaha. :dance: :dance:

[Perfectlap]

I'm 99% sure what happened here.

A friend of mine has a client that picked up a Carrea GT. The owner, a huge car collector and zillionaire (who is suing Bush) said that he has spun the car on several occasions. He says that the tires need a good while to come in and that you have to be very careful putting down the power in turns because the rears want to break loose if the tires aren't hot.

I bet this guy jumped in started travelling at a high rate of speed made a turn, lost the back end and went backwards into a curb or a highway divider island.

if you notice the rear wheels are shot but there is no damage to the rear bumper at all. I guess carbon fiber body work really doesn't like to go over cement curbs.

The insurane bill for this is going to be insane.

[QporscheQ]

I’ve seen pictures of probably 4 or 5 different GTs with similar damage. There is defiantly something systematic causing it.

[Perfectlap]

My friend bought a Viper one year. He called the guy at the dealer told him he was interested in the car and asked how late they were open. The salesman said I'll be here as late as necessary
He left his shift at 10pm and the sales guy was the only one there. He bought the car and the sales guy just handed over keys.
No driving instruction, training or pointers.

"Have a nice day and thank for coming by"

you have to wonder, with all these people buying highly exotic and extremely powerful cars, how many actually know/have been instructed about HP driving.
I mean the Carrera GT was not intended to be a road car at all. And from what I've been told many people who were not allowed to test drive the car before buying(!!!!) have said that had they been given a short spin they never would have purchased the car. The transmission sounds like a tractor trailer's, going up hill is a test of even an experienced shifting skills, and its bone jarring on expansion joints.

[ntmatter]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

My friend bought a Viper one year. He called the guy at the dealer told him he was interested in the car and asked how late they were open. The salesman said I'll be here as late as necessary
He left his shift at 10pm and the sales guy was the only one there. He bought the car and the sales guy just handed over keys.
No driving instruction, training or pointers.

"Have a nice day and thank for coming by"

you have to wonder, with all these people buying highly exotic and extremely powerful cars, how many actually know/have been instructed about HP driving.
I mean the Carrera GT was not intended to be a road car at all. And from what I've been told many people who were not allowed to test drive the car before buying(!!!!) have said that had they been given a short spin they never would have purchased the car. The transmission sounds like a tractor trailer's, going up hill is a test of even an experienced shifting skills, and its bone jarring on expansion joints.

Having just sold my Viper, I can tell you that similar stories are common. I'd read that about 30 Vipers get totalled every year on the way home from the dealership, I know that over 10% of all Vipers made have been totalled. I strongly believe that a high-speed driving course should be either included in the car price or required before taking delivery for any sort of exotic with this sort of power.