Got a new car, pics inside (C5 and Viper content)
06-23-2012, 08:39 PM
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To all those who commented on the wheels, they aint so pretty no more. Today some woman decided to change lanes when I was right next to her. She merged right in to me, I slammed on the brakes, no abs so wheels locked up, I hit the curb and she drives away. After getting out to make sure the cars was driveable I followed her for a few miles before she finally pulled over. She said "oh i'm sorry I didn't see you, I didn't hear you honking at me for miles either because I have my radio up." Then she had the gall to say "you must have been driving too fast and came up on me too quick which is why I didn't see you." I wasn't speeding at all. Some people...
06-24-2012, 09:21 AM
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Ouch...not cool at all. One of the things that always bothered me about my Camaro was that I deleted the ABS. I don't care who you are, if you panic, those brakes are going on full blast, and they will lock up on you. Good job on not killing the lady that pulled out in front of you. I would have been pissed.
Something very similar happened to me when I lived in FL...lady pulls out in front of me, I slam the brakes and manage to avoid her for the most part (her front bumper barely kissed my rear bumper). She just proceeded to drive on, so I ran her down, and forced her to pull over. I called the cops, and they came out within about 15 minutes. She kept telling the cop that she didn't see me, and that I must have been speeding. The cop wasn't going to cite her until I pointed out the paint she left on the side of my back bumper, and was able to match it up with her front bumper. The cop gave me the option of just swapping insurance information, or citing her. I told him to issue her the ticket since she tried so hard to say that I was the one at fault. Still makes my blood boil to this day.
Good luck getting it fixed...I'll be getting my wheels refinished shortly due to a tire shop that didn't have the skills to mount my new tires without scratching the **** out of them.
Something very similar happened to me when I lived in FL...lady pulls out in front of me, I slam the brakes and manage to avoid her for the most part (her front bumper barely kissed my rear bumper). She just proceeded to drive on, so I ran her down, and forced her to pull over. I called the cops, and they came out within about 15 minutes. She kept telling the cop that she didn't see me, and that I must have been speeding. The cop wasn't going to cite her until I pointed out the paint she left on the side of my back bumper, and was able to match it up with her front bumper. The cop gave me the option of just swapping insurance information, or citing her. I told him to issue her the ticket since she tried so hard to say that I was the one at fault. Still makes my blood boil to this day.
Good luck getting it fixed...I'll be getting my wheels refinished shortly due to a tire shop that didn't have the skills to mount my new tires without scratching the **** out of them.
06-24-2012, 10:28 AM
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Ouch...not cool at all. One of the things that always bothered me about my Camaro was that I deleted the ABS. I don't care who you are, if you panic, those brakes are going on full blast, and they will lock up on you. Good job on not killing the lady that pulled out in front of you. I would have been pissed.
Something very similar happened to me when I lived in FL...lady pulls out in front of me, I slam the brakes and manage to avoid her for the most part (her front bumper barely kissed my rear bumper). She just proceeded to drive on, so I ran her down, and forced her to pull over. I called the cops, and they came out within about 15 minutes. She kept telling the cop that she didn't see me, and that I must have been speeding. The cop wasn't going to cite her until I pointed out the paint she left on the side of my back bumper, and was able to match it up with her front bumper. The cop gave me the option of just swapping insurance information, or citing her. I told him to issue her the ticket since she tried so hard to say that I was the one at fault. Still makes my blood boil to this day.
Good luck getting it fixed...I'll be getting my wheels refinished shortly due to a tire shop that didn't have the skills to mount my new tires without scratching the **** out of them.
Something very similar happened to me when I lived in FL...lady pulls out in front of me, I slam the brakes and manage to avoid her for the most part (her front bumper barely kissed my rear bumper). She just proceeded to drive on, so I ran her down, and forced her to pull over. I called the cops, and they came out within about 15 minutes. She kept telling the cop that she didn't see me, and that I must have been speeding. The cop wasn't going to cite her until I pointed out the paint she left on the side of my back bumper, and was able to match it up with her front bumper. The cop gave me the option of just swapping insurance information, or citing her. I told him to issue her the ticket since she tried so hard to say that I was the one at fault. Still makes my blood boil to this day.
Good luck getting it fixed...I'll be getting my wheels refinished shortly due to a tire shop that didn't have the skills to mount my new tires without scratching the **** out of them.
I don't get your story, she pulled out in front of you, you slammed on the brakes, and her FRONT bumper hit your REAR bumper? Either way, call me sexist but women just don't pay as much attention while driving. About a week ago a woman did the same thing (tried to merge into my lane while I was next to her) but luckily fixed herself when I got on the horn. If you can't notice a loud red viper what will you notice.
06-24-2012, 11:16 AM
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Yeah...she was coming from a side street, and trying to cross 4 lanes to go into a parking lot directly across from the street she was on. She's coming from the left, and I'm in the far right lane...once I see what she's doing, I swerved right, which was thankfully the entrance to the parking lot she was trying to get into, so I didn't slam into a curb. Unfortunately, she was still going while I was swerving to miss her, so she ended up barely touching the side of my rear bumper with the front of hers. I think I was the most pissed that she just kept right on going like nothing had happened.
06-24-2012, 02:05 PM
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Quit talking about hurting your Vipers you're making me sad. BTW the first production 2013 Viper sold for $300k. Quite a bargain since the first ZR1 was $1m
06-24-2012, 07:14 PM
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To all those who commented on the wheels, they aint so pretty no more. Today some woman decided to change lanes when I was right next to her. She merged right in to me, I slammed on the brakes, no abs so wheels locked up, I hit the curb and she drives away. After getting out to make sure the cars was driveable I followed her for a few miles before she finally pulled over. She said "oh i'm sorry I didn't see you, I didn't hear you honking at me for miles either because I have my radio up." Then she had the gall to say "you must have been driving too fast and came up on me too quick which is why I didn't see you." I wasn't speeding at all. Some people...
06-24-2012, 07:29 PM
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Yeah...she was coming from a side street, and trying to cross 4 lanes to go into a parking lot directly across from the street she was on. She's coming from the left, and I'm in the far right lane...once I see what she's doing, I swerved right, which was thankfully the entrance to the parking lot she was trying to get into, so I didn't slam into a curb. Unfortunately, she was still going while I was swerving to miss her, so she ended up barely touching the side of my rear bumper with the front of hers. I think I was the most pissed that she just kept right on going like nothing had happened.
I assume they're 3 piece wheels but I'm not sure. Either way I expect the woman's insurance to just pay for a new wheel. I would like to avoid the down time of sending it back to CCW to have them fix it while I roll around on the factory donut spare if I can.
