One Tiny Crack Totaled This 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
There are myriad reasons a car could be declared a total loss, including, apparently, an incredibly tiny crack in the structure of your Chevrolet Corvette.
That’s precisely what happened to Corvette Forum user cdm85-251 and his 2017 Corvette Grand Sport. Here’s how it went down, according to his post on Corvette Forum:
“I had the misfortune of being on an extremely busy interstate about a month ago when a vehicle in front of me went over a large rock or chunk of something VERY hard. This interstate is eight lanes wide where I was at and vehicles were all around me doing 70+/- mph, so I had nowhere to go and I couldn’t stop without causing accidents for others. I tried to straddle it, but it hit a number of places under the car, but luckily it missed anything with fluids. One big problem right now is the dealer has shown me pictures of a rear structural member that has a crack. They are calling it a rear transmission tunnel and indicating it is a nonserviceable part, not offered by Chevrolet. $7600 damages without buying this part and the associated labor. Anyone have any similar experience" I may end up with a totaled car that still looks perfect.” As mentioned, cosmetically the car still is perfect?the only damage is the teeny little crack near the transaxle, as seen in the photo below:
The insurance company found it hard to believe that this damage was irreparable. As cdm85-251 told Jalopnik, once the dealership told him that the fram...
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