[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Late model corvette damage inside (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 10/30/2015 12:18:15 PM EDT
Was watching this on the news this morning and it struck me odd that the entire wheel assembly was dislodged. Reporter said the two males were in corvette on the interstate on ramp when driver lost control. One wheel apparently hit the guardrail and wedged under the rail. One male occupant was thrown from the car another was found unconscious in the vehicle by first responders. The Reporter said that officials are trying to determine the cause of the accident and what caused the driver to lose control. Not much traffic on the road at 3:00 a.m maybe they were entering the interstate at high rate of speed and Simply lost it?
Eta: here's the drivers side shot 
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| Makes some sense. Subframe with suspension was attached to the main body shell. That was the weak link and where the car separated. Older Vettes had full length rails from front to back. This one appears to be put together differently. Notice how the passenger compartment is still nice and intact. If homeboy that was ejected had been wearing his seatbelt he'd likely be in better shape than he is now. I see wrecked cars all day every day. This is pretty tame. -J |
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Quoted: Amazing powers of deduction, there. You should be a scientist or something. Quoted: Quoted: Not much traffic on the road at 3:00 a.m maybe they were entering the interstate at high rate of speed and Simply lost it? Amazing powers of deduction, there. You should be a scientist or something. |
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Amazing powers of deduction, there. You should be a scientist or something. Quoted:
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Not much traffic on the road at 3:00 a.m maybe they were entering the interstate at high rate of speed and Simply lost it? Amazing powers of deduction, there. You should be a scientist or something. The reporter said that investigators were trying to determine what caused the crash possibly an animal or something in the road lol... 
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Was watching this on the news this morning and it struck me odd that the entire wheel assembly was dislodged. Reporter said the two males were in corvette on the interstate on ramp when driver lost control. One wheel apparently hit the guardrail and wedged under the rail. One male occupant was thrown from the car another was found unconscious in the vehicle by first responders. The Reporter said that officials are trying to determine the cause of the accident and what caused the driver to lose control. Not much traffic on the road at 3:00 a.m maybe they were entering the interstate at high rate of speed and Simply lost it? http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj67/lsheets65/image_zpsxfwtzpo2.jpeg story looks like it tore the whole front subframe out |
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Makes some sense. Subframe with suspension was attached to the main body shell. That was the weak link and where the car separated. Older Vettes had full length rails from front to back. This one appears to be put together differently. Negative on the subframe being attached to the body shell. Judging from the color, wheels and seats, it looks to be a 2010-2011 Z06. All C6 have beefy fully-boxed front-to-rear full length frame rails. Front suspension A-arms are attached to both the magnesium subframe (lower) and the full-car-length aluminum frame (upper). |
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The reporter said that investigators were trying to determine what caused the crash possibly an animal or something in the road lol... Quoted:
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Not much traffic on the road at 3:00 a.m maybe they were entering the interstate at high rate of speed and Simply lost it? Amazing powers of deduction, there. You should be a scientist or something. The reporter said that investigators were trying to determine what caused the crash possibly an animal or something in the road lol... The notorious "black dog". |
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That Zed is dead 
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Yes, a dry sump system is an option on all new Corvettes. At least for 2015 it is. Quoted:
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Dibs on the LS2.  Yes, a dry sump system is an option on all new Corvettes. At least for 2015 it is. The model wrecked is not a 2015. It's at least a 2006-2010 and looking at the wheels it's more 2009-2010 |
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The reporter said that investigators were trying to determine what caused the crash possibly an animal or something in the road lol... Quoted:
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Not much traffic on the road at 3:00 a.m maybe they were entering the interstate at high rate of speed and Simply lost it? Amazing powers of deduction, there. You should be a scientist or something. The reporter said that investigators were trying to determine what caused the crash possibly an animal or something in the road lol... So the actual owner of the car has money, or a politician, or from Saudi Arabia, and his kid was driving. |
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The model wrecked is not a 2015. It's at least a 2006-2010 and looking at the wheels it's more 2009-2010 Quoted:
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Dibs on the LS2. Yes, a dry sump system is an option on all new Corvettes. At least for 2015 it is. The model wrecked is not a 2015. It's at least a 2006-2010 and looking at the wheels it's more 2009-2010 C6. engine doesn't look like mine; likely a Z06, based on the engine and dry sump-looking thing. the Z06 badges are on the parts that are ripped off, so that's no help. 
it has the brake-cooling vents, though. |
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pure speculation but at a high rate of speed you lose it and slide sideways
when the nose contacts a barrier it would typically do that I thought the engineering of modern cars is designed to do exactly that front and rear can be torn away leaving just the stronger shell around the passengers |
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So that fucking tool bag thought he was the shit and actually burning out the tires? 
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C6. engine doesn't look like mine; likely a Z06, based on the engine and dry sump-looking thing. the Z06 badges are on the parts that are ripped off, so that's no help.
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Dibs on the LS2. Yes, a dry sump system is an option on all new Corvettes. At least for 2015 it is. The model wrecked is not a 2015. It's at least a 2006-2010 and looking at the wheels it's more 2009-2010 C6. engine doesn't look like mine; likely a Z06, based on the engine and dry sump-looking thing. the Z06 badges are on the parts that are ripped off, so that's no help.
it has the brake-cooling vents, though. Just added a drivers side photo to OP |
| Not the first Corvette I've seen torn up after some dumb ass lets it get out from under him. I've seen guys at the strip, turn them sideways and drive it into the wall with their foot still hard on the gas. 3 days later, they're on some Corvette forum blaming GM, the car, the track, everybody except the shithead driving the car. Couldn't be his fault, he's an expert. |