I'm going to kill my brother

[Kloubek]

So, this weekend my brother is passing through from Virginia to go to our home town of Kamloops. Great! His wife goes off with my wife to shop, and I decided to cook dinner. In the middle, I realize I need more milk and my bro offers to take my vette and go pick it up. What a guy.

He asks if it is ok to take the top off. No problem - it wasn't raining at the time.

So he comes back with the milk, I asked him if he put the top back on and he did. (Good, because it friggin POURED an hour later)

So today, I'm driving home from work. All of a sudden, the whole fucking targa top flies OFF my car and up in the air in the middle of Deerfoot rush hour.

Jesus Christ. I have to back the car up, run in the middle of the road with fucking traffic everywhere to try to save the top. Some guy who was in the lane my top was in slammed on his brakes. (even though he was WAY far away from me and I was going to be out of his way in a second). I think I gave him a heart attack. I guess I wouldn't expect someone to be standing in my lane either.

Anyway.... the damage: A crack along the front edge about a foot and a half long and a bit of chipping. Not back actually, considering it was ran over by at least one car.... likely more.

Still fits! :)

Could have been a lot worse. The car behind me at the time did a fantastic defensive driving move to avoid getting smacked in their own windshield. I don't know what others managed to do, but I'm pretty sure I pissed more than a couple of people off. Oh well... what do you do? Not let your bro borrow the Vette I suppose....

Brothers.

[Modelexis]

He is not legally allowed to drive a car he is not insured to drive either is he?

[Graham_A_M]

That could have ended a LOT worse. Good to see nothing major happened.

[Jetta-2.0]

Originally posted by Modelexis
He is not legally allowed to drive a car he is not insured to drive either is he?

if its ur car and u let him then yes he is

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by Modelexis
He is not legally allowed to drive a car he is not insured to drive either is he?

Of course he is. I let him drive it!

And yes, it could have been a LOT worse. I can just imagine what a targa roof would do going through a windshield at 100k.

[rage2]

pffft... that's nothing.

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/192927/thanks-to-my-brother-rip-e55/

:rofl:

[Modelexis]

Not sure why for some reason I thought you had to be named on the policy to drive it.
Oh well, learned something new today.

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by rage2
pffft... that's nothing.

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/192927/thanks-to-my-brother-rip-e55/

:rofl:

ok.. you win. :)

My own fault for not double checking the latches I guess....

[A790]

Guess the price on that Vette just dropped eh?

[kvg]

Ouch! I'm glad nobody got hurt or killed! It could have been way bad, I'm glad were not saying thatwe heard about it on the news.

[corsvette]

I feel your pain!

I did the exact same thing on my vette, just threw the top on quick due to a rainstorm and drove off later with nothing holding it down, i did not get far, it flew of when i hit about 60-70kmh, needed a complete repaint other that that it was ok. I felt like such a moron though.

[Ekliptix]

FRC ftw!:poosie:

[Shlade]

Ouch... Only person that should ever grace the driver seat is your own ass.. Id make an exception to my dad but nobody else is ever sitting in my driver seat.

[M.alex]

Originally posted by Ekliptix
FRC ftw!:poosie:

Z06 FTW! :clap:

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by Ekliptix
FRC ftw!:poosie:

In this case, yes. But I have to admit - I still love the easy open-top design of the coupe.

Cam: Yeah, I'll let it go for a little less now. lol With that said, the skin is only $200 from ebay plus a paint, so it isn't exactly an expensive fix. Luckily.

The first time I think that I've ever been glad I had American-built car parts. If this was an import targa, you can guarantee it would be bent beyond repair.

[rc2002]

This would be a good excuse to buy a plexiglass one from the dealer. It's way nicer than the body coloured one.

[Kloubek]

Never really saw the point. If I wanted to see through it, I'd take it off! (Purposely, next time.)

The plexi ones are a thousand bucks. Seems steep for something I personally don't care about. The new owner can decide for himself - I may not fix it before I sell. Maybe I'll luck out and find a c5 being parted out.

(And on that note, if anyone are aware of a c5 being parted out, please let me know!)

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Modelexis
He is not legally allowed to drive a car he is not insured to drive either is he?

Why on earth would you think that? You're saying no one is ever allowed to drive another persons car, ever?

The only time someone is not "allowed" is
A) If they aren't licensed
or B) If they live in the same household, and aren't on the drivers list for that car, then the insurance company could (if they choose) decline insurance.

[Modelexis]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Why on earth would you think that? You're saying no one is ever allowed to drive another persons car, ever?


Originally posted by Modelexis
Not sure why for some reason I thought you had to be named on the policy to drive it.
Oh well, learned something new today.


Originally posted by Jetta-2.0


if its ur car and u let him then yes he is


Originally posted by Kloubek


Of course he is. I let him drive it!

Why on earth would you repeat what has already been said twice in the same thread?

(sorry Kloub for flooding your thread)

[Muji]

One would think GM would have designed a safety catch to ensure the top was not going to fly away. Also, is there no idiot light to tell you the top is not properly secured? Even my gas door has this feature, as do all my doors.

[Kloubek]

^ There are three latches - two on the windshield, and one at the rear. But if they are all unlatched, there is nothing keeping it from flying off. And no, there is no idiot light, unfortunately. Technically, the roof was in place. It just wasn't secured.

I think the better design choice would have been to require the windshield latches to "stick out" when unlatched.... then I would have seen that they were not secured. But the handles don't do that - they sit flush with the windshield as they would if they were latched.

Oh well... live and learn.