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#75 of 144 Same thing happened here... by isellhondas Sep 26, 2004 (2:52 pm)
Last week. a couple of 17year olds lost control of their car on what is called " Roller Coaster Hill". Hit a tree...both dead. Nice kids who were good students.   Funny...the town I grew up in had a Roller Coaster Hill too and I remember almost losing it myself one dark night so many years ago.
#76 of 144 by andyman73 Sep 26, 2004 (3:10 pm)
I wonder how many of those teens would have survived by wearing that novelty item known as a seat belt? In my experience, and from what I have read, most of the teens that have died, did so mostly due to lack of seatbelt useage. I know, I buried a friend, age 25, he wasn't wearing his seat belt. It was his 4th major accident, this one was his fault. All others he was hit buy drunks or redlight runners. He didn't like wearing his belt, it crimped his style. He was an only child. Was such a nice kid, new him since he was 14.
#77 of 144 Re: [bowke28] by bp3959 Sep 26, 2004 (5:21 pm)
Replying to: bowke28 (Sep 26, 2004 8:47 am) I don't think the salesperson driving first would have helped in this situation, most likely he would have still had problems operating the vehicle properly. With a non-standard way of operating the gears the salesperson should have game a little lesson before even leaving the lot. Legal liability or not, he should have offered to take care of the damaged tire before they got a chance to try and force him into it.
#78 of 144 Re: Test Drive [imidazol97] by bp3959 Sep 26, 2004 (5:25 pm)
Replying to: imidazol97 (Sep 26, 2004 10:12 am) If I let someone drive my truck, and they screwed up and damaged my tire you better believe I'd expect them to pay for it. Your comment is just an example of one of societies major problems these days, no sense of responsiblity.
#79 of 144 Re: Question of Legal Liability [cargal2] by bp3959 Sep 26, 2004 (5:29 pm)
Replying to: cargal2 (Sep 26, 2004 5:29 am) I see some people here on this board being pretty nasty towards you saying you are trying to get out of paying. I get the feeling that you were just shaken up and wanted to get out of there. I really hope you'll do the right thing and own up to your mistake by paying for the tire. On the other side of this, I can understand if you didn't want to purchase from this dealership since they made some critical mistakes as well. I think the best thing to do here, is pay for the tire, leave the dealership and call it done. Hope this helps, and good luck in your future test drives.
#80 of 144 cal worthington's used car ........ by prophet2 Sep 26, 2004 (10:42 pm)
Reminds me of a story decades ago about the customers who returned from a test drive during which the hood popped open and was ripped off the convertible by aerodynamic forces. They were naturally fearful as they drove in with the hood in the back seat. They were surprised at the reaction of the dealer - "Hell, don't worry about the hood. We have insurance for that kind of stuff. How did you like the drive?"   Ole Cal got one fan that day with that PR move!
#81 of 144 by andyman73 Sep 26, 2004 (11:24 pm)
Good Ol' Cal, good for something besides entertaining commercials.
#82 of 144 bp3959 by imidazol97 Sep 27, 2004 (2:28 am)
Re your comment: "Your comment is just an example of one of societies (sic) major problems these days, no sense of responsiblity.'   I have to agree with you but I didn't realize you could see the dealer wasn't wanting to take responsibility and pay for the tire/wheel and/or have his insurance pay for it. He probably wants to keep his claims down on insurance.   Note the later comment: "They were surprised at the reaction of the dealer - "Hell, don't worry about the hood. We have insurance for that kind of stuff. How did you like the drive?"   That's how the dealer should have handled it. But dealer doesn't want to take responsibility and do the business-wise thing.   "one of society's major problems these days..." --businesses who want the government to pay their costs or reduce their taxes while the people pay for everything.... Replies to this message: bp3959 (Sep 27, 2004 4:21 am) mikefm58 (Sep 27, 2004 5:07 am)
#83 of 144 Re: bp3959 [imidazol97] by bp3959 Sep 27, 2004 (4:21 am)
Replying to: imidazol97 (Sep 27, 2004 2:28 am) The way it should have been handled is that the dealer should have said don't worry about the tire, and the driver should have offered to pay for it anyways. As for the hood coming open, the driver wasn't responsible for that in any way, it was either a faulty latch or someone didn't close it all the way. Replies to this message: mikefm58 (Sep 27, 2004 5:07 am)
#84 of 144 Re: bp3959 [bp3959] by mikefm58 Sep 27, 2004 (5:07 am)
Replying to: bp3959 (Sep 27, 2004 4:21 am) << The way it should have been handled is that the dealer should have said don't worry about the tire, and the driver should have offered to pay for it anyways >>   My thoughts exactly. Whether the dealer was legally in the right or not, the cost was so minor in business terms that they should have reacted differently.

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