It is noted that the car in question was a vintage Karmann-Ghia. It is sort of a death trap in a front end collision; he's lucky he didn't hit another car head-on. Motor in back, just gas tank and trunk in front.
The author of that article is an idiot.
"Thankfully, with the engine located in the rear, the extensive front-end damage should involve minimal mechanical problems. "
That car will have to be totally rebuilt from the dashboard forward, if not more. Too bad, it was a beautiful car. The headline did remind me of my "old man" crashing my Austin-Healey, though.
The author of that article is an idiot.
"Thankfully, with the engine located in the rear, the extensive front-end damage should involve minimal mechanical problems. "
That car will have to be totally rebuilt from the dashboard forward, if not more. Too bad, it was a beautiful car. The headline did remind me of my "old man" crashing my Austin-Healey, though.
Yeah, I was scratching my head over that line as well.
Most insurance companies would just ignore the historic value and total the car.
Most insurance companies would just ignore the historic value and total the car.
Depends on how he had it insured. Used to be, an old car was an old car to the insurance companies, although you could get reduced premiums for a rarely driven show car. Now, however, you can get current value insurance, so if you've got a totally restored Ghia that's worth $33 or $44K like these https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/ca ... rmann-ghia you can insure it for that amount. Costs more than your garden variety sedan coverage, but is worth it if you're going to street drive your piece of art.
I have my vintage rides insured through Hagerty. The daily driver, through whatever. I should probably review the insured value on them, though. And I'll probably need to let Hagerty know if I plan on taking the vintage van on a long trip.
Awww. , Useless. So much for "Ignored". You fail again. Plus, Useless, you've been busted too many times for anyone to believe you're not reading my posts, anyhow. It's just your excuse for cowering. Awww.
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So one of the things I may have mentioned that I like about SoCal is there are a lot of restored cars, hot rods and customs running around on the streets on the way to the beach, grocery, or dropping off the kids. But - here's a guy just tootling down the 5 in his Mustang minding his own business and a phone-tending woman slams into him from behind and drives him into the wall. Mustang totaled front and back.
So I didn't know there was any such thing as all-electric formula 1-type racing, but I happened to catch a bit of the Monaco race this morning. After getting used to having no sound effects other than a faint whine, and getting past the "oooh, look at that hairpin curve"..."ooooh, look they're going through a tunnel"... it turned into watching slot cars. During the time I watched, there was no passing, no close racing - just a line of cars at highway safe distance cruising quickly through Monaco's street track. There was one car crashed into the guard rail. Because there's no room on the track, and no way to get out easily, they had these huge cranes around the track and it plucked the car up and set it down outside the rail. That was the most entertaining part of the time I watched.
So I didn't know there was any such thing as all-electric formula 1-type racing, but I happened to catch a bit of the Monaco race this morning. After getting used to having no sound effects other than a faint whine, and getting past the "oooh, look at that hairpin curve"..."ooooh, look they're going through a tunnel"... it turned into watching slot cars. During the time I watched, there was no passing, no close racing - just a line of cars at highway safe distance cruising quickly through Monaco's street track. There was one car crashed into the guard rail. Because there's no room on the track, and no way to get out easily, they had these huge cranes around the track and it plucked the car up and set it down outside the rail. That was the most entertaining part of the time I watched.
Do you think that was more a function of being electric or of being Monaco?
Ford is beating the competition with an electric-only F-150. It's a new world, albeit too little too late.
I don't think it was related to being electric, it was more just a style of driving as far as I could tell. I'm guessing all the cars have the same power and all the drivers are talented. Have no idea why they kept that distance between them unless they just don't want to risk wrecking the cars.
I read a story this morning saying Chevrolet is making a hybrid all wheel drive Corvette and is working on an all electric one.
Yeah, I saw that too. I think Chevy making an all electric sporty car is a fine idea, but they shouldn't call it a Corvette. Maybe a Corvolt.
I don't remember the details of it but supposedly the drive system is a new kind of battery technology that I forgot the name of but I do remember the story mentioned that GM still holds a trademark on the name "Uniray" and the story hinted that the new cars will be named some variant of that.....a tribute to the old "Stingray" moniker I guess. I do remember that new battery system did have a name that started with "U" hence the "Uniray" name.
, Useless. So much for "Ignored". You fail again. Plus, Useless, you've been busted too many times for anyone to believe you're not reading my posts, anyhow. It's just your excuse for cowering. Awww.
Dodge will just keep the Charger name.
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