Quite a few dealerships here actually drive brand new vehicles from the port to their premises with temporary tags hanging on the rear. Although their premises are not too far away, and in most cases under 6 miles, personally I would be quite angry if I bought a brand new car with more than 1-2 miles tops. Does it really cost that much to drive them on a designated transporter?
Anyway, I was driving into an industrial area this afternoon, where most dealerships are based. There's a designated lane for those wishing to take a right turn before you approach a set of traffic lights, and that's where I was. This lane is separated from the other lane by huge, white lane separators that look like upside down pudding bowls. After the lane separators comes a curb, and as I approached it, there was a dark blueish Yukon Denali driving over the lane separators and trying to push his way in. What was special about this Yukon was the fact that it had a temporary dealership tag hanging from its rear windshield wiper and it still had the white protective film on the hood and sides, meaning it was literally just driven off the boat.
You get a lot of idiots forming a second lane in lanes like this, meant for a single vehicle, and that is exactly what this idiot was doing in the Denali. As he made his way in, I had nowhere to go with a huge curb to my right, so I honked my horn and flash my high beams repeatedly. But because the tool kept thinking he's invincible, he scraped against the left side of my front bumper cover and nearly tore it off. Thankfully, the latter didn't happen, but I'm still left with a huge scratch on my bumper cover. Have to say I was definitely expecting more damage, so I'm glad its just a huge scratch. The Denali had a bent tail pipe, and the bumper cover separated from the clips holding the inside mudguard (over the wheel). The bumper cover was also creased, if that's the word to use.
Now, if this wasn't enough, he gets out screaming and shouting. I had an extremely tough time not ripping his head off, so I called the cops. Got the accident report, and let's see who is going to cover the cost of repainting the bumper cover. Often, insurance companies have contracts with the cheapest body shops, and they'll probably end up offering me something like $70-75 to get it repainted there. So I'll have to chip in from my own pocket to actually get it painted properly. Not the first time, if something like this does indeed happen again.
I hope that truck gets sold as repaired, and not just put on the lot with the rest of the trucks, so some poor soul pays something like $50,000 for a vehicle that was involved in an accident before s/he even took delivery of it. But if this is how they treat their new vehicles, I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case.
Anyway, I was driving into an industrial area this afternoon, where most dealerships are based. There's a designated lane for those wishing to take a right turn before you approach a set of traffic lights, and that's where I was. This lane is separated from the other lane by huge, white lane separators that look like upside down pudding bowls. After the lane separators comes a curb, and as I approached it, there was a dark blueish Yukon Denali driving over the lane separators and trying to push his way in. What was special about this Yukon was the fact that it had a temporary dealership tag hanging from its rear windshield wiper and it still had the white protective film on the hood and sides, meaning it was literally just driven off the boat.
You get a lot of idiots forming a second lane in lanes like this, meant for a single vehicle, and that is exactly what this idiot was doing in the Denali. As he made his way in, I had nowhere to go with a huge curb to my right, so I honked my horn and flash my high beams repeatedly. But because the tool kept thinking he's invincible, he scraped against the left side of my front bumper cover and nearly tore it off. Thankfully, the latter didn't happen, but I'm still left with a huge scratch on my bumper cover. Have to say I was definitely expecting more damage, so I'm glad its just a huge scratch. The Denali had a bent tail pipe, and the bumper cover separated from the clips holding the inside mudguard (over the wheel). The bumper cover was also creased, if that's the word to use.
Now, if this wasn't enough, he gets out screaming and shouting. I had an extremely tough time not ripping his head off, so I called the cops. Got the accident report, and let's see who is going to cover the cost of repainting the bumper cover. Often, insurance companies have contracts with the cheapest body shops, and they'll probably end up offering me something like $70-75 to get it repainted there. So I'll have to chip in from my own pocket to actually get it painted properly. Not the first time, if something like this does indeed happen again.
I hope that truck gets sold as repaired, and not just put on the lot with the rest of the trucks, so some poor soul pays something like $50,000 for a vehicle that was involved in an accident before s/he even took delivery of it. But if this is how they treat their new vehicles, I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case.
