Thread: Those damned old fart Corvette drivers.....

Corvette ZR1 owner calls 911 after locking himself in car:

"I closed the door and the door locked and would not open. The car would not start. I was trapped!

I called 911 and the police came quickly thankfully. Once the officer assured himself that ilt was a car problem and not a idiot driver problem. He nor I could not figure out what to do.

He called the chevy dealership. They recommended I get out of the seat and crawl to the back of the ZR1 and pull the emergency tag. It is not a pretty sight to see a fat, 65 yr old man crawling to the back of the car. Well I did and the trunk opened.

That was this morning and the ZR1 is sold, gone out of my life. Took it to the dealer that helped me and sold it cold and flat. It is still in my garage I am not going near it. They will have to come to my home and get it out of my garage.

Thank god for the police and the chevy dealer. Boo for GM.

What a stupid system to put onto a car. Just think , if my garage door was closed not open and I did not have a cell phone and my wife just left for Vermont It could have been alot worse.

No more cars for me with automatic door lock systems. FYI the officer said his captain had the same problem with his Corvette."

Full article here: Jalopnik - Drive Free or Die


They're givin' us a bad name

I drive a corvette and I've never had that problem, maybe I'm a genius...

uhm emergency door release on the floor are manual.... My z06 had em.

i dont own a corvette so i can't attest to this specific system, but any car that you cant just normally open from the inside, is stupid by design.

I have never been in a Vette or driven one but how do you crawl to the back? What Back?

I have to post a pic..... Sorry troy





I am sure nick will be in here too soon

Originally Posted by RAWMEAN

I have never been in a Vette or driven one but how do you crawl to the back? What Back?

The fastback is directly connected to the "cockpit" if you will. The seat area is open to the trunk.

hahaha that is epic failure, ive had that happen once in my old car but i ended having an ex-gf save me

Originally Posted by RAWMEAN

I have never been in a Vette or driven one but how do you crawl to the back? What Back?

Originally Posted by TurboBaron9

i dont own a corvette so i can't attest to this specific system, but any car that you cant just normally open from the inside, is stupid by design.

+1. I still don't understand the logic behind putting that in

The texts are pretty funny though!