Today, I attended a car show in Kingsville, On. As cars were leaving the show, the driver of the Caddy Biarittz, was unable to climb a hill that one has to navigate to exit the grounds. He lost control because he had to stop for vehicles ahead of him and when he attempted to proceed forward, his tires could gain no traction and the car went backwards, striking a Camaro.
I'm having a real hard time visualizing how that happened. Did someone smear grease all over that field?? Poor caddy
I hope that they have good insurance coverage. Other than being a pita it could have been much worse.
I get the fact that the Caddy is responsible but come on if its a slippery hill and people are seeing that. wtf is the guy in the camaro so close he can get hit? really? you can be in the right in a situation but you can also be smart enough to avoid it too
You're assuming the Camaro owner was in the car when it happened. The caddy owner could have been trying to drive around parked cars and slid down the hill.
Yup. Glad the only damaged trim is the wheel opening molding. There's probably one out there, but the price will be whatever it's owner wants for it.
Feel for the guy. Almost got stuck once in my all original 67 Caddy at a show when it poured for a couple of hours after the cars were parked on the grass. I could not believe the jerks trying to move valuable cars around each other sliding and slinging dirt and mud on other cars. Fortunately I was late getting there and got parked in the back but still had to stand in front of my car to keep a few guys from getting too close trying to avoid ruts from previous cars. There were some real maroons there that day. Mikey
I hope the guy in the Camaro didn't get his mullet messed up. Wait!......................I have Camaros.........................nevermind.
The Caddy is a family owned car. The family owns/owned a body. Car owner painted the car himself but not a quality job. The caddy was climbing a gravelled hill to exit the field and stopped almost at the top. We he attempted to proceed, car spin the wheel (non-posi). Think the owner panicked, placed tranny in reverse and lost control. I saw him coming down the hill and not at a crawl.
Easy enough to do on that thing, reverse is at the bottom of the shift quadrant, so if he put it into what he thought was first and hit the gas...yeah, you know the inevitable outcome.
Total Bummer.. I still don't get how that thick Caddy steel was that dented by a 82 Camaro's plastic bumper..Even if that plastic bumper has some metal support behind it. Like said though it wasn't at a crawl speed.
I have seen just that happen a few times over the years at shows where cars were trying to maneuver on a grassy bank and the car slid down the bank. Note the Camaro's fender is buckled so the Caddy got into him pretty good. Steep grassy slopes and vintage cars are not a good combination
