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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 11:33 AM
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Default Double Oops: Wife plows into man's new Chevy Corvette Z06... in her Hyundai Genesis

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Hyundai Genesis crashes into Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - click above for high-res gallery


We can only imagine how exciting a day it would be to bring home a brand spanking new Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Genesis Owners forum member zedbuyers was feeling that love as he and his wife left a Massachusetts Chevy dealer with a spanking new Cyber Gray Metallic Z06. Zedbuyers was driving from the dealer in the rain with his wife following behind in the couples' nine-month-old Genesis Sedan when disaster struck.

As traffic slowed from 60 mph to 30 mph in the exit lane, zedbuyers applied the brakes, but his wife evidently didn't. The Genesis slammed into the hours-old Z06, thrusting the $80,000 supercar into the vehicle in front of it. Oddly, the Genesis took the brunt of the blow, and a local Hyundai dealer estimated the damage at $16,000, including nearly $2,000 for the HID headlamps alone. The Z06 damage was $10,000, including $2,000 for a carbon fiber bumper.

Luckily, nobody was seriously injured in the accident, but we're sure the owner is smarting none the less. We're guessing the insurance company is not going to react kindly to a combined $26,000 in damages only hours after the purchase of what is likely a very expensive vehicle to insure in the first place. Peruse the gallery below to check out the carnage, and click on the link below for zedbuyers' damage estimates.


Gallery: Genesis crashes into Corvette Z06


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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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OUCH! blink.gif disappointed.gif oops.gif
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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Double oops is right
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Man, I would be pissed.
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 03:53 PM
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I'm always worried about crashing into the wife when we drive places separately. lol.
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