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Originally Posted by preston
I've been concerned about this for a long time - in my case more along the lines of if I was at fault in a crash, could they sue me personally because of my home built chassis ? Could a passenger sue me for hitting their head on a rollcage ? etc..
In this case, what concerns me is less of "did the chassis fail in some way that caused greater injury" but more so "this aftermarket chassis is not crash tested/certified in any way". If it was a stock chassis that is allowed because this is still a free enough country that they won't force old cars off the road. But a new, "re-manufactured" chassis/car is a whole different deal in the eyes of a skilled lawyer, a jury, and a sympathetic victim. Frankly I worry about the whole liability of this new world where eery joker with $20k can bump their car to 1000 hp and then post street racing videos on the internet. With the amount of "racing in Mexico" I read about on the forums I can't believe there haven't been more fatalities (Paul Walker anyone ? )
Well I 'm sure we will all be very interested to see what comes out of htis and who the manufacturer is.
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(for the record I don't give out a lot of spirited rides, and if I do I always make sure they understand the risks and that they are riding in an "owner constructed" vehicle.)
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me too, I started a thread a while back and the conclusion I came up with is the money you would theoretically pay monthly for insurance... put it in a fund to pay for the lawyer when you need it. Cause there is no underwritter that I know of that would pull it off.
During my years of modifying and improving performance on older cars I have always been told by my customers "ahh don't worry about it, if siht happens its not on you" But what is to stop a spouse or relative from sueing you if something did happen? A loss of a life or major bodily harm can change the tune with anyone.
There has always been that argument that "oh, the aftermarket stuff makes the cars safer than the cars was originally designed". Not really, the original cars didn't do in excess of 130 MPH and pull a "G".
Hearing stories like this scares the crap out of me. Not sure its worth it anymore.