<VV> Just got the 28, 000 mile Corsa dropped off - good news/bad news.

[Vairtec Corporation]

On 4/20/2011 11:29 PM, psergeant wrote:

> Somehow, the deck lid was opened quite violently. So violently that it the pivot pin on the lid support at the lid end was ripped out of the hole and is gone.  The lid was pushed forward (open) so hard that the front edge of the deck lid dented the air grill and bent the hinge supports such that the lid doesn't close properly.  (it is now very tight up against the air grill).  I have had initial conversations with the shipping broker and he said "they cannot be responsible for mechanical failure of my car".  I am going to continue to pursue the shipper/broker.  Anyone have comments/thoughts on what the liability is to the shipper(?)

My WAG is that the car was shipped on an open carrier, rear-end first, 
and that the deck lid was not latched.  LM latches (and some EM too) 
have been known to stick in the unlatched position when old and 
disused.  Anyway, the wind caught it, flipping it open with the force 
you describe.

As others have noted, without some way to demonstrate that the car was 
undamaged prior to shipping...

--Bob Marlow