[BahamaTodd]

Originally Posted by squat

In the article the guy mentioned GM had a beef with him. Is it over the C7? I don't know any of the backstory. What's the deal between the two?

They are the ones that leaked the C7 renderings.
http://jalopnik.com/5858683/exclusiv...chevy-corvette

[SSCam99]

Originally Posted by Mongo RS

Maybe I am in the minority, but I kinda feel bad for the guy.

Same here. Stuff happens. His happened for everyone to see...

[HDRDTD]

Originally Posted by squat

In the article the guy mentioned GM had a beef with him. Is it over the C7? I don't know any of the backstory. What's the deal between the two?

Things were already off to a rocky start before I even set foot in the Austin airport. Some at GM were pretty angry at Jalopnik for publishing an internal GM memo containing the Camaro’s specs on Friday, a day before its official unveiling, after the photos leaked on CNBC.

[ardailsmith]

Originally Posted by snymat68

He tries to make it sound like GM is the bad guy for kicking him out and blah, blah, blah...

While it may be his job to get the big stories, it's also his privilege to be able to attend a private event like that. He's lucky they let him in in the first place. Then he wrecks their car and is surprised when they ask him to leave? C'mon man.

What video did you watch? All he said was that they asked him to leave, he stated a fact he never said or did anything to try and make GM look bad. He even said that it was his fault and he would not be surprised if they did not let him drive a production model.

[Angrybird 12]

Originally Posted by SUKXOST

WTF. You were supposed to get a FEEL for the car, NOT push it to the edge. You could tell before he crashed that he was pushing too hard and wasnt very comfortable. Driver mod fail!
He oughta be flipping burgers in no time.

If you watch the Fast Lane Cars video review you will see he is pushing it pretty hard too. In fact several corners I saw a light flash in the cluster, not sure if it was the Traction or stability control light, but it was something.
I think this guy just ran out of talent...

[Angrybird 12]

He was too busy talking instead of paying attention to what he was doing.... He exceeded his talent.

[Brian 1LE SS]

I could understand wrecking the car if he was out there by himself, but he was following a bunch of cars.

[grkjet]

Dude seemed genuinely remorseful after crashing the car and was complimenting the car and hoping GM would be forgiving. Sucky situation

[RenegadeXR]

Also bear in mind his position among those driving the mules. He said he was something like 2nd from the z/28 that was acting as a pace car. That means he was one of the first to come up to the wall on the first lap. The other drivers got the benefit of a radio warning after he fouled up. You can also hear the same radio announcement on the Fast Lane Cars video. Lol.

I don't think they should have outright asked him to leave the event entirely. If GM wants to be mad at anyone, be mad at whatever internal source leaked the details of the C7 design and the Camaro 6's spec sheet. It's not as if Jalopnik infiltrated GM. Somebody internal dropped them a big lead.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by DenverTaco07

waiting for Number3 to chime in on "mule" in 3..2...

I noticed that too. Half the video I was like, "Yeahhh not a mule."

[KR4545]

put me in a room at the Westin Book Cadillac, and paid for all my food and booze

OK, so he was really hung over. I'm gonna be the jerk that says it!

[ChocoTaco369]

DON'T WORRY GUYS!!! IT'S JUST A V6!!!

[2xSSRS]

Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369

DON'T WORRY GUYS!!! IT'S JUST A V6!!!

Here We Go.........

[CrazyRED]

Originally Posted by KR4545

OK, so he was really hung over. I'm gonna be the jerk that says it!

Uum, yeah. I was thinking the same thing. If he feels free boozes is worth mentioning, he probably helped himself to quite a bit. I think I would have left booze completely out of the article after crashing a car.