I take my car to get inspected and ow car is crashed.

[URBAN LEGEND]

My insurance is taking care of the repairs then my insurance will go after the shop.

[URBAN LEGEND]

https://yelp.to/qTKq/GnIa7QI5ED

First review of many platforms to come.

Fairfield automotive Kwik kar: 20445 Cypresswood Dr, Cypress, TX 77433

[AustexaSS]

Just in case you run into issues getting the flares to re-adhere on the fender living in the land of humidity:


http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480013

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...32#post8939232

And most importantly:

http://www.modbargains.com/BMW-k2-ad...r-splitter.htm

[CamaroFred]

A parking brake added to parking in gear decreases the chance of the vehicle rolling.
I have seen vehicles roll down hills hours after they were parked. Temperature change or humidity, air pressure, disturbance in the soil? I don't know, but I have seen it.

Are you willing to stand in front of a car when someone smacks it from behind when parked in gear with no brake on? It's pretty much guaranteed you won't know to which direction to run.

A parking brake is a tool. You use it, it wears out, you replace it.
Sometimes you sacrifice a tool to prevent injury or property damage. Or just get a job done.

Originally Posted by Billy10mm

If you park with the car in gear, why do you stretch the cable? My brake doesn't get used unless I'm on a significant angle/grade. Even minor ones are held simply by being in gear (compression in 1st and Reverse is a strong hold).

Parking cables stretch and eventually break. Don't use them unless you absolutely have to and when you use them, pull them just tight enough to hold the car and nothing more. Anything additional is simply more stretch and a quicker eventuality (the cable snaps).

Inspection of a cable before it snaps will not show anything out of the ordinary, and I HIGHLY doubt any dealership actually checked the cable to begin with as part of an inspection. Around here, your inspection covers the state-mandated inspection points and not a single thing more.

[CamaroFred]

Originally Posted by URBAN LEGEND

https://yelp.to/qTKq/GnIa7QI5ED

First review of many platforms to come.

Fairfield automotive Kwik kar: 20445 Cypresswood Dr, Cypress, TX 77433

Crumbolas. That doesn't read well.

[URBAN LEGEND]

Originally Posted by CamaroFred

Crumbolas. That doesn't read well.

Sure doesn't. :(

[69L48Z27]

Do 5th gen Camaros have an issue with broken parking brake cables? Is this failure common?

[Rodney2011]

Originally Posted by FLOW TIE

Good luck with everything and getting the car back in order. I know I'd be po'd big time if it happened to mine.

I gotta think your insurance company will go after the shop to make you whole on this. Isn't this part of what we pay them for? Maybe I'm being too optimistic??

Regardless, hope all goes well!

The insurance will only chase them to the rabbit hole. Once they slink down the hole there is no more chasing them.
It costs more than it is worth. They get a vacation in the Bahamas, you get to pay for it.
It turns into a "cut your losses" scenario.
Which never favors the plaintiff.

Someone who can afford the loss gets shafted (the owner). Someone who can't afford the loss gets rewarded (the inspection).

It's a **** You, try and beat the money out of me, scenario.

Originally Posted by 69L48Z27

Do 5th gen Camaros have an issue with broken parking brake cables? Is this failure common?

No.
It's a purposeful action.