C8 Corvette Owner Wrecks Car ONE DAY Before Selling It

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C8 Corvette owner took it for one last drive before selling it, but that’s when things went horribly wrong.

Pretty much all of us have had our fair share of regrettable moments in life, some more serious than others. But few can compare to what just happened to C8 Corvette owner Spencer Everette of Greenville, North Carolina. Everette had reached an agreement to sell his C8 Corvette to someone else, a pretty smart thing to do considering the fact that these cars now cost more used than they do new. However, he decided to take one last joyride in his sports car before parting ways with it, and that’s when things went horribly wrong, according to WITN news.

Everette told WITN that he pulled out on the highway and “gunned it” as he simply wanted to enjoy a “last hurrah” in his prized possession. However, instead of rocketing forward at great velocity, the Corvette ran off the road, into a ditch, and flipped over on its side. Rescue crews arrived on the scene around 2 pm and were able to get the heavily damaged car back on all four wheels, at least.

How Everette managed to lose control of the car is unclear, unless traction control was switched off. After all, it’s difficult to do a burnout or rip off some donuts in the car with traction control enabled, let alone fly off the surface of what appears to be a bone-dry road.

Regardless, the Silver Flare Metallic Z51 C8 is now more likely to head to a repair shop or even a salvage auction than the new owner’s home, depending on how bad the damage really is. Things certainly don’t look good in the video provided by WITN, at the very least. Making matters worse, Everette was also charged with reckless driving by the North Carolina Highway Patrol in addition to dealing with the expensive heartbreak of wrecking his car.

This Corvette went from zero to worthless in a split second. >> https://t.co/8zLokq4o3m pic.twitter.com/vYl9UQZY3y

— WITN Headlines (@WITN) August 23, 2021

Things can always be worse, of course, and Everette is lucky he didn’t crash into anyone else or get seriously injured himself. But just to be on the safe side, the next time we have a buyer lined up for one of our cars, we won’t be driving it anywhere.

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