Oh dear.
Earlier this morning, eight vintage Corvettes had an unfortunate encounter with a sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
https://twitter.com/NC5_AGhassemi/status/433628606191779841
More from Automotive News:
The sinkhole is estimated to be about 40 feet wide and 20 to 30 feet deep, the museum said in a statement.
Two of the vehicles — a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder and a 2009 ZR1 Blue Devil — were on loan from General Motors.
The other six vehicles, owned by the museum, included a 1962 black Corvette; 1984 PPG Pace Car; 1992 white 1-millionth Corvette; 1993 40th anniversary Corvette; 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06; and the 2009 1.5-millionth Corvette.
Pretty rough day for ‘Vette lovers.
https://twitter.com/NC5_AGhassemi/status/433628913458094081
https://twitter.com/NC5_AGhassemi/status/433628975349235712
https://twitter.com/NC5_AGhassemi/status/433636548278755329
https://twitter.com/NC5_AGhassemi/status/433637115314708480
Sigh. It’s probably better that way. The photos are bad enough. But video? Too painful. Cars.com is already having a hard enough time trying to terms with what’s happened:
We hate Drama & love Corvettes, so this pretty much broke our hearts. #sinkhole http://t.co/2jypCCWy4X pic.twitter.com/k68VOgYEpP
— Cars.com (@carsdotcom) February 12, 2014
Cars.com isn’t alone, though. Plenty of others are bummed about it, too:
NOOOO!!! 8 Corvettes fall into sinkhole at museum – this is one of them! http://t.co/ffYGpT6BLf @MitchJelniker pic.twitter.com/o68IAwsnMq
— Anica Padilla (@AnicaPadilla) February 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/JeffRochon/status/433658322244206592
Ugh. It hurts. http://t.co/YXEb516oIR
— Krafty Matt Kraft (@KraftyMattKraft) February 12, 2014
Noooooo! "@SkyNews: Corvettes Swallowed By Sinkhole At Car Museum http://t.co/lPuPygHT1Q" #fb
— Eileen Brown BSc (Hons.) Advisor. Speaker. (@eileenb) February 12, 2014
Whoa, whoa, whoa!!! This is my favorite car. this is awful! http://t.co/VbMknJdHlv
— michelle Lewis (@mdlewis22) February 12, 2014
It's a sad day today for Corvette fans…. 8 great Corvettes are gone. @corvettemuseum #sinkhole
— Alexi Kudej (@AKudej25) February 12, 2014
Sink hole at the corvette museum swallowed up 8 corvettes NOO ?
— TG (@TGMD16) February 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/megustadinero_/status/433656163771908096
And Corvette guy weeps… // Corvettes fall into sinkhole at National Corvette Museum http://t.co/AzBV6607Tp pic.twitter.com/YKfEkvxWL3
— RGS ツ (@RGS) February 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/jakeinky502/status/433603574061596672
Corvettes haven't been hurt this bad since the release of Corvette Summer. #movie #gold http://t.co/p1pcfqCa9V pic.twitter.com/06s4MFOnyN
— Scott Utterback (@Utterback13) February 12, 2014
Sniff.
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Update:
WOW! The Corvette Museum has released VIDEO of the sinkhole that swallowed their cars: http://t.co/jB4424Z0GU
— WXYZ Detroit (@wxyzdetroit) February 12, 2014
Yeesh.