Somebody needs to explain to me how the salesman in the back seat could be responsible for this one...

Its been very dry here in the northeast and wet roads after long periods of dry weather are very slick. Think about it - there are several weeks of oil, ATF and antifreeze on the roads (not everybody maintains cars like we do) and now you get a nice coat of water on the road.

I'm intrigued by tkaymas explanations about the cause of the accident. Why not blame the other driver for blocking the road when the Subaru went out of control? How about blaming us all for driving fossil fuel burning cars that cause global warming causing climate changes that bring long periods of drought? Either would be only slightly less silly than trying to blame the salesman in the back seat.

The driver should pay for all damages to both cars - he was the person who should have evaluated the driving conditions (rain, never been on the road, never driven the car before, distracting salesman making inance comments, ect, ect) and modified his driving style to take into account the factors in play at the moment. Of course in our current culture the person with the deepest pockets is pretty much always the person that is deemed to be at fault. I suspect the dealer will end of paying for this one.