C6 Z06 blown engine not covered by warranty

[deebo]

the only think i could think of to this being any way similar to a gt-r at all, is that both cars failed because of a faulty design.
which happens with about every car.

in this case of the vette, it seems the driver was at fault, rather than the car itself; which is how the gt-r was. more car related than driver

[TORQDSS]

Sidewinder… you really are dumb.

I know it’s the same guy because of his screen name, not to mention the fact that he told me he posted that thread or that he had paint work done… which we said we would fix for free and he declined our offer.

I don’t get how it’s difficult to understand that when you drive a car on a racetrack and then blow it up because you don’t know how to drive it won’t be covered under warranty. Even if he had been driving the car on the street there is such a thing as “abuse” so if people beat the shit out of their cars GM can still cover their ass… just like every single other manufacturer. Even your precious Nissan.

The guy has been the track (Watkins) probably a dozen times since he bought the car, the first was within the first 3000 miles of the cars life… he’s lucky it lasted this long.

[ultradriver10000]

@alpha earl

whats the point of having 500-600whp if you cant use it?

500whp certainly is not usable on any streets in the united states

so basically the warranty is there for all the men who are having a middle age crisis and only drive the car for the looks and not the perfomance

if your going to sell a car with 500whp you should make it perform at that level and not worry about it breaking and honor the warranty that comes along with it, if your not willing to do that then sell 100whp econo slushbox cars and be done with it

I use my 500+ whp car on the street all the time. I use my acceleration to the fullest.

[Bsp_TC]

@MPD47

Uhh yeah, that’s called marketing.

This is why JDM humping kids shouldn’t be allowed on the internet.

I suppose if he balled it up at the track, his insurance should cover it too?

Or if he miss-shifted, GM should buy him an engine?

Or if he was at a track like Streets of Willow or Shenandoah as was getting airborne causing their to be brief moments of oil starvation they should cover the bearings?

It’s called wear and tear, at your own risk. Everything isnt handed to you on a silver platter, you have to work for your shit, and cover your own losses. Sorry there are no bailouts for everyone. I repeat, NO ONE covers track use, NO ONE.

I love Shenandoah got the chance to race there a few times this summer. I love having a track 10 minutes from my house.

[Blue_Eyed_Devil]

Actually if you ball it up at a driving school your insurance is supposed to cover it.
I however would not want to test this theory.

[Fry]

@BigRon

Actually 3,850 and with my fat ass much more. I was saying in the lineage of Datsun and other Z cars which were light weight cars, the new Z is a little chucky. A 2 door 2 seater that is 3,350.

As for the Cadi it has and never will be a light weight sports car.
How did a CTS-V get brought into a Vette vs GTR comparison?

Also I know it is not called a Skyline any more, but I would I would still say that is the lineage for the current GTR.
Even Nissan makes the tie to the previous generations:
http://www.gtrnissan.com/item.en.us.html?id=GT-R_FirstDetails_en_us&type=press
“Nissan is today also confirming the final name of the car. Previous generations of this car were known as the Skyline GT-R; the new name for this car is simply “Nissan GT-R” in all global markets.”

Meh. The Spec-V Sentra isn’t much of a skyline. Granted Nissan marketing didn’t try to make the tie, but still.

@nitroinsane

What, can’t nyspeed ever have nice things

Well, now it’s the winter. As for the last 10 months, I dunno. Too many people that suck driving out the intelligent?

@MPD47

corkscrew dick.

:lol: Sounds like a reasonable custom title.

@TORQDSS

Track driving = NOT covered under any circumstance
People who scream profanities = NOT covered under any circumstance

Further proof that you can’t buy class…

@TORQDSS

you’re both right, you can’t fix stupid.

One of my Grandpa’s management philosophies was “Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever.”

@Jagermeister

:bush:

:lol:

@Blue Eyed Devil

I didn’t read this whole thread but, thanks to the black box in Vettes you will never get warranty coverage, even if you lie. Little brother knows everything you do.:snky:

Really? That sucks.

Ah well, no car company can afford to warranty a track car. Way too risky. But that doesn’t mean that they can’t market it as having track-worthy performance.

Didn’t Subaru give out a 1 year SCCA membership with WRX’s the first year or something? But not warranty track damage?

[Bacon]

Yes they did, I still had the card to fill out in my WRX. With a bolded disclaimer saying they’ll void your warranty for damage while racing.

[TrueBlue]

They market shotguns to have true knock-down power, too. But don’t expect them to come rush to your aid if you blast a dude and not a deer :mamoru:

[Harvey]

@MPD47

And the first thing you’ll learn about going to the track.

Never take a car you cant ball up into a wall and walk away from.

I was hoping to never learn that one :grouphug:

[Blue_Eyed_Devil]

Fry,
Vettes have had black boxes for years. OnStar is another way little brother can monitor your driving habits.

[Fry]

@Blue Eyed Devil

Fry,
Vettes have had black boxes for years. OnStar is another way little brother can monitor your driving habits.

Lovely. Have these played a part in many warranty claims?

[Blue_Eyed_Devil]

Not that I know of but, they have in court cases, so…

[66impalass]

@Blue Eyed Devil

Not that I know of but, they have in court cases, so…

There are a few cases that it has. I don’t know specifically in the case of vetter/onstar, but the black box has ratted out a couple BMW people.

[boardjnky4]

I don’t really see the correlation between warranty and track driving being dependent on each other. I think it is MORE than reasonable to sell a car that is track worthy but not warrantied under such circumstances. It is the sort of abuse that takes A LOT of maintenance to keep the car healthy. Even if maintained flawlessly, track driven drivetrains/suspensions just will not last as long as their sunday driven couterparts. dmoffit seems like the kinda guy that takes great mechanical care of his cars, and he blew the motor in his Z this past year. A 6 year 60,000 mile drivetrain warranty is designed to cover a street driven car, not a race car.

[ultradriver10000]

Where is this so called black box? Is it part of the ECU? I want it out of my car. lol

I know they sell a valet thing for vettes, that you plug into your OBD 2 port that will tell you the max speed, and is the traction control was turned off etc.

Does this just pull off the box or does it have its own memory and store the live info there?

This is interesting, I’d like to hear more about them. It reminds me of that rental car company that would give you tickets for speeding in their cars!

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[upstateclipse]

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[deebo]

lol i thought the movie was terrible, but the book was amazing, there’s so many things you can relate now to that book, its scary

[MPD47]

Hmmm, I wonder who I’m going to listen to… this guy:

Or the kid who clearly plays to many video games and has a hard on for the GTR:

edit: rofl, since idiotboy took the photo down, here it is rehosted.

[TORQDSS]

MPD, you are officially my hero.

(That’s Chuck… in my car)

EDIT: You meant to say… “I’ll listen to this guy:”

[MPD47]

I just searched your name and burnout as I remembered someone heating em up at Dunnville SIQQQQ