This months C&D has an article on guys who own Mitsubishi EVOs. Seems that Mitsubishi has been monitoring the EVO forums and have been denying warranty repair on people who have publicly stated they are racing them. How bad does that suck:mj:
Interesting article in Car and Driver
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They can only do that if they can (A) associate a name with a forum ID, and (2) prove that the car has been raced. Who's to say a person is "bragging" that they're racing when they really aren't.
They also check SCCA Autocross results pages to put actual names with cars.
THOSE GUYS SUCK!!!!!!!
THEY BUILD A FAST CAR AND THEN TELL YOU NOT TO RACE IT?
THEY BUILD A FAST CAR AND THEN TELL YOU NOT TO RACE IT?
that is some evil shit!
I have a friend with an EVO....they have a harder time getting warranty work than we do. :nonono:
The sadder thing is, they are now trying to go the hyundia/kia route and offer 100k warranty, which includes the 2004+ evo's however many of the evo owners have already laffed at that worthless peice of paper. Mitshu will blame problems on anything. Your tail light could go out and they will say it was from to many hard stops causing the light to short circuit.
I wonder where I heard that before. :idea:
Same go's for the Subaru WRX or STI....they give you a membership to the SCCA and if you race the car,your warranty is done. :nonono:
Yep, they probably got their bend over and spread'em training from Ford/SVT.
Re: Troublesome
from what I understand, the SVT Track Days is one of the few "factory sanctioned" racing programs that won't void your warranty..
from what I understand, the SVT Track Days is one of the few "factory sanctioned" racing programs that won't void your warranty..
Re: Troublesome
Supposedly the dealer that is sponsoring the event has a deal with Ford Corp to warranty any damage done during that particular race day.
Supposedly the dealer that is sponsoring the event has a deal with Ford Corp to warranty any damage done during that particular race day.
Actually, I read they will do warranty work as long as there is no evidence of "abuse." Nice little loophole don't you think?
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Hard time... that's rich... :beer:
dat sucksss...but racing or not, if the car is not moded does that not give the warranty leeway to be applicable on a repair, i mean shit...if the manufacturers really cared that much why do they ever let a motor hit redzone instead of governing it at a pussy rpm...
and wasnt there someone else who said that roush or someone was using these forums for proof for a voided warranty..
Damn, going through on-line forums to find dirt so they can void your warranty is pretty harsh.
It's probably costing them more to do this "research" than it would be to just fix the cars.
Although, I'm starting to wonder about the accuracy of some stuff from Car and Driver. Take a look at the new Vette review. They have some comparison charts where they include an SVT Cobra.
According to their charts, our Cobra's:
- Cost $40,000
- Take 179 feet to stop from 70
- Have a skidpad rating of 0.85 (worse than a Mustang GT)
I'm pretty sure the real numbers are, $34,599 cost, 168 feet braking, and 0.90 skidpad.
It's probably costing them more to do this "research" than it would be to just fix the cars.
Although, I'm starting to wonder about the accuracy of some stuff from Car and Driver. Take a look at the new Vette review. They have some comparison charts where they include an SVT Cobra.
According to their charts, our Cobra's:
- Cost $40,000
- Take 179 feet to stop from 70
- Have a skidpad rating of 0.85 (worse than a Mustang GT)
I'm pretty sure the real numbers are, $34,599 cost, 168 feet braking, and 0.90 skidpad.
okay thats nuff said there...there is a reason why one mustang is called the Cobra and the other is the GT....they wouldnt just slap on the same suspension better yet get a worse skidpad rating
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