I have no idea if this is true (other than seeing the rental car article
posted earlier), but think of the implications for older cars in the
sport.... :)
Jamie
'92 Prelude Si (well past warranty, no tracking devices on board....)
'63 Suburban (computer? What's a computer?)
Speed Demon Racing
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr
----- Original Message -----
From: Rocky Entriken <rocky@tri.net>
> Here's a new one to me -- is this just urban legend or is it really
> happening?
>
> A driver in a Corvette Z06 came and ran his first event with us recently.
> Today he called me to ask that if our results would be posted on our
Region
> website, to please leave him out.
>
> The reason, he said, is that General Motors is reportedly surfing SCCA
> websites to see who is using their products in "racing" activities and
> voiding the warranties of those who do.
>
> I'd never heard of such a thing. My wife said she recalled a similar item
on
> some TV news show, that car and insurance companies were using the new
> tracking capabilities now available in some cars (Onstar?) to determine if
> drivers were exceeding speed limits or creating data showing hard
> acceleration/deceleration habits, and voiding warranties and insurance
> coverage.
>
> Is this real? Does anyone else know of this happening? If true, it is a
> disturbing thing that could impact our sport. I'd love to learn it is just
> Chicken Little running around again, but if the sky really is falling....
>
> --Rocky Entriken
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