> states on page 4 of the warrantee paperwork ANY racing will void the total
not correct, the Z06 Warranty books Page 8 says:
DAMAGED CAUSED as the result of any of the following in not covered:
- misuse of the vehicle such as driving over curbs, overloading, racing, or
other competition.
- etc.
the big word here is "DAMAGED CAUSED". They will have to prove that the
autocrossing was the caused of her car damage. Given that they can say NO, so
a complaint with BBB, your state consumers affair and a complaint against the
dealer in your local court would be more than appropriatte to defend your
rights.
Hope it helps.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Z06Vetteran@aol.com
To: autox@autox.team.net
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:09:33 EDT
Subject: Fwd: Z06/Big Brother
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> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:20:32 EDT
> Subject: Z06/Big Brother
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> This is from a Vette forum and is probably what got the Big Brother thread
> started:
>
> <<Dear Dave Hill,
>
> Congratulations on the 1,2 finish at La Mans! The Heartbeat of America is
> truly strong. After watching many hours of the race on Sunday I couldnbt
> wait
> till I could jump into my own super car, strap myself in and roar on down the
> highway toward winning that checker flag in my mind. But no, I had to wait.
> Honey-do-stuff you know. The whole day gone. And here I sat with testosterone
> running down my leg. But it was only going to get worse. Monday setting at a
> light in downtown Tempe, Arizona. The MIL, check eng. light, came on and the
> car had a faint rocking feel to it. Within a short amount of time the light
> started flashing and the vibration became more pronounced and the car started
> shaking like hell.
>
> Fortunately I was close to home so I headed straight their. At this time my
> Z06 has only has 4000 miles on it. First thing I did was connect the ATAP to
> read codes. Misfiring on 2 & 7 hole. Checked plugs and wires with no
> improvement. On Wednesday I had it taken to Chapman Chevrolet for service
> five minutes from my house. I was told that it would be done Monday lat
> afternoon. On Friday of that same week a good friend of mine who also has a
> Z06 started having a terrible knocking sound in her car. I told her that I
> just took mine to Chapman so she had hers towed their. I showed up Monday
> (Day 5) and was told that it wasnbt done yet. But by 3 oclock we should have
> something. No calls on Monday so on Tuesday, (Day 6) morning I showed up to
> see where we were and was told that they were going to have to OPEN her up.
> They donbt know why it has a dead #7 hole. Obviously not, because they
> forgot
> about #2 hole also. Again I was told late this afternoon we should have the
> answers. Now on to my friends Z-car.
>
> It only has 3700 miles on it and they think it has a spun bearing though they
> are not sure. But here is the beginning of the story that is going to prove
> most interesting. She calls to tell me that Mark Harris the Chevrolet Area
> Manager is voiding her warrantee because it has been used for auto crossing.
> And Chevrolet knows that it is true because they have been monitoring
> Internet club sites like NCCC and NASA and been downloading race results that
> are being posted. He also said it didnbt matter how the car was marketed it
> states on page 4 of the warrantee paperwork ANY racing will void the total
> warrantee of the car. On top of that, he said that Chevrolet was going to
> make and example out of her by starting to enforce the NO RACE RULE. Forget
> the advertising you put out about the car, forget the news releases to USA
> Today quoting you say,b a car for the street, show and stripb , and even
> forget the video that was in my glove compartment that tells me how to set up
> your car for racing. What I really hear you saying now is b you let the beast
> out and you are screwedb . Since I didnbt hear anything on Tuesday and
> after
> talking to my friend I was starting to sweat. What if they pull the same
> thing on me?
>
> On Wednesday (Day 7) I went I went to Chapman only this time I snuck into the
> top secret service area 51, only to find that I had been lied to. They
> hadnbt
> opened it up. Fuel rail covers were off, injectors were partially
> disconnected and exhaust was lose. There was a tech working on another car
> that said they stopped working on my car because they got word from outside
> the dealership. My service rep said that the head of the Corvette platform
> himself, was dispatching two GM engineers to look at both cars. Is that true
> Dave?
>
> So now itbs Day 8 and still nothing. No problem being solved, no technicians
> feverishly working to fix something, no car running and NO HAPPY CUSTOMER.
> Just a yella Chevy with bird crap all over it. So what would you do? I looked
> up the phone number for a towing company and the local police. Drove down to
> the dealership and had them put the exhaust back up and load it up on the
> wagon and put it in my carriage. BROKENb&I donbt know why I thought I might
> need the police, maybe it was to keep me from taking hostages or killing
> someone, webll never know. Ibm sure my problem will eventually sort itself
> out but there is a much bigger problem for all of us. Let your mind run free
> and expound on the No Race Rule, The little Black Box and the GM Police
> prowling the Internet. Scary ainbt it. Say it isnbt so Daveb&
>
> Sincerely;
> Cheater Gone, but not for long. >>
> B B
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