Gee. And General Motors is wondering why their market share is now down
below 20%. Go figure.
>From: Z06Vetteran@aol.com
>Reply-To: Z06Vetteran@aol.com
>To: autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Fwd: Z06/Big Brother
>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:09:33 EDT
>
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>From: Z06Vetteran@aol.com
>Full-name: Z06Vetteran
>Message-ID: <55.175e1037.286548e0@aol.com>
>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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