> It's real. Happened to a friend of mine, & I was present (I helped him
tow).
> Details: service manager downloaded OBDII (or is it III?) from my friend's
'99
> Hardtop vette (not Z06). Data showed multiple overrevving events (a.k.a.
> "aggressive heel-toe downshifts" :-). Warranty denied on bent valve &
piston
> damage.
>
> During heated discussion, the assertion was (presumably informally) made
that
> GM warranty is meant to cover street use. If you take your car to the
limits
> in performance driving (not even racing), you're pretty much on your own.
If he did overrev the engine, and tried to get it covered under warranty, good
for GM, and no thanks to your friend for making it that much harder for the
rest of us to get legitimate claims handled. I'd call those "crappy heel-toe
downshifts".
KeS
|