Big brother knows all.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
To: "Jon Wennerberg" <jonw@up.net>
Cc: "LSR list (E-mail)" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: Life insurance
> Jon, I think I have the answer to your question. Last month, after our
local
> Corvette club meeting, a friend recounted this tale over a brew at the
local
> Pub.... He had been racing his 2001 Z06 at a local "open track" event, and
the
> car lost oil pressure. He trailered it to the local Chevy dealership,
described
> the problem, and dropped the car off. The next day, the GM District Rep.
called &
> said his warrenty was void because he had been racing his car. He charged
down to
> the Chevy dealer and confronted the guy with the question "how do you know
what I
> do with this car?" Then the real shocker: The GM guy opened his briefcase
and
> produced a loose-leaf binder with all of Steve's racing results for the
past
> couple of years!!!!!!!!! Steve asked him where he got all that & the
answer was
> "we have people that do nothing but search the internet for race results"
To make
> a long story short, he went through Corporate & got his car fixed.
Meanwhile,
> another fellow at the table (he had recently blown up his Z06 in a
high-speed
> autocross) chimed in & said he had run into the same thing!! After taking
his car
> to the Dealership he too was later contacted & told his warrenty was void.
He
> eventually made a deal to pay for 1/2 the cost of the repairs. Point here
is he
> too was "caught" by the "internet police" So don't blame SCTA or USFRA if
you get
> caught being a "racer" by your insurance company, blame it on the company
"spies"
> Try this experiment: Go to the search engine Google and type in your first
& last
> name. Hit "enter" and be prepared to be surprised!
> Ed
>
> Jon Wennerberg wrote:
>
> > This morning John, my life insurance agent, stopped by the office with a
new
> > form to fill out -- about racing. Seems the insurance co. has somehow
found
> > out that I race, and this form lists things like which sanctioning body,
> > speeds attained/expected, and so on. It asks which performance driving
> > schools I've attended, where I race, and so on -- even a question about
how
> > long is the race course?
> >
> > John assures me that he didn't tell the ins. co. that I race -- so my
> > question is: Have any of you run across this type of form before?
How'd I
> > get busted? USFRA/ECTA/SCTA don't sell the mailing lists to the
insurance
> > folks, do they? (No, I didn't expect so...)
> >
> > I did show him some photos, including one of Keith and the So-AL car.
Maybe
> > that was my mistake.
> >
> > By the way, in reference to the "new parts" thread now running on the
> > list -- a stoker crank will be my Christmas present, Nancy informs me.
> > Better, though, was her comment after the bike was made non-streetable.
She
> > said "Now you're going to have to get another bike to ride ON the
street."
> > See why I love her?
> >
> > Jon #436 1350 M/PS/G
> > Marquette, Michigan
> > (that's way up north)
>
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