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08-21-2012, 07:10 PM | #29 |
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The funny thing is 3 Subaru Dealers I went to made sure to tell me the car can fit 4 race tires and a helmut.
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I never had an issue with my turbo tC and warranty issues. And the dealer loves my FR-S. Every time I go in they ask whats new on it
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I called Scion of USA and asked them if my warranty would be voided if I track and not race the car. They said any high speed on the race track event would void it. I asked what if its on an open airfield, they said would void it. I called the service where I bought the car, they confirmed the same thing.
The manual says that the car has a black box that records everything. It is accessible by the dealer, police, and insurance companies!!! For various reason, including claims like car just decided to accelerate full throttle forward or in reverse, etc, etc. |
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The "black box" issue really bothers me. It's a huge slap in the face to owners. It's like saying "Sure we will sell you a sports car, but if you drive it like a sports car don't come looking to us when it breaks." I guess we just have to think about it the same way as a motorcycle. Don't take it to the track if you can't afford to replace it.
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Agreed 100%. They even advertise the trunk space designed such that you can fit four tires for your trackday, along with all your track gears! But buyer beware !
In my experience the only brand that stands behind their cars when tracked is Porsche. They say their cars were made to participate in track events (not racing), especially the ones organized by the Porsche Club of America. I have even witnessed the dealer send out a mechanic to the track to fix a Porsche when it broke down under warranty, just so he could continue with his trackday and get his fun out of the day!!!
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bump for the scion part. if they were to add some clause in regarding voiding your warranty for autoX or tracking, would we have to be notified or could they just change it on the fly and screw us later?
Anyone know someone or a story of anyone who has ever run across this problem? more interested in tracking as opposed to autoX but still want to be safe. |
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Finding this thread made me sort of sad. I've owned a few sport cars in the past, but have never tracked any of them. Now that I bought a BRZ last week, I was really looking forward to tracking it at least once. After this thread, I'm not so sure anymore
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Has anyone actually had this experience with Subaru? I used to autocross with a salesman an occasionally the service advisors from the dealership I was using would come to events. Their unwritten policy was "if it fails because of the event, you're on your own." I never had issues getting warranty work(albeit mostly HVAC related).
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Also, EDRs record only a couple of seconds of data, not years worth. It's meant to help if there was a crash, not to spy on what the driver is doing. |
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Most service dignostics, do the diagnostics as routine. Not aware of any regulations that spells out they need permission to perform their diagnostic when you hand them your car to diagnose. Let's say, there is such a thing as asking for your permission, and let's say you just turned in a major warranty claim for them to fix, and your answer to them asking for your permission was "no".... I imagine I don't need to explain where your warranty claim goes from here...
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