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Originally Posted by sluflyer06
Why should he recieve more than he is due, at most it should be EITHER a new engine OR a 7yr/100k warranty. The whole people think they deserve more than they are owed like some kind of pain and suffering compensation is bogus.
They made a mistake, they should be obligated to do no more than to either warranty it for a long time or replace it.
Personally I would never ever be comfortable with the car again unless the engine was replaced completely.
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normal car, a new engine would be a good solution.
But this is not a normal car. It has the potential to become a collector's car in the future, in which a matching numbers engine would be worth money. Swapping out the engine in his car doesn't make him whole, because he won't be back where he started before their mistake. Potential future loss in value is not something that can be quantified, however, so it would be difficult to get them to agree to it. Even so, I would have that in the back of my mind throughout any negotiations and would still be pushing for some other solution.
And if they did do an engine swap, I would try to keep the original engine as well so that it could stay with the car and be rebuilt and reinstalled in the future should the matching numbers ever become an issue.