Hi,

If you do ONE launch and something breaks - no warranty. They are pretty clear on it in the correspondence. I see what you are saying, if you abuse the hell out of it, why should Nissan pay?

But if I spend 160k on a Japanese supercar - I want to drive the tits off of it. I especially want to be able to replicate within reason the quoted times that would sway me to purchase the car in the first place.

Cheers,
Nik

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Kato, a few years back guys were stunned when they rocked up at Holden dealers with car issues only to be told to fuck off nicely.

Holden was paying staff at drag racing meets and track days to log rego's and chasis numbers - these were then inputted into a database which voided warranty.

Why - the cars were sold with a no motorsport clause - as they are road cars accoring to Holden.

Very very sure Subaru has the same deal too. Just because they are nice and will do it doesnt mean they HAVE to.

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Definitely agree with that.

35 GTR has quite a strict bed in period for the gearbox and engine prior to any normal/aggressive driving is undertaken. Take from that what you will, but having been on a number of exotic forums based in USofA, there's quite the number of Muppets with money (i.e. most likely couldn't drive a stick up a butt hole). HOWEVER my old 996 Turbo copped quite a belting and drove the same as the day i bought it when it left my possession. When built to a budget somethings always gotta give!

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Has the guy actually stated what he has done with the car prior to the gearbox going? I read they plugged in went off with the data and then came back saying 'no dice'. Of course after that they will stand by their warranty clauses (which is the same for every car manufacturer).

Any car that has any item break due to driver's input not a defect will never be covered under warranty whether you drive a Getz or a Rolls Royce. This guy has obviously beaten up on the car and is now thinking its the manufacturers fault.

Now if the gearbox shattered the first time you tried to launch a GT-R... Different story. But this isn't happening, so I don't see what the hoo-haa is.

They sure do, which is why it is best to be honest when talking to the mechanics. It's pretty easy to tell how something has failed.

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The liklihood is that he has driven it hard, but there's nothing in the letter to suggest that. So for all we know, theses boxes are piss weak and he's blown it on his first aggressive launch?

Edit: OK just read the guys post on forum

Hi,

He says he's launched it 20 times, but he isn't the only one on there mate. The most recent bloke who is starting the class action claims his failed under normal driving.

I guess time will tell.

Cheers,
Nik

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I don;t think Nissan should be selling a car with an advertised feature that voids warranty.

LC is not an advertised feature. Not turning off the VDC is.

Performance specifications are not in the brochure, but only from other sources.

It is very easy to tell the difference between a fault caused by a driver and a fault caused by the manufacturer.

I still fail to see what the problem is.

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agree, why quote those times if they can't be achieved without voiding the warranty?? Perhaps Subaru should write down 0-100 in 4s (if you wind up the boost which voids the warranty), marketing gimmick if u ask me

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