"Good luck, Honda"

[Mikebrinda]

"Good luck, Honda"

http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...gt3-acura-nsx/

[peter123wallace]

Hahaha. Porsche are good at trolling

[rontammy0]

Every car company does this....doesnt matter if its an entry level civic....or the nsx.......people want to know about the competition and there is no better way then tearing down and beating on their product.

[DenverTaco07]

so porsche and mclaren are looking at black box data when cars go in for any service?

[GrandAmGT]

Originally Posted by DenverTaco07

so porsche and mclaren are looking at black box data when cars go in for any service?

That's probably the most interesting part of this article.

[BMR Sales]

Originally Posted by DenverTaco07

so porsche and mclaren are looking at black box data when cars go in for any service?

I'm sure Chevy does the same thing to try to renege on Warranties!

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by DenverTaco07

so porsche and mclaren are looking at black box data when cars go in for any service?

Well, not 'any' service (at least, you can't infer that from this article). The Porsche went in to get some recall work done on the engine. It was unspecified what the issue was with the McLaren but it looks like they had to take it in multiple times to fix something.

It makes absolute perfect sense that when there is a problem with the car, the dealer will pull as much diagnostic information from the car as possible & look for things that are out of whack. And so if you have a persistent (or multiple) issues with your McLaren (or any other car for that matter), and take it into a dealer for service ... why wouldn't you expect them to plug into the OBDII and download and and all data they can?

In the case of the Porsche, even though it went in because of a recall, the data can still be used to get more details about the causes and/or effects of the known issue so that it can be prevented or mitigated in future cars.

[BMR Sales]

Originally Posted by rontammy0

Every car company does this....doesnt matter if its an entry level civic....or the nsx.......people want to know about the competition and there is no better way then tearing down and beating on their product.

True! When I was a Test Driver for VW-Audi, there were always competitor cars in the shop and we would use them as Lead or Follow cars.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by BMR Sales

I'm sure Chevy does the same thing to try to renege on Warranties!

renege ... stopping people from scamming them out of free repairs ... same difference

[Thor142]

Chevy black boxes actually send all your data to the dealers via onstar (or whatever but I bet it's onstar.) My salesman used to call me and ask if I needed to buy more miles on my lease cause he kept getting notifications that based on monthly usage I was going to go over. He also said he hoped I was at a drag strip doing 118. If any of you think you even have a hint of anonymity or privacy left in this e-world you better be living in a cave with no contact to civilization

[rontammy0]

Originally Posted by BMR Sales

True! When I was a Test Driver for VW-Audi, there were always competitor cars in the shop and we would use them as Lead or Follow cars.

I see them coming in on trailers all the time....sometimes they use enclosed car haulers and other times they are open trailers for all to see. The enclosed are more for transporting our own new models from location to location before the public can see.

[CapeCruisin]

Originally Posted by Thor142

Chevy black boxes actually send all your data to the dealers via onstar (or whatever but I bet it's onstar.) My salesman used to call me and ask if I needed to buy more miles on my lease cause he kept getting notifications that based on monthly usage I was going to go over. He also said he hoped I was at a drag strip doing 118. If any of you think you even have a hint of anonymity or privacy left in this e-world you better be living in a cave with no contact to civilization

Hello, this is OnStar. We received reports from your Camaro that you were holding a 1.2G lateral turn when exiting the highway. We are calling you to make sure you wear your seatbelt next time. Thank you for choosing OnStar.

[Thor142]

Originally Posted by CapeCruisin

Hello, this is OnStar. We received reports from your Camaro that you were holding a 1.2G lateral turn when exiting the highway. We are calling you to make sure you wear your seatbelt next time. Thank you for choosing OnStar.

Hello this is Onstar we've received data that you've exceeded the posted speed limit by 40mph. We have disabled your vehicle and notified law enforcement for your own safety.
We could go on like this all day

[CapeCruisin]

Originally Posted by Thor142

Hello this is Onstar we've received data that you've exceeded the posted speed limit by 40mph. We have disabled your vehicle and notified law enforcement for your own safety.
We could go on like this all day

Lmaooo