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Originally Posted by toesuf94
No, just the GT-R sucks, because it is ugly and fails to deliver the advertised performance on the street without exploding the transmission.
Look at my sig and you will see that I am not a 'Merican only' supporter. I would respect the GT-R if it lived up to the hype without exploding. Yeah, they are fixing it for 2012 - too late for the cars that already blew up without warranty.
The C6-R is based on the ZR1...a car which is based on the ZO6...so you are splitting hairs there.
GM denies claims for abuse if a car is modified. (going to get flamed here, I know it) Nissan uses GPS and the car's black box to determine WHERE the car broke and what systems were engaged at the time of the failure. AND 99.999% of those claims have been denied and customers have had to fix the GT-R out of pocket. That sucks. Porsche does not do that. Ferrari does not do that...and to my knowledge, GM does not do that.
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I'm not just talking about you. But not all GT-R transmissions blow up-and again they didn't really blow up road racing, they blew up doing a 5000 rpm launch with AWD. That has been fixed by turning launch control down to a lower rpm. I don't think GM and Porsches have the technology in them to GPS the breakdown location, but it's very clear that the Corvette warranty does not apply if the car is raced or used on a racetrack (track days). It's just not accurate to say GT-Rs don't live up to the hype without exploding.
I just found a few stories with a simple search about GM warranties on Corvettes where a warranty was denied for a guy with 17k miles who's motor died at Watkins Glen and another who had a Z06 who had the computer make a mistake and blew the engine by running it to lean who got denied for racing with a 20k bill. There were others too but I didn't read on. If the dealer is fixing GM cars its because the owner chose not to be forthcoming about how it died. I'd expect that GPS will increase in usage and the GT-R just got there first.
Anyway- I've said my piece. Have fun.