OT: Take ford, one bullet and a foot

[repenttokyo]

the Evo is a factory race car. To expect owners to not race it on a track or drag strip is ridiculous. can you imagine the same prohibition for Corvettes?

Yes, there were in the act photos, that's how they documented the racing - photos posted to web forums. It wasn't just 'it's on the internet so it's true"....

Here is an article describing how warranties were voided for participating in AUTOCROSS events!


http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...FREE/407050725

Companies will do anything to avoid paying up.

Interestingly, Ford takes the opposite stance:

One rare exception is track day events organized, sponsored and sanctioned by the national Ford SVT Owners’ Association and local Ford/SVT dealers. Owners bring their cars, and the association and participating dealers agree to cover any mechanical failures brought on by normal track use.

"Owners can participate in the instructional days without automatically voiding their warranties," says Ford Performance Vehicles spokesman Alan Hall. "Obviously if they abuse it [the car] on the track, or there’s a part that breaks due to aggressive driving, that will not be covered under warranty. But your warranty will not be voided across the board by just participating in that event. We don’t automatically void a warranty unless above-normal abuse is shown on a vehicle."

[Ross]

The statement by Ford you quote is pretty ambiguous.
"above normal abuse" WTF would that be? And certainly no aggressive driving on a racetrack.
Selling a car by touting it's performance capabilities is great, paying for the associated failures when that performance is tapped is a less agreeable consequence.
Warranty wording often excludes the very acts depicted in the advertising that sells the product.
This has been so forever.
Just a tip for those inclined to track days etc. Polish your windows! Otherwise, when some dust settles on your car the image of shoe polish markings on the windows can reappear.