Just found my right front strut blown. It's leaking oil all over the damn place. ugggg!! I hope my car gets here soon!

 

Thats what you get for racing.

 

lol thats what the dealers say! lol! Car was never raced.

 

is it from the mishap?

 

Most likely... That would be the only thing that I would think would cause it to go out, but that side wasn't even the side that got hit the hardest.. lol

 

Just curious, did you go with the Jetta?

 

Haven't officially got one yet...still working on deciding.

 

Your kidding right? You told me you raced at least twice already.

 

I never raced the car at the track hard till after they decided to do what they did.

It doesn't matter anyways, Nissan sucks.

 

humm..i don't think you can say this here

 

Correction, Nissan Service Sucks.

 

puahhaha

 

You did too race it, I saw you! How'd you bust that motor mount?? Oh, Niiiisssaaaaann!!!

 

ooooohhh man, sucks to be you.....but I like jettas, so get one......haha...... or get a bimmer....

 

Russ the tech saw you at the track. You mean you 1/2 azzed the other times?

I give up man.

 

Russ - you haven't decided yet? I thought you had already signed the papers and were just waiting for the car to come in

I still think you should get a 2k2 6spd

Why spend tons of extra cash and risk having the warranty void again by modding the crap out of a VW to run low-14's when you could do it in the 2k2 6spd stock!

 

Its my understanding he said he raced a lot of 4th gens and walked them... also my understanding he goes to the track..

 

The service manager and many other people that work at the dealer have modded cars. They will even mod your car for you. That is how good some VW dealers are. I have not signed papers yet, just waiting for the car to get here first.

 

Who gives a crap about racing on the street, that is not against any laws of Nissan. They saw me at the track, that goes against the policy of the owners manual there.

If I spend damn 26k on a car, I don't like to be told how I treat my own damn car. They just need to fix the problems. Lexus would never do this, Honda, Pontiac (hate to say), and many others.

 

Looks like you have a great local dealership then.

I've heard an awful lot of dealership horror stories from Vortex, and Edmunds Town Hall to be very leary about VW.

 

i heard vw FLIPS if you chip a car. and audi does too.

 

I'm not sure where you get your information, but it seems to be opposite all that I've ever heard about VW's. However, I haven't done extensive research, so I won't claim omniscience on this.

Also, I think its fairly ignorant to imagine that a dealer will just "fix the problems" without regard to how you treat your "own damn car." The way you treat your car is key to a dealership honoring a warranty (read the warranty...it is in writing). If a Lexus reflected significant wear-and-tear after less than one year of onwership, you can bet your a$$ that the service dept. would raise some red flags. It just happens that there aren't many Lexus drivers, comparably, who shred their cars on the road, with modifications, or on the track. That dealership is perfectly within their rights to claim that a car's damage was due to owner-error rather than "natural causes."

If you want to race your car, modify your car, etc., etc., it is pretty much universally accepted that you better have a good relationship with the service department of your local dealership in advance of that behavior to ensure that problems like you're experiencing do not surface.

 

 

Russ buddy old pal, if you're going to mod your car and want to keep the warranty I've got three letters for you TRD. That's the only option I see. Pay out the nose for the TRD stuff.

It doesn't sound like you know who did what wrong. The warranty states, you race, you lose your warranty. Pretty simple to me. Did you race the car? It doesn't sound like you've decided if you have yet or not. LOL...

As for the VW, which car are you waiting for? I'm curious.

My sister had 91 GTI, it had 10 pieces (I counted them) missing from the exterior of the car, they just fell off, one broken door handle (the metal broke in half) and was blowing blue smoke by 100,000 miles. The drivers side seat would move 1/2" in every direction yet every bolt I could get to was bolted down tight. However the car was fun to drive, peppy, cornered nice. She put $2000 into it in 3 years. The newer ones are better but I'd be concerned. Better have a good rep with the service guy's.

As always Russ, I'd recommend getting a 3 year old reliable type car. Honda, Toyota , Nissan. They're cheaper yet reliable plus you can mod the heck out of them and not worry about the warranty. Or if your set on a new one lease has your name written all over it.

Wizeguy

 

From new 1/4 mile times to ***-whooping of Mustangs, I think it's fair to say he's raced.

Of course, may be we need his definition of racing.

 

He hasn't hit the NASCAR circuit yet...so, really, he has never raced his car.

 

ya let's leave russ alone, most of us here race our cars, go to the strip, ect.. and if nissan voided your warranty you'd be ****ed too.

 

Since when is NASCAR racing?

 

Just a bunch of guys turning left if you ask me.

 

Watch some of the touring car racing on Speedvision (aka Speed Channel)...you will see some real racing. Anything on a road course with more than 2 BIIIGGGGG u-turns!!!

Strip racing, different subject...

 

Yah I'd be upset, however know the warranty conditions. Besides Russ has a long history with breaking Nissan's. From, engine replacements to tranny's. I think Nissan has done plenty to help him out, now would rather just get rid of him. Oh he's done a number on an F-body too.

Russ always has interesting posts. I'll give him that.

Wizeguy

 

Oh you mean the Nascar Channel? Seeing as that's all they have on it now. *grumble*

Stereodude

 

off topic, but what's with the lumina picture stereodude?

 

That's what I drive. My Max is at the dealer, but my bank is f'ing around with the wire transfer to the dealer (they already screwed it up the first time) so yeah...

Stereodude

 

Whoever is under the delusion that Nissan or any dealer will fix a car that has been raced (and worse yet, witnessed by the dealer to be raced) is an idiot. They forfeit the obligation of Nissan or the dealership to do anything to that vehicle. It's in writing. But that requires effort to educate yourself on how warranties are issued.

Russ is hung up on the notion that a warranty saves him from his own, IMHO, stupidity of racing a vehicle in the first place. They weren't designed to be raced and the dealer isn't going to bend over and take it up the butt to support Russ's racing habit.

That being said, Russ got screwed by Nissan on the 2k autotragic, and his (I believe) 98 engine blow because of water in the intake was legitimate. The dealer has been stupid, which has made Russ bitter. Also, Russ has admitted to racing the vehicle (even though he has distorted the truth at the beginning of this thread only to then admit he had raced without really admitting he raced in the first place) which has made the dealer bitter.

Regardless, Russ should probably part ways with Nissan and go somewhere else. The question is, where? Unless he went with the IS300 and a dealer installed blower I'm clueless as to what else he could do that would get his butt kissed by a dealer for abusing the vehicle.....

 

Russ could jump ship to Acura and get a CL-S 6spd! Acura dealerships are starting to carry aftermarket parts from Comptech and I think even AEM (intakes) as well and you can get them installed at the time of purchase (or even after) and still have the full factory warranty too.

That includes the *drum roll* Comptech Supercharger which is due to be released in just a short while now too.

 

At least they were kind enough to expand their WRC coverage. Too bad the announcer is some monster truck reject...

 

Put it on mute

 

Well, let me remind ya the dealer only saw my car stock. They never saw it modded. They just had one of there guys say they saw me, and it went from there. Happened on my 98, 2k, and now 2k1. I am ticked with Nissan, so I am leaving them.

VW = Neuspeed is covered under warranty, its a german part manufacture.

 

Neuspeed ain't german. They're based in SoCal...