Dealers may not but it's fairly well known, at least in the VW world, that
VWoA like to peruse club sites and even carshows to collect info on who
has what done to their cars. You can imagine what they would use such
info for when Johnny 1.8T makes a claim that his turbo blew up (while
unbeknownst to VW Johnny was running 578psi boost...)
-Adam
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Kenneth Allan Mitchell wrote:
> Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 17:35:02 -0700
> From: Kenneth Allan Mitchell <nokones@kenmitchell.com>
> To: "Miller, Reginald R." <reginald.miller@unisys.com>
> Cc: "Team. Net (E-mail)" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>,
> "Bill Fleig (E-mail)" <Fleigb@aol.com>,
> Harold Olsen <holsen1093@aol.com>,
> "Ken & Patti Yeo (E-mail)" <kpcmptrs@jps.net>
> Subject: Re: FW: Website
>
> C'Mon, I find it hard to believe that Dealers are looking on the various
> websites for the very small percentage of their customers that would be
> autocrossing a Subaru. Also, I don't believe that a dealer has the
> authority to cancel a manufacturer's warranty. They may not have to
> honor it. Only the manufacturer can void the warranty.
>
> How can a dealer assume that a competitor is autocrossing the very same
> car that is under warranty or even if the car is actually his own. The
> website results do not list the VIN or license plate numbers, nor does
> it list the registered and/or legal owners of the vehicle so how can a
> dealer determine anything at all based on the little information on a
> website. Also, how can a Dealer based any determination on who are their
> customers or the cars they sold to an autocrosser based on the little
> information on the website. The competitor can always say he was
> co-driving somebody else's car.
>
> I vote for no, do not allow the competitor to change or hide any
> competitor's information on the website. This gotta be a bunk rumor
> started somewhere. Next Farmer's or any other large Insurance Carrier
> will be checking all the websites throughout the country looking for
> their insureds to see if they are autocrossing or not, Yah right.
>
> "Miller, Reginald R." wrote:
> >
> > Anybody care to comment on what appears to be going on with Subaru?
> > Reference the email I received below.
> >
> > Ray Miller BSP # 197
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Miller, Reginald R.
> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:02 PM
> > To: Miller, Reginald R.
> > Subject: FW: Website
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----
> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 11:49 AM
> > To: Miller, Reginald R.
> > Subject: Website
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm not sure if you are the right person to talk to or not, but I'm hoping
> > to get in touch with someone that could either remove, or change my name on
> > the website under the solo II standing and results for 2001/2002. I've been
> > hearing more and more about Subaru dealerships (especially XXXXXXXX) totally
> > voiding customer warranties if their cars have been run in Solo II even
> > once. Sort of odd since Subaru of America gives owners a free SCCA
> > membership upon purchase of the cars, AND offers $500 to anyone that places
> > with a Subaru. In any case, I don't want to increase that risk by having my
> > name splattered all over the XXXXXXXXX SCCA website. :)
> >
> > Could I perhaps use an alias on the board?? Any help you could provide
> > would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
>
> --
> Kenneth Allan Mitchell
> mailto:nokones@kenmitchell.com
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