No offence dear sir, but my selling dealer knew I was going to run this and they ENCOURAGED it, nobody ever said "don't do it". Even some people at Mitsubishi said to do it and have fun and to, "..kick the WRX guys butts," so now what?

Also, I am sorry, but you say it is "okay" to beat the crap out of your car on the street and then expect warranty, but if I drive it at a lower level of use at an event I am stuck? Sorry, that is just not making sense. Doing clutch drops and stop light drag racing is more abusive than any of what my car may or may not have seen.

 

The One Lap is just a few laps around a track (between 2 and 6) and then normal highway driving. That is my point, there was hardly any on track use.

 

I think every manufacturer's warranty is void once you race. This isn't just a "Mitsubishi" thing.

You race, you lose your warranty. Simple as that.

 

What exactly broke? Also, the more public these warranty battles are, the less chance Mitsy will accommodate you. How can they publicly acknowledge the race entry and then publicly warrant the car?

Speedlimit..

 

Thank you. I will remember that next time I buy a car where the dealer and manufacturer promote it as a high performance car capable of certain things that it really should not do. Again, I hope you never drive yours fast, since that would be wrong. Right?

 

I have been trying to stay quiet, but I do need to correct misinterpreted statements. Notice I did not start this thread.

All things considered, thank you Speedlimit, I will now stay quiet. The rest of you think what you may, I know the facts, if you want to know just PM me. Thank you. Have a great day.

 

I just asked my service dept about a turbo timer. They said it could void the warranty.
I just smiled and said 'OK'. I'll bring the car back for a new turbo in about 40,000 miles.

They are not messing around with the warranty, and it appears it's going to be a fight to have them cover anything. First whiff of an aftermarket part/ event, and they will deny almost everything.

Let us know the outcome.

 

I see a lot of Evo owners talk a lot about auto-x.

If this is the attitude from , does that mean all auto-x will void warranty?

I think some here will argue that it is not racing, but I think that is what Meeyatch1 is trying to argue here.....

 

btw, on that onelap thingy, there's another evo, finishing 19th

 

Meeyatch1,

By looking at your signature, maybe you have been spoiled by all that Honda reliability!!!!

 

You can drive fast, just don't enter a race.

 

Wow, man, you really need to ease off on people. I'm trying to level with you here. I know what its like to have things not warrantied. Look at what I drive and you should know what I'm talking about. Anyhow, so you say that your dealership "encouraged" it and said to "Have fun" while doing this, right??? Did you happen to ask them before doing all this what would happen of your warranty?? I mean, I'm sure they did want you to have fun, but if its clearly stated in the warranty that they will have nothing to do with you after racing, then thats your thing. What dealer wouldn't like to see their car kicking butt??? Its brand loyalty. But the fact is, unless you got it in writing somewhere that your entrance in the One Lap wouldn't void a warranty, it SOL time for you.

And also, don't quote me as saying its "okay" to do those things. What I was refering to is the fact that Mitsu doesn't tell you how to drive your car, as long as its on the street. I wasn't saying that its "okay" to do clutch drops and what not. But, again, you do those things at your own free will. Nothing makes you go street race, do donuts, clutch drops, e-brake turns, and things like that on the street. You do them on your own. And, if after that, Mitsu feels that the car was abused, and whats broken wasn't their fault, its SOL time again. Lets say your just driving along, minding your own business. You go to shift from 5th to 4th, but accidently hit 2nd (we'll just assume it would go in). Boom, there goes an engine, and probably your trans. Now, I was just driving along at the speed limit, but now my engine is blown. Is that Mitsu's fault??? Nope, I did it myself. Same with the racing thing. If you race, and they don't find out, and you get things repaired under warranty, more power to you. But, like I said, unless you got official approval from them that doing it would not void your warranty, its once again SOL time when they find out.

Hilg

 

Meeyatch1, you don't seem to understand who makes the warranty for a Mitsubishi. It is MMSA, not your dealership. MMSA had no idea, and couldn't have cared less, that you intended to enter your EVO in the Cannonball One Lap of America. And you can't be serious when you say that, because you didn't notice any engine failure symptoms until one week after the race, therefore there cannot be any causal relationship.

And, as for knowing your name, I know lots of things. I'm not called Seņor Info for nothing.

Here's another interesting tidbit about yourself, Meeyatch1. The day you found out that you had voided your new car warranty, you registered another userid here, mason@tirerack. Until today, you'd more-or-less stopped using your Meeyatch1 userid in favor of the mason@tirerack userid, apparently for the same reasons you sanitized any reference to One Lap from all of your previous posts.

 

A friend of mine has a RSX type S with 40,000miles. It's on it's third engine. It seems to be real easy to put it in the wrong gear.

 

That's a problem with the part that goes between the steering wheel and the seat, not an engine problem.