r3dn3ck

dude! why do you have to hire a lawyer to fight for you... just be a fukkin man and learn how to be a dick.

Look, I had a ****ty dealer to deal with, and I SMOKED 3 transmissions, which they tried to void my warranty over (mods and abuse). I stood up for myself each time and I got free parts, free service, a loaner car, and a hearty apology from the owner of the dealership.

If you want it, you have to demand it. Don't be a ***** and abducate to failure just because Lance says it's hard. If you have to go in front of a board of review, then you hire a few dozen friends to picket the dealer every weekend. 1 day of picketing over voiding your warranty will have the dealer changing his tune.

You watch the labor unions do it all the time, just stop being such pansies and make loud noise when you don't get what you want.

For a final example, I was in a restaurant the other day. I ordered an iced tea and a small plate of lemon wedges during the beverage order... I got my tea and no lemons and everyone else got their drink. She musta figured I was kidding about the lemons. So, when the server started serving drinks to the next table after finishing ours, I stook up and hollered, HEY CAPTAIN FORGETFUL, YOU WANT YOUR TIP? THEN GET BACK OVER HERE AND FINISH OUR DRINK ORDER. We got a visit from the very apologetic manager and 2 free deserts, she got no tip and a nasty note to pay attention next time.

Lances03SVT

Yes I said it's hard but I did'nt say it's impossible.I'm having a little trouble with Home Depot right now and NO I am not being nice about it and giving up.

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r3dn3ck

and I am in fact an unreasonable d!k most of the time.

Don't let some butthole service writer jip you out of your warranty.

FWIW, I don't make any more power than a bone stock gt, and I had legit claims each time I busted the tranny (bad bearings, then clutch threw a spring and came unglued unbalanced and wrecked the trans, 3rd time I blew the 3rd gear synchro). After that they said no more...you're killin' us. I had like 500 miles left on the warranty. Thought... s'all good!

Do tell about the home despot issue! I can't wait to see how this turns out. Home improvement doo-dads busting at bad times usually means major damage of some sort.

WaterDR

You live in an ideal world. Ford can and has been able to link virtually any mod to any failure and thus not pay for the work.

Take a simple after-market exhaust. If the axle breaks, Ford will claim that the added hp from the exhaust mod resulted in the failure as the car was not designed for it.

Want my advice? If you need to rely on a warrenty, do not mod. If you are like me, then you don't car about any warrenties. When you finally come to grips with that, you will feel like a free man....like owning your house.

And, if you are leasing your car, for gripes sakes, do NOT mod the thing at all. That is asking for real trouble for too many reasons to mention.

If, you have a warrenty and you care about it yet still can not resist the mod bug, then make friends with the ford service manager. Find a dealer that is "mod-friendly". Look for the dealers that are having the car cruises and the ones that are more performance oriented. Look for the ones that sponsor race cars and drive in the parades. But, most of all, make friends with the shop, explain what you are doing and make sure they understand.

I have a Ford dealer that I take my car too when I have a problem. The mechanic owns two Mustangs and drag races. If I go anywhere else, they just stare under the hood and blame anything I did on the problem. I don't care who caused it, just that I want to get it fixed.

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BTW, I sued Chrysler a few years ago and won....Lemon Law.

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csledd

I deal with the lemon law everyday at work, I'm glad it's in place but there's a lot of bull**** they try to pull before they say its a lemon

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r3dn3ck

MT you pimp..

And I never really cared about the warranty... I knew which parts were void and I read the thing, in full before signing it. I cared that my righteous claims were voided by someone who clearly didn't read the warranty terms and that 3 transmissions were in some way faulty in the first year of ownership while the only mods were suspension which was an IRS which I told them about and told them I knew the suspension and differential warranties were void. I'm a pretty good customer, like 6 fords off the lot in a row, same dealer, .... he doesn't want to lose my business, and he doesn't want me and all my freaky azz looking friends holding signs saying this dealer is a pain in the azz to deal with.

pimpmustangGT

the whine ur hearing is the install being fuked up - everybody and their moma says they can do gears... you need to find a pro that doesn gears OFTEN!!!.... i have frrp and went a mustang specialist shop - he oly charged me 200 for the install couldnt be more pleased

Lances03SVT

LOL Yea I will post about my Home Depot trouble in another thread

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MattJ

Gears is deffiently not a job thats a "do it yourself" kind of job, even if you are mechanically inclinded. I have the same guy do all my work on my car. He is a master ASE tech at work and drivetrain specialist.

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