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    2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data

    2010 Nissan GT-R Runs 0-To-60 MPH In 3.3 Seconds, Unofficially

    Nissan GT-R With Updated Launch Control Still Fast
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    I'd only sign this if I wasn't expected to pay for the car.
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    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    As much as I hate the song lyrics genre of commenting, I had to do this:


    Well, I bought my dream car

    I bought my dream car

    but they didn't tell me that driving it's bad.

    So instead of hooning down some pleasant back road

    it's sitting in the driveway up on blocks and a jack.


    Well, I can't get it goin'

    'cause the warranty's blown,

    since the Jiffy Lube defaulted

    to some no-branded oil.


    If I'd only gone

    to Jalopnik dot com

    I'd be a happy camper with a functioning car.

     Reply
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    Dear Nissan,


    FUCK YOU


    Sincerely,


    The American Car Buying Public

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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of men.
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    Image of Comrade Clockwork Comrade Clockwork
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    Assuming they are voiding the warranty because they know shit will break, what is the point of the car? 70 grand is cheap for a superfast, fully functional vehicle. But take reliability out of the equation and I could build something a lot more fun for a lot less, and it would very likely hold together longer than this piece of junk. At first it was fine that they engineered the car to within an inch of it's life so you couldn't mod it like the old one. But no track days, hard launches, doughnuts, drifts, spirited driving, smiling, laughing? Fuck this car, buy a 911 turbo, 4-wheel drift the bitch, and still save $20k on new trannys.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    04/07/09

    @Clockwork: You know, $70k buys you a pretty damn nice Corvette Z06, and as far as I know you can wallop on it all day and it won't break, not only that, but GM parts are cheap and the warranty is generous.
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    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    Dear Nissan,


    Please cease using my name while referring to this car. You didn't see me voiding my warranty when I have to whup King Ghidorah...or Mecha-Godzilla...or King Kong....or the JSDF....or any of those aliens, did you? Hell, no! But you, Nissan, and your fragile "supercar" roll up like Ebirah on a hibachi at the 1st sign of fun. Heck, I had an H-bomb dropped on me and, frankly, it was delicious.......mmmm plutonium. Your GT-R wouldn't last 10 seconds with those little Shobijin, let alone Mothra.


    So don't make me wade out of Tokyo Bay and put my scaly foot in your ass. Cease and desist all invocation of my name with reference to the GT-R. Or else.


    Sincerely,
    King of the Monsters

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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    04/07/09

    @SCROGGZILLA!!!: You win! The intarwebs are yours for the day!
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    This is the perfect opportunity for Hyundai to introduce launch control on all of its vehicles and then provide a lifetime warranty on all its transmissions.
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    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    The Porschebunker refused our correspondent's repeated pleas for comment. However, by pressing his unnaturally large ears to the ventilation pipe, unrestrained cackling by the multitude below could be plainly heard.


    I sympathize a little with Nissan. They can't offer legal language that says 'don't drive it like a dick and we'll try to take care of you'. But it's also unfair to sell a performance car with a warranty's that voided if you depress the accelerator pedal.


    Worst of all, this behavior gives people the idea that their car is weak and flimsy. And the accurate idea that it's stunningly expensive to repair when it does break some of its driveline bits.

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    Image of AES: 3 ROTOR X 2 TURBOS = 6X AWESOME AES: 3 ROTOR X 2 TURBOS = 6X AWESOME
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    Nissan GTR: Ugly chick who is wild in bed. Comes with surprises afterwards.


    Yes I am likening their warranty to STDs. I think it is fair since you get more AND less than you bargined for.

     Reply
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/07/09

    @AES: RRROLLING UP THE RIM TO RAGE: Damn GT-Rius.
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    Image of Patrick M Hoey Patrick M Hoey
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    While I think it's BS, off-road playtime has always been cause to void warranty. Nissan has just developed the best means to catching you. However, if you can get away with it on the street..who is Nissan to tell you how to drive? If you're on a track and the black box can put together all the numbers and figure that out, well, you're asking for it. If anyone buys a GT-R, you know what you're getting yourself in to.


    I just don't get why everyone acts as though this is the voided warranty is the end of the world..thats implying that all GT-R owners might as well scrap their cars once the warranty has expired due to mileage/age. Who will you curse then, time and/or your odometer?


    Nissan wont cover the GT-R to do anything but driving within the legal limits, and a little restrained playtime. Yeah, it's kinda like soft-core porn..but if it gets you through a cold winter, stop bitching and move on.

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/07/09

    @Patrick M Hoey:


    So, they created a high-performance sports car to be driven at speed limit at all times?

     Reply
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    Image of PetroSapien PetroSapien
    04/07/09

    @pauljones: That's almost like creating a Jeep with no offroad capabilities.(Patirot).
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/07/09

    @PetroSapien:


    Actually, the Patriot isn't horrible, as it does have enough ground clearance to handle some medium off-road duty.


    The Compass, on the other hand....

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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    04/07/09

    @pauljones: The Compass is the anti-Jeep. I'm still pissed about that model.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    04/07/09

    @Patrick M Hoey: Yeah...and the launch-control backlash was similarly motivated. How many dump-cltuch starts can you do in an Evo or STI before something lets go? And if you're pushing those limits, how much of a warranty do you deserve?
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    Image of spiffious spiffious
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    How long until people start hacking cars the same way folks hack their iphones? It seems the only way to fully enjoy the capabilities of the product.


    Pretty soon there'll be pirated software running the GT-ARrrrrr!

     Reply
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    Image of jodark jodark
    04/07/09

    @spiffious: YAR HAR! You are a pirate!



    + Watch video
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    04/07/09

    @jodark: That show creeps me the hell out.
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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    If you touch my shit, I will void your warranty.
    If you call me Francis I will void your warranty.


    Take it easy Francis.

     Reply
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    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    Carlos Ghosn say

    Nissan take big fun away

    do not go to play
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    04/07/09

    @85_Grand_National:
    I think what Carlos say
    You go play
    but we no pay
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/07/09

    @Alfisted:

    Dank winter air and

    A Ghosn in the machine--

    No enjoy thereof
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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    Its just not surprising anymore. I think any smart GT-R buyer recognizes the car does not come with a warranty at this point.


    Also, been absent for a while, love the scrollable press release.

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    Image of badco/LoJ badco/LoJ
    04/07/09

    There's a sucker born every minute.@jbownsabmw and Will Work For Fuel: I think I'd disagree with the existence of a "smart GT-R buyer". Only a fool would pay such money only to be treated so poorly.
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    Image of badco/LoJ badco/LoJ
    04/07/09

    @badco/LoJ: Nice proofreading, mongo.
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    04/07/09

    @badco/LoJ: GT-R buyer just pawn in game of life.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/07/09

    In reply to 2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
    I sense the eventual coming of the next Michael Moore documentary:


    Who Killed the GT-R Joy

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    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    04/07/09

    @pauljones: aka "Rogerin' Me," the story of how my $25k warranty claim was repeatedly denied.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/07/09

    @Ash78:"Bowling for Warranties: The Story of Severely Disillusioned GT-R Owners"
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    Image of jesusonthedashboard jesusonthedashboard
    04/07/09

    @pauljones: "Sticko, The Flappy-Paddle Conspiracy"


    "Fahrenheit GT-R"


    "Black Boxing For Skyline"


    "GT-R Nissan Nation"

     Reply
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/07/09

    @Rockford Brodie, pulling out of NASCAR and having a cigaret...:


    With the theme song "Warranty Killed the GT-R Star" by The Buggles.

     Reply
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