Re: Don\'t VOID your warranty at VOI
Jamz, your info is simply incorrect. Give us names, dates and exactly what you were told. DC recognizes these cars are taken to drivers education track events and has historically approved that kind of activity. Racing is out, but high speed driver's ed? No problem. I had two power steering systems put on my '93 RT/10 until I took pity on DC and installed a proper PS cooling setup.
No way DC can "void" a warranty for a car that is advertised to have high performance and with which DC actually supports a track event. If they tried it would not only be a PR nightmare, but I think they would lose in front of a court or arbitrator.
As for the St. Louis VOI crash, the "armor all" twist is pretty funny. I was there, saw the crash and the story was simple. An individual Skip Barber instructor (contrary to his instructions) took the wheel of a participant's car (instead of riding shotgun and instructing) with the participant's son on board. The instructor wrecked the car badly, spinning it into the turn off the straight and into the infield; fortunately no one was injured. I was told the instructor was fired on the spot and DC stepped up and did the right thing by providing the participant a new 2001 Viper, which I believe was plucked off the line within a matter of hours or days.
That's what you can expect from DC as a result of using Vipers the way they were meant to be used. ON TRACK.