GTO Burnout
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I hope the damn thing is at least broken in... 
I used to love selling a car to someone who would lay a strip and nail it out of the parking lot as soon as I was done showing them how everything worked, like anyone at the dealer was supposed to be impressed...
I used to love selling a car to someone who would lay a strip and nail it out of the parking lot as soon as I was done showing them how everything worked, like anyone at the dealer was supposed to be impressed...
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From: Yadkinville, NC USA
It's more like this...
Dan: Hey Dave, nice ride!
Dave: Yeah, it's my new GTO! I just got it last Friday.
Dan: Hey, can I borrow it to go to the store for some chips and brew?
I'll buy if you let me drive it?
Dave: OK, but don't be stupid man... this thing is brand new and it's my baby doll.
Dan: Aw c'mon dude, I ain't going but 1 mile down the road to the 7-11. There ain't even any lights or nothing, just a stop sign.
Dave: OK man - get me some Bud Light, you can drink whatever you want.
Dan : COOL - you are THE MAN! Lemme go upstairs and get some shoes...
:goes upstairs and calls friend Doug while putting on shoes:
Dan: Doug, my bro is gonna let me drive his new GTO to the 7-11 for brewskies! Meet me behind the Jegs building in the industrial park in 5 minutes and bring a video camera... This is gonna be b1+ch1n!!!
You have just seen the rest of the story...
Stay tuned next week for our next feature...
"The warranty says WHAT!?!?"
Here's scene from next weeks story...
Dave: I dunno what's wrong with this POS car, but for what I paid, the tires should last more than 8k miles, and there's this foul smell coming out of the vents when I turn on the A/C...
Dealer: Sir, we have reason to beleive this car has been abused...
our staff has downloaded the blackbox info and it seems your car has exceeded 6500 RPM in first and second gear repeatedly while speed sensors on the front wheel indicated a speed of only 13 mph. I'm afraid we can't honor your warranty request for transmission service, oil burning due to blow-by, or the tires, or the smell in your cabin.
Dave: Well your technician is dumber than Moose dung, because I have done no such thing in this car - it's not even possible...
Dealer: Indeed it must be, we have it all on disk now. Good day sir!
Next week, at 8pm, on WGTO-TV!!!
Dan: Hey Dave, nice ride!
Dave: Yeah, it's my new GTO! I just got it last Friday.
Dan: Hey, can I borrow it to go to the store for some chips and brew?
I'll buy if you let me drive it?
Dave: OK, but don't be stupid man... this thing is brand new and it's my baby doll.
Dan: Aw c'mon dude, I ain't going but 1 mile down the road to the 7-11. There ain't even any lights or nothing, just a stop sign.
Dave: OK man - get me some Bud Light, you can drink whatever you want.
Dan : COOL - you are THE MAN! Lemme go upstairs and get some shoes...
:goes upstairs and calls friend Doug while putting on shoes:
Dan: Doug, my bro is gonna let me drive his new GTO to the 7-11 for brewskies! Meet me behind the Jegs building in the industrial park in 5 minutes and bring a video camera... This is gonna be b1+ch1n!!!
You have just seen the rest of the story...
Stay tuned next week for our next feature...
"The warranty says WHAT!?!?"
Here's scene from next weeks story...
Dave: I dunno what's wrong with this POS car, but for what I paid, the tires should last more than 8k miles, and there's this foul smell coming out of the vents when I turn on the A/C...
Dealer: Sir, we have reason to beleive this car has been abused...
our staff has downloaded the blackbox info and it seems your car has exceeded 6500 RPM in first and second gear repeatedly while speed sensors on the front wheel indicated a speed of only 13 mph. I'm afraid we can't honor your warranty request for transmission service, oil burning due to blow-by, or the tires, or the smell in your cabin.
Dave: Well your technician is dumber than Moose dung, because I have done no such thing in this car - it's not even possible...
Dealer: Indeed it must be, we have it all on disk now. Good day sir!
Next week, at 8pm, on WGTO-TV!!!
Last edited by ProudPony; Jan 19, 2004 at 09:05 PM.
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Originally posted by ProudPony
It's more like this...
Dan: Hey Dave, nice ride!
Dave: Yeah, it's my new GTO! I just got it last Friday.
Dan: Hey, can I borrow it to go to the store for some chips and brew?
I'll buy if you let me drive it?
Dave: OK, but don't be stupid man... this thing is brand new and it's my baby doll.
Dan: Aw c'mon dude, I ain't going but 1 mile down the road to the 7-11. There ain't even any lights or nothing, just a stop sign.
Dave: OK man - get me some Bud Light, you can drink whatever you want.
Dan : COOL - you are THE MAN! Lemme go upstairs and get some shoes...
:goes upstairs and calls friend Doug while putting on shoes:
Dan: Doug, my bro is gonna let me drive his new GTO to the 7-11 for brewskies! Meet me behind the Jegs building in the industrial park in 5 minutes and bring a video camera... This is gonna be b1+ch1n!!!
You have just seen the rest of the story...
Stay tuned next week for our next feature...
"The warranty says WHAT!?!?"
Here's scene from next weeks story...
Dave: I dunno what's wrong with this POS car, but for what I paid, the tires should last more than 8k miles, and there's this foul smell coming out of the vents when I turn on the A/C...
Dealer: Sir, we have reason to beleive this car has been abused...
our staff has downloaded the blackbox info and it seems your car has exceeded 6500 RPM in first and second gear repeatedly while speed sensors on the front wheel indicated a speed of only 13 mph. I'm afraid we can't honor your warranty request for transmission service, oil burning due to blow-by, or the tires, or the smell in your cabin.
Dave: Well your technician is dumber than Moose dung, because I have done no such thing in this car - it's not even possible...
Dealer: Indeed it must be, we have it all on disk now. Good day sir!
Next week, at 8pm, on WGTO-TV!!!
It's more like this...
Dan: Hey Dave, nice ride!
Dave: Yeah, it's my new GTO! I just got it last Friday.
Dan: Hey, can I borrow it to go to the store for some chips and brew?
I'll buy if you let me drive it?
Dave: OK, but don't be stupid man... this thing is brand new and it's my baby doll.
Dan: Aw c'mon dude, I ain't going but 1 mile down the road to the 7-11. There ain't even any lights or nothing, just a stop sign.
Dave: OK man - get me some Bud Light, you can drink whatever you want.
Dan : COOL - you are THE MAN! Lemme go upstairs and get some shoes...
:goes upstairs and calls friend Doug while putting on shoes:
Dan: Doug, my bro is gonna let me drive his new GTO to the 7-11 for brewskies! Meet me behind the Jegs building in the industrial park in 5 minutes and bring a video camera... This is gonna be b1+ch1n!!!
You have just seen the rest of the story...
Stay tuned next week for our next feature...
"The warranty says WHAT!?!?"
Here's scene from next weeks story...
Dave: I dunno what's wrong with this POS car, but for what I paid, the tires should last more than 8k miles, and there's this foul smell coming out of the vents when I turn on the A/C...
Dealer: Sir, we have reason to beleive this car has been abused...
our staff has downloaded the blackbox info and it seems your car has exceeded 6500 RPM in first and second gear repeatedly while speed sensors on the front wheel indicated a speed of only 13 mph. I'm afraid we can't honor your warranty request for transmission service, oil burning due to blow-by, or the tires, or the smell in your cabin.
Dave: Well your technician is dumber than Moose dung, because I have done no such thing in this car - it's not even possible...
Dealer: Indeed it must be, we have it all on disk now. Good day sir!
Next week, at 8pm, on WGTO-TV!!!
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From: OR
so nobody's here done a few burnouts, drag strip runs, a bunch of spirited starts laying down strips of rubber on the road, and a couple of WOT to redline rows thru the gear in their new car?
When does abuse really start? If I take the car WOT to redline multiple times a day, do a few spirited starts that sometimes end up spinnign the tires in 1st, and go a little heavy on the brakes, is that abuse?
Of course I wouldn't be complaining about tire, brake, clutch (relatively) wear, since obviously they are going to wear down, but does that mean if something goes wrong with the engine, I'm SOL? Then perhaps GM should put in nondefeatable traction control and lower the rev limiter to 4000 rpms.
I mean its easy to point out the obvious abuse, like needlessly bouncing off the rev limiter on a cold engine during a 5 min burnout while standing on the brakes... but when does it start and stop? I guess with whatever the service manage decides on?
When does abuse really start? If I take the car WOT to redline multiple times a day, do a few spirited starts that sometimes end up spinnign the tires in 1st, and go a little heavy on the brakes, is that abuse?
Of course I wouldn't be complaining about tire, brake, clutch (relatively) wear, since obviously they are going to wear down, but does that mean if something goes wrong with the engine, I'm SOL? Then perhaps GM should put in nondefeatable traction control and lower the rev limiter to 4000 rpms.
I mean its easy to point out the obvious abuse, like needlessly bouncing off the rev limiter on a cold engine during a 5 min burnout while standing on the brakes... but when does it start and stop? I guess with whatever the service manage decides on?
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You guys act like you'd rather see a slow drive by. Maybe a rev to four grand. A lot of people have had there cars since December, since thats when the first shipment really started getting out on the west coast. Anyway, I'd be more worried if it had a 10 bolt than the reworked ls1 exploding. Everyone here knows what people think about our fbodys when we drive around. Now you're doing the same gay **** to a GTO. Grow up.
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From: northeast Miss.
Originally posted by Ken S
so nobody's here done a few burnouts, drag strip runs, a bunch of spirited starts laying down strips of rubber on the road, and a couple of WOT to redline rows thru the gear in their new car?
When does abuse really start? If I take the car WOT to redline multiple times a day, do a few spirited starts that sometimes end up spinnign the tires in 1st, and go a little heavy on the brakes, is that abuse?
Of course I wouldn't be complaining about tire, brake, clutch (relatively) wear, since obviously they are going to wear down, but does that mean if something goes wrong with the engine, I'm SOL? Then perhaps GM should put in nondefeatable traction control and lower the rev limiter to 4000 rpms.
I mean its easy to point out the obvious abuse, like needlessly bouncing off the rev limiter on a cold engine during a 5 min burnout while standing on the brakes... but when does it start and stop? I guess with whatever the service manage decides on?
so nobody's here done a few burnouts, drag strip runs, a bunch of spirited starts laying down strips of rubber on the road, and a couple of WOT to redline rows thru the gear in their new car?
When does abuse really start? If I take the car WOT to redline multiple times a day, do a few spirited starts that sometimes end up spinnign the tires in 1st, and go a little heavy on the brakes, is that abuse?
Of course I wouldn't be complaining about tire, brake, clutch (relatively) wear, since obviously they are going to wear down, but does that mean if something goes wrong with the engine, I'm SOL? Then perhaps GM should put in nondefeatable traction control and lower the rev limiter to 4000 rpms.
I mean its easy to point out the obvious abuse, like needlessly bouncing off the rev limiter on a cold engine during a 5 min burnout while standing on the brakes... but when does it start and stop? I guess with whatever the service manage decides on?
Another CZ28.com member with a SPINE!!!I always said if I was supposed to shift at 5-grand, the rev limiter wouldn't be at 6!