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01-26-2012, 07:02 PM | #661 |
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For those talking about the warranty.. BMW tried to dick me over on a timing chain tensioner that seized while I was on vacation, claiming somehow that my ECU remap allowing an extra 200 revs was to blame. I had to take it to the BBB and threaten them with legal action to get it done properly. I also found out later that the dealership had cast its report to BMW in the most negative light possible, making it look like I had somehow been responsible. I eventually had to throw the dealership and service manager under the bus to get things put right.
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01-27-2012, 08:29 AM | #664 | |
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Even If AA bought his Kit back and HIS M3, someone on this board would comment that the OP should have been compensated for his time.
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01-27-2012, 09:33 AM | #665 |
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[QUOTE=Only thing that would make this Soap Opera even better is if he is partnering with an ex AA employee or two [/QUOTE]
Ding, ding, the same past AA salesman who went to bat for him and got a refund on the supercharger kit has recently opened doors on a new business venture about 5 miles from AA. The past employee however, has taken the high road and has left no disparaging remarks about Active, he has quietly gone about building up his new business, and here comes the bull in the china shop. It all makes sense now, I've been following the twists and turns of this debacle for the last few days, and always had this nagging feeling that there was more to it than a "you left me high and dry". Speaking from experience, I had a cls55 with pulley, cooling and a custom tune. The pulley shattered destroying the keyhole for the supercharger, the pulley manufacturer's only help was to replace the broken pulley, leaving me to cover the thousands in expenses to repair the car. The OP's actions are in essence nonsensical, unless explicitly stated otherwise when you modify your car you assume all risks with regards to failure, sure they could have extended an olive branch and mitigated some of the OP's losses, but that would have been completely by choice. |
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01-27-2012, 11:37 AM | #666 |
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Any updates?
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01-27-2012, 01:39 PM | #667 |
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2 side to every story....i feel sorry for OP but hey shit happens...after all you got an M3, $25k should be pocket money
i read both sides by the way and both are legit |
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01-27-2012, 01:55 PM | #668 | |
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25k should be pocket money? It's a BMW not a Rolls Royce. It may be for some. But forking over 25k of (unnecessary) funds, hurts. |
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01-27-2012, 02:52 PM | #670 | |
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and just cause you have a lot of money doesn't mean you go around pissing it away...ive got this client that's got $5 million bucks in cash sitting in one of his accounts with me and he chews my head off and curses my firm every time I charge him a $ONE DOLLAR check writing fee. bitch earns 16k in interest every month off this acct and still complains about a $1 fee. anyway..OT...but this thread has been largely OT so i dont care...just something to do while waiting for the next episode of Storage Wars. |
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01-27-2012, 02:59 PM | #671 |
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01-27-2012, 04:06 PM | #672 |
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OP sorry to hear about your mishap. I Hope it works out for you. Last edited by positiveions; 01-27-2012 at 04:11 PM.. |
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And, I dont like it when you call me bitch publicly like this. However, since you're making me 16k/mo, I will let this go for 1 time.
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Let me preface this post by saying that I have not read through all the 33 pages of this thread so I apologize if what I say has already been brought up.
I have been a car enthusiast my whole life and have been into modding cars for many, many years. I am now 46, and this started at age 17, so what I say comes from years of personal experience and knowledge. So here are my points: 1. When you add forced induction to an otherwise stock NA street motor, you are playing with fire. No if, ands, or buts. Your risk of engine failure will go up. If there are inherent weaknesses in the motor to begin with, adding FI will make it much more likely that those weaknesses become exposed. 2. Your margin for error while driving becomes much less. While a mis-shift, an over rev, etc, etc, may be tolerated by a stock motor, it may not be by the boosted motor. 3. Over the years I have seen blown motor after blown motor on all sorts of cars with all sorts of kits. Sure it can happen on a stock motor too, but the risk is just that much higher when boost is applied to a previously NA stock street motor. 4. If you want to go forced induction, buy a forced induction car from the factory. I guarantee you that the tolerances for the internals are such to allow a huge increase in tuned power without much worry. A stock B5 Audi S4 which came from the factory with a 250hp twin turbo V6 could be easily tuned for over 450hp and almost 500lb-ft of torque on the stock block with bullet proof reliability. 5. If you want to put FI onto a NA street car, you need to build the motor...crank, pistons, rods, rings, and run a CR of certainly less than 10.5. Do it right or don't do it at all. While I feel for the OP, let's be real. Is anyone really surprised that this happened? I hope not.
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01-28-2012, 10:28 AM | #680 |
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Just looking for some input, threads like these scare me away ahah
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