Warranty Issues

[SP Ken]

G'day All,

Firstly this thread is not meant to start an all out war of one side against another and if it does it will be pulled. Lets play nice and get some constructive thoughts.

Ok there has been talk here lately about not posting pictures of cars at the track or on the 1/4 mile because they may be seen by Ford Employees and the owners of the cars my have warranties voided. There was even a suggestion that we open a private Photo Bucket account and we all have access to it so we can share pictures.

Now I think we are going too far. As a club here or at our own website we have always posted pics of our cars at events we held, be that cruises or motorsport events. No we have an almost a knee jerk reaction because someone has had a warranty claim knocked back on a drive line issue. This is on a modded car that has done both 1/4 mile work and track work and has been posted here doing so. Now again this is not an attack on anybody but all those that mod our cars do so with eyes wide open to the fact that as soon as a spanner goes where it shouldn't then warranty goes as well. It is the same as full on track work or serious 1/4 milers. If you consistently strive for faster times at the track and break something why should Ford pay for it. After all they never intended the car to be doing full on sprint days. I suppose what I am saying my opinion is "if you play, you pay".

I know I may have opened a can of worms here but I would like your opinions. I am disappointed that this may mean the end of us sharing our memories with each other and anybody else that wasn't there. Remember a time when you would race home after an event (or better still if you never attended it because of other commitments) and get on the web a have a look at the pics from the day. It would be sad to see that go.

Cheers,

Ken