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Originally Posted by f6_benito
where does ford (or other manufacturers) define the cars intended purpose? If the car has 5 seats and you use one is that using it outside its intended purpose? of course not as they build the car for many scenarios including flogging the beejebaas out of it, towing, loading, motorsport etc etc. So 100 passes on stock parts will likely prove reliable.
however, If your intended purpose is drags and full throttle launches then why mod the car to not be able to reliably handle this scenario?? funny isnt it?
100 passes is no test for reliability.
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Warranty is a good measure of intended use by the manufacturer
A small excerpt taken from the Global Ford Warranty Fusion program
WHAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE NEW VEHICLE LIMITED
WARRANTY?
Damage Caused By:
•
accidents, collision or objects striking the vehicle (including driving
through a car wash)
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theft, vandalism, or riot
•
fire or explosion
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using contaminated or improper fuel/fluids
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customer-applied chemicals or accidental spills
•
driving through water deep enough to cause water to be ingested into
the engine
•
misuse of the vehicle, such a driving over curbs, overloading, racing or
using the vehicle as a permanent stationary power source
You play - you pay - they need to prove it of course - but I reckon it pretty much sums it up.
At the end of the day - they are passenger cars designed for moderate use and they have limitations. You exceed them and things break. 100+ passes at the drag strip would be construed as racing and as such would void your warranty on driveline damage because its outside of the vehicle's intended use.