Comments on: Weblogs to Help Cut Auto Warranty Costs?

By: mataku

mataku — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:45:49 +0000

hm.. sounds scary. But would there be a realistic way for them to track down who the actual owners are? most people use screennames and such, I doubt they would go as far as tracking IP or anything like that.

By: O(=^=)O Capn

O(=^=)O Capn — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:17:51 +0000

Bruce That’s for sure GMINI Your link doesn’t work.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:59:56 +0000

My first thought on reading the headline and first lines of this story was that car manufacturers hope to cut warranty costs by searching weblogs for owners self-reporting potential negative behavior with the cars while under they were under warranty. (e.g. they auto-crossed/track day’d their cars, or used cheap gas, or some other “forbidden” activity). Yes, I must be paranoid, because my first thought was manufacturers looking for clever ways to weasel out of warranty claims.

By: GMINI

GMINI — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 02:54:44 +0000

could also be used to track people who tend to make more waranty claims than average…

By: CarNut

CarNut — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:15:20 +0000

Could also be used to locate and track people who might be using their cars in competition events, thus voiding their warranty, but they don’t mention that.

By: GMINI

GMINI — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:37:16 +0000

Excellent! Anyuthing to keep things just like the below from happening. http://www.nemini.org/Forums/viewtopic/p=66444.html#66444

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:02:32 +0000

Very cool!