BMW Mini warranties

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:38 am

http://mokanmotorsports.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2623

Just a heads up.

BriceJohnson · **Joined:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:33 am **Posts:** 2230

Sad, I thought that was just a Mitsubishi thing.

Just another reason why I think Mazda is so cool. They actually help SUPPORT people who race, instead of trying to snipe them.

What are peoples thoughts on making THSCC results accessible to members only? This sort of situation is becoming more and more common unfortunately. A secure part of the website already exists if I'm not mistaken. Just an idea (that I haven't really though through very thouroughly, but thought I'd throw out there).

clinehall · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:34 pm

I posted this on a Mini site to see if anybody else has had this problem. I have got to say VA Beach Mini has been phenominal. I have had some expensive problems they have fixed. The sales people have always told me that they support autocrossing with several of them doing it.

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:58 pm

I think this is new. They have always supported AutoX in the past.

At least Mazda publically supports grassroots motorsports.

jimpastorius · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:11 pm

Marty Howard wrote:

At least Mazda publically supports grassroots motorsports.

I will give Mazda credit.

Quote:

Mazda Provides Lucrative Awards For NASA Racers

RICHMOND, CA (January 11, 2008) — The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) is pleased to announce an extensive new contingency program for drivers competing in Mazda vehicles in 2008 worth nearly $500,000. Rewards are available for drivers in NASA’s competition racing and Time Trial programs. The regional program will pay up to $1000 to the top driver ($1200 if a local champion chooses to attend the NASA Championships presented by Toyo Tires at the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course) and will pay cash rewards down to 5th place for year-end finishes in each NASA Chapter. Mazda has posted a very generous payout for the podium finishers at the NASA Championships boasting a total cash value of $8750 per class where the champion can walk away with a $4,500 award. Mazda owners also have the chance to vie for two National Championships since many of the cars fit well into more than one NASA class. Thus, with the right combination and focus, a Mazda owner could walk away with $9000 if they won 2 titles!

“This is a remarkable program both in its breadth and the amounts of cash that it provides to racers in NASA’s regional and national programs,” said Ryan Flaherty NASA’s National Chairman. “Mazda’s strong support here reaffirms the reason that Mazda is the most popular brand in NASA and we look forward to seeing our racers enjoy the benefits of this generous program.”

Carl Fisher · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:02 pm

BriceJohnson wrote:

What are peoples thoughts on making THSCC results accessible to members only? This sort of situation is becoming more and more common unfortunately. A secure part of the website already exists if I'm not mistaken. Just an idea (that I haven't really though through very thouroughly, but thought I'd throw out there).

Even though our event results are publicly visible to anyone who navigates to our results pages, they are not scanned by web crawlers (at least not well-behaved ones) and therefore don't show up in (most) search results. I should say, autocross and rallycross results- someone else administers the track website and I don't know what they do. Go ahead, Google yourself (I know you want to!) - you will not find THSCC autoX or rallyX results among the hits.

We did this specifically to make it harder for dealers and manufacturers to come up with easy excuses to deny warranty claims.

Chuck Branscomb · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:12 pm

Carl Fisher wrote:

We did this specifically to make it harder for dealers and manufacturers to come up with easy excuses to deny warranty claims.

Good job!

Triad club results google out for all to see along with SCCA stuff.

BriceJohnson · **Joined:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:33 am **Posts:** 2230

Carl Fisher wrote:

BriceJohnson wrote:

What are peoples thoughts on making THSCC results accessible to members only? This sort of situation is becoming more and more common unfortunately. A secure part of the website already exists if I'm not mistaken. Just an idea (that I haven't really though through very thouroughly, but thought I'd throw out there).

Even though our event results are publicly visible to anyone who navigates to our results pages, they are not scanned by web crawlers (at least not well-behaved ones) and therefore don't show up in (most) search results. I should say, autocross and rallycross results- someone else administers the track website and I don't know what they do. Go ahead, Google yourself (I know you want to!) - you will not find THSCC autoX or rallyX results among the hits.

We did this specifically to make it harder for dealers and manufacturers to come up with easy excuses to deny warranty claims.

You rock, well done. This is definitely a good compromise, as I'd hate for non-members to be unable to see how they did in the results.

clinehall · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:33 pm

Marty Howard wrote:

I think this is new. They have always supported AutoX in the past.

At least Mazda publically supports grassroots motorsports.

http://www.miniusa.com/#/contactFaq/faq/top-m

This is currenlty on their website. Hopefully this is just a rogue dealer.

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:11 pm

If you read the entire thread it sounds like the story is not over yet and that it most likey is not something going on at the dealer level, but different factions within Mini/BMW corporate. It sounds like he has some people at the corporate level fighting for him.

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:21 pm

Carl Fisher wrote:

Even though our event results are publicly visible to anyone who navigates to our results pages, they are not scanned by web crawlers (at least not well-behaved ones) and therefore don't show up in (most) search results. I should say, autocross and rallycross results- someone else administers the track website and I don't know what they do. Go ahead, Google yourself (I know you want to!) - you will not find THSCC autoX or rallyX results among the hits.

We did this specifically to make it harder for dealers and manufacturers to come up with easy excuses to deny warranty claims.

That's something I've always appreciated just for piece of mind.

I remember folks griping a while back about our forums not being public and have always thought that if you have a problem with that the simple solution is to just join the club. :wink:

jimpastorius · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:39 pm

One thing to keep in mind, you are only reading one side of the story. Having never met this dude, I take his story with a grain of salt. But as we all know, everything on the internet has to be the truth.

David Spratte · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:56 pm

jimpastorius wrote:

One thing to keep in mind, you are only reading one side of the story.

clinehall · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:53 pm

In any case, Mini's are still Chick Magnets

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:02 pm

hmmn, i wonder if Bernie is behind this. i believe that 'vert of Gwen's has been rebuilt twice now. :lol:

NASA lists its run groups for DE on the net with full name and car model & make.

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