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...He said ion had read this forum and said that because I stated in this thread that I flog the guts out of the car no warrantee will be reconised.

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Right.... so driving a performance car (which is how Ford market the T) hard invalidates the warranty? Have to remember that one! Dickheads. It's a auto for christ's sake! I don't see that they have a leg to stand on.

And still waiting to hear from Ion myself on my auto box....... 3 weeks after the problem was identified. Methinks that they aren't too keen to keep warranting their product.

And I to have a mate that's a barrister, and a bloody good one at that (well, at criminal law, anyway).

Good luck to ya!

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I said to the wa*ker on the phone today that if I wanted a slow work car I would have brought a 4cyl courier, aren't the turbo's fords performance car? Yeah but they arnt designed to be floged. Ok put that in writing and I will see what ford engineers have to say bout that. Um no sorry I cant do that . Yeah whatever.Thought u would say that

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best option indeed mate all the best and FORD can just buck off, they sell good cars just cant warranty them for sh*t the disgracefull buckheads....

Ford could learn a lot from Kewish Autos.

My box was finished and packed and sent today, with Dave telling me that the work he has performed is rated up to 330rwkw (actually its written on the receipt!)

He also said that if my ute is up to or less than that level of power, the box (quote) " Will handle anything you can throw at it!"

How good is that! Cant wait to get it in on friday!

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I said to the wa*ker on the phone today that if I wanted a slow work car I would have brought a 4cyl courier, aren't the turbo's fords performance car? Yeah but they arnt designed to be floged. Ok put that in writing and I will see what ford engineers have to say bout that. Um no sorry I cant do that . Yeah whatever.Thought u would say that

What a load of :crybaby:

What is flogged anyway? I'm sure it is relative to each driver and doesn't mean deliberate and malicious abuse - there is a difference. I 'flog' my car all the time I.e. use it's full performance capability.

When I read other threads on this forum like that one about the guy in NT who has had 5 turbos (or something like that) replaced under warranty after extended 180kmh+ driving......isn't that really flogging the :spoton: out of it? Well apparently I may consider that flogging the car to hell, but it's just using the performance capability, so all under warranty.

Just look at Fords press releases, website, brochures: "high-tech performance to quicken your pulse"; "the ultimate performance package"; and so on......

They are selling a car designed to be FLOGGED!

EDIT: Me? If my gearbox lets go, I accept the fact that my car is now modified so my problem.

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Well, on a bright note for me, Ion are supposedly replacing my whining gearbox. mind you, it is a pampered stock Mk1 T. Average 13.7L/100km as an indication of how it is driven. It gets a few boots every now and then, but certainly isn't run to its potential. Which scares me that a well treated car can need a new auto box at relatively low miles......

Imagine if we towed with it or ran it hard......

I wonder if you could justify an edit on warranty grounds in that it would strengthen the gearbox? Do you reckon Ford would buy that?

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Well, on a bright note for me, Ion are supposedly replacing my whining gearbox.  mind you, it is a pampered stock Mk1 T.  Average 13.7L/100km as an indication of how it is driven.  It gets a few boots every now and then, but certainly isn't run to its potential.  Which scares me that a well treated car can need a new auto box at relatively low miles......

Imagine if we towed with it or ran it hard......

I wonder if you could justify an edit on warranty grounds in that it would strengthen the gearbox?  Do you reckon Ford would buy that?

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mate I do tow and have the back full and I do flog it to boot.

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I cant believe that they are refusing warranty because of this thread..

how can they prove that you tell the truth on the internet?

their story really smells like sh*t.

f*ck them..

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I cant believe that they are refusing warranty because of this thread..

how can they prove that you tell the truth on the internet?

their story really smells like sh*t.

f*ck them..

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I really dont want them to say "but u said" I just want to know what went wrong pure an simple. The problem is that they havent and wont put anything in writing at the moment so all this sh*t is over the phone and most would be secondhand

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as I have said to ford, I dont know if its my fault or just a plain failure of the box, give me the correct info so both myself and ford can make the correct call.

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