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Old 09-23-2003, 09:33 AM
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Originally posted by bigdaddy
from my experience, no automobile manufacturer has the ability to hook up to your ECU and figure out exactly what you have been doing to it during your ownership.
It is normal for an ECU to have a counter, recording how many time the rev limiter has been hit. The dealer probably noticed that this was excessive.
Old 07-21-2004, 02:21 PM
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what dealer sold this car to you?
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It was probably the GMs car. I asked some sales rep. about a car with some miles and he said the GM was sporting it for a while and said it was being sold new because it has never been registered. I hope they never read my ECU (if they can), they will probably say I race my car too.
Old 07-24-2004, 09:31 AM
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Not sure if this would work...but try to get an used oil analysis and compare the metal wear in your engine to other Z's of similar mileage and oil age/viscosity/brand. Blackstone labs had a database of average metal wear for VQ35DE's.
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