Unrealistic expectations.
Now add to this repetitive acts tend to make the process easier and in the case of these gal's many dealerships many only see one of these gals and then while doing any warranty work the same concern will likely not be repeated as such each and every time they see her is a total new learning experience.
These are far more than transportation but rather rolling art and emotions...........they were born out of an extreme vision based on days gone past, moderate corporate support and funding, and yet they immediately became recognized and accepted as a true exotic "Supercar" that stands head to head with any other gal out there.
Shadowman
Bill,
Another expected, normal, unexceptional post from the Shadowman. I say that because your posts are always outstanding, and this one is no exception. :thumbsup I view your posts like the writings of Kevin Cameron's "Top Dead Center" (TDC) column every month in Cycle World magazine. Always interesting, on point, and insightful.
Many of us remember viewing automotive enthusiast publications a few years back with a picture of the yellow prototype Ford GT on the cover along with speculation that Ford might actually put it into production. Legions of us who have lusted after a Ford GT all our lives looked at the photos and read the articles. Then we all probably muttered the same thing to ourselves, "There is no way that Ford is going to put a new GT40 into production, I'm not that lucky." But a miracle occurred, and lightning struck the same place not just twice, but 4038 times. Every Ford GT owner is the unlikely beneficiary of that miracle.
At the time the Ford GT was produced and there were more than 4038 Ford dealerships in the United States. The vast majority of them would never sell or service a Ford GT and the larger dealers that did get an allocation for a GT or two would service very few. As there is no such thing as an expert without considerable experience, many of us forgo dealership warrantee work and pay to have people like the GT Guys or Shadowman wrench on our cars. I suspect the majority of us would have purchased these cars even if Ford sold them without any type of warantee, like motocross bikes are sold.
As far as supercars go, the Ford GT was a tremendous deal. Like Shadowman, I don't wish to make light of anybody's difficulties. But to me, complaining about a less-than-perfect warantee experience on this car would be like my finding a hard body supermodel to come live with me, then discovering she's not only great in bed, she can cook, AND doesn't require that I spend a lot of money to keep her happy. But I'm very unhappy with her because she just spilled her Starbucks on the carpet. :bored
Chip