Warranty Block on 4BW M6

[Throat Yogurt]

I wish GM/Cadillac had something like Porsche, where the dealer can run a report on the car to see how much time the engine has spent in certain RPM ranges. It's quite a useful tool for potential buyers.

 

[DCV]

God no, then we would have endless threads in here about DME reports and counting over revs along with saying a car with 10k miles on it was old and not worth buying. Go to Rennlist for that.

 

[rubberduck]

Pretty sure the original was an old man who did the money shift, grandpa should probably rethink manuals at his age.

I would put my bets on the grandkid before grandpa. Now if there was an upholstery block, that was likely grandpa.

 

[Throat Yogurt]

God no, then we would have endless threads in here about DME reports and counting over revs along with saying a car with 10k miles on it was old and not worth buying. Go to Rennlist for that.

A thread where we count revs? Of course we already did that!

A new competition for us all: Post your average lifetime RPM

I hereby propose a new topic for us to argue about: Whose car has the highest lifetime average RPM? Obviously the higher the number = you are driving your car harder = you are a better Blackwing owner. This is not a thread for grandmas, hypermilers, or cars still in break-in. To get your RPM...

www.cadillacvnet.com

 

[bloominguez]

A thread where we count revs? Of course we already did that!

A new competition for us all: Post your average lifetime RPM

I hereby propose a new topic for us to argue about: Whose car has the highest lifetime average RPM? Obviously the higher the number = you are driving your car harder = you are a better Blackwing owner. This is not a thread for grandmas, hypermilers, or cars still in break-in. To get your RPM...

www.cadillacvnet.com

That was a good thread, but didn't we ultimately find that the math was somewhat flawed? Idle Hours were subtracted off of total hours, but revs while idling weren't subtracted off of total revs. Such that a lot of time idling would make it look like you revved your car more! Might not make a big difference for some people, but if you're stuck at stoplights in a big city it might. Still fun to calculate, though.

 

[Azure]

how did you find that picture? is there a way to tell if there is an existing block?

 

[Jim2000]

how did you find that picture? is there a way to tell if there is an existing block?

You can call Cadillac customer service and ask about the warranty to see if it is intact and if there is a warranty block on the car. You can also do this online. I highly recommend that on any used Cadillac, especially the Blackwing models. I have not had an issue with other manufacturers in regards to this issue. Perhaps it is because GM did a warranty block with the CTS-Vs and ATS-Vs that were involved with being tracked in their high performance school.

 

[jbawden]

Not a BW, but related to the "money shift" discussion.

Money-Shifting A Toyota GR Corolla Did $42,000 in Damage: Report

With less than 500 miles on the odometer, the new car owner's warranty claim was denied.

www.thedrive.com

 

[DCV]

Idiots like the GR driver should not be given a warranty claim. He fucked up and destroyed the engine. If Toyota is offering him 32k he should take it and pay the rest.

 

[Jim2000]

What a moron. I wonder if he will default on the car loan?

 

[mfbmike]

I wish GM/Cadillac had something like Porsche, where the dealer can run a report on the car to see how much time the engine has spent in certain RPM ranges. It's quite a useful tool for potential buyers.

lol DME reports.

"Hey guys does this report look okay to you?"


FFS, these cars are meant to be driven and taken to redline, often.

 

[EB4BW]

Also

You can call Cadillac customer service and ask about the warranty to see if it is intact and if there is a warranty block on the car. You can also do this online. I highly recommend that on any used Cadillac, especially the Blackwing models.

Also any GM dealer can pull a warranty status report by VIN through GMGlobal.

Here's the one I got, redacted, with the redlines added by me to show relevant sections.

 

[Throat Yogurt]

lol DME reports.

"Hey guys does this report look okay to you?"


FFS, these cars are meant to be driven and taken to redline, often.

It's not the redline that matters, it's the over redline that's concerning. FFS.

 

[Barstoolman1127]

 

[mfbmike]

It's not the redline that matters, it's the over redline that's concerning. FFS.

Problem is taking a Porsche to Redline shows up in the DME reports and potential buyers freak out when they see those show up in the reports, even if no overrevs show up.

 

[Throat Yogurt]

Problem is taking a Porsche to Redline shows up in the DME reports and potential buyers freak out when they see those show up in the reports, even if no overrevs show up.

Who, exactly, is doing this? I just bought a used Porsche and the DME report was really useful in showing the car hadn't been abused/overrevved. If there are idiots clutching their pearls when seeing time spent near redline, that's their problem. There are always going to be people misinterpreting data. I am glad Porsche has that reporting feature and I wish Cadillac did as well.