Thread: Nissan Consumer Affairs Oil Cooler Response
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Old 06-06-2009, 03:04 PM   #83 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by FricFrac View Post
I suspect there is a little disclaimer on the comercial about being a profesional driver and don't try drifting at home.... there was no disclaimer about the oil cooler supplied for the media

Most people won't have issue with the cooler. It will be the same people who actually get the 18MPG in the city and 28MPG on the highway in this car. It is actually possible to get these numbers but the car is basically a garage queen.

Personally my main frustration is that Nissan provide the car to the media with the cooler. They did this to boost sales of the car by showing what the car was capable of WITH THE COOLER. Its a work around to prevent the car from going into "safety mode". They obviously knew there was an issue or they would never have added a cooler in the first place. What's the difference in supplying a cooler as opposed to supplying stickier tires or modifying the ECU or removing the catalytic converters for better performance? Nothing - they are all cheating or deciving to increase sales and its not OK.

This has nothing to do with getting a free oil cooler. Most people could care less and have no need for it - the same as they have no need for a 3.7l engine that makes 332HP or 60-0 in just over 100 feet or 0.98 lateral G. The people who bought the car as a pen1s extension don't care if their pen1s is oil cooled.

Most people are willing to pay for the oil cooler and installation but they want to make sure Nissan won't try to pull some stunt and make an illogical statement like the oil cooler causing a problem rather than preventing one.
Very well said, and I agree 100%. I, personally, have not had an oil temp problem thus far. It's the feeling that I've been had by deceptive advertising that is getting under my skin. But I can get over that. Here's what I find harder to get over. I have no quarrel with buying my own oil cooler. In fact, I already have -- it's sitting in the garage ready to be installed the next time I do an oil change. But the idea that as soon as I install it my warranty is void doesn't sit very well with me. That's the pill I'm finding tougher to swallow.
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