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Slashdot | OnStar Considered Harmful: "1975 - The year I consulted for Magnusson-Moss (Score:1, Interesting)
by Amsterdam Vallon (639622) *
(http://www.slauhgter.edu/ | Last Journal: Thursday December 18, @05:23PM)
Back in graduate school, I was fortunate enough to have had a LOT of sway when it came to departmental activities. As an undergraduate, I held a 3.98 GPA and graduated first in my class. So naturally, when I kept these same kind of grades in graduate school, I earned a lot of respect and got into some interesting positions.
In 1975, a very important question came up in court - should MODIFICATIONS of factory-bought automobiles void the warranty? That is, if you install an aftermarket part or tinker with some subsystem of the vehicle, are you voiding the warranty?
I was called in to work with a team of mechanical engineers and electrical engineers to determine how TINKERING with specific parts could alter a vehicle's performance and safety. We decided to set some ground rules based on some research examples in the lab on alterations to new cars bought from dealers.
The result was the F"
