Thought this was interesting. Buy a z06 and for 6 grand you can hang out and build your own motor:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/07...ld-experience/

 

so when the motor blows it's your own fault, i want to see the new report when the first person shows up at the dealer ship for warranty work to find out there is no diy warranty

 

What a fantastic scam!

For 6 grand you come to our plant. Transportation, housing and meals are on your own dime. We put a babysitter with you to watch you put your own engine together, saving us the cost and manpower of assembling it for you.

I should start doing that in my business. You buy a pool table from me, which includes intallation in the price, for a mere $500 extra I'll watch you load, transport and assemble the table yourself. I'll even put a plaque on it that says you did it yourself. Think of the extra pride of ownership.

It's brilliant.

 

That's probably why they charge 6k. They're pretty sure the motor will break and buy charging you 6k you've already paid for the replacement.
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It's like those "vacations" where you go to Italy and pay a few grand to work on a farm for a week or two while you pick ingredients, and receive instructions from chefs on how to prepare your own meals. You do the work but pay for the experience.

I seriously doubt the motor builders at the Corvette factory are going to let you **** anything up. That gig isn't just handed out to anyone. The guys who work there have a lot more pride going into the finished product than you would find on the assembly line for the Malipoo or Impala-shot-calla.

 

what business genius came up with a business model where your employees pay you!?

 

Real men of genius

Mr. charge your employees to work for you man

We salute you

 

Brilliant!

Honda should do that. You'll have all the mad JdM tYtE yO! punks flying over-seas in no time.

 

You mean flying to SC to build their Civic.

 

I would get together with an airline and offer a "JdM mAd TyTe Yo! DiY pAcKaGe" to Japan.... more maney...

 

need a business partner?

 

Since when does Honda build Civics in SC?

 

I was talking out my ***. I know they have a plant there so made assumption that they made civics there. More importantly that would **** the MadTyteJDM crowds cars actually were made in SC.

 

If I was rich and had any interest in motors, I'd throw down for that.

haters going to hate.

 

There are rotards who would totally do this.

 

Hell I would too, I agree it's nothing more than a money making scheme by GM but Id still do it if I could.
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Paying someone to show a guy who's never done it before how to build an engine is not lower-cost than having a guy who's done it hundreds of times do it again.

 

I call BS on all of yahs. What if it was a Ferrari motor? Huh!

 

I think this is a great point, what your paying for is the time you take away from that engine builder and the use of GM's tools, there is no way they are making a lot money off of it.

 

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=385540

I'd do it if I had the coin. I'd slip in with ARP head studs in my pocket though.