[Muscle Master]

Originally Posted by jrhaus76

You guys are all joking right? The guy took a rental out and did a few burnouts... Big deal. Basically he torqued the wheel too far under load, heated up (boiled) the power steering fluid so it thinned out and it didnt work until it cooled. It cooled down and works fine. This is also why it did work over 1200 rpm. With the increased rpm of the pump pulley, the thinner fluid would still function.

This is a common problem on early Miatas when running gymkanas. All the turning heats the fluid and the power steering goes out for a second. Not a big deal at all.

OP... the car is fine, you dont need to tell them jack. Return the car and walk away. I cant believe all the holier then thou comments in here.

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I been floating around from time to time ... you guys are becoming asses ... serious, it's why I don't post much anymore

Originally Posted by JohnInSoCal

this thread is interesting, I don't quite understand the outrage. I am 42 and am all for people standing up and taking responsibility for their actions. But doing a donut I would not consider abuse to the car. If an SS can't do a donut then GM has a defective car and needs to address the issue. I don't see this as much different than mashing the gas and doing a burnout. Some have done that with their M6 and the output shaft snapped. Is that abuse ? No, I think this car should be able to handle mashing the gas (stock) without the drive shaft snapping or transmission being left on the ground.

Assuming this was done in a parking lot, away from people then I don't see a big problem with this, and see it much like a burnout. Avis rents these SS's and charges much more than a typical rental exactly because they know guys renting these want to see what they will do. If you are only renting it for looks then rent the V6 and save some money.

.... THANK YOU