Yeah you guys probably think I'm stupid, but the other day I was cruising down the freeway with an e36 M3 at around 120 - 125 mph with my radio on and antenna up. This is not a good thing at all. I ended up bending my antenna. Can you believe that? I'm going to see if the dealer will cover it under warrenty. That's definitely a factory defect right?

 

Same thing happened to me and dealer will not cover it! so I did an S2K conversion and No more problem!

 

mine is bent... the former owner lived outside the city.. sometime´s over 100km´s of fast country drive in one day

 

I've hit 145 (indicated) with the radio on and mine is fine

 

They wouldn't cover it!? Why not? That's bull I would raise hell. I mean you (we) didn't do anything that the car wasn't meant to do. I can understand them not covering bent valves when someone misshifts, but this. This is nothing out of the ordinary.

 

nah, same here... right now it won't go all the way down when radio is off... and dealer won't cover it.... now I am thinking of putting the Insight antenna on...

CS

 

Integra antennas = ghey

 

Stick it in reverse, mash the gas, and bend that sucker back straight!

 

LOL

 

weeird..i've hit 9200rpms on 5th like 100 times and its still straight.

 

or using that logic; can it be twisted 180 degrees and then driven around until it is straight again? I know mine is quite "swept back" from, uhh, normal commuting.

I think you should go to a different dealer if there's one in town ... sounds like warranty to me ... call Acura a raise hell.

EDIT: noticed that the original poster hasn't yet been to dealer ... good luck tho!

Busse - who's local dealer DOES cover mishifts under warranty (not me, a friend)


[Modified by bussetech, 4:59 PM 5/13/2002]

 

Can we say, "Nice and Shaven"

 

Not as bad as catching a plastic bag on it at 75 and snapping it off....

 

Yeah i'm going in today to let them take a look at it. But the guy on the phone pretty much already said that it's not covered. But I will be sure to raise hell. He said that "those things don't bend." I said well isn't that what warranties are for? To cover items that don't do what there supposed to do. In this case an antenna that won't withstand highwinds. He just replied with "Well you can bring it in and we'll take a look at it."

 

they bend at 80MPH... that's why some manufacturers even design them so that they are angled.

-aoib0t, whose antenna has a natural curved look to it.

 

I do.

Mine's not bent, but I am on my second mast. I wouldn't consider it (the bending) a problem until the antenna does not raise or lower properly.

Ask you doctor, a little bending is natural and shouldn't cause alarm...

 

Haha...yeah but it's bent with a crease...(my antenna's on viagra...forever!)

 

I hit 150 indicated and mine works fine, but I am thinking about doing the s2k antenna kit

 

i've hit 148 mph and mine is fine, but it makes a thumping sound when
it goes up or down.

 

best thing to do is hook a switch to bring down the antenna. unless you listen to tunes at 140MPH+

-aoib0t, who listens to t00nz from 0-90MPH.

 

I can't hear the radio at 125+ so i just turn it off

 

i have a fuba antenna, like on some vws, pretty nice

 

What antenna??? Oh....I forgot that my antenna (both in the Prelude and the Integra) is integrated in the rear window from the factory. No worry for me. Just messing with you guys!!!

 

How about we change the title of this to: "Don't drive 120mph on the street"

 

I made a custom antenna switch just for reasons like that, and also, it just looks smoother.