[Picus]

I agree with you on almost every point, NCZ13; the one I don't agree on is that Nissan didn't promote launch control. They did. There are a number of interviews where Nissan reps mention it as a feature of the car. One that springs to mind is when Jay Leno reviewed it. An engineer from Nissan talks with him specifically about LC. The 0-60 times published by Nissan were all achieved with LC.

I am not sure how this will go down, but if I had to guess I will say Nissan will cover '09 trannies under warranty, and when they do they'll make sure the owner is aware that further use of LC will then void the warranty. Of course from here on out no more LC.