Ian,
The only thing your interpretation of the handbook indicates is that your handbook and the Whitworth MOG article say different things. It is smarter to read what he wrote this month. He is the one who decides warranty claims now.
But you made me dig deeper. I pulled out an old handbook, presumably written before Whitworth took over warranty. It is DIFFERENT from the one you are reading. Curious huh?
"The warranty does not apply to tyres or consumables (e.g brake pads/shoes, clutch lining. etc.) or to defects arising from the fitting of parts NOT made or approved by Company or by the original manufacturers of any proprieary parts fitted to the vehicle."
This version is simple. It's clear. It says exactly what you are trying to interpret out of your version. So why cause confusion with new words when this earlier terminology had been used and understood for so many years? In my business, we would say he either changed the warranty or he wants confusion.
Let's check more handbooks.
DanD
