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New levels of hypocrisy?
Stephen
This is nothing new and I personally don't know ANY car manufacturer who grants a warranty if their car is driven on the track, especially for obtaining best lap times or in a real racing event. Exception: driver ed events which are officially approved (or specifically marked as driver ed events) by the manufacturer of the car.
I try to explain this thing for the past three or four years but nobody wants to listen. A short list of things which could (or certainly would) void the warranty:
1. track racing, even for private pleasure as an amateur
2. track racing events with the goal to obtain best lap times
3. technical modifications like wheels, suspension systems, engine (incl. so called chip tuning and software mods, piggy back devices, etc.), exhaust systems, airflow system, sport airfilters, spoilers(because they can influence the cooling, air distribution to the engine/brakes, etc.) and so on.
4. tires like semi-slicks or slicks, especially on 4WD models.
Forget about them needing proof, bla bla bla. If you get involved in a serious warranty issue and they don't want to pay for it (ask your dealer what a 996 Turbo or GT3 engine costs, you get a shock!), you're busted. I remember clever people (mostly lawyers who own a Porsche themselves) who recommend to owners who are in trouble to fight for their rights but trust me, chances aren't good and it really isn't fun to own a car and have to fight at court for it over a period of a year or two. It isn't worth it, especially because Porsche can always say that they build the car, they know the technical specs and they define what is approved or not. Now try to fight them, you'll have a serious problem as many people encountered before.
And may I make a personal comment: why should Porsche pay for damage done during track racing? They don't advertise the 996 or even the GT2 as race cars but as cars derived from a racing tradition. This doesn't mean they approve racing them and even provide warranty. And a last thing: buy a 996 GT3 RSR from Porsche Motorsport and then tell me what kind of warranty you have on this car. No race car manufacturer really gives a warranty and I think it is pretty clear why.
Like it or not but the standard Porsche models (with the exception of the GT3 RSR or Cup/Supercup) are
not race cars. Amen.
