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nberry said:
as to what Porsches' position is regarding their warranty and tracking a car?
Porsche is reputed to be the premier sport car for performance driving and most people buy Porsche's for performance. The only safe place to enjoy the car close to its limit is on race track. Yet, by all reports Porsche will not honor the warranty should a mechanical failure occur during tracking events. Others, like Carlos (our esteem moderator ) tell a different story claim sometime they will and sometimes they wouldn't.
Can someone from Porsche given a honest answer to this question?
I am not from Porsche, but here is my experience:
I have done a few track outtings in my C4C incl. 3 rallye de Paris of which you've seen some pics recently.
After every track session, I've brought my car to the dealer for a "health check" (fluid levels, brake pads, tyres, etc.) they've never told me anything bad about tracking my car.
Now, you're gonna say: "but you've never had anything gone wrong?".
True, but at the risk of sounding pro Porsche here, I don't see why anything should go wrong with the car?
If I crash it, then my fault of course.
I've asked the question to my dealer about something going wrong with it on the track and they told me:
"Well, just like on the open road, something goes wrong, we do a diagnostic and we fix it!", Simple as that Nick.
I think it might be down to dealer attitude after that because once the car has arrived at the dealer, it is my understanding that is is more the dealer's responsability than the manufacturer.
Anyway, as soon as I read your post, I called my friend from Ferrari and same thing, they will honor the warranty, but first run the electronic diagnostic of course.
Truth is, if Porsche wouldn't honor the warranty when their cars are tracked, it would be a huge deal in France bc a lot of Porsche owners are Members of Porsche Club de France or similar clubs and track their cars on a regular basis.
Now with insurrance companies, it's a whole other matter, you have to specify that you intend to track to car in a NON competitive manner and it's usually fine. No problem with me.
Personally, I've never heard of Porsche voiding warranty bc a car is tracked, sounds you have in the USA, which is a great shame and even scandalous!
Any case in europe?
There you go. Hope it helped.