Porsche Assistance and track days
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Hi
Does anyone know for sure if Porsche Assistance (via The AA) are willing to pick you up from a circuit if you've broken something on a track day? I'm completely convinced they used to, and that I've seen it explicitly written somewhere in previous policy text I had, but annoyingly I don't seem to have that anymore.
The Porsche website says:
However they don't really seem to know what 'track test day' means. I'm awaiting a more solid definition from them.
I then phoned Porsche UK who said that they do not cover breakdowns at track days, and never have. When I asked what the AA mean by 'track test days' they said (guessed?) events that Porsche run with an instructor in the car, but the AA didn't say that at all. I then quoted the above line from the website and the person I was speaking to focused on the word 'been', suggesting that if you've been on a track day and then break down on the way home then they'll cover it. But made clear this was just this person's interpretation of it, and not an unambiguous and quotable thing.
Of course I'm well aware of the classic thing of limping the car out the circuit and phoning from 100 metres down the road, but I'd be happy to pay the Porsche premium if I felt confident that they definitely would pick me up from a circuit and not have it descend in to an argument of what words mean with whoever you speak to on the day.
Does anyone know for sure if Porsche Assistance (via The AA) are willing to pick you up from a circuit if you've broken something on a track day? I'm completely convinced they used to, and that I've seen it explicitly written somewhere in previous policy text I had, but annoyingly I don't seem to have that anymore.
The Porsche website says:
Porsche website said:
Recovery or repair even if you’ve been on a track-day
AA policy document says they won't cover motorsport and timed stuff, but thatAA said:
Track test days for road-legal vehicles
are fine.However they don't really seem to know what 'track test day' means. I'm awaiting a more solid definition from them.
I then phoned Porsche UK who said that they do not cover breakdowns at track days, and never have. When I asked what the AA mean by 'track test days' they said (guessed?) events that Porsche run with an instructor in the car, but the AA didn't say that at all. I then quoted the above line from the website and the person I was speaking to focused on the word 'been', suggesting that if you've been on a track day and then break down on the way home then they'll cover it. But made clear this was just this person's interpretation of it, and not an unambiguous and quotable thing.
Of course I'm well aware of the classic thing of limping the car out the circuit and phoning from 100 metres down the road, but I'd be happy to pay the Porsche premium if I felt confident that they definitely would pick me up from a circuit and not have it descend in to an argument of what words mean with whoever you speak to on the day.
Jamescrs said:
I can't comment on Porsche assist specifically but the AA do recover mechanical breakdowns on standard trackdays but they don't recover the car if you crash it
Most recovery companies don't recover even if you crash on the public highway. It's an insurance job. I've tried it.Ok, thanks all! 
I've bought it now, as I'm at Silverstone Monday and wanted the piece of mind, but when the full blurb comes in the post I'll have a close read through to see if track use is mentioned.
And of course if I've done a proper crash I wouldn't expect it to be covered as a break down, but I'm thinking more of like some wear and tear item giving up through the extra abuse of track use like brakes, etc.
Porsche, from what I can tell are generally quite comfortable and blasé about people using their cars on track, which is one of the reasons I was convinced their arrangement with the AA was meant to cover it (and one reason I'm quite fond of the brand).
Cheers
I've bought it now, as I'm at Silverstone Monday and wanted the piece of mind, but when the full blurb comes in the post I'll have a close read through to see if track use is mentioned.
And of course if I've done a proper crash I wouldn't expect it to be covered as a break down, but I'm thinking more of like some wear and tear item giving up through the extra abuse of track use like brakes, etc.
Porsche, from what I can tell are generally quite comfortable and blasé about people using their cars on track, which is one of the reasons I was convinced their arrangement with the AA was meant to cover it (and one reason I'm quite fond of the brand).
Cheers
Pickled Piper said:
I called the AA to the pits at Donnington some years ago. They repaired the problem, so I was mobile again. I'm sure thew would have recovered my car if it had been needed.
My mate wanted Porsche Assist but as soon as they found out he'd been at Zandvoort on a track day they binned him off.Its part of the T&C's i guess
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