Cheeky January trackday

[mik]

Ok - sorry - will get to it.

[IanF]

Ok - sorry - will get to it.

Have you done it yet?

[Foz]

Porsche are basically cunts, but we knew that already!

[revsRus]

It looks ludicrous to me Pete, but the comments from the repairs assessor made a lot of sense. Seems crazy that a tower would "rip" like that though from "just" a pothole impact.

No chance of using your car insurance if Porsche are maintaining it is "accident damage"

Yeah it will be car insurance by the looks of it. Although they may also have an opinion (Admiral) on whether it’s accident damage or a mechanical failure.

[scotta]

It looks ludicrous to me Pete, but the comments from the repairs assessor made a lot of sense. Seems crazy that a tower would "rip" like that though from "just" a pothole impact.

No chance of using your car insurance if Porsche are maintaining it is "accident damage"

Yeah it will be car insurance by the looks of it. Although they may also have an opinion (Admiral) on whether it’s accident damage or a mechanical failure.

Is your car on finance? Might be able to get the finance company involved if it is?

[revsRus]

It looks ludicrous to me Pete, but the comments from the repairs assessor made a lot of sense. Seems crazy that a tower would "rip" like that though from "just" a pothole impact.

No chance of using your car insurance if Porsche are maintaining it is "accident damage"

Yeah it will be car insurance by the looks of it. Although they may also have an opinion (Admiral) on whether it’s accident damage or a mechanical failure.

Is your car on finance? Might be able to get the finance company involved if it is?

Yeah, Porsche finance for £55k of it

[mik]

[Foz]

It’s got interest in all the forums I use, a proper count of the instances would be useful.
Renntechs thread runs to 45 pages

[integrale_evo]

If the turret can't withstand a pothole impact small enough to only put a small dent in the wheel then it's simply not strong enough. I'd expect pretty much every car on the road to be able to withstand an impact hard enough to destroy a wheel without pulling the shell to bits.

[mik]

Very much that. (I have edited an earlier comment as it read like I thought this was a reasonable outcome from a pothole impact).

You expect tyre/wheel damage from a pothole. Maybe suspension or steering damage if you are particularly unlucky. But not a failure of the feckin shell.

[Barry]

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[Coaster1]

I'll do a better report of our fun three days later but just to set the scene, I took this quickly while trying to take pictures. Some might recognise the location from a certain motoring magazine cover or three:

https://youtu.be/ez9SJK3ulZc

Wrong thread

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9237&p=44127#p44127

[Coaster1]

Here’s a new one. 991.2 GT3!



Looks like aluminium construction is garbage.

Just buy a 996/7 GT3 and be done with it.

[revsRus]

Interesting....

I’m hoping if enough of these happen that Porsche act and they refund my repair. I think I’m going to pay my bill myself so I have the invoice to hand rather than going through insurance.