mik wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:15 pm
Ok - sorry - will get to it.
Have you done it yet?
Re: Cheeky January trackday
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:30 am
by Foz
Porsche are basically cunts, but we knew that already!
Re: Cheeky January trackday
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:01 am
by revsRus
mik wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:00 pm
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.
mik wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:00 pm
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?
mik wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:00 pm
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
Re: Cheeky January trackday
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 3:50 pm
by mik
Re: Cheeky January trackday
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:38 pm
by 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
Re: Cheeky January trackday
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:09 pm
by 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.
Re: Cheeky January trackday
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:57 pm
by 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.
Re: Cheeky January trackday
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:11 pm
by Barry
<wrong thread>
Re: Cheeky January trackday
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:52 am
by Coaster1
Barry wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:11 pm
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:
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.