Solution to the trailer problem
Discussion
So ive been trying to qork out how to get a trailer for a while. Main concern is my car breaking or being crashed at the track.
I have no real space for a trailer so I've been looking into hiring etc.
However I recently started looking at traciday insurance too and realised you can get recovery cover for track days. I haven't checked but I would assume that RAc/Aa might not pick you up from a track but if you could pay just for recovery from a track then this seems to solve the problem
If I breakdown or crash I'll just get towed home?! Does anyone else do this?
I do appreciate part of the pain would be the wait to get picked up but I'm not too bothered about that
I have no real space for a trailer so I've been looking into hiring etc.
However I recently started looking at traciday insurance too and realised you can get recovery cover for track days. I haven't checked but I would assume that RAc/Aa might not pick you up from a track but if you could pay just for recovery from a track then this seems to solve the problem
If I breakdown or crash I'll just get towed home?! Does anyone else do this?
I do appreciate part of the pain would be the wait to get picked up but I'm not too bothered about that
E-bmw said:
I think you will find all will pick you up from a track venue, what if you were at a race meeting as a spectator & couldn't start the car afterwards, it is just the same.
RAC and others have been known to refuse to recover from trackdays if they know/suspect that the car failed on track. RAC specifically don't cover breakdowns whilst doing trackdays, AA specifically do.
Neither will cover crash damage though.
I used to have personal AA cover, but since ive switched to greenflag vehicle specific cover, my boxster currently has no breakdown solution. Though, if the worst happens, ill probably join AA on the spot.
Neither will cover crash damage though.
I used to have personal AA cover, but since ive switched to greenflag vehicle specific cover, my boxster currently has no breakdown solution. Though, if the worst happens, ill probably join AA on the spot.
The likes of the AA, RAC etc will often do a tax and MOT check on the vehicle before providing you any service on the day. So if your car is not road legal as such don't be surprised if you get turned away for this reason.
Also if a patrol turns up and you're sat there with quite obviously a track day car at the race track, again they may not choose to turn a blind eye to it.
The same thing happens with taxis, the owner often doesn't declare the policy is for a business vehicle and relies on personal cover to get him home. It is not unknown for the breakdown club to ask the rescue/recovery patrol if there is any sign of it being a private hire style vehicle.
Also if a patrol turns up and you're sat there with quite obviously a track day car at the race track, again they may not choose to turn a blind eye to it.
The same thing happens with taxis, the owner often doesn't declare the policy is for a business vehicle and relies on personal cover to get him home. It is not unknown for the breakdown club to ask the rescue/recovery patrol if there is any sign of it being a private hire style vehicle.
E-bmw said:
I have certainly heard of people getting a crash damaged car "dropped up the road" by the on track recovery team for a few beer tokens before, to make it less obvious.
Yes it's quite surprising how many 'performance' cars end up in the ditches on the roads outside Donington Park...I can confirm first hand from my experience at Bedford that the AA have no problem picking up cars from a circuit as long as its a track day and not a race you are participating in. ie, if you stack it in the 750MC that's a big no, otherwise its all good.
As an aside, I sold my daily car and bought a pickup truck so I could tow and its by far the better move for me, additional choice of tyres, tools, spares, food, loads more useful stuff at the track. And when you are up at somewhere like Blyton and its pissing down, somewhere warm to sit between runs.
As an aside, I sold my daily car and bought a pickup truck so I could tow and its by far the better move for me, additional choice of tyres, tools, spares, food, loads more useful stuff at the track. And when you are up at somewhere like Blyton and its pissing down, somewhere warm to sit between runs.
Edited by 1781cc on Sunday 2nd January 14:38
Edited by 1781cc on Sunday 2nd January 14:38
E-bmw said:
I have certainly heard of people getting a crash damaged car "dropped up the road" by the on track recovery team for a few beer tokens before, to make it less obvious.
this is one of those 'pub talk' stories. I've never seen it happen in 25 years and I don't believe for a minute that the hired in recovery operator for MSV would be even allowed to think about dropping you off in a verge somewhere.it's just not true.
It the car is potentially drivable then if you are that way inclined you might park it in a bush or something, but the police are going to want to know why a car has been abandoned and then it all gets a bit messy.
Dynion Araf Uchaf said:
E-bmw said:
I have certainly heard of people getting a crash damaged car "dropped up the road" by the on track recovery team for a few beer tokens before, to make it less obvious.
it's just not true.
Likely or not, I have (anecdotally) heard the story so many times now, that I would have to say, I think it is feasible but ask me if it has happened & I would say I am 50/50.
Dynion Araf Uchaf said:
this is one of those 'pub talk' stories. I've never seen it happen in 25 years and I don't believe for a minute that the hired in recovery operator for MSV would be even allowed to think about dropping you off in a verge somewhere.
it's just not true.
I can imagine it happening a couple decades ago. I wasn't there to remember it, but first hand stories from my parents and other close family members, definitely thing like happened. it's just not true.
What I certainly have seen, is someone taking a wheel off on a lampost at an autotest, group effort to get the car to side of the road that ran past said carpark while the others packed away the event and left.
Happened it was the last run of the day, as some locals had managed to totally ignore the perimeter barrier, motorsports is dangerous keep out signs, and walk into the coarse mid run. Hence the car got a re-run, which then results in a three wheeler.
That did happen, only about five years ago. Not bribes required as far as I know!
Happened it was the last run of the day, as some locals had managed to totally ignore the perimeter barrier, motorsports is dangerous keep out signs, and walk into the coarse mid run. Hence the car got a re-run, which then results in a three wheeler.
That did happen, only about five years ago. Not bribes required as far as I know!
I've twice been recovered from trackdays having broken down.
Years ago at Silverstone I had an electrical fault out on track in my TVR Tasmin (not a massive surprise) was recovered to a public car park and the AA took me home.
More recently I had a massive oil leak in a Porsche 944 at Cadwell, managed to get it a few miles up the road and again got recovered home.
Another TVR day at Cadwell, probably 25 years ago now, someone crashed his nearly new uninsured for track Chimaera over the Mountain, phoned the dealer he had bought it from who came and collected it, plan was to tell the insurer it was a road accident so the customer wouldn't be out of pocket and the dealer would get the repair work! Never heard but assume they got away with it!
Years ago at Silverstone I had an electrical fault out on track in my TVR Tasmin (not a massive surprise) was recovered to a public car park and the AA took me home.
More recently I had a massive oil leak in a Porsche 944 at Cadwell, managed to get it a few miles up the road and again got recovered home.
Another TVR day at Cadwell, probably 25 years ago now, someone crashed his nearly new uninsured for track Chimaera over the Mountain, phoned the dealer he had bought it from who came and collected it, plan was to tell the insurer it was a road accident so the customer wouldn't be out of pocket and the dealer would get the repair work! Never heard but assume they got away with it!
I have seen the AA recover cars from Cadwell before but I do seem to recall they will cover a breakdown but not a crash on track.
I know crashes are rare but I have had one myself at Oulton on a wet February day, spin off and hit a tyre wall, thankfully the car wasn't too damaged and was drivable after I was pulled off the grass and back onto the tarmac.
I know crashes are rare but I have had one myself at Oulton on a wet February day, spin off and hit a tyre wall, thankfully the car wasn't too damaged and was drivable after I was pulled off the grass and back onto the tarmac.
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