Bad day...

[CSL]

ITLRUN, I really appreciate you sharing all that you did with us, and obviously very glad you walked away from this one without physical harm. It doesn't get much more scary than fire.

It doesn't seem like this could ever happen until it does. A couple of your recommendations have me thinking. The first is wearing all your safety gear.....I never felt compelled to wear all my garb on an HPDE day, but now this has me thinking twice. You innately feel secure knowing you're driving an OEM setup that has been tested to the moon and back. I am also staying away from modding this car because it is so damn good out of the box, but more importantly because this platform is uncharted territory and messing with the recipe has the potential to yield the unknown and unanticipated X. I may be a bit a paranoid, but a mod-related catastrophic failure is about the worst case scenario.

You also mentioned track insurance. I have gone back and forth with this. My carrier did not have specific language excluding HPDE events, but I always knew if something happened it would be a fight I didn't want to get into. I am in the process of re-doing my insurance, and addressing track day coverage is one of the reasons. With that said, you had a modded car that obviously had an OEM related failure given the fact you were taken care of. I'm curious why with your recent experience the track day insurance was such an important recommendstion you made? I admit there tends to be a "I know my limits" mindset, and that mindset is obviously fallible. I was just a bit surprised to see track insurance at the top of your list since Ford is taking care of it. If you can't answer I completely understand, but figured I'd put it out there if you're able to comment.....cheers and I look forward to you getting back in the saddle.

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[firestarter2]

I'm confused what actually happened the car Randomly caught fire

 

[CSL]

The car caught fire while on track.....the cause is unknown publically. From pics it looks like the fire started in the rear, but that is a mere hunch.

 

[firestarter2]

The car caught fire while on track.....the cause is unknown publically. From pics it looks like the fire started in the rear, but that is a mere hunch.

Hmmm OK I'm confused why this thread exists if no details are going to be given

 

[Shift]

ITLRUN, I really appreciate you sharing all that you did with us, and obviously very glad you walked away from this one without physical harm. It doesn't get much more scary than fire.

It doesn't seem like this could ever happen until it does. A couple of your recommendations have me thinking. The first is wearing all your safety gear.....I never felt compelled to wear all my garb on an HPDE day, but now this has me thinking twice. You innately feel secure knowing you're driving an OEM setup that has been tested to the moon and back. I am also staying away from modding this car because it is so damn good out of the box, but more importantly because this platform is uncharted territory and messing with the recipe has the potential to yield the unknown and unanticipated X. I may be a bit a paranoid, but a mod-related catastrophic failure is about the worst case scenario.

You also mentioned track insurance. I have gone back and forth with this. My carrier did not have specific language excluding HPDE events, but I always knew if something happened it would be a fight I didn't want to get into. I am in the process of re-doing my insurance, and addressing track day coverage is one of the reasons. With that said, you had a modded car that obviously had an OEM related failure given the fact you were taken care of. I'm curious why with your recent experience the track day insurance was such an important recommendstion you made? I admit there tends to be a "I know my limits" mindset, and that mindset is obviously fallible. I was just a bit surprised to see track insurance at the top of your list since Ford is taking care of it. If you can't answer I completely understand, but figured I'd put it out there if you're able to comment.....cheers and I look forward to you getting back in the saddle.

Id speculate that it was a still a lesson learned, even though he got lucky this time. It may be the first time he realized that if Ford didnt step up, he would have been absolutely screwed out of $60k+ because he didnt have track insurance, and thats not an insignificant amount of money.

 

[stanglife]

I can answer one thing for ITLRUN - because I've felt the same thing. If at some point, you don't think you need track insurance and then you have something happen on the track - there's a lot going through your mind. You don't know who is going to put up what roadblocks or who is going to come through in the end. Having track insurance is an instant fallback and I'm sure would lift a lot of that stress while you figure everything out.

Track insurance - they know what their coverage limits are and they know what you're doing at the track. If they started not paying out, I doubt many people would continue to buy it. Good investment, IMO.

 

[stanglife]

Hmmm OK I'm confused why this thread exists if no details are going to be given

Well seeing that the OP wasn't the person involved, maybe you should complain to someone else? :tsk:

 

[5.0 435]

Wow sorry to read about this situation

 

[Cardude99]

Didn't see this origionally, sorry this happed, glad you could walk away and congrats on getting a 17 allocation. I vote for grabber blue if your in the mood for a color change.

 

[ITLRUN]

I was just a bit surprised to see track insurance at the top of your list since Ford is taking care of it. If you can't answer I completely understand, but figured I'd put it out there if you're able to comment.....cheers and I look forward to you getting back in the saddle.

In a nut shell, the potential monetary loss I faced caused me many sleepless nights. Whats your level of sanity worth to you? :shrug:

 

[ITLRUN]

I can answer one thing for ITLRUN - because I've felt the same thing. If at some point, you don't think you need track insurance and then you have something happen on the track - there's a lot going through your mind. You don't know who is going to put up what roadblocks or who is going to come through in the end. Having track insurance is an instant fallback and I'm sure would lift a lot of that stress while you figure everything out.

Track insurance - they know what their coverage limits are and they know what you're doing at the track. If they started not paying out, I doubt many people would continue to buy it. Good investment, IMO.

TRUTH.

 

[CSL]

In a nut shell, the potential monetary loss I faced caused me many sleepless nights. Whats your level of sanity worth to you? :shrug:

Thanks for the response. I assumed that would be your answer and glad you confirmed it. Congrats on he 17....will it be yellow?

 

[ITLRUN]

Thanks for the response. I assumed that would be your answer and glad you confirmed it. Congrats on he 17....will it be yellow?

I can't decide. I'm 100% sure it will not be yellow.

 

[CSL]

I can't decide. I'm 100% sure it will not be yellow.

Ah, decisions....always nice to have options. :cheers:

 

[Donkey]

In a nut shell, the potential monetary loss I faced caused me many sleepless nights. Whats your level of sanity worth to you? :shrug:

I was always told if you can't afford to take your car home in a garbage bag then either get track insurance or don't track it. So insurance is a must for me.

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