"With You" program: coming to the US?

Sounds amazing. But I'd REALLY want to read the 'fine print'.... just have a feeling

 

AAA

 

You lost me when you said "recovered" Ferrari. I don't get what this service is - can you elaborate? thanks in advance

 

The program is a Road Side Assistance program; you break down, they send a flat bed to take your vehicle to the nearest dealer and arrange a rental vehicle in the meantime.

 

That would be the whole purpose of the program, to try to get the "do I really have to change the timing belt every three years?" crowd with older used Ferraris (pre-F430) to ante up for dealer service.

 

As far as I'm aware even those that signed up in the UK when it launched a few months ago have still had no details (such as who to call.....)

 

So they air ship my car to the closest authorized center in the lower 48... or do I have to wait for ocean container round trip?

 

I see...thanks for the explanation

 

Why on earth would anyone trade the abilty to pick your own mechanic for a free tow ?

AAA s what ? $70 year ans you get to take your car to any repair should you want.

There are probably locals with no qualified independent shops so owners have to use authorized shops...and I feel for those people paying 50% more than they should...but I cant imagine there are that many.

 

If they don't have a "100 mile max" rule now, I'll bet they get one after you cash in!

Dave

 

+1, just renewed today with them.

 

I will have to really save up for that first freebie one until they catch on. "Yeah, I have a loose plug wire, can you get it to Seattle and back...free?"

 

In Late July and early August I drove my F355 to WV from Texas. Comming back A water radiator blew out in the middle of no-where-ville Indianna (Lynnville actually). A flat bed to the nearest Ferrari dealership would have gone back to Columbus Oh and cost $1500 whereas the Flatbed to Evansville and a Porsche mechanic cost only $100.

Now is where the arithmetic becomes a little hazy. The Ferrari dealer would have had me on the road by the later portion of the next day. The Porsche mechanic took 5 days (most of it waiting for the radiator--but at leat 1 day waiting to get into it to figure out what blew).

If I had just put myself up in a hotel, the overall bill would have been rather similar. That is saving $1400 in the flat bed fee would have been spent in hotels, food and entertainment. However, I had relatives 2 hours away (which is why I was in Indianna to begin with) they came up to get me, and my expenses were not-so-bad.

 

Mitch, if you don't mind me asking, who did the work? D-Patrick Porsche or was it Foreign Performance?

 

Foreign Performance.