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Originally Posted by gago1101
I have not read the full warranty brochure and the fine print, but unless they specifically state that tracking the car would result in no warranty or maintenance coverage, I do not se how they can do that. They may not want to pay, but they will have to in the end. Abusing the car for example by not changing the oil, modifying the car, etc could result in refusal to cover things under warranty or maintenance. Hard driving or regular tracking is not abuse.
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Well maybe you SHOULD read the fine print rather than just speculating. You're right that they can't exclude it without explicitly stating that it's not covered. So here's Page 53 out of the 2011 M3 Supplement:
Granted, the wording makes it ambiguous as to whether the warranty won't cover wear and tear due to any race track use or just competitive motorsports, which aren't always the same. But here's Page 1 out of the 2011 M3/1M Service and Warranty book:
The "provided wear and tear exceeds BMW wear limits" is the weasel-out clause. That means that if you don't make your stuff last at least as long as BMW thinks it should last, you're not covered. Granted, the wording is awkward here too, but the alternative interpretation (that the wear rate must be FASTER than BMW specified limits) doesn't make any sense at all, since BMW would then be saying, "We won't replace your brake pads if they lasted longer than we expected them to." And then of course there's the bullet point at the bottom excluding competitive events -- which granted you could argue wouldn't apply to HPDEs, but they've already got that covered with the weasel-out clause.
Did you honestly believe that BMW would give their track-going owners unlimited brake pads and rotors for the first 4 years/50K miles? Of course people who just go to a couple track days per year could probably keep their Ultimate Service coverage since novices running infrequently at the track would still likely have wear within BMW's limits, but that would never work for more regular track-goers. But it's also probably moot in the real world anyway. The rotors are designed to last long enough that even people who DO go to the track would probably only need one set of new rotors during the Ultimate Service window, and NO track person would run the stock pads at the track beyond maybe their first event or two. But BMW is of course still going to cover their bases.