You've been there before: the car breaks down, maybe it's a hot day on the freeway, you're on vacation, plans get preempted, you call the auto club and you plain-old have a bad day. What if this scenario happens miles from cell coverage or call boxes? Not even OnStar works outside of cellular coverage. Now there is SPOT Assist!

SPOT Assist provides the world’s first portable 24/7 roadside assistance service that operates solely on satellite technology offering complete service coverage even from remote locations without the limitations of cellular based services. When it comes to safety on the road, don’t take chances —take control with SPOT Assist roadside service. Learn how by clicking on Read More.

Important Notice: If you purchase the roadside assistance option, you will not be able to share the HELP button function to contact your friends and family. Once the help button is enabled for roadside assistance, the HELP button will only work for roadside assistance.

Don’t have SPOT Tracking but would like to add it to your account?  Simple! Just log-in to your account and add additional services such as Tracking or Roadside Assistance to your existing SPOT messenger.

When you are logged in, the SPOT system will check to see which services are available for the messengers in your account. The services that you currently have active for each messenger and the services that could be added are displayed in the services column of the messenger page. Click Read More for more details and screen shots.

Click here to join the Facebook page for SPOT. Interact with other users, share your photos, stories and more!

Starting August 14, Primal Quest, presented by SPOT, is bigger and badder than ever this year taking place in the Badlands of South Dakota. Witness the action unfold live courtesy of SPOT, the official tracking device of Primal Quest 2009.

Back for another year is the popular leader board race tracking application developed by SPOT so you can track all of the racers in real-time. To see all the details and the leader board head to http://www.ecoprimalquest.com/wp-primal/. New this year will be the integration of individual SPOTAdventures.com profiles for the racers where you can see individual live maps and profile information.

Primal Quest Badlands is an expedition-level adventure race in which co-ed teams of endurance athletes from around the world will compete with one another against a 600 mile (965+ KM) wilderness course. The Badlands are known for unforgiving terrain and climate, surely to challenge the racers as they trek, climb, bike, swim, paddle and navigate toward the finish line.

It's been a few months now since we launched www.spotadventures.com. Have you checked this out yet? There are hundreds of super cool adventures for you to browse. From picturesque motorcycle rides to death defying aviation trips, there is no shortage of variety and the limits to where SPOT users will go! Check out this assortment of great adventures:

• North to Alaska and back in 7 Days
• Get Out More Yosemite National Park Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River Backpacking Trip
• Lake Lovely Water

Most SPOT Users find track mode the perfect way to record a trip. Here’s a quick guideline on how to use tracking.

Once tracking is activated, SPOT automatically updates your GPS location every 10 minutes for 24 hours (or until canceled). No text or email messages are sent, but your online account is updated showing your waypoints on Google Maps™. You can even use the Shared Page function to so others can track your progress! Click Read More below for a refresher course on Tracking.