Driving Experience for under 17's

[Skyedriver]

We're up in Oban and think the two nearest places are "Wunda Wheels" in Larkhill and "Young Driver" at Falkirk or Braehead and a few other places.
Anyone any experience of either company or venue or recommend anywhere else.
Thanks

[Rockatansky]

I guess not exactly nearby, but knockhill run teen driving experiences...

https://www.knockhill.com/experiences/teenage-driv...

[Skyedriver]

Thanks, to be fair, none of them are likely to be near so Knockhill is a possibility although I see most courses are for motorspor rather than just getting started kids.
He can hurtle around he garden on a go/stop mower but that's the nearest he's been to being behind a wheel.
Interesting though that the Knockhill starter course is 3.5 hours. Most others are about an hour. Was thinking that an hour would be enough (tiring) to start BUT it's a long way to go for an hour....

[GordonL]

Landrover Experience at Dunkeld do an under 17s course, seeing he likes off reading already

They use Evoques if I remember right.

[Skyedriver]

GordonL said:

Landrover Experience at Dunkeld do an under 17s course, seeing he likes off reading already

They use Evoques if I remember right.

Lets start at the very beginning as Mary Poppins once said.
Having seen the speeds he gets up to on a little mower, the damage that could be done in a RR doesn't bear thinking about.

[sherman]

Skyedriver said:

GordonL said:

Landrover Experience at Dunkeld do an under 17s course, seeing he likes off reading already

They use Evoques if I remember right.

Lets start at the very beginning as Mary Poppins once said.
Having seen the speeds he gets up to on a little mower, the damage that could be done in a RR doesn't bear thinking about.

Would be suprised if LR let him out of the 4low gearbox.

[Skyedriver]

sherman said:

Skyedriver said:

GordonL said:

Landrover Experience at Dunkeld do an under 17s course, seeing he likes off reading already

They use Evoques if I remember right.

Lets start at the very beginning as Mary Poppins once said.
Having seen the speeds he gets up to on a little mower, the damage that could be done in a RR doesn't bear thinking about.

Would be suprised if LR let him out of the 4low gearbox.

Colin McCrae incarnate when he's on the mower, pedal to the metal and all that.

[DavieW]

My nephew did a couple of sessions at Hamilton Racecourse. Don't know who the company was but maybe a Google search might throw something up.

Edited by DavieW on Friday 10th December 00:46

[Skyedriver]

DavieW said:

My nephew did a couple of sessions at Hamilton Racecourse. Don't know who the company was but maybe a Google search might through something up.

THat'll be Wunda Wheels, how did it go, did he enjoy it?

[DavieW]

Skyedriver said:

THat'll be Wunda Wheels, how did it go, did he enjoy it?

He enjoyed it.

[Skyedriver]

Thanks

[Craigie]

My son did the course at Falkirk stadium. Was only an hour but actually quite good from the “teaching driving” angle. Wasnt just a case of going round a circuit at 10mph. Lots of stop, start again, change gear up to 2nd type stuff.

[Skyedriver]

Craigie said:

My son did the course at Falkirk stadium. Was only an hour but actually quite good from the “teaching driving” angle. Wasnt just a case of going round a circuit at 10mph. Lots of stop, start again, change gear up to 2nd type stuff.

That's the "Young Driver" one. Seems more of a National concern than Wunda Wheels. Quite a bit more expensive, at £80/hr as opposed to £45. Wonder why, better cars, instructors, venue?