Driving Experience Day
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I just did an Everyman driving experience day at Prestwold Hall that I had for a birthday pressie. Drove an Exige, Noble, Diablo, SL55 AMG, and Viper. Superb day out, the Lambo was something special.
However, just a little note for anyone thinking of swapping their TVR for a noble - I spoke to two of the the technicians there and they both absolutely slated the Noble's reliability. They said this was their umpteenth noble and went so far as to say its the most unreliable car they have ever worked on. And just to back up their point, on the day it's gear box packed up. One of the techs used to work for TVR dealer and said that in his experience Nobles are far more unreliable. Admitedly, it gets thrashed around a track a lot but then again, it's well looked after by race technicians. It wasnt the only car that had troubles - the roof jammed on the viper and the exige had clutch problems later in the day (but was the most fun to drive).
Couldnt believe the SL55 - surrounded by leather, air con, sat nav and more gadgets you can shake a stick at, but the speed of the thing was still outrageous! That was one well engineered car.
>>> Edited by jam1et on Wednesday 30th June 10:13
However, just a little note for anyone thinking of swapping their TVR for a noble - I spoke to two of the the technicians there and they both absolutely slated the Noble's reliability. They said this was their umpteenth noble and went so far as to say its the most unreliable car they have ever worked on. And just to back up their point, on the day it's gear box packed up. One of the techs used to work for TVR dealer and said that in his experience Nobles are far more unreliable. Admitedly, it gets thrashed around a track a lot but then again, it's well looked after by race technicians. It wasnt the only car that had troubles - the roof jammed on the viper and the exige had clutch problems later in the day (but was the most fun to drive).
Couldnt believe the SL55 - surrounded by leather, air con, sat nav and more gadgets you can shake a stick at, but the speed of the thing was still outrageous! That was one well engineered car.
>>> Edited by jam1et on Wednesday 30th June 10:13
I did one of those a few years back - good VFM IMO - drove an Exige, Noble, Jag XKR, Viper and Diablo.
The XKR was quick and so smooth, build quality on the Diablo, Viper and Noble left a lot to be desired - I coulnt believe the state that these cars were in after just 12months - 4 years old. The Exige impressed the most so I ended up with an Elise about a month later !
The XKR was quick and so smooth, build quality on the Diablo, Viper and Noble left a lot to be desired - I coulnt believe the state that these cars were in after just 12months - 4 years old. The Exige impressed the most so I ended up with an Elise about a month later !
Just put a reply on that thread.
I gather it was quite expensive (more than your average TVRCC track day) but I dont know exactly how much. It was superb and they let you push the cars pretty hard (one guy got to see the scenery close up in the Viper). You get half hour or so of classroom stuff then you get driven around for a few laps in a Focus RS for familiarisation (that was bloody quick in expert hands, even with 4 up!). You only get 3 laps in each car although luckily I got 4 in the Viper as he lost count and 5 in the Lambo as I was last to go. If you go and want to look like you know what you're doing you open the doors on the viper by reaching in thru the roof! And when they shut the lambo door keep your head well to the left as it really smacked my helmet. Its really cramped in there, I'm only 5'8" so it wasnt too bad for me but I know the taller people had to drive with their head on a tilt because the roof line is cut away.
Edited to say, agree, Exige was most fun. Also I managed to accidently go from 4th to 2nd at high revs in the Lambo and had a rather big 'moment' (didnt spin but it was very close! Instructor had a big grin on his face - probably through fear).
>> Edited by jam1et on Wednesday 30th June 10:45
I gather it was quite expensive (more than your average TVRCC track day) but I dont know exactly how much. It was superb and they let you push the cars pretty hard (one guy got to see the scenery close up in the Viper). You get half hour or so of classroom stuff then you get driven around for a few laps in a Focus RS for familiarisation (that was bloody quick in expert hands, even with 4 up!). You only get 3 laps in each car although luckily I got 4 in the Viper as he lost count and 5 in the Lambo as I was last to go. If you go and want to look like you know what you're doing you open the doors on the viper by reaching in thru the roof! And when they shut the lambo door keep your head well to the left as it really smacked my helmet. Its really cramped in there, I'm only 5'8" so it wasnt too bad for me but I know the taller people had to drive with their head on a tilt because the roof line is cut away.
Edited to say, agree, Exige was most fun. Also I managed to accidently go from 4th to 2nd at high revs in the Lambo and had a rather big 'moment' (didnt spin but it was very close! Instructor had a big grin on his face - probably through fear).
>> Edited by jam1et on Wednesday 30th June 10:45
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