Driving Experience Gift?
Discussion
Hello all.
I'm looking for some info/input on this.
Mrs Tibs recently aquired her first BMW and indeed her first rear wheel drive car. Loves it to bits and all that so things are rosey. However, shortly after buying it, she also had her first accident, back end snapped round coming off an accident blackspot roundabout locally. This shook her up a bit but thankfully she was unhurt and the car repaired.
I'd like to get her a driving experience day that would teach her a few rwd basics and help with her driving in future, winter coming up and all that too.
Read the thread recently posted ref. advanced techniques but alot of the links from that are a bit too advanced and/or too expensive for me.
Looking at driving experiences avaiablew at some of the circuits, they look fun and all that, but very little time seems to be spent in car (£200 for 4 laps in a Lambo etc) and I'm not too convinced she would gain from it, more a bit of excitement really.
Any ideas on this guys?
I'm looking for some info/input on this.
Mrs Tibs recently aquired her first BMW and indeed her first rear wheel drive car. Loves it to bits and all that so things are rosey. However, shortly after buying it, she also had her first accident, back end snapped round coming off an accident blackspot roundabout locally. This shook her up a bit but thankfully she was unhurt and the car repaired.
I'd like to get her a driving experience day that would teach her a few rwd basics and help with her driving in future, winter coming up and all that too.
Read the thread recently posted ref. advanced techniques but alot of the links from that are a bit too advanced and/or too expensive for me.
Looking at driving experiences avaiablew at some of the circuits, they look fun and all that, but very little time seems to be spent in car (£200 for 4 laps in a Lambo etc) and I'm not too convinced she would gain from it, more a bit of excitement really.
Any ideas on this guys?
Thruxton experience day. I drove the Exige, it was 14 laps for £230 for my 18th birthday. I went on a soaking wet day, and got the car a bit sideways 
http://www.thruxtonracing.co.uk/experiences/121_mx...
The MX5 is only £167. It's a great day, the instructors are good and the MX5 wouldn't be too intimidating for Mrs T.
HTH
http://www.thruxtonracing.co.uk/experiences/121_mx...
The MX5 is only £167. It's a great day, the instructors are good and the MX5 wouldn't be too intimidating for Mrs T.
HTH
I doubt she'd learn much on a Red Letter day; I doubt they let you push the limit much if at all, and the instruction is very rudementary, just enough to get you through the 4 laps safely (I've trained as an instructor for such days).
I'd recommend a driving course (Don Palmer etc) for what you want, although by all means buy the Red Letter day type thing as a fun Christmas present (though I doubt the value for money of most of them to be honest).
I'd recommend a driving course (Don Palmer etc) for what you want, although by all means buy the Red Letter day type thing as a fun Christmas present (though I doubt the value for money of most of them to be honest).
Seeing as you've posted in the Advanced Driving forum, it seems only right that I should mention the IAM Skill For Life course - only £139 at a location near you.
I know it's not the driving experience you were thinking of, but which is better: trying to cope when it all goes tits up, or not getting into that situation in the first place?
I know it's not the driving experience you were thinking of, but which is better: trying to cope when it all goes tits up, or not getting into that situation in the first place?
It's obviously better to avoid the situation in the first place, but I think it's essential to know what to do if it all goes tits up as well :-) I'd say both are essential. To just have IAM skills would be like learning how to avoid capsizing a kayak and then heading out on your own with no buoyancy aid or rescue training at all. Not recommended!
http://www.driverskills.com/
These use Elivington which isn't too difficult to get to from the North East. You could consider combining 1/2 day skid with 1/2 day on-road or have a look at what else is on offer. If you specify RWD for the skid car they were using 3series compact's last time I was there which suited the purpose fine.
These use Elivington which isn't too difficult to get to from the North East. You could consider combining 1/2 day skid with 1/2 day on-road or have a look at what else is on offer. If you specify RWD for the skid car they were using 3series compact's last time I was there which suited the purpose fine.
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