Skipton Land Rover experience.
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Did half a day a good few years ago at Skipton in my old Defender 110CSW. It was good fun and very informative but I recall it being a fairly small site and a full day might feel a bit long there if they haven't expanded it since or have additional sections reserved for the full day sessions.
Buster73 said:
Bought a RRS and been given a complimentary driving experience and the nearest one is at Skipton .
Is it worth a dodge down and learning more about the car , if so is it worth making it a full day experience ?
Cheers in advance.
How long did it take you to get your invite? I bought an Approved Used RRS two weeks ago and nil heard so far.Is it worth a dodge down and learning more about the car , if so is it worth making it a full day experience ?
Cheers in advance.
Buster73 said:
Osinjak said:
How long did it take you to get your invite? I bought an Approved Used RRS two weeks ago and nil heard so far.
End of October, it was a new car , don’t know if that makes any difference though ?How are finding the car out of interest? Have to say I'm impressed with mine, a 66 plate RRS Autobiography but the tech is woeful and is way behind the iDrive in the 3 Series I just sold. Wonderful place to sit though and the ride is just lovely.
Gafferjim said:
There's a 'Birds of prey' place just up the road, that would kill an hour or two as well.
https://youtu.be/innccA7wrdUI did this experience earlier this year and did the whole day (I didn't buy a Land Rover but long story how I got to do it).
I did the morning session in a Defender 110 and the afternoon in the Disco 5. I found the Defender was more enjoyable as it required more manual driving compared to the Discovery, however it was very impressive seeing what the electrics were able to do.
Depending on what you want to get out of the experience, the instructors are more than happy to try and accommodate. I was originally booked to drive a Disco 5 and RRS but changed to the Defender as I had always wanted to drive one
and learn how to drive off road without any electronic assistance, however as we have a Disco 4 at work, learning how to drive the Disco 5 would translate across and be more relevant. Plus, driving a RRS would have made me more sad when I had to drive my own heap of an Outlander home 
Regarding food, there isn't any at the site itself but I found the pub down the road in the village of Carleton did takeaway food so we nipped down and grabbed something whilst the other people had their own lunches.
I would recommend coming in via the A59 entrance as it gives a bit of off road driving to the centre and we found was easier to find.
I did the morning session in a Defender 110 and the afternoon in the Disco 5. I found the Defender was more enjoyable as it required more manual driving compared to the Discovery, however it was very impressive seeing what the electrics were able to do.
Depending on what you want to get out of the experience, the instructors are more than happy to try and accommodate. I was originally booked to drive a Disco 5 and RRS but changed to the Defender as I had always wanted to drive one
and learn how to drive off road without any electronic assistance, however as we have a Disco 4 at work, learning how to drive the Disco 5 would translate across and be more relevant. Plus, driving a RRS would have made me more sad when I had to drive my own heap of an Outlander home Regarding food, there isn't any at the site itself but I found the pub down the road in the village of Carleton did takeaway food so we nipped down and grabbed something whilst the other people had their own lunches.
I would recommend coming in via the A59 entrance as it gives a bit of off road driving to the centre and we found was easier to find.
Quick update, went down on Monday for 1.00 pm , met by our driver / instructor and given the usual health and safety sign your life away talk.
Went down with my brother who’d bought a Velar albeit privately so no official invite for him .
Given a run round the technology on his Velar which we’d gone down in, then swapped into a RRS for the driving aspect, kept swapping over between us , did things in their car that I wouldn’t have tried in mine to be honest.
Pros.
Well impressed with the set up , and the driving course along with our instructor.
The RRS is far more capable off road than you imagine.
Cons.
Asked to swap into a Velar for the second trip round and told no , but one sat there doing nothing, thought that was a bit odd .
Would have liked to have a go in some really steep tracks compared to what we did.
Verdict.
Well worth a half day trip , think it would be a bit tedious for a full day.
8/10
Went down with my brother who’d bought a Velar albeit privately so no official invite for him .
Given a run round the technology on his Velar which we’d gone down in, then swapped into a RRS for the driving aspect, kept swapping over between us , did things in their car that I wouldn’t have tried in mine to be honest.
Pros.
Well impressed with the set up , and the driving course along with our instructor.
The RRS is far more capable off road than you imagine.
Cons.
Asked to swap into a Velar for the second trip round and told no , but one sat there doing nothing, thought that was a bit odd .
Would have liked to have a go in some really steep tracks compared to what we did.
Verdict.
Well worth a half day trip , think it would be a bit tedious for a full day.
8/10
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