ricky_2006

as said in title. i done single seater at silverstone last year and thought it was absaloutly awesome, had alot of driving time.
anyone else done another driving experience that they really enjoyed and would reccommend

steviecossie

i did the rally experience at knockhill
was quite good but didnt get long enough driving the cars

PeterD

i done the knockhill group N as well, gordon sheden was my instructor

Lambchop

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i'd really like to do a ferrari or lambo driving experience. bit worried tho that the cars are restricted or you cant accelerate hard in 1st gear, have to short shift etc. Its probably more than the instroctors jobs are worth to let you give it too much hammer

Porkie

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Done loads. They are all pretty wank compared with what is THE DADDY of driving days...

www.palmersport.com

click on the cars for vids...

IT THE BEST DAY OUT EVER

Nothing I've done comes close. Its off the radar.

xr2i-carl

2 guys i used to race with work as instructors there

Graham S1

I did the single seater one at Rockingham, on the infield, a few years back. That was great fun. Especially overtaking 4 cars on the straight, and into the first corner. Got a bollocking for that though, as I forgot we weren't supposed to "aggressively" overtake lol.

JAP CRAP

Porkie

What sort of money is the one you posted? Can't seem to find prices on that page.


Have always like the idea of doing a driving day but restricted revs or worse still going up and down a straight runway at restricted revs seems totally shit.

gingeRS

i have done the porsche driving day at prestwold hall in leicestershire.

was excellent

Porkie

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You will be pushed Harder than you ever thought possible!

Watch the Vids of the Jag JP1s.... They are just amazing. Even Martin got out and looked a bit shell shocked! You will be coming down the main Straight and when you go past the 'Brake now' boards the Instructors are screaming at you 'GAS GAS... PULL' as in pul back on the Sequential lever to change into another GEAR!!!! and in equal measure!

Price is actually a bargain when you consider how much driving you do I've done it over 10 times now and STILL get excited the day before! Łabout 800

TimC

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Im doing a ferrari/lambo day there after christmas which was a 21st birthday gift. Cant wait for it

Featherz

Done a rally one at lanley park rally school, insructor was barry lee stock car, rallycross champ and many more... got 3 laps in a saph and 2 in a astra gte, then a passenger ride in his mk2, and honestly this guy is a genios, i spun a few times loved it though, cars wernt very powerful and we got ahrdly any drive time but it was still fun, thinking of doing the race one at brands next year!

GARETH T

do they know you by name yet lee? and send you birthday cards?

Porkie

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Yes. Totally by name

I got an email from Jonathan yesterday.... I kid you not

Wants my opinion on opening a new Palmersport in France.... coool man!

cossie4i+

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Im too tall to do any of them ----- real tears

Steve.

GARETH T

so cool, i guess you'll be going to france soon

it does look a fantastic day out!

Porkie

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Really? My mates a 6'5 and doesn't struggle even remotely, even in the Caterhams? They have the wider ones now as well.

cossie4i+

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Im 6ft 7 and 18.5 stone, did try to do the Brands Hatch ones but im too tall and heavy

Steve.

JAP CRAP

cool. your right, its good considering what you get. I take it they do a half way house type of event too in which you still get to drive the cars, albeit less of them, properly and not short shifting, parade lap esque gay style!? lol

Staffi

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Bet you take some feeding Steve..



I've done the Silverstone Rallyschool a few times, not bad but could do with a week really..

Don Palmer schools are the best i've heard..

ricky_2006

so how much is it mate. like i sed i done single seater and was driving for 40mins roughly. and i could caine every gear

GARETH T

ricky_2006


read his small print

ricky_2006

still dont see a price. HOW MUCH?

tomhs123

ive done a couple now. drove porshe. ferrari 360, lambo gallardo and got taken for a passenger ride in a rwd escort cossie!
was wicked and they didnt hold you back at all. let you take the cars rite to the limiter

GARETH T

Łabout 800

Porkie

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Trust me.... they DO hold you back anywhere apart from Bedford!

Because Bedfords the ONLY place you can spin off at well over 100mph and not hurt yourself or the cars...

without being bigheaded... I can drive and I know Bedford and the cars VERY well....

But I know when I do that day I am going to have at least 5 spins in the day!!!

Its also the ONLY day thats properly timed, and ULTRA competitive...

oh and its also the ONLY day where you REALLY don't want to drive anymore!

You REALLY do get knackered out from all the driving.

Its slick, its professional and its simply the BEST day out a petrol head can have... AND its great value when you look at the cars and what a normal trackday REALLY costs....

Its an 8am to 5pm experience and you will smile for WEEKS!

pete mcrash

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i've done 3 now @ croft..........sorry but they are shite really..... ....i've drove a geneta,mini cooper s,katrum,porker 944s and a shitty old ferrari (like boschman has).............good for a luck round the track,but when ur car in the car park is better.....anyway now i say no to dodggy xmas pressys.......

tomhs123

ok if they let you push it so hard that you spin off then fair play
may have to look at doing one then

Micky The Finn

lots of rally days tend to not allow much time in the cars,sometimes groups are to large as well,
what i do is have 6-10 folk per day from 9.30am until 4pm spilt between two training cars,both 1.7 pumas that are stage prepared with bucket seats and harness's etc,some just use road cars.we try to spend as much time in the car as possible.teaching everything required for the stages proper.coaching is with fully qualified msa stage rally drivers,thn we move on to impreza's and evo mitsubishi's,our venue is fairly big and open so room to learn without risk,we can alter it to suit the drivers requirements and we can offer one on one tuition for both drivers and co drivers from novice upwards.

our hot lap for spring 2008 onwards will be in an ex ford focus wrc,nobody offers that in the uk,if the world!!

Porkie

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I do alot of client entertaining. I will do this with you next year 100%... as long as we can do it within reasonable distance of London somewhere. Say 1.30 drive max.

Whats min and max numbers for a day... or I can just call you in January if its easier?

Micky The Finn

nearest to london we can do it is near leeds,our home base is in cumbria but only 1 hour from newcastle airport,we did a large corperate day last month with 80 guests using 3 rally cars,everybody got a "hotlap" in a full spec car some got 2 runs in a 3 hour period,was very busy but that was 80 guests.

for a larger cost we can do a forest experience for upto 100 guests with a 4 mile stage and hospitality etc,or as few as 10 guests which would mean alot more time in the cars but more indavidual costs.

kennyA

Tim,
thats some amount of people to look after, if they all listen then it's not too bad I suppose, do the cars survive?

some friends of mine are off to Finland in January for a few days to drive some Evo 9's in the snow. I think theres 6 of them alltogether and they get a car each.

I would like to go but need to put the 3000 Euro back into my own car.

kenny.

GARETH T

i would LOVE a hot lap in a wrc machine

Micky The Finn

hello kenny,

on corperate days like that we dont let them drive,its all "hot laps" but once you have been over the same route 50 times you can drive very impresively to the un initiated!,its great watching their feet looking for a brake pedal,i always change up hen they do this,ive got a really great place with some very tight gates and fast corners but i know it like the back of my hand,every bump and ripple.i use moulded slicks on gravel for extra effect.
so far cars have survived and on my school days i always have a spare there,even have dual controls on one car to tame the hot heads.

Micky The Finn

get in touch in the spring mate,worth a trip up for a weekend,saturday in rally cars,nite out in carlisle on sat nite then trip home on sunday,make a weekend of it.if its a rally weekend we can take you in the stages on the border counties or pirelli both in keilder.

89xr2

Cosworth Rallyesport

How much would the day cost? for one on one tuition and alternatively for say a group of 5?

I'm very interested in doing this in the new year.

GARETH T

sounds amazing to me

Micky The Finn

pm sent mate.

Mad Matt

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Yea would be also interested for next summer.

Drunken Master

Did a Ferrari experiance one of the instructors let me push a 355 for 3 laps. But the other instructors were always telling to brake really early for the corners, I didn't listen all the time but it started to get annoying. And 2nd and 3rd gear on the 360 were shagged.

Overal I wasn't very impressed. My mates dad did one and he said it was crap as well. I did mine with Everyman it was a 21st b'day present, I think my age might have been why the instructors were all ways keeping on to me.

Not saying it wasn't good. It just didn't live up to my expectations I guess.