Driving Experience Gift Days - anyone done one?

Yup supercar ones are curse word - Apparantley they Clio Cup/Porsche 911 one is supposed to be good but you'll come away wanting a Clio more than a Porsche lol.

Matt

Couple of years ago drove a DB9 and a Continental GT which was quite good as I would never be able to own such cars.

i've done a couple (thanks to a now ex-girlfriend) and they were both great.
first one was hooning around croft circuit in a ginetta. did about 6 laps i think, not loads of driving but good fun and very memorable.
then did a rally day which was sliding around in the gravel at the corner of an airstrip in a rally prepped mk2 escort. loads of car time, loads of noise and drifting. so much fun.
had a few mates do supercar days and they're generally very strict about car time and use of the loud pedal.

keep asking around i'm sure someone will suggest a good one local to you. they're quite expensive but as i said, very memorable.

My missus did the Silverstone rally thing as well and really liked it.

I've done a mixed day of kart, Caterham, single-seater formula type car, sports car etc. Didn't really enjoy that much apart from drifting figure-8s in the Caterhams, far too much hanging about and being tall the formula effort was hopeless for me.

My mate won one on ebay for cheap the other week, Ferrari 360 at Silverstone. He said it was awesome and the instructor was encouraging him to go faster! Seems a bit hit and miss though, I've also heard people being to to slow down.

If you don't mind travelling to the Midlands, try here - www.motorracinglive.co.uk/

You do get a lot of track/driving time for your money, and the Dodgems one is run on the lines of a proper race event.

I did one of these in July, drove a Ariel Atom and a Lamborghini Gallardo followed by a passenger ride with Tom Onslow-Cole in a Focus RS.
I think it is about how lucky you are when it comes to the instructor person, went in the Atom first and the guy didn't let me go too fast, but the guy that I was with in the Lambo was brilliant, overtook quite a few cars but cause the track was so short with chicanes round it I ended up getting held up a few times. On the last lap of my Gallardo laps, because the instructor allowed me to go for it I ended up catching up and getting stuck behind an Ariel Atom, Porsche 911 Turbo, Aston Martin DB9 and the Gallardo's bigger brother the Murcielago. Had a great time and was a great 18th birthday present though, would recommend it cause it was a great chance to drive something a bit quicker than my mums VW Fox 1.2 and my Austin A35 when I get it on the road.

tank driving course in the midlands, ok its not for speed merchants, but the place was bang on, got to drive a millitary waggon to start, a self propelled gun, a personel carrier and a bend in the middle steer tracked jobby.
staff were second to non, put on a proper "tank day" lunch (potato hash) for not just the entrants but family that came to watch, with afters, very friendly and not stupidly priced either.

14 years ago rwd escort cosworth rally car at brands hatch ....brilliant!!!!!!!