Track driving techniques

[DaveP]

I am told a Don Palmer day is approx £450. Pricey? Dave - do you think it is worth that much?

Cost is £395 for the day...

Is it worth it ?...Well, I look at it like this...if what I learnt was to help me when that moment comes and it's all going a bit pear shaped its more than paid for itself a few times over !

Span the car a couple of times on the day at the beginning, but not towards the end of the day at all...

[Nige_RS4]

I can organise a day at Bruntingthorp to teach extreme technices. + we can arrange for some caterhams and elise's to demostrate your new found talents on.
You will still be useing your own cars but with less ware and tear.

Please let us know which company you are from & more details.

[Scotty]

Who are you?

[jimbogrey]

Who are you?

See my post under track day tuition. I invited him to CC to coach me but I couldnt go, he ended up instructing loads of guys there for free!!

Jimbo

[rs666]

Paul, I had Colin sit in with me he was very helpful.

[Instructer]

Who are you?

I will be at the Windsor meet for anybody that wishes to discuss track and road driving technices.
I am a fully qualified ARDS instructor with over 30 years driving experiance. I no longer race but spend all my time coaching drivers from beginners to experianced race drivers useing some of the industries advanced data loggers for comparison .

[rolskii]

Who are you?

I will be at the Windsor meet for anybody that wishes to discuss track and road driving technices.
I am a fully qualified ARDS instructor with over 30 years driving experiance. I no longer race but spend all my time coaching drivers from beginners to experianced race drivers useing some of the industries advanced data loggers for comparison .

When is the next meet..? @Windsor need to know if im off work ..?

[bogie]

if you are in the south or willing to travel then I can recommend Andy Walsh of www.carlimits.com - this is done at North Weald, just off the M11.

Ive done about 7 days training with him over the last 4 years and countless practice/activity days, and track training ...I ususally do one every 3 months or so depending on where I am/where Im going on track etc

Price is about £170 - simply the best VFM car control training there is ...obviously there is tyre wear - but you are in control of how much

..the training has saved my skin a number of times during the 1st 6 months of Elise ownership ! ...but also the more I do, the more I want to do to improve further...its just an ongoing thing driver training and as long as you get something out of it each time and improve some skills then its money well spent - you get to keep it for the rest of your life...unlike £170 spent on a new air filter etc

[rolskii]

Cheers 4 that. Bogie.... i am on a demanding roll out.... gonna take my time up.... all of it ..... so i cant plan anything now really,
but im glad you did that for the elise, an old w/colleague spun his Elise everytime he took it out,
3 outings, 3 spins, 3 hits ----- hatricks all round - zero on the rating, except his insurance ...
Garage liked him though - needless to say it didnt match or catch the S2 i was running at the time.......

I just seen yr sig...... rs6 ....... when im over hornchurch next, we may have to meet .........

[bogie]

yup -had the Elise 4 years now and drive it all year around ...my father in law works at a Lotus specialist/bodyshop...during winter they have daily arrivals of broken Elises on transporters...mostly from new owners who havnt driven RWD mid-engine before ...and on the Lotus forum, when the newbies join up and proclaim its the best handling car in the world the first response from the veterans is "get some driver training ASAP !" ...yes it is a great handling car...but its not a FWD hatchback ......

Drop me a PM when you are Hornchurch - Im only a few miles away...if Im around I'll take you for a ride in the Elise

[rolskii]

Rather go in your rs6 actually .... the ebony black one ......

[bogie]

LOL - ...ah...but the Elise is much quicker

drop me a line when youre down next.........