Cupra 280 Nurburgring Nordschleife 7 min 59.501 BtG

[Ocularis]

I fully agree, and have done several car limits courses myself and cant recommend them enough. I used to recommend upgrading the driver when people asked what mods to make on their car, but so often would get hostility as they thought I was attacking their driving skill (cos everyone is lewis hamilton right?) I gave up.

Nothing like spinning your car up an airfield at 100+ surrounded in smoke to bring you back down to earth that perhaps there is a bit more you could learn

 

[AndrewJB]

have done several car limits courses myself skill (cos everyone is lewis hamilton right?)

Could you point me in the direction of places that do these? and at least have the courtesy to call me Vettel haha

 

[kentbloke]

Im not sure if Seat do their own track days, but Renault sport do. I done two at Brands in my Clio and Megane, very well done, you can use your own cars and also go out with Renault/Circuit instructors to get tuition in one of their range of cars. Great day out at a fair price.

 

[AndrewJB]

Nah they don't. SEAT Sport hasn't got a presence in the UK apart from the "Eurocup press office".

 

[kentbloke]

Nah they don't. SEAT Sport hasn't got a presence in the UK apart from the "Eurocup press office".

Well some one should go kick them into life lol

 

[Ocularis]

http://www.carlimits.com/script/viewEvents.php?type=airfieldtraining

Thats who I did mine with (all be it a long time ago now). We used to split the day between 4 of us to help with the costs but even if you did with 2 of you, its month well spent (prices gone up a tad since I did it). You use your own car which is the best way IMHO as you get to learn the limits of YOUR car not some random one supplied to you.

If someone was interested in doing one, I'd prob be happy to team up with them to split the costs. My last courses were in RWD so be interesting to see what FWD is like on the day.

 

[jimiC]

You may have just opened a whole can of worms lol

haha that wasn't my intention .. honestly

 

[mbk72]

These are the handling courses and instruction sessions we've (the mrs has taken part in
many of these days too) most enjoyed over the past 10 years or so:

Motorsport Events

http://www.motorsport-events.co.uk/

Ed and Natasha Moore are the people I rate highest of all. They offer the full range including trackdays, handling areas, on track instruction through to 1-1 tuition and an Academy scheme. I've had some great days with them and the sessions are always well controlled and safe. I found it best to stick with one instructor so you can really judge your progress over time.

Ultimate Car Control - Car Handling:

http://www.ultimate-dek.co.uk/4-dynamics.html

We enjoyed learning from 90s Touring Car Champion Robb Gravett at Ultimate Car Control. Well worth the money as you get to use both their cars and your own car on the day(s). He was just starting out in the training world when we did the courses and it seems he has a whole range on offer now. You will learn an incredible amount in one day alone, plenty of spins and grins especially in the RWD cars too. If you do the follow on days they will help you set up your car for whatever you are going to do with it. I got a lot more out of my coil over equipped WRX STi after these courses, it's about knowing what settings to use when and how that changes car balance and so on. Robb's training has cost me a few ££££ in extra brake upgrades and wear over the years for sure, better car control means you are arriving at the next corner sooner and faster so all that energy has to go somewhere.

Safe and Fast Road driving:

http://www.macdrivertraining.com/

We had this course free with the EP3 CTR and it was excellent, ex police instructors who teach how to read and use the road effectively. We both still find these techniques useful everyday. It's not just about going faster it's about being safe too.

Phil Price Rally School - just for fun!

http://www.philprice.co.uk/

This one was much more just for fun, always wanted a go in a rally car so we went on this course. Great fun learning to oversteer the Escort MkII which all helps if and when things get a bit out of shape. This was useful learning many times during kit car ownership, especially in the wet. The dual control Impreza on the rally stage was fun, slow, but fun all the same. The passenger ride in the WRC STi was as wild as you'd hope!

There have been quite a few others but these were the best. I did 'ring school back in the 90's but that experience is way out of date now. The RSR Academy looks awesome if you are thinking of learning the 'ring and want some instruction first. The only days I'd suggest avoiding are the 'Supercar' type experiences you get nannied to death by overly nervous instructors and they won't let you use the potential of the car so it becomes pointless.

 

[AndrewJB]

Wow alot there! need to get on some of these.

 

[Mr_gangrel]

I can highly recommend Cat driver training and their driving academy, first class instruction with the use of the best (and varied) training environments in the UK including the Millbrook proving ground.

Not only does it have the 'Alpine route' with the challenges that go along with that, it has a high speed bowl and the handling circuit with many varied corners and is a lot trickier to be quick and consistent than you might think just looking at it. They also do training at Bruntingthorpe.

Its expensive but taught me huge amounts about car control and ultimately made me a lot faster, which in my book is the reason I done it in the first place.

http://www.catdrivertraining.co.uk/...ademy-programme/driving-academy-overview.html