Skill for Life... for cheap

[AlexE46]

Hopefully this will benefit someone here.

I bought the skill for life some time ago, £85 i think it cost me? Anyhow, ive not gotten round to doing it and doubt i will?

Does anybody want the pack? I presume the name can be changed on it.

Dont really want anything for it.

[Holst]

AlexE46 said:

Hopefully this will benefit someone here.

I bought the skill for life some time ago, £85 i think it cost me? Anyhow, ive not gotten round to doing it and doubt i will?

Does anybody want the pack? I presume the name can be changed on it.

Dont really want anything for it.

I was going to sign up anyway so I would like it.

I would feel bad taking it for free, im happy to send you £60 for it.

PM me

[Kinky]

Cerberosa would be an excellent person to donate it to

See his admirable thread here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

K

[LaSarthe+Back]

AlexE46 said:

Hopefully this will benefit someone here.

I bought the skill for life some time ago, £85 i think it cost me? Anyhow, ive not gotten round to doing it and doubt i will?

Does anybody want the pack? I presume the name can be changed on it.

Dont really want anything for it.

Why don't you want to do it anymore?

Honestly think it's the best £75 I've spent in a long time!

[AlexE46]

I dont think i have the time in all honesty.

I will look into it.

I bought it nearly 2 years ago, so wanting to get it sorted either way.

[BOF]

Alex,

A very thoughtful and generous offer, which I hope someone will benefit from...and hope that you will find time in the future to pursue your interest in further driving education.

I could copy a link here to a BBC News report today about the daughter of one of our neighbours...we saw the girl growing up, walking to school with our kids...laughing and joking in the street as they came home.

She was a passenger in a car which hit a tree on a dual carriageway last week..and died on Friday...I choose not to copy the link, as it might be an invasion of private grief.

One day, the IAM course...or ANY further driver education course...will be mandatory ?

BOF.

[AlexE46]

Had a few bits on this... but NFA?

Get in touch if interested, first come first served etc.

[PeteG]

BOF said:

One day, the IAM course...or ANY further driver education course...will be mandatory ?

Or driving will have been dumbed down to cater for the lowest skill level, with electronic limits on everything we do, that Roadcraft will be a useless, distant memory...

OT, I'd recommend doing it for yourself mate - even two hours a week, not too much time to find, and its hugely rewarding to get through an advanced test, but knowing you've learnt a whole lot more...

[Kinky]

Alex,

Give it to Cerberosa - he's deserving of it

K

[AlexE46]

Kinky said:

Alex,

Give it to Cerberosa - he's deserving of it

K

Sorry, should have updated this today, first come first served, someone came along, and its gone.

Thanks for the suggestions though - im also hoping to do it in the next few years.

[dxb335d]

what is this course then?

[944Nick]

dxb335d said:

what is this course then?

It's a road driving course which is run by local groups which are affiliated to the Institute of Advanced Motorists.

Don't let the title of the organisation put you off! It sounds (IMO) quite old-fashioned and stuffy.

The training is very worthwhile and, dare I say it, quite good fun. Depending on the group and how quickly you pick up the approach which is shown to you, you'll get anything between about 12 and 24 hours of driving coaching for a total of £85. The £85 includes the charge for the IAM's Advanced Driving Test. You don't have to do the test, but it's a nice "thank you" to your observer (coach) if you do.

The coaching will cover a range of areas including cornering, effects of weight transfer, the "System of Car Control" (a method for dealing with hazards) and lots of other stuff too. Basically, it's quite similar to what you would learn on the first couple of weeks of a police driving course.

I did mine in 2000 and haven't looked back since.

Try it - you'll like it and get a lot out of it.

Feel free to post any questions or PM me with them.

regards
Nick