Porsche Driving Experience
Discussion
Hi All,
I have half half a day at the experience Center in the U.K. for each vehicle I purchased (GT2 RS, 3RS and GT3 Manual). I was considering paying for an extra half day for each car, so it is a full day.
I have zero track experience but have driven sports cars quite hard on the street for many years. I am sure it will be quite humbling
I am driving one car a week for 3 weeks.
May I please ask:
- Is a full day too much driving (too fatiguing) to get the learning benefits? It I believe 2.25hrs in the morning and 2.25hrs after lunch.
- What order would you learn to drive each car? as some one that has no experi nice should I start with the GT3 RS as the gt3 Manual might be too Much to think about.
- Any other advice?
Thank you
I have half half a day at the experience Center in the U.K. for each vehicle I purchased (GT2 RS, 3RS and GT3 Manual). I was considering paying for an extra half day for each car, so it is a full day.
I have zero track experience but have driven sports cars quite hard on the street for many years. I am sure it will be quite humbling
I am driving one car a week for 3 weeks.
May I please ask:
- Is a full day too much driving (too fatiguing) to get the learning benefits? It I believe 2.25hrs in the morning and 2.25hrs after lunch.
- What order would you learn to drive each car? as some one that has no experi nice should I start with the GT3 RS as the gt3 Manual might be too Much to think about.
- Any other advice?
Thank you
I’ve been lucky enough to visit the PEC several times.
My two penneth...
A full day is a lot. It can be quite tiring. It’s like having a fun two hour driving lesson, as taxing on the brain as the body!
The tuition is fantastic, you will learn a lot.
Although the various tracks at PEC are great, you will have little opportunity to really open the taps due to their size.
Maybe one of Porsche’s 1:1 courses would be better, based on the performance level of your cars. From memory, there were three one day courses (beginner, intermediate, expert). All were on the full Silverstone circuit rather than PEC.
Whatever you decide you’ll have a great time. Enjoy!
My two penneth...
A full day is a lot. It can be quite tiring. It’s like having a fun two hour driving lesson, as taxing on the brain as the body!
The tuition is fantastic, you will learn a lot.
Although the various tracks at PEC are great, you will have little opportunity to really open the taps due to their size.
Maybe one of Porsche’s 1:1 courses would be better, based on the performance level of your cars. From memory, there were three one day courses (beginner, intermediate, expert). All were on the full Silverstone circuit rather than PEC.
Whatever you decide you’ll have a great time. Enjoy!
Hi Guys,
Great Advice! Thank you!
I spoke to PEC. They also offer racing school tuition where I can credit my PEC offering. They offer:
- One full day (I think called performance day) which comprises of 1hr on Silverstone broken into 20min segments. If I supply the car it is an extra £250 (approx from memory)
- two full days (I think called precision package) comprising of 2hrs on Silverstone again in 20min segments.
They are pretty booked up so, right now I have kept one half day at PEC in October and the 2day booked for 9 November (I can reduce to 1day if I want).
I am likely going to use my own car but need to sort out insurance I am guessing. Any recommendations?
Great Advice! Thank you!
I spoke to PEC. They also offer racing school tuition where I can credit my PEC offering. They offer:
- One full day (I think called performance day) which comprises of 1hr on Silverstone broken into 20min segments. If I supply the car it is an extra £250 (approx from memory)
- two full days (I think called precision package) comprising of 2hrs on Silverstone again in 20min segments.
They are pretty booked up so, right now I have kept one half day at PEC in October and the 2day booked for 9 November (I can reduce to 1day if I want).
I am likely going to use my own car but need to sort out insurance I am guessing. Any recommendations?
BrntRubber said:
Hi Guys,
Great Advice! Thank you!
I spoke to PEC. They also offer racing school tuition where I can credit my PEC offering. They offer:
- One full day (I think called performance day) which comprises of 1hr on Silverstone broken into 20min segments. If I supply the car it is an extra £250 (approx from memory)
- two full days (I think called precision package) comprising of 2hrs on Silverstone again in 20min segments.
They are pretty booked up so, right now I have kept one half day at PEC in October and the 2day booked for 9 November (I can reduce to 1day if I want).
I am likely going to use my own car but need to sort out insurance I am guessing. Any recommendations?
My insurer (Aviva) agreed to cover this exact day for £60 with a significant increase to the excess. I had to make it clear that it was driver training and not any form of track day and it still took multiple exchanges with the underwriters.Great Advice! Thank you!
I spoke to PEC. They also offer racing school tuition where I can credit my PEC offering. They offer:
- One full day (I think called performance day) which comprises of 1hr on Silverstone broken into 20min segments. If I supply the car it is an extra £250 (approx from memory)
- two full days (I think called precision package) comprising of 2hrs on Silverstone again in 20min segments.
They are pretty booked up so, right now I have kept one half day at PEC in October and the 2day booked for 9 November (I can reduce to 1day if I want).
I am likely going to use my own car but need to sort out insurance I am guessing. Any recommendations?
Just to echo what everyone else has said, it's a great (half) day. I was certainly glad of the lunch break though, which I might add was very nice. I'm sure I would have been ready for round 2 on the PEC circuit had they offered but myself and my brother walked around the main circuit and then went on the piss in London. It was one hell of a day.
It does give you an insight into how it's actually draining it is to drive a car at speed around a track so I doff my hat to the guys in WEC etc that do triple and quadruple stints during a 24hr race.
It does give you an insight into how it's actually draining it is to drive a car at speed around a track so I doff my hat to the guys in WEC etc that do triple and quadruple stints during a 24hr race.
Completed my third PEC day yesterday morning and asked the instructor if I could spend most of the time on the ice hill, kick plate and low friction circuits instead of just going around the circuit which was no problem
Very different on the low friction circuit with wet and dry tyres as you would expect and just a 3MPH increase on the kick plate makes a massive difference in catching the car.
Launch control was a blast on the fast straight, the GTS is quick enough for me in a straight line.
Very stiff neck today and aching back but well worth the involvement.
Very different on the low friction circuit with wet and dry tyres as you would expect and just a 3MPH increase on the kick plate makes a massive difference in catching the car.
Launch control was a blast on the fast straight, the GTS is quick enough for me in a straight line.
Very stiff neck today and aching back but well worth the involvement.
Grantstown said:
Buy yourself an MX5 or similar, get a load of 1:1 track tuition and THEN book your PEC sessions with your amazing GT collection.
Agreed or better still a Caterham. Actually once you've driven a Caterham on a track you probably won't want to bother with anything else.Gassing Station | 911/Carrera GT | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff