Which car control course?
Discussion
Okay, so it's my birthday later this month and I'm looking at doing a car control course but need a bit of advice on which would be best for me.
I've been driving for just over two and a half years, the first year spent in a 1.2 Renault Clio, the rest in a Suzuki Cappuccino. I'm not looking to improve the smoothness of my driving per-se (though I'm sure this would kind of go hand-in-hand) but want to be able to push my car past its grip limits and get some tuition on how to maintain/regain control when I do.
When I got the Capp it had nasty budget tyres on the back and I had a few brown-boxers moments in it due to lack of any RWD experience. I've not had the back end let go unexpectedly since, the Eagle F1s I have on it now are very progressive and you know when to back off, but I'd rather not find myself in a situation where I don't know what to do.
Any suggestions are welcome
I've been driving for just over two and a half years, the first year spent in a 1.2 Renault Clio, the rest in a Suzuki Cappuccino. I'm not looking to improve the smoothness of my driving per-se (though I'm sure this would kind of go hand-in-hand) but want to be able to push my car past its grip limits and get some tuition on how to maintain/regain control when I do.
When I got the Capp it had nasty budget tyres on the back and I had a few brown-boxers moments in it due to lack of any RWD experience. I've not had the back end let go unexpectedly since, the Eagle F1s I have on it now are very progressive and you know when to back off, but I'd rather not find myself in a situation where I don't know what to do.
Any suggestions are welcome
WeirdNeville said:
POssibly a bit late, but I'd suggest you do the IAM in order to "smooth out" your driving, and then a trackday or airfield day to get the "Pushing the car to it's limits" bit of your ambitions out of the way. This would work out much cheaper than the tailored car control courses and IMO have a much greater benefit to your driving overall.
Until you've done something like an IAM course I think you'd get limited benefit from an "ultimate car handling" style course. Learn how to drive more fluidly on the road before you start considering when it might be appropriate to approach the limits of your cars handling. I'd say you're better off finding out about your and your car's limits in a controlled environment, well away from other road users.
This isn't meant to sound dry, it'll be the best fun you've had with your pants on, but I think it's a more cost effective way of doing things and you'll get more benefit than from 8 hours of no doubt excellent tutition on it's own.
A fair point. I hope no one's got the wrong idea and thinks I want to be going drifting around on the roads. It's about knowing what to do if I do get into a situation, plus being able to have a bit more fun on trackdays. Speaking of which, I'm booked onto one in November Until you've done something like an IAM course I think you'd get limited benefit from an "ultimate car handling" style course. Learn how to drive more fluidly on the road before you start considering when it might be appropriate to approach the limits of your cars handling. I'd say you're better off finding out about your and your car's limits in a controlled environment, well away from other road users.
This isn't meant to sound dry, it'll be the best fun you've had with your pants on, but I think it's a more cost effective way of doing things and you'll get more benefit than from 8 hours of no doubt excellent tutition on it's own.
Edited by WeirdNeville on Monday 24th September 00:50
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