Supercar experience or lotus exige experience
Discussion
I was given a experience gift voucher which has to be used by dec.
I could do a 5 supercar experience at long marston/upper heyford , 3 miles per car so 15 miles total driving.
Or i could do the lotus exige experience at silverstone or the aston vs ferrari experience at silverstone, both of those would be 17 miles total.
Any pointers? my initial thought is do the lotus so i get loads of time in the 1 car but on the other hands with the 5 supercar i could opt to take the same 2 cars out so 9 miles in a ferrari and 6 miles in a lambo.
I could do a 5 supercar experience at long marston/upper heyford , 3 miles per car so 15 miles total driving.
Or i could do the lotus exige experience at silverstone or the aston vs ferrari experience at silverstone, both of those would be 17 miles total.
Any pointers? my initial thought is do the lotus so i get loads of time in the 1 car but on the other hands with the 5 supercar i could opt to take the same 2 cars out so 9 miles in a ferrari and 6 miles in a lambo.
eracing2011 said:
My experience with driving experiences is that independently of your capability to trash or not a Ferrari, they will not let you.
In fairness within the laps you have, you don't have enough time to build the confidence up of your instructor...
I would go for the Exige experience.
I understand they hold you back in the supercars but i'm quite reserved driving so not really a problem.In fairness within the laps you have, you don't have enough time to build the confidence up of your instructor...
I would go for the Exige experience.
If it was my money i'd do a trackday but i have this voucher and can't cash it.
Another option is a half day/3 hour rally experience.
At the moment i'm heading to the exige just because 17 miles in the same car i'm guessing the instructor is going to push me a bit more.
Edited by egor110 on Tuesday 4th November 17:13
blindswelledrat said:
Frimley111R said:
Having driven 911s, a 355, and few others on track I found them simply Ok. The only supercars that 'wowed' me was the Esprit V8 and Viper but I still have 10 times the enjoyment from the Elises. it really depends what you want, just don't expect to get up to much in the supercars, it'll just be a nice little drive.
It depends solely on how old the OP is and how much experience he's had of driving nice cars. When I did one I was 22 and had not driven any quick cars and the overall supercar experience far exceeded the driving experience of the Exige because, whilst it was noticeably more fun to drive, it lacked any of the exciting drama of the others. I wasn't a good enough driver for driving experience to supersede car experience.
I know full well if I did it now, though, that I would enjoy the Lotus a lot more.
Think i'm going to do the lotus as i'll get more laps in the same car so hopefully the instructor will push me more, plus it's at a proper track not a airfield with cones.
Porkie said:
Do a half day at Palmersport. Totally on another PLANET to these 'experience' days.
www.palmersport.com
I've got an F430 and an ExigeS if you are local to Essex... that way you can spend the money on a real adrenaline rush and a proper experience at Bedford.
Done the day 25 times now... its staggeringly good fun and value.
I'm in deepest somerset so miles away, thanks for the offer though.www.palmersport.com
I've got an F430 and an ExigeS if you are local to Essex... that way you can spend the money on a real adrenaline rush and a proper experience at Bedford.
Done the day 25 times now... its staggeringly good fun and value.
Edited by Porkie on Friday 7th November 10:34
Palmersport are well out of my price range.
Once winters out the way i think i might pick up a cheap puma or mx5 to track?
Thanks for the advice chaps, just got back from silverstone and had a great time.
Drove up from somerset in the grand cherokee barge, and wasn't glad to see silverstone covered in fog.
1st few track sessions were cancelled but they planned on running our time slot so watched the video of braking points etc then drove to the inside of stowe where the cars were.
The old lotus exige is quite basic and rattly but managed 10 laps with no spins (unlike the chap who spun twice in a gtr)
the instructors comments were i was driving smooth almost too smooth , as i was braking gently too early so carrying good speed around the corners but could of got up to a bit more speed on the straights.
Think my quickest into stowe was just above 100 and quickest into abey was high 80's, favourite bit of track was the abbey section that takes you into hanger straight , stowe scared the s
t out of me as the instructor kept trying to get me faster into it,
Need to flog the jeep now and buy something trackable
Drove up from somerset in the grand cherokee barge, and wasn't glad to see silverstone covered in fog.
1st few track sessions were cancelled but they planned on running our time slot so watched the video of braking points etc then drove to the inside of stowe where the cars were.
The old lotus exige is quite basic and rattly but managed 10 laps with no spins (unlike the chap who spun twice in a gtr)
the instructors comments were i was driving smooth almost too smooth , as i was braking gently too early so carrying good speed around the corners but could of got up to a bit more speed on the straights.
Think my quickest into stowe was just above 100 and quickest into abey was high 80's, favourite bit of track was the abbey section that takes you into hanger straight , stowe scared the s
t out of me as the instructor kept trying to get me faster into it,Need to flog the jeep now and buy something trackable
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