Oh, I never win anything normally...

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Anyone else enter the Evo comp to win some track tuition?

I seem to have won a runners up prize!

A FREE TUITION SESSION WITH EX F1 DRIVER IAN ASHLEY AND THE TEAM

As a runner up you will be coached on how to drive like a professional racing driver, starting off in BMW M3’s Ian and the team will coach both through practical and theory sessions the art of racing. This unique and exclusive session will give you an in-depth knowledge of what it takes to be in the shoes of Hamilton and Button and experience the high octane thrills of professional race drivers.

The session will include:

All vehicles
Safety briefing
Familiarisation laps
Safety equipment
Professional Instruction
Fuel
Track Time
Tea / Coffee and light refreshments
The session will run from MIRA’s secret Test facility in Nuneaton. This is where the likes of Jason Plato touring car champion and McLaren British GT3 team do there testing before their race seasons. This state of the art facility is also home to major manufactures such as Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Bentley and the MOD where all prototype vehicles are tested and certified.

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I'm just hoping it isnt free for 10 minutes and upsell....

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Slightly worried how many people appear to have been lucky?!

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Piss take. So it is free, but £199 for the insurance.

I'm sure they have covered themselves, but this seems incredibly like it must break some prize rules or something? Congrats you are ALL runners up, for a prize; please pay £199 to collect it.

Scammier than a Nigerian lotto payout.

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3 to a car, for something you can normally for for £89 an hour. So they net £600 for one car and instructor for an afternoon....

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Ok just to close this off.

I just called up, and they started to congratulate me before they even knew my name - seems amazing they could know I had won something eh?

The did the spiel as mentioned on Evo, and explained it was a "full day" but then went on to say 4-5 hours.

They failed to mention it was 3 to a car, but others have been told this.

I was then told I needed to buy the insurance for £199.

The car is an E46 M3, not the E90 M3 pictured in the email.

Evo should be ashamed of themselves for being associated with something so blatantly NOT a prize in any way shape or form.

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Pints said:

In a word: disgraceful.

Agreed. I have emailed Evo with my thoughts on it too.

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http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=18&...

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Pork said:

edo said:

Pints said:

In a word: disgraceful.

Agreed. I have emailed Evo with my thoughts on it too.

And I will be too. And to Harry on twitter.

Massively devaluing their brand. I got the mail too, said to my wife that "it sounds dodgy or I've been lucky. Surely Evo wouldn't be dodgy,though?"

Very poor form on Evo's part.

I messaged Harry (and Trott) we'll see if they have an opinion.

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They sent me another email. I've requested they take me off their database.

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Chris99 said:

EVO had asked for Supercar Lifestyle to add some runners up events.

I'd be interested to know if Evo back up that statement.

I'd also be interested to know how many people there are on here alone who are "runners up".

1. Me.

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1. Me.
2: Pork
3. Crookie
4. Hariybiddy
5. Mark852456
6. Truckosaurus mate
7. MarkP1973 brother
8. Burrito
9. poprock
10. StuartMcKay
11. coach
12. Chris99
13. Del195
14. Mered
15. RobS77

Edited by edo on Tuesday 12th February 19:24

Edited by edo on Wednesday 13th February 10:39

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From Mr M:

@edwowen As ever, not as straightforward as hoped but will get it sorted. Really sorry I didn't know what was going on earlier..

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RobS77 said:

I'm also a 'runner-up' (I think they told me there was only 20!) and it's pretty shoddy to slip in the £199 insurance charge. Presumably if they are genuinely giving the day away for free, if you could get the cover from else they'd still have to honour it - I imagine that would be very tricky though. As it is I'm pretty reluctant to go ahead - the whole thing leaves a bad taste

Not bad that 15 are on this thread already!

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RobS77 said:

I'm also a 'runner-up' (I think they told me there was only 20!) and it's pretty shoddy to slip in the £199 insurance charge. Presumably if they are genuinely giving the day away for free, if you could get the cover from else they'd still have to honour it - I imagine that would be very tricky though. As it is I'm pretty reluctant to go ahead - the whole thing leaves a bad taste

It isnt a day though, they said "4-5 hours".

If you read various posts about this company elsewhere, phrases like "standing round for hours" and "promised passenger laps didnt happen", and "options to pay for more time, or different activities".

Note also you are sharing the car with 3 other people, so removing the hour hard sell for briefing, you are paying £199 for about an hour in the car at most (and likely less).

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1. Me.
2: Pork
3. Crookie
4. Hariybiddy
5. Mark852456
6. Truckosaurus mate
7. MarkP1973 brother
8. Burrito
9. poprock
10. StuartMcKay
11. coach
12. Chris99
13. Del195
14. Mered
15. RobS77
16. mab1

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CampDavid said:

CraigyMc said:

I'm sure he will be. For those thinking about putting £200 into this, don't do it - you will have a better time at MB world where you will genuinely get 55 minutes of seat time in your hour experience.

If you want a full day of track driving (for a lot more money, it has to be said), look in the track days forum subsection.
There's a palmersports offer for PH running.

C

What's the offer at palmers?

I can confirm the Palmersport day is the best petrol-head day out by a long chalk. Super slick, LOADS of time driving, and lots of experienced instructors helping you to push the cars to the limit (and your limit).

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1. Me.
2: Pork
3. Crookie
4. Hariybiddy
5. Mark852456
6. Truckosaurus mate
7. MarkP1973 brother
8. Burrito
9. poprock
10. StuartMcKay
11. coach
12. Chris99
13. Del195
14. Mered
15. RobS77
16. mab1
17. the scoop

Would be nice to prove the 20 they stated to be the lie we know it to be. Speak up people!

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CraigyMc said:

List of Victims said:

1. edo
2. Pork
3. Crookie
4. Hariybiddy
5. Mark852456
6. Truckosaurus mate
7. MarkP1973 brother
8. Burrito
9. poprock
10. StuartMcKay
11. coach
12. Chris99
13. Del195
14. Mered
15. RobS77
16. mab1
17. the scoop
18. Matlough
19. Dr Interceptor

Would be nice to prove the 20 they stated to be the lie we know it to be. Speak up people!

My OCD made me do this. Come on, just one more....

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I also sent this thread to the supercar company themselves. Think they will comment?