forgive my ignorance...

[toast boy]

Hi all, forgive my lack of knowledge in this area, but haven't really researched much into the whole advanced driving malarkey yet.

I've had a look at a couple of posts in this section and in particular the post about gear changing smoothly. It seems that to change smoothly, you need to be quite gradual with your clutch inputs, which I do when not going too fast say 6/10ths, but what happens if you want to go faster? Is it still possible to maintain the smoothness, or is this system of driving only intended for brisk, rather than fast progress?

Secondly, how do I find out more about advanced driving? I have been out a couple of times with my godfather who is an advanced driver and traffic policeman, and he gave me some interesting and very helpful pointers. He has offered to take me out again, but finding the time when we are both free can be difficult. Are there other sources of information other than directly from an instructor/observer?

Cheers

[toast boy]

Thanks for the replies guys, I think my first task is going to be to have a thorough look at the IAM website and see what I can glean from there, and then to arrange some more time to go out with my godfather and get some more in-depth training and advice from him.

Cheers