Does your normal driving change after a track day

[CraigyB]

Strangely, I've noticed that after a track day, by road driving slows down, and I'm generally more courteous to other drivers, especially when merging lanes.

Is it just me??

[spyderman8]

No - same here.

[AdiT]

Same here. always pretty chilled out (knackered) on the way home.

[mrmr96]

Yup, I tend to drive more slowly and less rushed on my way home from a trackday. I've got it 'out of my system' and also a bit tired/drained by the end of the day!

[Elderly]

Me too, coming back from Combe towards Oxford on the A420 a few years back,
I was relieved to be stuck in a long line of slow moving traffic for miles;
I would normally be getting very impatient to say the least.

Also after a day at Donington I headed onto a busy southbound M1
and was happy to stay in the slow lane, I noticed after many many miles that although
travelling more slowly than cars in the other two lanes,
it was very much tortoise and hare.

[Nick J]

Me too, generally drive slower, usually becuase I've got the trailer to pull

[boxsey]

Same here and am always amazed at how composed and secure the car feels when driving at normal road speeds on the way home.

[wackojacko]

I think the novelty to go as fast as possible has worn off after an 8 hour day surrounded by cars and fast driving you just cannot be bothered and want to get home for a beer.

After Brands I managed get 43mpg out the S3 over 57miles. Now that is a chilled out want a pint drive home !

[rotta]

totally agree the drive home is very slow, considerate and chilled and as someone else mentioned the car feels very planted and safe after all that silly sideways business

[mrmr96]

It's also weird being restricted to 70mph on a wide, flat, smooth, straight motorway. When just a couple of hours earlier I was turning into bends at 100mph+ in the same car. (Albeit different tyres.)

[Munter]

AdiT said:

Same here. always pretty chilled out (knackered) on the way home.

What he said. I'm knackered and thus drive slower to allow for it.

[Pete360]

The car has usually had enough abuse on track so you need to let it recover on the way home.
In general i found my attitude changed on the road after I started doing regular track days

[CraigyB]

The effect also seems to last for a couple of weeks with me. Even then, I would say there has been a permanent change to being more considerate.

My next car may well be a hybrid if that can tow a caterham!

[robinandcamera]

CraigyB said:

The effect also seems to last for a couple of weeks with me. Even then, I would say there has been a permanent change to being more considerate.

My next car may well be a hybrid if that can tow a caterham!

Same with me, my girlfriend even tells me to speed up at times. A track day really gets it out of the system for quite a while I find.

[GokTweed]

I get annoyed about how numb the bloody steering is! but i find myself being smoother too.

[Crippo]

I'm usually towing to the track these days. Its really nice to get into something warm with auto and a stereo after a day driving flat out in a 100mph breeze.

[framerateuk]

Definitely. I'm far more chilled out, and I do think the effect lasts a few weeks.

I'm always very impressed with the car afterwards too, given it was a real weapon on a track, but suddenly quiet and calm on the way home.

[Technomad]

Similar sentiment - usually v tired after a track day and, because I've been handling more sensory input than usual all day, everything seems in slo-mo on the road for a while (a good thing). Flip side is to remember to recalibrate to the public road afterwards, as everything seems so slow. Particularly noteworthy on the narrow twisty roads into Knockhill and above all on the first downhill left-hander heading South from Cadwell on the A153 - has anyone else noticed that there are permanent holes in the hedge there?

[Pumajay]

I find im much more chilled out on the drive home from a track day, think the noise of the car does my head in when im just driving back, plus my back is crippled from the bucket seats!

[LouD86]

Much much more chilled out on the way home. I find that any energy I had for pushing the car is used up at the circuit, and I just want to relax