Vehicle wear and tear on a Carlimits training day

[plenty]

Hi all - am considering one of these days and wanted a full picture of the potential costs incurred in terms of vehicle wear and tear. I understand that my tyres will suffer however how about brakes? Any other potential items to watch out for?

[Riverside]

Nothing like as much as a track day. Pump the tyres up when you get there to minimise feathering & the rest will be fine.

On a track you are constantly cornering, braking or accelerating & the car will get hot. On a car limits day you'll do one hard corner every few minutes with plenty of time in between runs for the car to disperse the heat.

The circuit only takes a few minutes too so you won't overheat the brakes, you'll use the ABS (or limit brake) a lot though.

Learned loads on the two I've done & it's given me the confidence to enjoy my car much more.

[plenty]

Thanks - that's what I was hoping to hear. I wanted to do the training to hone my skills in advance of a driving holiday coming up - but didn't want to knacker my car before the trip!

[Davey S2]

plenty said:

Thanks - that's what I was hoping to hear. I wanted to do the training to hone my skills in advance of a driving holiday coming up - but didn't want to knacker my car before the trip!

You wil probably take off a couiple of mm's of tread but thats it.

[Mark83]

To be honest wear and tear wasn't too bad, even on my 'heavy' Impreza. Worth every penny in my opinion, learnt a lot and Andy Walsh was a great instructor. I'd like to do another as I struggled to take everything in on my first Car Limits day and I regret not doing one sooner.

[Stu_00]

Another vote for Mr Walsh. I basically discovered I could not drive !

[KemP]

Stu_00 said:

Another vote for Mr Walsh. I basically discovered I could not drive !

Yep same here! Had a great day and will be returning as soon as I have the money

[the atomic punk]

it is a great day. I would advise checking your tyres at the end of the day though as I managed to pick up an embedded screw last time I was there. The space he uses is a market/car boot sale on weekends I think, so there is potential for there to be a few sharps lying around.

[plenty]

Thanks guys I'm going to book myself in now. My tyres are nearing the end of their useful lives anyway so what better way to send them off.