anyone had a supercar experience day?

[DeanVRS]

Hi,I'm looking into treating myself to a 40th birthday supercar experience.
has anyone got any recommendations of these days or advice to the best companys or tracks to select.

Any info good or bad would be appreciated....im after at least a 3 or 4 car experience day .

[Lost soul]

I did the one at Snetterton a few years back , back then it was Viper 355, Lotus Esprit, 911 and it was a cracking day out

Not sure what the format would be now but Snett is a good track for this sort of thing

[hornetrider]

6th Gear Experience (google it) - run by a PHer. Awesome.

[BAKS42]

did one recently at
U drive cars! airfield in oxford, plenty of run off area! make sure you get out in a caterham aswell though!

Edited by BAKS42 on Thursday 1st July 20:59

[Rocksteadyeddie]

Palmersport. Loads of money but great value. Best day of your life guaranteed.

[sebhaque]

I've done a Ferrari F430 and Aston Martin DB9 track day at Prestwold Hall. To be honest I found it a bit mixed - the DB9 was fantastic as the instructor really let me have some fun with the car - whereas the F430, as brilliant a car as it is, was less enjoyable, principally because the instructor wouldn't let me rev it past 4000 rpm. Did get some great turns in, though.

Oh - and there's also a hell of a lot of waiting around to drive, for not really that long on the track. It was usually a 30-45 min wait to get in one of the cars, and only doing 5 laps of the 2-mile circuit.

As negative as my post sounds, it's still definitely worth a crack!

[SP6 Animal]

I have to agree i did the same at Donington only got 3 laps in the Ferrari had more of a blast in the Pug and Lotus

[Furyous]

Rocksteadyeddie said:

Palmersport. Loads of money but great value. Best day of your life guaranteed.

Palmersport or stay @ home.

[Zippee]

Furyous said:

Rocksteadyeddie said:

Palmersport. Loads of money but great value. Best day of your life guaranteed.

Palmersport or stay @ home.

Only one you'll truly get to use the car to the full....

[Rocksteadyeddie]

Zippee said:

Furyous said:

Rocksteadyeddie said:

Palmersport. Loads of money but great value. Best day of your life guaranteed.

Palmersport or stay @ home.

Only one you'll truly get to use the car to the full....

And the instructors are absolutely brilliant. Even after spinning the Jaguar JP1 at 110mph he was still shouting at me to get on with it.

[jonnie5]

I'm doing the Palmersport day tomorrow. Is it OK for a 40 year old man boy to be so excited?!

[ian_c_uk]

jonnie5 said:

I'm doing the Palmersport day tomorrow. Is it OK for a 40 year old man boy to be so excited?!

Absolutely.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

And the 911 is st. By far the most boring car of the day (and I've owned two!)

Do report back on your experiences.

[Zed Ed]

jonnie5 said:

I'm doing the Palmersport day tomorrow. Is it OK for a 40 year old man boy to be so excited?!

Cu there

We've a team of mostly fortyish men going too

[RESSE]

I attended a "Driveme.net" day in February (a gift from my family).

Not a brilliant experience - too much waiting and not enough driving.

A few laps in a Gallardo was ok:



Subaru was dreadful - clutch shot:


Other cars that were available (but your car allocation was decided before you arrived).







One of the instructors took me for a passenger ride in an Elise, and although I wasn't driving it, the Elise was (by far) the most FUN.

[jonnie5]

Zed Ed said:

jonnie5 said:

I'm doing the Palmersport day tomorrow. Is it OK for a 40 year old man boy to be so excited?!

Cu there

We've a team of mostly fortyish men going too

Excellent, I'll be the shy and retiring one in the bright orange T-Shirt

[nickg123]

Rocksteadyeddie said:

Palmersport. Loads of money but great value. Best day of your life guaranteed.

100% with you on this - I've never ever seen another place where are you allowed to drive at your maximum but they do nothing but encourage it at Palmersport! Absolutely awesome.

[RossB_eg4]

I've done a few 'experience' days at Knockhill.

Supercar (Ferrari) day is alright; much preferred the single seater day. Motor bike engined and considerably faster than the ferrari (or faster than you are allowed to drive the ferrari anyways)

[tkdsteve08]

Yeah I work for Mercedes Benz-U.K and get to go to brooklands and drive the sls and slr's

[F1GTRUeno]

hornetrider said:

6th Gear Experience (google it) - run by a PHer. Awesome.

Me and my dad have both driven a DBS at the Prodrive location with 6th Gear. Great day out, great tuition by friendly instructors and a decent track.

Plus a few absolutely stunning women working for them as well.