I'm no hero....
I'm no hero....
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StefT

Original Poster:

259 posts

243 months

Saturday 12th August 2006
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...and fully understand what I'm getting into re. owning a Cerbera; it appears that respect is the keyword!

I like to drive my cars and ride my bike 'swiftly' but the Cerb will be a whole new ball game!

I'd like my experiences with the Cerb to be and not so does anyone have any experience/recommendations of advanced driver training organisations?

It would be nice to be able to use the Cerb rather than it abuse me

cooky

4,955 posts

266 months

Saturday 12th August 2006
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Hi, and welcome, only thing is give cerbie some respect, took me about 12 months to really master the car. get your suspension and brakes sorted before anything else in the way of upgrades mods etc. (but I still respect it esp, in the wet) don't push too hard and feed in the power gradually and only when YOU feel confortable. don't get dragged into proving anything with Chav types or Ricers, as you realy don't have anything to proove to them or anyone else. Just enjoy your motoring and take it easy.

jfk1958

128 posts

264 months

Saturday 12th August 2006
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IMHO and based on advancing years and 6 years Cerb experinece i would suggest trying a 1 day rally driving courseb brilliant for practising core diving control. I get most of my fun on throttle control and once i cracked that in the Cerb.......it was all up hill.

Enjoy

byker28i

91,557 posts

246 months

Saturday 12th August 2006
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The previous 12 years of rear wheel drive performance ownership, or maybe my regular karting?

Seriously, the best courses I've taken recently are the skid pan course at Castle Coombe (the instructor guessed which was my car) and although not strictly relevant, a bikesafe course with the local police, which teaches superb roadcraft skills such as reading road conditions, sighting around bends etc. I still carry some of that over into my car driving.

The skidpan course was excellant, using both rear wheel drive BMW's and front wheel drive Rovers. When we'd mastered skid control and avoidence we were then taught cadence braking.