Wednesday 18th April 2007

Improve your car control with PH

Special rates for Ultimate Car Control courses

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PistonHeads has once again teamed up with Ultimate car control and ex-British Touring car champion Robb Gravett to bring you a special deal on their Dynamic Driver Training Days.

UCC offers two distinct courses - the Day One and Day Two course - depending on driver experience and skill level, which will be held at the Transport Research Laboratory in Crowthorne, Berkshire.

The dates available are a Day One course on Saturday 21 April and a Day Two event on Friday 27 April.

The Day One course features a classroom introduction delivered by Robb to include weight transfer, braking, steering, roll oversteer, power oversteer and understeer. Each student will be taught car handling through dynamic understanding, achieved through a mixture of classroom instruction and then practical experience in the car. Robb provides personal training throughout the day.

The Day Two course also starts with a classroom introduction delivered by Robb, and includes a review of Day (1) skills and the introduction of heel and toe.

The course goes on to cover:

* Reinforcement of Day (1) skills

* Heel and toe practice

* Heel and toe at speed

* Driving at speed and under pressure

* Racecraft

* Circuitcraft

The Day One PH price is £360 (£625 if you use one of the company's Mercedes) - a considerable saving over the usual charge of £1,250.

Day Two courses cost a little more at £399 (£699) although student numbers are restricted, improving the teacher/pupil ratio.

If you want to take advantage of this offer, contact Cate Walton on 07795 494646 / 01344 751669 or email [e-mail]

[MartinMGBGTSV8]

Hmm, sounds good for the driver thats new to proper cars and proper driving, but I suspect a lot of this would be teaching PHers to suck eggs.

[Gixer]

A bit short notice don't ya think??

[MrKipling43]

MartinMGBGTSV8 said:

Hmm, sounds good for the driver thats new to proper cars and proper driving, but I suspect a lot of this would be teaching PHers to suck eggs.

No way, no matter how good you are, any amount of tuition WILL make you a better driver.

If Kimi Raikkonen needs (well, wants) a driving instructor, so do I.

[rimmer]

ye i agree that it is rather short notice

[JonRB]

Yes, it is short notice. Sounds like fun though - I always felt that the original "Car Control Course" was merely scratching the surface and dwelt on the "Robb Gravett Flick" to the exclusion of almost everything else.

A day that takes that and builds on it sounds like something I'd like to do, and since I'm entirely self-taught on heel & toe I'd quite like the opportunity for someone to teach me to do it properly.

Edited by JonRB on Thursday 19th April 18:55

[2something]

Anyone had any luck signing up, I sent an email off on the 18th and still haven't heard back ?

[nickytwohats]

I booked a few weeks ago - looking forward to it

[luckyp]

Hi,

I just booked this morning.

Should be a giggle

So a Noble, an Ultima; what else?

[nickytwohats]

Great day had by all thanks to Robb and the team.

Good to meet you Peter, Adrian, Daniel, Lauley, Tom, Tom's Mum et al.

Fun fun fun

[luckyp]

nickytwohats said:

Great day had by all thanks to Robb and the team.

Good to meet you Peter, Adrian, Daniel, Lauley, Tom, Tom's Mum et al.

Fun fun fun

Yes Nick, blinkin' great fun.

Pop over to the Ultima forum and say hello!! Pics posted!!

Luckyp (whoops - Pete!)

Thanks Rob, Cate, Eunan, Graham and Gravett Jnr. Great day. Let's just keep it our little secret, hey? Don't want every aTOM, Dick and Hairy finding out about it!!

[luckyp]

One for a teaser:

[V6GTO]

Is it likely to happen again soon?

Martin.

[RacingPete]

Hi all, Just had a call from Cate from Ultimate Car Control and there are still places left on the course tomorrow if anyone would like to sign up quickly.

The dates for the other events are on the calendar on PistonHeads www.pistonheads.com/calendar/