Best supercar experience day?

[tuffer]

I would like to treat a couple of mates to a day out and have been looking at various supercar experience days. Ideally I would like a full day rather than a quick couple of hours and it's all over. Been looking at the Ferrari Plus experience at Thruxton and maybe add on some Karting, its very close to where I live so would work well with going out for a meal and a few beers after as well as staying over.
Does anyone have any experience with this or could recommend an alternative? Will be 3 of us in total.

[omniflow]

If it HAS to be supercars, then I've got no idea.

However, if you want absolutely the best driving day ever, then Palmersports nr Bedford is totally awesome.

Never been on a supercar driving experience, but from what I've heard they're somewhat lacking, 2 or 3 laps, no full throttle and no red line. Palmersport is completely full on - the instructors push you as much as you want to be pushed. It's not cheap, but it's the best value for money.

[VR46]

Have a look at the silverstone days, well worth the ££££.

[Dalto123]

Thruxton has my vote. Did the Lamborghini Gallardo Plus experience there. Absolutely amazing. Drove a cayman, the Lamborghini and a single seated formula Renault type car. And unlike some places that limit how fast you go, I managed to get some good speed out of each of the cars (just over 130mph in the Lambo).

[Dr G]

6thgear - run by PHers and very well regarded.

[.blue]

-1 for Thruxton from me. I'd sacrifice the car/track and book one with better instructors.

[Rick101]

Did a day with 6th gear a couple of years back.

Although they fufulled thier obligations, I wouldn't go again and wouldn't recommend it.
It was very much a conveyor belt experience and a very short period in the car.

Prior to the event, booking it was particulally difficut. Unable to get a day for literally months, and after that wait the car i'd booked wasn't available so I had to pay extra to 'upgrade' to the next car.

Edited by Rick101 on Monday 4th June 15:51

[dhariwab]

Going on one next week through buyagift.com. You get to drive a 911 turbo, Lambo Gallardo, Audi R8, some Aston martin and ferrari 355 for a minimum two laps. Have two tracks one in Loughborough and one in Long Marston Warwickshire. Obviously cant say if its any good because I havent been yet but people have uploaded incar vids on youtube to give you an idea.

[browna]

I did one via experience limits.com was £120 on groupon. They do various sites, I Did it at Swansea airport, 3 laps in each car, good
Selection to choose from, I chose, a gallardo, 911 turbo and a Ferrari f430. It was short and sweet but well worth the dosh, the instructors let you go full throttle, even though the straight is only a few hundred meters long before a chicane, I think i hit the rev limiter in 2nd in the 911, massive turbo surge, hit nearly 9000rpm in 2nd gear in the f430 (spider!) which was totally spine tingling sound, i was gigling like a school girl! amazing!

Edited by browna on Monday 4th June 19:06

[The Hypno-Toad]

VR46 said:

Have a look at the silverstone days, well worth the ££££.

Really??

I went on the Aston Martin one and I got to say I thought it was poor. Not enough track time, a very dis-interested instructor and the feeling that I was number to be pushed through a system. When I was in the reception building and there whole families who by their accents had come quite a long way to see "Dad drive on the Grand Prix track".
Luckily I had won my experience from work so wasn't paying but if I had come all the way down from Sunderland for that, I wouldn't have been very impressed. Obviously I'm not expecting to be treated like Lewis Hamilton but I also wasn't expecting it to be so souless (for want of a better word.)