Driving lessons.....

[wedgtable]

I don't wish to imply that I can't drive!!!! But does anyone know of a course, or some such thing, where you can go out with an instructor in your own car and learn how to get more from it.

[cuneus]

Ride drive www.ridedrive.co.uk/

[wedgtable]

Looks good, I went driving with a traffic copper once ( a friend not an arresting officer), Absolutely mental!!! Do they do skid controlling and handling??? I am looking mainly for training on what to do when it all goes wrong. Or am I being to specific

[wedge girl]

Have a read of Daz's review of Ride Drive www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=226963&f=131&h=0

[wedgtable]

Excellent review, thanks wedge girl. Is there a discount for TVRCC members? A bit cheeky but he who doesn't ask doesn't get!!

[wedge girl]

wedgtable said:

Excellent review, thanks wedge girl. Is there a discount for TVRCC members? A bit cheeky but he who doesn't ask doesn't get!!

There is

[number 7]

These guys are very good if you want to experience what happens when your / the car's limits are exceeded. I did a day at North Weald with my Wedge, a Griff. 500, an S2000 and an Elise. Going backwards at 60mph with the open cabin filling with tyre smoke is certainly interesting.

www.carlimits.com/

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[wedgtable]

Now that sounds like the business Number 7. How did the car take it???

[number 7]

wedgtable said:

Now that sounds like the business Number 7. How did the car take it???

Well some of the more repetative type excercises can certainly heat the front tyres up considerably, leading to a lot of shoulder wear unless you are careful. The only other problem I had was grinding away the lower o/s edge of the under spoiler in a fast left turn. One interesting thing was thrown up though: there was a braking excercise, slightly downhill, in the damp, the idea being that you approach a marker at a fixed speed, and then attempt to stop in the shortest distance. The Elise was hopeless at this, even the Wedge beat it by a decent margin - must have been something to do with the weight distribution.

7.