Red Letter Day Driving Experiences

[merc_man]

I've just won a £50 Red Letter Voucher at work. Never used these people before but will probably opt for one of the driving experiences. Has anyone ever been on one of these things who can recommend something? Willing to top this up a little but the wife wouldn't want me I wouldn't want to add too much.

[maxrider]

Didn't they go bust a while back?

[fastfreddy]

They were bought out by Peter Jones and Theo Papadopolopolis from Dragon's Den. They have turned it around but two other agencies have recently gone bust so it's not an easy time for them.

You will not get anything worth doing for a £50 voucher I'm afraid.

RLD will take approx. 50% commission, which means the people actually running the driving experience will be giving you whatever £25 will pay for, which as you can probably imagine is not a lot!

Take a look through the RLD catalogue and try and find something that takes your fancy but I doubt there will be anything much under £199 worth going for.

Better still, try and get a refund on the voucher (probably not allowed) or just chuck it in the bin and book a driving experience direct with the operator (Thruxton, Silverstone, Rockingham etc.) Much better value for money and you get a better idea of what you're getting for your money.

HTH!

Edited by fastfreddy on Friday 10th October 11:02

[merc_man]

Well it was free so not that worried about paying a bit more.

Torn between these to right now. Leaning towards the Ferrari at Goodwood

Ferrari at Goodwood

AMG at Mercedes World

[fastfreddy]

You'll get more seat time at MB World but if you've always wanted to drive a Ferrari, then I suppose I can see why you might want to go to Goodwood although I'd have to say that even at the £75 upgrade price, it's not great value (5 minutes driving a 308!)

[Zeek]

Off topic, but I noticed in the paper this week that West Sussex county council are offering a driving skills course (on road, plus skid-pan at Goodwood) for 17-25 year olds, for £60. They will also add this Ferrari experience in for another £60...

[Simond001]

Zeek said:

Off topic, but I noticed in the paper this week that West Sussex county council are offering a driving skills course (on road, plus skid-pan at Goodwood) for 17-25 year olds, for £60. They will also add this Ferrari experience in for another £60...

any chance of a linky to this?

[JonRB]

maxrider said:

Didn't they go bust a while back?

Yes they did. Whilst under the ownership of Deborah Meadon of Dragon's Den.

[hcanning]

fastfreddy said:

Theo Papadopolopolis

Edited by hcanning on Friday 10th October 12:16

[g_attrill]

JonRB said:

maxrider said:

Didn't they go bust a while back?

Yes they did. Whilst under the ownership of Deborah Meadon of Dragon's Den.

Ooh-er, she'll be angry, it was Rachel Elnaugh!

[Matt_N]

JonRB said:

maxrider said:

Didn't they go bust a while back?

Yes they did. Whilst under the ownership of Deborah Meadon of Dragon's Den.

Thought it was that Rachel bird from the first series?

[S3_Graham]

do the MB world... saw them while i was there.. looks a hoot!! if you pay for a cheap ferrari/lambo exp then it tends to be Very dissappointing.

i paid £350 and only got 3 laps in each!!!

[JonRB]

g_attrill said:

Ooh-er, she'll be angry, it was Rachel Elnaugh!

Oops, sorry. I stand corrected. Apologies to Deborah.

No, no, I said I was sorry. Call your lawyers off please Ms. Meadon. It was an honest mistake.

Edited by JonRB on Friday 10th October 12:30

[fastfreddy]

JonRB said:

g_attrill said:

Ooh-er, she'll be angry, it was Rachel Elnaugh!

Oops, sorry. I stand corrected. Apologies to Deborah.

No, no, I said I was sorry. Call your lawyers off please Ms. Meadon. It was an honest mistake.

Edited by JonRB on Friday 10th October 12:30

[Zeek]

Simond001 said:

Zeek said:

Off topic, but I noticed in the paper this week that West Sussex county council are offering a driving skills course (on road, plus skid-pan at Goodwood) for 17-25 year olds, for £60. They will also add this Ferrari experience in for another £60...

any chance of a linky to this?

Yep, found it here:

http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/roads-and...