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My God-son turns 18 soon and has been TVR mad since he could tie his own shoe-laces.
Sadly as I am no longer based in the UK I can't simply take him for a spin in my car so I was wondering about one of those track experience days where he can get to drive a TVR for himself under tuition. The other idea would be a go in one of the two seater Tuscan racers that are floating about.
Anybody got any recommendations?
Cheers
Sadly as I am no longer based in the UK I can't simply take him for a spin in my car so I was wondering about one of those track experience days where he can get to drive a TVR for himself under tuition. The other idea would be a go in one of the two seater Tuscan racers that are floating about.
Anybody got any recommendations?
Cheers
The Tuscan racer is heavier than your average road car but if you can cope with a non-PAS roadgoing TVR you shouldn't have any trouble with it. I suspect if you find your arms are aching by the end of the day then this is likely to be because you're tensing up rather than from the weight of the steering.
However, depending how much rwd experience your lad has, it might not be such a good idea to chuck him straight at the Tuscan. It is stupidly powerful and reacts very quickly to everything the driver does, the forces on the driver are very high, all the controls are quite heavy and the margin for error is quite slim if you are near the limit. Added together, this makes it a very difficult environment to try to learn how to drive a fast rwd car near the limit. No doubt Topcats would advise, but you might want to think about having him spending a morning in the Caterham learning the circuit and getting used to steering on the throttle, then go for something a bit more ambitous in the afternoon?
However, depending how much rwd experience your lad has, it might not be such a good idea to chuck him straight at the Tuscan. It is stupidly powerful and reacts very quickly to everything the driver does, the forces on the driver are very high, all the controls are quite heavy and the margin for error is quite slim if you are near the limit. Added together, this makes it a very difficult environment to try to learn how to drive a fast rwd car near the limit. No doubt Topcats would advise, but you might want to think about having him spending a morning in the Caterham learning the circuit and getting used to steering on the throttle, then go for something a bit more ambitous in the afternoon?
I actually thought the Tuscan racer idea would be more of a ride than a drive!
I was hoping someone would run programs where he could spend a day under tuition which culminated in some laps in one or more TVRs. I did a similar thing in my early twenties (althought it was saloons and Formula Fords then) and it certainly took me down a peg or two and made me realise that I had a lot to learn.
He seems far more sensible than I did at 18 so I'm sure he'd be very good at it.
He's based in Twickenham.
I was hoping someone would run programs where he could spend a day under tuition which culminated in some laps in one or more TVRs. I did a similar thing in my early twenties (althought it was saloons and Formula Fords then) and it certainly took me down a peg or two and made me realise that I had a lot to learn.
He seems far more sensible than I did at 18 so I'm sure he'd be very good at it.
He's based in Twickenham.
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