Can I just drive the GT-R 3 times? :wink:

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Can I just drive the GT-R 3 times? :wink:

Mr Bean.... Duh!

LOL

How strict would they be on height and weight limit?

I wouldn't waste my money on this. Wanted to buy one of this for my birthday, but I've checked youtube first to see what would I get,and the conclusion: you will drive those cars like a granny. They won't let you go fast on them(just on a straight) and will always be like,do that and that.

I've done this in the past, and I won't recommend anyone. They put a smart ass next to your seat, constantly talking slow down, gear, brake .. they won't let you drive it or by any means enjoy it. I hated the experience and because of the smart ass, I don't even remember the cars. The only thing worth extra was I had a passenger seat drive on a Ariel Atom with a semi-pro driver, which was great.

even with discounts, driving a nice car for less than the 3 miles they quote you at reduced speeds = most boring..

There not strict on weight and height, but they are sometimes strict on trying to force you into buying a bulls**t waiver in case you damage the car. When you ask for proof that a customer has managed to spin off the Straight part of the track at 60mph, and show the damage done to a car, they kind of shut up.
I can understand the need for caution as no one knows how a driver drives, but the idea of the driving days is for the thrill, something that is taken away when you get in the car.

I do quite a few of these days when they are reduced, personally I would say the true value of 3 car 9 lap drive is around £45, or £15 for 3 laps....

If you were at, say Thruxton or Castle Coombe, then the asking price for the cars would be worth it, as you get to DRIVE the cars, but that will never happen...
Never the less, if you can get a driving day on the cheap with discounts, give it a go, nice to drive something you probably wont ever own.... :smiley:

Has anyone had any positive experiences with these? I am really keen to book one for a friend

Always wanted to do something like this but never have because I am sure like they wouldn't let me drive like I wanted. Best sticking to go karts or actual track days where you're left to your own devices I think.

Are you sure??? I felt like I was "redlining" it but in reality you may find that you THOUGHT you were because you're used to a "normal car". The company simply wouldn't let every user redline their vehicles and destroy £3k brakes and tyres, it simply wouldn't make sense no matter how good you think you are :man:

Got something very similar to this a 3 car experience as a Christmas present. This was for 3 Sisters Wigan. I've since found out it cost £95 and then when I tried to book in April they had gone bust. Even more annoying was the fact that my sister paid by credit card but it's just £5 under the £100 needed for section 75 protection. Grrrrrrrr

Did you fully read my post before replying?

I'm used to driving powerful cars on track and I turned up to that particular day in a 420 bhp track prepared Mitsubishi Evo. Suffice to say that I know what it feels like to push a 400 bhp car to its limit. If anything, the 360 felt slower than my Evo.

I see where you're coming from though - I was very surprised at how hard they let me drive it, but every now and again you come across these oportunities. My local Porsche garage often loans me their 320 bhp Cayman S for the day as a free courtesy car whilst my 911 is in for minor service, no questions asked. Obviously I take full advantage and cost them £££ in wear and tear for the day!

I had a similar experience a good few years ago where the instructor would get annoyed if i was trying the push the car to the limit and redline. The first car a Bentley GT the instructor claimed if i carry on he's gonna kick me out and no refund. So i had to calm it for that car and the next aston martin db9.

In both cars the instructor just wants you to rev medium way and change gear. Total waste of money if thats all you are doing absolutely no thrill. Only on the straight he would let you push it a little more but still no redline.

The only saving grace was my last car was a murcielago, as it was the last i did not listen to the instructor one bit and redlined it all the way around he could not do nothing from the passenger seat!! Haha

I wasn't "dissing you", but there's a difference between abusing a courtesy car while on your own and doing it when theres an instructor next to you. I just think if it was my company I'd be giving P45's out to instructors who brought back damaged cars. Back on thread, I have seen videos of people driving with "Everyman" and the instructor was making them short shift, you could almost hear the cylinders popping, I swear I could have gone faster in my family hatch!!! :confused:

I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make - first you're implying that I'm mistaken in saying I drove one of their cars to the redline (despite me mentioning in my first post that I have a lot of experience of driving powerful cars) and now you're talking about bringing back damaged cars after your laps???

What are you actually adding here?

thanks, booked kids driving thrills and saved over £40!

But are these cars dual pedals like for learner cars then? The comments say the instructor wouldn't let them do this and that, but surely once you're onto the final car for the last 3 laps you have nothing to lose... how can the instructor "stop" you from caning the final session? He wouldn't grab the wheel or wrestle control which would be suicidal... at worst you'll get banned from returning there.

Wise ass sitting next to you with a throttle override. Did this once for free, wouldn't do it again (even if it was free).

OK, you clearly don't do reading (I never said anything about me bringing a car back damaged?!?!) so if you want me to shorten it, basically I think you're.... lets say "embellishing" things a little, is that better?

You seem to think that you're Lewis Hamilton, and that's fine, but I just don't believe that they would let anyoneredline their business asset and chew through a set of tyres by scrubbing the crap out of them under heavy braking. To turn a profit, they need to keep costs to a minimum, if everyone drove like you, paying a fraction of the price of a tyre to drive it, they would go under (a full set of brakes on a Ferrari can run to £1000's, they NEED to keep replacement to a minimum). Like someone else said, they will have throttle overrides to stop people abusing the cars, and by that, I mean STOPPING you damaging it, which redlining will, perhaps you booked a race experience with a company no one else has found yet?

Its not rubbish, look at some of the videos posted on YouTube, some of these companies restrict the speed beyond belief, some don't, that's why you need to research. Look at the title its "drive 3 supercars" not "race 3 supercars", what you can do is totally restricted by the instructor and I would bet that they have a kill switch to cover for any idiots who want to try misbehave??

They will have a kill switch, try it on, they flick the switch and you've probably cut your experience short.

You still on the MLR ?

How many of these days have you been on?

I lurk from time to time. :wink:

I've been on 5 of these days, driving somewhere between 10 and 20 different cars. None of them had a "kill switch".

Seems pretty clear to me that you're taking out of your ass, so I'll ask again : how many of these days have you been on?

Talking out of my ass?!? That's rich!!! I deliberately held off on the personal insults, if I wanted to have a childish conversation, I'd speak to my son not some petrol head who THINKS he's a racing driver just because he can "redline" a car :laughing:. Let me know when your conversational ability rises beyond primary school level and we'll speak like adults :wink:

So, you're not going to answer the question then?

Here's a tip: don't pontificate from a position of ignorance.

People will call **** on you and when they do, hurling insults at them only makes you look worse.

How many of these days have you been on?

I've been on 6 of these days, driving somewhere between 11 and 21 different cars. All of them had a "kill switch". I've also driven a Lamborghini Veneno Roadster which was a courtesy car whilst my McLaren P1 LM was in for a service, it was quite slow.

To be honest, I have asked myself why I pay to drive cars inferior to my own, but a very knowledgeable (if not a little bit hypocritical) young lad on a well known money site has said that I talk out of my ass so perhaps I'm just a fantasist?

Does that answer your question? Can we move on now? :smiley:

Seems that talking out of your ass on subjects you know little about is a habit for you, eh?

Have you ever stopped and thought what that says about you?

I often wonder what drives people like you to make posts like these - perhaps you have an answer.

Yes, it says that you don't understand sarcasm, however, unlike you I have ability to converse without throwing silly childish insults, that says a lot about me and a lot about you, think about that one. Funny that there is NO evidence so substantiate your comment, but there are LOADS of threads and videos supporting my comment that you simply CANT abuse the equipment like you said you did, NO ONE you hear, NO ONE has posted a video showing anything near the redline, the tracks are pretty much DESIGNED to prevent the need to, i.e cones on the long straights to break them up!! But I suppose as you're a "racing driver" they probably just took them away, or perhaps you used your super skills to somehow keep flat through them seeing as you're such a pro? :smile:

But hey, you did something no one else seems to have (I can't be bothered to look through every YouTube video, so please feel free to post a link to substantiate your PoV), that either makes you special or a liar, only you know the true answer. Perhaps you're just not man enough to admit that you posted a load of BS and you're now trapped in your fantasy land. Either way, I don't really care to be honest, you carry on, it's pretty sad, but if it makes your life a little bit more tolerable, crack on I say :wink:

Wow, so using your amazing keyboard warrior powers of deduction, you know for absolute certainty that on one particular day, one particular instructor didn't let me redline the Ferrari and brake hard into corners?

And the absolutely damning evidence you're going to rely on to infallibly support your opinion is that there isn't any video evidence of it posted online? No personal experience, no firsthand knowledge of how the companies are run. no specialist knowledge, just "No video = didn't happen".

Really?

And you have the gall to call me "special"!

Do you have to practice being such an ignorant ass, or does it come naturally?

I'm glad you really don't care though and that you're allowing me to crack on, that obviously means you'll now let this infantile discussion come to an end (but of course we both know it won't, becuase, once again, you're talking out of your ass).