Super car driving gifts.

[bodgit]

Anybody tried this ? Thinking of buying one for xmass present for my lad and want to know if they are worth it.
http://www.buyagift.co.uk/Driving-Ex...m_re=Fantastic
For a ferarri, lambo, aston and porche it seems like a great deal to remember. Better than the usual cash in a card.

[mattr]

A mate of mine went on one a few years ago, bitterly disappointed.
Not proper laps, basically just a short oval. Kept getting told to ease up, he is a test driver by trade, so at least as well qualified to thrash the cars at 11/10ths as the "instructors".
The whole "experience" bit of it was less than 20 minutes. And don't think he even managed to get to the ton, so far far below the point at which its worth driving anything with that much grip and power.

On the flip side i did a Ford driver experience track day thingie, which cost about the same (£175-200 ish IIRC). But as the cars were FAR cheaper, and FAR less powerful (quickest was the previous shape Focus RS) i got to really press on, no requests to "ease up" even to the point of provoking lift off oversteer at 100+mph. (Which gave the rear seat passenger a shock!) Ended up with about 3 hours in the assorted cars, of which around 50-60 mins was actually at the wheel.

Maybe look for something a little less "prestigious" and a little more fun. Rally track day, sports car track day, off road track day rather than driving four strangulated supercars round an oval for 5 mins at a time.

Don't tell him, but he might learn something about driving too. ;o)

[Col]

Daz has done a couple of these driving days things a few years back (link in my sig)
I think the one he liked best was the formula ford type one

[daz]

Yep, I did the Formula Ford type cars with XR2 engines in at Silverstone (not on the normal track tho) Its good, it was raining when I went. Only downside is, the cars rev limiters are very restrictive think its about 4000rpm (bit like a diesel ) and you only get about a hour at the most on the track and the rest in the classroom. But would I do it again? Yes deffo cos I won and lapped everyone .

[Captain-Codpiece-The-2nd]

I second that. My other half did the single seater experience at Silverstone on Sunday (she's a bigger petrol head than me!).

Her Bro did an Aston experience and we were shocked at the lack of time spent in the car.

The single seater experience at Silverstone was excellent though. The circuit used is Stowe, with plenty of space. The cars are limited, she was bouncing it off the rev limiter on the main straight, but it still manages to nudge a ton. You don't get any of the rubbish instructor laps, they put you out in a car behind a pace car for 20 mins, and then you get your un-paced session. They were very good on driving standards, generally let you do as you please. They had one spinner who they just brought in and slapped his wrist, then he was back out on track.

They also offer in-car footage (well worth getting), and a data logger readout afterwards.

The only gripe I had (and it wasn't really a gripe) was that there was a lot of cars out in the session (13) and so there was a lot of traffic at somepoints.

If you are thinking of a xmas gift I would highly recommend it!

[Neil Skull]

I did track car day at silverstone.
we had approx 3 laps on the main circuit on each of the following cars.
Audi TT
Lotus Elite ( I think )
Ferrari 360 ( I think)

and then a hot lap with an Instructor.

So not that much driving but it was well worth it for the ferrari.

i guess with the one you mentioned the cars are so valuable your actually just paying for the joy of having a quick go rather than a full on track day experience.