Supercar Driving Day with a difference

[NFox]

I had the opportunity to go along to a supercar driving day a couple of weeks ago with a slight difference!

Instead of being on track and getting to do a handful of laps, this one was a full day driving on some awesome roads along the south coast (approximately 250 miles) in 5 different cars.

With the day also including refreshments at each stop to change cars and a lovely lunch at Bovey Castle the whole day came together really well!

Has anyone else ever done anything like this and what were your thoughts?




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[Matt Cup]

Would love to do that, what are the costs involved?

 

[McGherkin]

Saw this advertised the other day funnily enough. Although you drove 3 cars instead of 5, so you traded variety for seat time.

All these supercar events are terrible value for money when you think about it, but at least you get a decent bit of seat time doing this, even if it is just pottering about.

 

[BGEarles]

Its a grand to do and minimum age is 30.


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[brisa4984]

Sorry wtf. A grand. ?

 

[NFox]

Saw this advertised the other day funnily enough. Although you drove 3 cars instead of 5, so you traded variety for seat time.

All these supercar events are terrible value for money when you think about it, but at least you get a decent bit of seat time doing this, even if it is just pottering about.

It depends how you look at it, I initially thought it was a fair whack but between two of you its halved. And its a whole day out, all of your food etc, no worrying about the car breaking down etc!

But yes it is a lot of money but still much cheaper than buying/maintaining one!




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[McGherkin]

Yeah, but I look at everything in terms of how much racing that'd get me - in this case 5 entire seasons of autosolo, with 10 events a year!

 

[c4pob]

It depends how you look at it, I initially thought it was a fair whack but between two of you its halved. And its a whole day out, all of your food etc, no worrying about the car breaking down etc!

But yes it is a lot of money but still much cheaper than buying/maintaining one!
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What did you get to drive?

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Yeah, but I look at everything in terms of how much racing that'd get me - in this case 5 entire seasons of autosolo, with 10 events a year!

Yes but you'll be doing that in a Volvo and not a McLaren so it's not really the same.

 

[McGherkin]

Yes but you'll be doing that in an MX-5 and not a McLaren so it's not really the same.

EFA.

You're right, it's not the same.
Driving balls out thrashing round a course having a whale of a time for a whole day, 50 times over
or
Pottering about in a wide ass supercar stuck in traffic and not being allowed to do anything particularly interesting, once.

Hard choice.

 

[SuperJ]

Yeah, but I look at everything in terms of how much racing that'd get me - in this case 5 entire seasons of autosolo, with 10 events a year!

Whats your real cost for that though? Petrol, tyres, maintenance etc...?

 

[Cookie]

EFA.

You're right, it's not the same.
Driving balls out thrashing round a course having a whale of a time for a whole day, 50 times over
or
Pottering about in a wide ass supercar stuck in traffic and not being allowed to do anything particularly interesting, once.

Hard choice.

I'd rather have the afternoon on the supercars

 

[terryc101]

I'd rather have the afternoon on the supercars

Same, can drive flat out around Tesco car parks any Sunday evening.

 

[JB21]

I personally wouldn't do either and spend the money on TD's, but It'd be the supercars over driving around cones in a car park.

 

[McGherkin]

Competitive motorsport isn't for everyone.

Some people are just slow :tongueout:

 

[Crybert]

Damn. £1000? I think mine was about £250

Audi R8
Porsche 911 turbo
Catherham
Ariel atom
Focus RS mk3 (heavily modified)

There were only 3 instructors so in the RS and the 911 you were on your own. Safe to say they came back smelling of burning!

I bloody loved it and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I'm from Scotland so we did it in Glencoe and i was lucky the weather was about 15 degrees. Phenomenal day, I'll never forget it

 

[McGherkin]

^That sounds far more reasonable.

 

[Crybert]

We're all cheap c***s in Scotland though. I thought at £250 it was expensive! Brilliant day though. We were out for around 2.5 hours

 

[Matt W]

I saw they had a space available but the age limit ruled me out!

 

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i think a grand would be far better spent here for a day
http://www.palmersport.com/

but then i have done both although my day driving out on the roads was a bunch of classic supercars and cost way less than a grand

Palmersport is the best day driving someone elses cars money can buy , done it twice now and had a fantastic day , and thats considering bot years of racing and trackdays , the palmersport days are simply brilliant value for money .

 

[Herr Flick]

We do them a lot but mainly for corporate days. (Incentives, bonuses etc).
Everyone always seems to enjoy it but they never directly pay lol.

 

[...]

Can't say i have paid for a Palmer'sport day either

Then again a track day all is is 500 quid in real money

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[Herr Flick]

Can't say i have paid for a Palmer'sport day either

Then again a track day all is is 500 quid in real money

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Yeh not cheap. One of the fellas in our group text us the other day. He's proper minted but these two days are £1k just for the track

 

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Yep , one year we did 2 days at zandvoort , then a day in Amsterdam before driving to spa for 2 days

Then a month later 2 days at historic Dijon then 2 days at Magny Cor .

Had the westy shipped in a lorry and drove over in the Elise as the wife wanted her own car rather than share .

However best ever euro track week was when i drove the westy to Barcelona and we did 3 days there , then back across the pyranees to Pau and 2 days there then back home .

Them were the days of spending summers on tracks around Europe ......

Then i gave it all up to go racing again

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