Leading on from @miller1098 and how far you can push your Zed had me thinking.
Who would be up for a skid pan day. Thruxton down here in Hampshire have a day where you can try your own car on the skid pan. The cost for tuition and the pan for 1 hour is £99 but I think to be honest it might save your life if you ever had to use the skills you will be taught. Who would be up for it in the spring next year ?
I am hoping that a day could be arranged and the price could be lowered too. Maybe a BBQ whilst the others are waiting ? or a pub evening meal after the day ? You will have to type the link in as its not working direct.
Regards
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From Thruxton.
Hi Paul
Following our chat earlier today, please find details about the Skid Pan experience in your own car below and a link to the skid pan on the website.
In a safe and controlled environment we will help you develop the skills needed to correct and control a sliding car, a situation that you may encounter on the public roads. Not only is this great fun, but more importantly a hugely worthwhile investment in your own and your passengers? safety.
Using your own car, we?ll help you understand and feel how the electronic safety systems, fitted as standard to most cars, will help in adverse conditions, but also how to control a sliding car if the systems can?t save you. Pure driver skill! We feel this will give you the best preparation for anything the roads and weather may throw at you!
·This skid pan experience is a one hour session on the skid pan driving your own car.
·Your experience will start with a 10 minute briefing and short demonstration. The remaining 50 minutes is all driving.
·Your skid pan instructor will be outside giving detailed advice, instruction and encouragement via a two way radio.
DRIVING CONTENT
·Straight line braking tests, with and without ABS [anti lock braking system]
·Straight line slalom, weight transfer and direction change controlling under and oversteer.
·Prolonged control of under and oversteer on 45m diameter circle.
·Exercises will be experienced with all electronic stability systems switched on for first run.
·Time trial to end session.
Visit: http://www.thruxtonracing.co.uk/skidpan
If you have any additional questions, just let me know
Kind regards
Ben
Ben Norton | 01264 774913 | 07968 491022 | thruxtonracing.co.uk
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Who would be up for a skid pan day. Thruxton down here in Hampshire have a day where you can try your own car on the skid pan. The cost for tuition and the pan for 1 hour is £99 but I think to be honest it might save your life if you ever had to use the skills you will be taught. Who would be up for it in the spring next year ?
I am hoping that a day could be arranged and the price could be lowered too. Maybe a BBQ whilst the others are waiting ? or a pub evening meal after the day ? You will have to type the link in as its not working direct.
Regards
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From Thruxton.
Hi Paul
Following our chat earlier today, please find details about the Skid Pan experience in your own car below and a link to the skid pan on the website.
In a safe and controlled environment we will help you develop the skills needed to correct and control a sliding car, a situation that you may encounter on the public roads. Not only is this great fun, but more importantly a hugely worthwhile investment in your own and your passengers? safety.
Using your own car, we?ll help you understand and feel how the electronic safety systems, fitted as standard to most cars, will help in adverse conditions, but also how to control a sliding car if the systems can?t save you. Pure driver skill! We feel this will give you the best preparation for anything the roads and weather may throw at you!
·This skid pan experience is a one hour session on the skid pan driving your own car.
·Your experience will start with a 10 minute briefing and short demonstration. The remaining 50 minutes is all driving.
·Your skid pan instructor will be outside giving detailed advice, instruction and encouragement via a two way radio.
DRIVING CONTENT
·Straight line braking tests, with and without ABS [anti lock braking system]
·Straight line slalom, weight transfer and direction change controlling under and oversteer.
·Prolonged control of under and oversteer on 45m diameter circle.
·Exercises will be experienced with all electronic stability systems switched on for first run.
·Time trial to end session.
Visit: http://www.thruxtonracing.co.uk/skidpan
If you have any additional questions, just let me know
Kind regards
Ben
Ben Norton | 01264 774913 | 07968 491022 | thruxtonracing.co.uk
This email was sent from an email account of Thruxton Motorsport Centre which is a company registered in England and Wales with company 2442728 and has its offices at Thruxton Circuit, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 8PW. The contents of this email are confidential and may be privileged and subject to internal monitoring. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message, you may not copy, forward, disclose, deliver or otherwise use it or any part of it in any form whatsoever. You should then kindly notify the sender by replying to this message and destroy it thereafter. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Thruxton Motorsport Centre shall be understood as neither given nor endorses by them.
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