Driving courses

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Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone has any reccomendations for driving courses.

I will intend on doing them purely for better driving skills, insurance reduction is nice. But NOT my reason for doing on. So it doesn't have to be recognised by insurance.

Any form as well, nothing specialised, could be a rally day, drifting day, road driving awareness and control day. Just something to improve my driving skill. Coming from bikes into cars is very strange and I would like to make sure I have the same confidence and control I did over a bike in a car.

Thanks
 
Book a trackday and exceed your and the cars limits (and airfield day for this kind of hooliganism). try to spin out (where safe to) etc. and you'll get a much better feel for the vehicle and also cause and effect.

DWYB is highly recommended too for the same reason.
 
i've done the police driving one in wilshire and it was pretty good following a far more experienced rider, free too.

Track days are also highly recommended
 
I think the IAM stuff is all about bad driving habits. I don't think it's really centred around understanding a cars limits, what to do in terms of reactions when the back end steps out etc.

The car limits site seems good. Might try that.

A track day is something I will be doing regardless. But would be good to get a pro to sit there and give advice.
 
I've done a car skid control course which i found really really helpful. I already do track days but being in a car with a proper instructor who can explain exactly whats happening with weight transfer, tyre loading etc was amazing.

It made me faster on track and i feel a safer driver on the road as when/if the car does start to get a bit lose its not an alien feeling and you can calmly bring it back into line in a far more controlled and consistent manner.

I went on the top course here, i want to go back and do the 2nd one at some point http://www.angleseycircuit.com/performance-driving-centre/skid-control
 
sovietspybob said:
when/if the car does start to get a bit lose its not an alien feeling and you can calmly bring it back into line in a far more controlled and consistent manner.
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Absolutely, when I first got my trackcar it was the first RWD car I'd ever owned and also the first car with an LDS I'd owned. Oversteer scared the **** out of me. It still causes a little light feeling in the stomach if it happens unexpectedly butcorrecting and controlling it is becoming as second nature as driving itself is now, which can only be a good thing.

The downside is if you treat this experience as carte blanche to drive like a nob, you may end up running out of talent at much greater speeds than if you were less confident.
 
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