Had a spectacular day on Friday with 3 other would be Porsche owners (only one using my actual car). Went to Milbrook and did the following:
1- Alpine track: scary stuff, out of say 20 bends, all but 2 are blinds, and we are talking about the mountain on one side, barriers on the other, going up down left right. There is no need for a roller coaster after this one
2- 1km flat high speed and emergency braking: scary stuff going to 150 after staying in 3rd on the alpine track. It is not the speed per say, it is looking at the end of the straight and wondering, and wondering and still wondering when it is that the lunatic instructor will say BRAKE! Actually he gives you plenty of warning time, but I had no idea. Emergency stop means stopping the car in half the time it takes to accelerate to that given speed. Emergency stop at 30 for example is only 1 car length [
], if you do not have you seatbelt on you will definitely kiss the flies on the windscreen
3- High speed bowl, got up to 140 until I was told 130 was the max without helmet. This is never raking when you start reaching of say 120, the car needs to be kept in line unless you want to fly off, anything slower and you are really fine
4- country lane driving: the kind of thing we loose our licences over, but in this case the instructor was drifting the car at every corner, fat chance of me even trying this in my own car with real posts next to the road
5- last but not least, skipan where we aimed off centre at 50, taking the foot of the accelerator and turing the steering wheel. We repeated that taking all aids off 1 at a time, until of course I completely spun when nothing was interfering with my lack of skills [&:]
All in all a fantastic day! Everybody should do it when they buy a Porsche, the handling, transfer of weight, braking and electronic aids need to be felt to be believed. Unreal what my Carrera S can do.
1- Alpine track: scary stuff, out of say 20 bends, all but 2 are blinds, and we are talking about the mountain on one side, barriers on the other, going up down left right. There is no need for a roller coaster after this one
2- 1km flat high speed and emergency braking: scary stuff going to 150 after staying in 3rd on the alpine track. It is not the speed per say, it is looking at the end of the straight and wondering, and wondering and still wondering when it is that the lunatic instructor will say BRAKE! Actually he gives you plenty of warning time, but I had no idea. Emergency stop means stopping the car in half the time it takes to accelerate to that given speed. Emergency stop at 30 for example is only 1 car length [
], if you do not have you seatbelt on you will definitely kiss the flies on the windscreen3- High speed bowl, got up to 140 until I was told 130 was the max without helmet. This is never raking when you start reaching of say 120, the car needs to be kept in line unless you want to fly off, anything slower and you are really fine
4- country lane driving: the kind of thing we loose our licences over, but in this case the instructor was drifting the car at every corner, fat chance of me even trying this in my own car with real posts next to the road
5- last but not least, skipan where we aimed off centre at 50, taking the foot of the accelerator and turing the steering wheel. We repeated that taking all aids off 1 at a time, until of course I completely spun when nothing was interfering with my lack of skills [&:]
All in all a fantastic day! Everybody should do it when they buy a Porsche, the handling, transfer of weight, braking and electronic aids need to be felt to be believed. Unreal what my Carrera S can do.
