winkyl

take the velocity one driving school first... I think it'll be your best $150 you ever spend on it.
I took that 3-4 years ago... It's good they provide a safe environment to let you know your car's limit.
Instructor ratio is approx 1 per 2 student or so. So it's not bad, consider it's a full day driving school...

winkyl

原帖由 BiscottiGelato 於 2008-3-10 18:02 發表
How does the Velocity Driver Training compare to this?
http://www.bmwccbc.org/schools/index.html

Is the Velocity training really for people interested in AutoX already? Cuz I want to see if I like it ...

I've no experiences with the BMW driving school, but the Velocity got skid pad, big sweeper (good old boundary bay airport layout always had one), offset gates, brake, weight transfer etc... They also included a classroom lesson...

Back then, I had a few free ride inside those auto x car out on the course... I liked it and velocity got me into that sport. If there's auto x events, you can go there and ask people there to give you a ride and see how you like it first before you pay $150. Maybe that will work out easiler for you

winkyl

yup... tracks addicted now... haha...
I hated to pick up cones for a whole day and just do 4-10minutes of run out there for the whole day

winkyl

原帖由 Traum 於 2008-3-11 11:42 發表
The thing with autox is that it is dirt cheap ($20 - $40?), and doesn't require any prep work on the car at all. Also, because each race is so short, it is also not very demanding to the driver at all ...

What makes you think auto x doesn't need any prep work? You still need to check/top up fluids, check for any items that might worn out during daily driving (like brakes, clutch)... That short period of time you're out on the course is much more intense compare to driving on the track from my experiences. Cuz you've got a 1 min course, tiny mistake will cost you more time at the end. While on track, (lapping, not racing) you're much more relax to feel your car, if the car behind is faster than you, just point by, let it pass and then continue with your own pace.

winkyl

depends how eraser is your tires is... my r-comp on my miata usually will last 2-3 years summer + track driving easily... pad wise... every 2 years? daily driven tho...