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Too fast??
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: Jules86 on August 13, 2009, 06:21:01 pm ---
I think a lot of people would benefit from a driving course than a remap! I will be doing this at some point as i can see it giving me so much more enjoyment from using the car to its full potential rather than using it well under!
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....Absolutely! Remap your brain!
The Mk5 GTI was my first front wheel drive car that I had owned and I quickly found myself wondering where the let-go points were on local twisty B-roads I know well. So rather than find out the hard and expensive way I went on a CarLimits course with 3 other GTI owners on North Weald airfield. Later on I did a course with a highly qualified Police instructor one-to-one on public roads.
These courses haven't made me a perfect driver but they have helped me enormously to avoid potential incidents and have contributed to me being let off speeding more than once after being followed by unmarked cars. Why? - Simply because I was practising what I've been taught and it was noticed and viewed as good driving but my speeds were well over the 70. This doesn't mean I'll be so lucky next time and I do watch my speed more than I used to.
Also, remapping your brain transfers to whatever car you are driving.
You've hit the nail on the head, Jules :happy2:
A GTI isn't excessive but just about right for UK roads - But only providing the driver is focussed and calm enough.
SO8:
Driving courses can drastically alter the way you look at driving and the way you drive.
I am in the lucky position that my employer has, over the years, sent me on 10 weeks worth :smiley:
They have made me a slower driver but one that is - hopefully - more in control. I hate to think about the way I drove as a teenager !
A remap is great but if you can't control the car in the first place or don't plan ahead you are a liability .... you don't have to go mad with courses - but one or two can't do any harm. Some people get addicted to them ... but then you are spending lots and lots. I think the law of diminishing returns applies .... but I have never forgotten what I have been taught .... oh, and unsurprisingly enjoyed every second of the courses when I did them .... :laugh:
gazbutS3:
as most be people on here know, I wrote off my ED30 about 14 months ago, through no fault but my own. It made me realise how easy it can happen, I've always driven performance cars, never had anything else, started with an XR2 at 18, and consider myself a pretty good driver, we all do don't we :smiley:
As a result of the accident I was offered a driver awareness course rather than prosecution, it was a day and a half course, I decided to go into it with a positive frame of mind and make the most of it rather than see it as a punishment. It was really enjoyable and I learnt loads, mostly things you think you know but don't really. A lot of observation training, I finished top of the group and the instructers recommended I take the driver training further which I'm going to to do :happy2:
so i think driver training is a good thing :smiley:
em2evol:
Hmmm... I feel the opposite... I want more more more! :party:
Gene Hunt:
My car is standard apart from a Milltek cat back non res & edititon 30 alloys.I love the way it looks & sounds & ''yes'' for what i want it's perfect.
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