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Re: Advanced Driver Training
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Fri, 10 January 2003 05:46
 
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I did the Ian Luff thing....Stage 1 and Stage 2 in my little Suzi Vitara (mind you, up against 3 WRXs!).
Features of the day:
* Memorable gross pictures of crashes...I will never drink a can in the car again, they mangle faces even at slow speeds.
* Ian Luff giving me the "you are such a female!" look because I said I couldn't drive manual. Grrrr.
* The Range Rover had to do 10km less than the rest of us cos it was leaning a little too much for Ian's liking on the curves.
* The Celica (86 model) only being able to stop in *double* the distance of the WRX's (with ABS). Nice car, but I know which one I'd rather be in....
The whole point is NOT to play silly buggers. If you wanna learn the snazzy stuff (i.e. not legal on the roads) try somewhere else. The Ian Luff one (well Stage 1 & 2) is about avoiding accidents or at least reducing injury/damage (hence why my dad made me go as soon as I got my P's) and was really good for that.
The most surprising thing about it, I found, was you don't want to go racing and skidding on the real roads when you drive home from it. Some of it actually sinks in and stays with you for years after, which I reckon has saved me from running into things in the wet many a time, and stopped many a jerk from riding up my arse cos I now don't slam on the brakes.
Btw, ditto about the two foot thing...as an auto-only driver, was not impressed that they expected me to actually do something with my left foot.
blerky (BR1183's better half)
[Updated on: Fri, 10 January 2003 05:48]
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