Skid Pans fun/car safety

[t_rage]

Hi all,

 

Any of you have been on Skid pan/car control courses? I get around £200 a year to spend on "training courses" with work. One of the suggestions was an Intensive skid course at Castle Coombe.

 

Sounded like a good idea for a new Zed owner ahead of winter

 

 

http://drivetechltd....ve-skid-course/

 

 

Anyone had any experiences with them or courses of that nature? It looks biased towards safety rather than a cool drift school but looks fun enough!

[Richf]

I did skid pan training in a Vauxhall Chevette when in the forces (That ages me ) Stood me in good stead in later years

 

To be honest I thought times had moved on and that most training schools used the cradle type things like this https://www.intotheblue.co.uk/driving-experiences/courses/skid-control/skid-control-essex/

[brillomaster]

been on a few 'car control' days back with my mx5, though it wasn't any really training day, just a coned course in a car park where drifting was encouraged! but great fun. yep any kind of training would be great, not sure how useful it would actually be in the real world, but definitely do something if your company is paying for it!

[Ekona]

Walshy day.

 

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[Richf]

Walshy day.

 

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and how is that safety related ?

[Ekona]

Helps you learn control your car when you lose control, same as a skid pan day but without the fake situation and in your own car so more relevant

Edited September 6, 2016 by Ekona

[docwra]

Id say the same about drift training days, much more useful in real life than how to control a car in 4 inches of water at 15mph

[brillomaster]

If you pay me the £200, i'll tell you my top secret three hints for car safety in low grip conditions.

 

 

1. Buy decent tyres.

2. Leave the TCS on.

3. Don't drive like a dick.

 

[The Trouser]

 

3. Don't drive like a dick.

 

 

Edited September 6, 2016 by The Trouser

[Ekona]

Well that's no fun!

[Kraziekatz1]

Hi t_rage, I'm doing one of this training days in a couple of weeks....will let you know how I get on!

[t_rage]

Agreed all good fun if it's for free lol! The main thing with the learning scheme is we have to prove its some kind of valid training!

 

The Walshy stuff looks good because it's you own car, but I don't want to do that to my own car, rather it be someone else's

 

Thanks Kraziekatz1, where are you doing it out of interest?

[Kraziekatz1]

Really enjoyed it mate....great fun! Feel confident to catch the car in a spin next time I lose the rear end lol

 

There was another 350 there as well

 

Hope you get to put it through as 'work training'!

[Zeezeebaba]

Great fun and educational, we did our training on a skid pan and in a modified Senator with a hydraulic scaffold and caster wheels to simulate under and oversteer. Ironically it was at Dunsfold many years before Top Gear started filming there.