Originally Posted by Deschodt
I don't even comprehend the internet anymore, it seems some folks are so miserable they wait to pounce and $hit negative stuff on anything... Sorry if you are having a bad day !
>every local motorsports club is begging for you to go, have more fun, for less money, doing more, wilder driving ... its obvious
How would you know? I've got 20+y of track days to compare this to. You clearly have not tried the above and you are comparing one thing you know, to one you do not. Sure an AutoX is cheaper, sure one track day with your car will be cheaper (assuming no mechanical issue or tire replacement). Will you learn as much ? I doubt it.
In my neck of the woods, a track day costs $350-500. PCA, BMW, Hooked on driving, min 300 ! You get several 20 min sessions with "maybe" a random instructor - sometimes OK, sometimes great, may not know your car type at all, but basically geared towards learning a line and not killing them, in your car.. (and I thank them all for the instruction I got from them)
I'm merely pointing out this is next level, 90 minutes of serious one on one coaching with very professional people (call it 4 sessions on a track day) where I've learned 10x more than at any track day I ever did in that time frame (assuming you even get an instructor, I ran mostly in the fast group without one once graduated to club track days). It's car control, line, acquiring good habits and getting rid of bad ones, stuff like sliding control that is actively discouraged at tracks, all at 6-7 different stations designed for max learning... That is way more that you will do at an AutoX with a few 30 sec runs or any track day I've been at... I'm not even denigrating those, I'm saying it's next level.
Also, it's THEIR car, you beat the crap out of it without a care. You also get to "test" their latest model offerings and see how good they are... For a couple hundred bucks over a track day... Ok, it's terrible, I'm wrong, sorry I shared ;-) LOL.
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