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“A waste of money! ”

written by MrHerb on 07/07/2013

I arrived and went in for the briefing, where they state all the health & safety stuff and then talk about the driving experience.
The events manager was very professional, and said we should easily be achieving 130mph on the straight!
So outside we went to await our 2 laps being driven around in a pro drive wrx subura.
We then got told we would be taken round in a.........ford puma as the subura takes too long to strap people in!!!!!
I was gutted by this, as I was really looking forward to the drive in the subura.
The straight was very short, so I was dubious of these alleged 130mph achievable speeds!
So once that was done it was Lamborghini time.
Got in the car, adjusted the seat, and fired it up.
Beautiful sound and by now i was very excited.
So into 1st gear, pulled away and quickly told to change in to 2nd gear, then 3rd!!!!
Then for the next 5 laps the greatest speed achievable was 70-80mph at a push, as I was told to keep it in 3rd and not drop below that, so coming out of the last tight corner onto the straight in 3rd was so sluggish you simply couldn't get a fast straight speed!
The circuit being so small meant the 6 laps were over before they had hardly begun and there are so many corners and turns its ridiculous.
Yes it's a purpose made track..... Purposely made so you can't go fast!!!!!
We arrived at 09,.45am......we were on our way home at 11am!!!!!
The whole point of the day to the organisers is to turn people round as quick as possible.
They offer you 2 lap drives in all the other cars.....for £35, which is cheap considering my track 'day' cost £160!!!!
All in all in my opinion its a very disappointing experience.
Plus if you want pictures of your drive it cost me £20 for a cd with them on, taken by a professional photographer.
Now bear in mind I had 6 laps and on my cd i had.......2 images on it, as that's all the photographer took!!!
Is it a rip off....yes.....would i go again....no.....would I recommend it to anyone.....DEFINITELY NOT!!!!!
I hope they read this to be honest, as they said they are open to suggestions, and there's plenty in this review to give them some food for thought!!!!