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“Could be a great experience but wasn't”

written by on 24/02/2014

Arrived at Brands Hatch at 10.30 for 11.00 experience. Although I know Brands Hatch pretty well it wasn't that easy to find. Signed on fine and more or less on time. Safety briefing was ok but actually since the experience was all in first gear the danger was limited.

Two main negative points - the 3 different parts of the experience were all in very different cars - the first was a turbo with some turbo lag the second was not and had more grip and the third was an automatic with incredibly heavy steering. The key to drifting is to balance on the throttle so if the cars had all reacted the same, it would have made it much easier.

for each part the instructor was different and so the approach taken was very different. Not helpful if you are trying to learn drifting in 15 minutes.

To make this experience work - as it is only around 15 minutes driving altogether - it should all be in the same car with the same instructor so there is an element of progression. After a good start with the doughnuts I gradually regressed under the differing approaches to teaching/coaching and the completely different cars. The final instructor wasn't interested at all and in the few minutes I had, I spent all the time trying to get my head round how to deal with the heavy steering and automatic gearbox. I was very relieved to get out and go home.