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Basically, last summer we were in Germany near the nurburgring, and resulted in me having a lap. Nothing fancy, I had a 405 saloon NAD, standard. (I don't think 12 minutes was bad!). Anyway we're going Germany again this year, not nurburgring related but inevitable. Anyway the wife wants a go, but she's never turned a wheel in anger (got her test next week lol) so I'm not comfortable get piddling around at 40mph. Is there somewhere I can take her to learn how to handle a car? Like an open decommissioned airfield etc
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Absolutely not.
If the public could access old airfields for free they'd be stuffed full of people racing around all day and all night.
You'll have to pay and go to a track day.
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I didn't suggest free (although would be nice!). Would a track day be right? It would have the same problem of her getting in the way
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25-03-2014, 10:59 AM
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How about learning to walk before attempting to run? No offence but just let her build up skills naturally, who says 100mph+ down a flat open piece of tarmac teaches you anything anyway? tbh stupid idea.
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Take her on one of those track day experiences, where they instruct her first
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We have an old airfield near mine where we used to bugger about public can go on there. Lota of learner drivers some days. Eye airfield just of the a140 between norwich and ipswich
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As in you can just go on and basically do what you want?
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A big car park somewhere?
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(This post was last modified: 26-03-2014, 09:59 AM by bashbarnard.)
Yeah do what you want up there
so long as you dont make lots of noise
Also good luck finding a corner chop where I live. We have a pub. That's about it
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