Luis A.

I just spoke to a "non-racer" tpe who recently took it and was raving about it; said it'd be worthwhile at even twice the price (!!)

Has anyone here gone through this; specifically the one day course.

Opinions?

Thanks,

Luis

bloke

Yup! It is worthwhile attending. There are lot of track time and great instructions. SO BIG THUMBS UP.

Robert Henriksen

I did the two-day course at Road Atlanta. So much of the first day is chewed up with classroom time & the four or five structured exercises, that your on-track lapping is ~fairly~ limited. The second day is nothing but lapping, lead/follow, one instructor leading five students. (There are several groups out simultaneously).

I'd feel kind of cheated if I'd've only done the one day course.

Mav

I am also interested in the PDE. Do one-day and two-day really have the same Agenda of day-one? If they are the same, and the second day of two-day class are mainly tracking. I should go for two-day. I noticed that one-day and two-day are set for different days. <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

Phil

Does Porsche supply the cars?

DC from Cape Cod

Here is a little write-up from when I went...

<a href="http://www.thedoughouse.com/pde.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thedoughouse.com/pde.htm</a>

Rohan Nath

did it almost 2 years ago. my opinion:

1. i second Robert's thoughts regarding the 1-day program. i did the 2 day...
2. its well organized for newbies who've never been on a track before (i'm in that category). not having cars wizzing by was probably a security blanket.
3. the instructors are high quality and porsche supplies everything (car, helmet).

its not inexpensive - $ 2k+ and another $ 1k (i think) for the liabilty waiver (i think almost everyone takes that; i know i did).

hope this helps.

Robert Henriksen

I paid something like $100/day (*maybe* it was $200/day) to reduce the insurance deductible from $10k to $2k. Money well spent. At the time I was there, there was no option to completely eliminate the insurance deductible in case you cracked up the car they loaned you.

Vinny '98 3.8 C2S

I'll second Kim's response.

Another option is a dozen or so PCA drivers ed events, plus two sets of Khumos, plus brakes for about the same $$. Many of the teachers will be of a higher caliber at some of the other schools, but nothing beats seat time.

Mav

Anyone did one-day PDE?