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I got a call from the sister of a friend’s wife who wants to buy her husband some kind of ‘driving experience’ for his 40th birthday. He did Petty at Disneyworld and enjoyed that, so …
Her budget is around $1000 and he’s not trying to get a race license or anything. Just a fun thing for his birthday.
Does anyone here have experience with the BMW school at the factory in South Carolina? Any opinions for the car nut, but not racer, kind of guy?
Steve D.
Duh, NASA weekend in the DeVinney friends-and-family Miata with Steve D as the instructor.
Make points with wife and friends. Keep cost low.
RP
Patton wrote:
[quote]Duh, NASA weekend in the DeVinney friends-and-family Miata with Steve D as the instructor.
Make points with wife and friends. Keep cost low.
RP[/quote]
My last lend-a-friend-a-Miata weekend didn’t go so well. My 1990 is in my basement about halfway through a $4,000 repair. After it’s freshly painted, it is for sale.
The next weekend I wrecked my other Miata. Another $3-4,000 and it will look nice again. That may not happen until I sell the other one.
I appreciate the suggestion, but the guys wife is more of a Saks girl than a Kershaw girl. :laugh:
Steve D.
I do $10 lap drive.
For 100 laps, I’ll throw in few extra.
No touching. To make him hurl is extra. One dollar bills are ok.
OR
you can suggest driving a super stalker at VIR. Half day for $599.
BMW’s performance driving school is pretty good value for the money and just a whole lot of fun. In my opinion the next step up from that would be a Skip Barber, Jim Russell, etc., school, but those are well north of $1000.
Riding with Chi might be “interesting”, but probably not what the spouse has in mind,
My in laws did a school down there after they bought their 6 Series. they are not car people at all but they had a very good time…
Skip Barber has been doing some serious discounting recently. I guess attendance is low. I did the 2 day BMW school a few years ago. It was fun getting to drive an M3, M5, M6, M Roadster, and a wicked fast 4.8S X5. The course is short and slow though, and all the instructing is done in 328i sedans.
Steve, understanding that they like to dress-to-impress, you can’t go wrong with one of the BMW schools. As a teenager Laura did their teen school and had a great time. The school is professionally run and they will have a blast.
RP
Patton wrote:
[quote]Steve, understanding that they like to dress-to-impress, you can’t go wrong with one of the BMW schools. As a teenager Laura did their teen school and had a great time. The school is professionally run and they will have a blast.
RP[/quote]
plus 1
Great facility and staff 
If it’s a Saks vs Kershaw thing, you can’t go wrong with the Performance Center. I hear the M school is great, but it’s not cheap.
We’ve visited the facility every year for the last ten years for roadster homecoming and took delivery of our M3 there in 2002. Big thumbs up!
drumbeater wrote:
I did the 2 day “M school” earlier this year. I undestand that it is different than the “regular school” but all we drove was brand new M3s, M5s, and M6s. School is very well run, very professional and impressive. If he has have any driving experiance (Petty counts in my book) I would recommend the M school. I had a ball and they take very good care of you.
Heads up: BMWCCA members get a 20% discount, I did.