"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
12/03/2015 at 18:14 • Filed to: BMW
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"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
12/03/2015 at 18:14 • Filed to: BMW | 4
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Today I was part of a symposium held at the BMW Performance Driving School talking about technical industry stuff. The second half of the day we got to go out and drive! We did hot laps, a timed auto cross and an off-road course. Huge fun. We were driving the cars with radio instruction. It was hands on and go as hard as you can. Taking the X3s on the off-road course was huge fun too even if it was slower going. We drove the 435, 650, 740, M3, M5, Z4, and X3 and X6 and drove them all hard! M3 was my favorite and the sound of the Z4 with the top down was nice!
An i8 in the paddock. Sadly, we didn’t get to drive it.
650s on the auto cross track. The big girl, with 450 HP, does pretty well around the cones.
Time to hit the dirt!
After making my run on the off-road course I hopped in the back of another car and watched/laughed. The X3 performed well.
Into the water. The instructor said it was 22 inches deep and the X3 was rated for 24 inches.
View out the back.
Tippy in the X3.
21 degrees lean while going around a corner on top of a hill.
At the end the instructors took us out in M5s. There was much smoke and noise. The instructors were fantastic. Each and every one of them was super friendly and knowledgeable.
I came in second out of 25 folks in the auto cross. Missed first by 0.2 sec.
I would imagine the full day/multi day courses would be huge fun. They also offer motorcycle classes.
For Sweden
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 18:21 |
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think you can just walk in here after only finishing 2nd smh
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 18:24 |
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I just want to do the offroad part.
EL_ULY
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 18:24 |
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this car is tipping over for sure!
Anima
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 18:25 |
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Was there a timepenalty for using your indicators?
yitznewton
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 18:26 |
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Hell yeah! Good show.
Matt Nichelson
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 18:41 |
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I hate you so much right now. Well, not really, but still. Looks like it was a blast.
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 18:59 |
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Dat HUD
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f86sabre
> For Sweden
12/03/2015 at 21:49 |
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After we did our timed runs we had some extra time so they let us do fun runs. My best time then would have been best of the day, but it didn’t count.
Good to see you back. Hope all is well.
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f86sabre
> Matt Nichelson
12/03/2015 at 21:51 |
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It was freaking awesome. For only 3 hours of track time we got to do a bunch of stuff. It was a good group of folks too. Everyone was smiles when it was all said and done. They paired us up two to a car. Guy I was paired with was prone to car sickness so when it was my turn to drive he would hope out. Made things easier for me.
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f86sabre
> Anima
12/03/2015 at 21:51 |
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No, but I did practice tailgating.
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f86sabre
> EL_ULY
12/03/2015 at 21:53 |
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They lived. When the first car was up there he had them stop where it teetering on opposite corner wheels. He then went up and rocked it back and forth by hand. Pretty funny.
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Matt Nichelson
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 22:01 |
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I bet it was! I think it’s great that there are things like this available for the general public to enjoy. It really looks like they put forth the effort to make it good. Should I even ask how much all this fun cost though? And is the M3 as good as I have it in my head that it is?
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f86sabre
> Matt Nichelson
12/03/2015 at 22:11 |
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I didn’t have to pay for it. It was a corporate thing. I’m guessing not cheap.
The M3 was my favorite. The power to size equation favored it. I’m not a fan of big heavy cars anyway. the car pretty much did what you told it to do. It also felt like the driver aids were toned down a bit compared to the other cars.
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Matt Nichelson
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 22:16 |
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Sweet. Even better then!
That’s awesome. I bet it was fun to go around in it without having to worry about much. Sounds like it was a great day all around.
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EL_ULY
> f86sabre
12/03/2015 at 22:36 |
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Lol wooow! I bet that was a trip to see
Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
> f86sabre
12/04/2015 at 11:50 |
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Typical BMW parking job...