Re: Driver's school opinion (Skip vs Bondurant?)

["ra rabmw" <rabmw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  Well, for street and "CCA schools,Skip's school will give you track time 
in street cars and fit a bit better with what you plan in immediate 
future,but either will give excellent instuction for safety and improvement. 
Shame you weren't around some years ago when Skip's school ran BMW 3 series 
cars.      "RA"

>From: "Chris Hickersberger" <hickersb@domain.elided>
>Reply-To: "Chris Hickersberger" <hickersb@domain.elided>
>To: <bmw-digest@domain.elided>
>Subject: Driver's school opinion (Skip vs Bondurant?)
>Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 02:28:29 -0500
>
>Hi all,
>
>Looking for opinions from anyone that has gone to Skip Barber or Bondurant
>driving school.  I've done one autox, haven't made it to a CCA school yet..
>I figure I might as well start out right upgrade the driver a little...  I
>was considering either the Skip Barber 2 day driving school, or the 2 day
>Bondurant "High performance driving course"  After looking at their
>respective websites, it looks like S.B. is more of a street - skills thing,
>there doesn't seem to be any lapping of a track, which bondurant seems to
>include.... I wonder if bondurant includes more of the rudimentary car
>control stuff that it appears S.B. does.
>So, I'd like to hear your opinions..  If it makes any difference in
>reccomendations, I'm 22, been driving a 87 3er, I think I understand most 
>of
>the physics of weight transfer, etc, beginning to teach myself heel&toe, 
>can
>catch oversteer at lower (street) speeds, and as I said before, have only
>done autox once and no CCA schools.  I don't plan to enter racing as a
>career, but do plan to start regularly attending autox & maybe a few cca
>schools..
>
>TIA for any advice.
>
>- Chris
>
>
>
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