Re: Driving Schools

[Michael Menard <mike5635@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Cory Davis asked:
> Which do you recommend and why?
> Which are considered among the best?  

I too have only been to one car-driving school...the
Skip Barber two day school in 1986.  However, to this
day, my wife Vicki and I (she's a gearhead too; eat
your hearts out!  ;'P  ) occasionally look to the
heavens and softly chant:  "Thank you, Skip Barber!"
when once again, the training gets us out of sticky
situations, or helps us avoid them altogether.

For honing your street driving skills, I highly
recommend it!  It included classroom and track
sessions for:
 - sitting properly in the car (!)  
 - How to steer 
 - initiating skids, then controlling them
 - threshold braking techniques
 - cornering skills
 - shifting (up and down)
 - throttle techniques
 - lane toss (throwing the car across one or two lanes
of traffic...QUICKLY!

In 2 days in our BMW 535i, Vicki and I destroyed a new
set of TA radials, smelled like smoking tires and
brakes, and had HUGE grins on our faces!

Michael Menard
Chicago

P.S.  Motorcycle Classes?  Of course, the Motorcycle
Safety Foundation courses...but advanced?  The first,
the one, the only, California Superbike School...YES! 

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