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I did it last year @LRP, and had fun. The track time is way too limited (autoX and a (stupid) drag-race are mixed in) to justify the paying (roughly) the same price of a full-day BMW CCA DE. Quote:
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This is a 95% marketing/sales event, and 5% driver education. The level of instruction is somewhere between rudimentary and non-existent. It's just an opportunity to thrash someone else's (BMW NA) cars on track, at an autoX course, and accelerating up/down a drag strip. If you are in a market for an ///M car and want to side-by-side compare them on track at 6/10th driving, or just have fun in someone else's car, this will work out great. If you actually want to learn how to drive cars on track, or how to autoX better, you will be sorely disappointed. You will learn 10x for the same $$ at a BMW CCA HPDE! a
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04-19-2017, 05:15 PM | #48 | |
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One of the primary advantages is that it is not your car! Not your tires, not your gas, not your brakes! A BMW CCA HPDE is usually two days, is much more expensive than $250 (my last weekend at Laguna Seca was $675, my last weekend at Buttonwillow was $425), requires a tech inspection that can cost up to $100, and will significantly wear your front tires and your brakes. For piece of mind, track insurance from Lockton for an M3/M4 for two days will cost upwards of $450. That's a big buy in if you don't even know if you're going to like it. This is dipping your toe in the water and maybe wading in compared to jumping in the deep end. I had a friend who was excited about his first track weekend, drove three of four sessions the first day then decided it wasn't for him, way above his comfort level. Hasn't been to the track since. That is not to say that I'm against BMW CCA HPDEs, on the contrary, I've done many of them over the last seven years, but this is the next step, if you find that you really do enjoy driving on a track. And there's no cheaper way to experience this than the M Track Days. Previously, it was free, and that was absolutely a no-brainer, but you still can't drive on a track anywhere else for $250. Our local BMW CCA chapter has done 4 of these (called "Experience" events) in the last 2.5 years (at a slightly lower cost), and have sold out 100 seats at every one of them with wait lists. Even the hard-core track junkies attend because it's a great bang for the buck.
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If you want to take your car on a race track then it is a fun event. You may hit 100 mph and you get to do stuff in your car you may never do on roads. If you have been on track and your looking to improve you skills then HPDE will be more your speed.
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It shouldn't be that hot, most of the dates are early October, and the "tourist" season starts Oct 1 out there. Last year this ran in mid-September and it was in the 90's, ice cold water at every turn, air conditioned buildings, and all of the cars have brand new air conditioners in them
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Perfectly stated! I am looking to buy a 2018 M3 when the ordering opens up, so I figured this would help me get a feel for the car and be patient until I get my own.
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For those that signed up and paid with your credit card. Did you get a confirmation email yet. If yes how long did it take. Reason I ask is I get a fraud alert activity email right after I paid last night. Its under the merchant name "SQ *LIMELIGHT PLATFORM". I will be attending the Monticello one If its not fraud.
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Damn. Was going to sign up for the one at Thermal, but after mapping it, decided an 8+ hour drive for half a day is not worth it, even at $250. Bummer.
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I booked COTA this time, but will be flying from CA. Will overnight probably day before and then fly back after the event.
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Exactly. We went when it was free, why would we pay for it now????
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