ian_sadler

I want to get a friend a Ferrari driving day type thing but don't want to pay the £250.00 that Red Letter are asking.

Any other ideas please?

davyboy

I want a Carrera GT but don't want to pay the 500000 Euros Porsche are asking.



Unless you pinch one, I think you are goosed!

OllyK

Ask your local dealership if you an have a car to test drive for the day

ian_sadler

Didn't think I'd posted this in muppets

taffyboyo

ian, have look on buyagift.com they should have cheaper one on there,
beware though as sometimes they state it would be a 360 or 355 and then an old 328 turns up!(different driving experience alltogether) and it will be in their smallprint somewhere, so best to doublecheck the car details.

OllyK

Look at your original post. You are saying you want something but are not prepared to pay the going rate for it, not sure what kind of input you want, unless you are hoping somebody has a driving day booked and can't go so they may flog the tickets cheap or something??

Spoon

I have plenty of vouchers to qualify for such days.

£249 and I'll dig some out.

ian_sadler

No i'm saying this is rather expensive and I thought somebody, like taffy, here may have a better idea.

davyboy

I did offer advice to be fair......I said pinch one!

ian_sadler

Taffyboyo - spot on mate

Dapster

Don't get hung up the "Ferrari" part of the day. To be honest, you are not going to get a 360 Challenge or an F50 - more likely a baggy old 328 or Mondial. For a better driving experience you're better off going for a Caterham or Elise experience, or a rally school.

I bought a place off of a friend who couldn't make it - it was a Red Letter jobbie at Silverstone. Generally awful. The 328 was an asthmatic sofa on wheels (shocks well past their best), Silverstone is terrible for a road car (far too wide and smooth) and the instructor sat there bigging himself up for the whole run (yes, I took 3rd in the Mevergissy Drivers Club Sprint in 1987 so I'm hoping for an F1 Test Drive soon) and the other punters were fluffy haired secretaries and dweebie accountants.

I took the A roads back home and had a much more satisfying drive.

ian_sadler

It's not for me it's for a friend who is mad on the red machines and just wants to be able to say she's driven a Ferrari

ian_sadler

ps I did a red letter day at Thruxton and finished up in a 355 KIN ACE

OllyK

Ahh it's for a lady!! Harrods do pedal cars (I'm gone!!)

midget1500

did thruxton a few years ago (single seater, mgf, 355) was good fun. all over too soon though!

ian_sadler

Same one as me Midge