BMW Driver Training -- Perth

jcw2006aus · 06-17-2008, 05:57 AM

Hi Guys,
Just completed a day of driver training at Barbagello raceway in the M3....

Must say everyone should save up and do this well worth the money, some have probally already done this. learning Oversteer in the M3 is awesome and the laps are also very addictive.....now just need to get the 135 on the track!

Will post up some photos and vids if anyone is interested.....

Felt like this all day

Mark

professor · 06-17-2008, 06:02 AM

very nice mark! i look forward to your pictures.

i remember in spartanburg they had a water wall and skid pad which was a lot of fun.

amk2912 · 06-17-2008, 06:19 AM

Hey jcw2006aus!

I'm doing the Advanced II course on Thursday - really looking forward to it. Hopefully the day will be dry. I did ask if I could get my 130i on the track but the answer was no - boo.

jcw2006aus · 06-17-2008, 07:24 AM

Yes i also did advanced II awesome......I got best slalom time out of the 18 people and won a diecast M3...:biggrin:

smarm · 06-17-2008, 07:27 AM

Love to see photos mate

Might look at doing another driving course when I get back to Melbourne

AussieRacer · 06-17-2008, 07:35 AM

Well when I did my basic BMW course a few years back, not 3 months passed before I brought myself a racecar to relive the experience over an over again. Highly recommend any track based course, but be warned it could start an expensive itch!

jcw2006aus · 06-19-2008, 07:40 AM

Here is a couple of pics from my phone....I will put some more up later :wink:.

Oversteer in the M3....notice the weather perfect!

jcw2006aus · 06-19-2008, 07:42 AM

And the M3 I won! :biggrin:

amk2912 · 06-19-2008, 08:02 AM

Did the Advanced II at Barbagallo today and I am still trying to come down from the blast of adrenaline that is the M3. What a bloody awesome machine!!

You really get a good run with the car towards the end of the day. In the beginning it grabs you by the throat and gives you a hefty kick in the butt to show you who's the boss but by the end of the day it is just starting to tolerate you - slightly!

And just when you think you're hot because you can wind it out to 185kmh down the straight - Geoff Brabham puts you in the passenger seat and shows you that you really are just a beginner! 210kmh down the straight!

There may be a 135i on the market in August....

BTW - came 3rd overall in the slalom.

Kris · 06-19-2008, 04:38 PM

How does one get on these days?

jcw2006aus · 06-20-2008, 01:32 AM

Go here......http://www.bmw.com.au/scripts/main.a...8&PID=9&IID=21 well worth it :biggrin:

AussieRacer · 06-20-2008, 04:59 AM

Kris, if you purchased via EPP you should get a discount too on the BMW courses.

Kris · 06-20-2008, 07:20 PM

I did buy via EPP, do you know what the discount is? Do you recommend I start at the Course I and go from there or?

jksgoh · 06-20-2008, 09:13 PM

from memory i think the discount is 200 bucks off???? dont quote me on that though?? my SA said that you should get a booklet explaining all the EPP stuff when you pick up the car?

AussieRacer · 06-21-2008, 05:50 AM

My EPP program gives the basic BMW driving course for $195 - normally $660. From what I remember when I did it a few years back, they would apply the same $$ discount if you did a different course.

That said I highly recommend you do the "free" BMW driving course, which is a really just a cutdown version but gives you a taste. They are the Fascination 3 events. I'm racing at Calder Park this weekend and I've seen BMW setting up there as they will doing the Melb event during the week. Call your dealer ASAP to get an invite if you haven't already got one.

Kris · 06-22-2008, 06:13 PM

Cool - just put myself on the Advanced I & II waiting list for NSW this year.. Sept/Nov. Totally booked out though. If not this year, it will be next year

Timbo · 06-22-2008, 10:21 PM

Hey guys,

Does anyeone have contact details of who I get in touch with in Sydney to book myself on a course?

cozza · 06-22-2008, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timbo

Hey guys,

Does anyeone have contact details of who I get in touch with in Sydney to book myself on a course?

Your dealer can arrange this for you.

bluRider · 06-23-2008, 06:20 AM

Any comments on what the Advanced I was like? I'm worried that its going to be a basic defensive driving style course. Is it worth it, or should I skip it and go straght to advanced II ... and the M3

jcw2006aus · 06-23-2008, 06:22 AM

I skipped straight to advanced II, and I am glad I did...unless you feel very uncomfortable driving DO IT! :thumbup:

Kris · 06-23-2008, 06:24 AM

Any info on what they teach you in the first/second course?? I've put my name down on the waiting list for first/second courses but both are fully booked out with a very long list... Looks like it will be 09 before I get on one..

jcw2006aus · 06-23-2008, 06:50 AM

I cant tell you much about the Advanced I course only that its in the 325's ONLY!

The Advanced II consisted of.....

1. Breakfest.
2. Laps in the 325's with a partner, Instructor in a car in front.(quiet quick).
3. break.
4. Emergency braking ABS and avoidance.
5. break.
6. Slalom, course timed event (where I won my model M3 :biggrin

run with Geoff Brabham!
7. Lunch.
8. Oversteer in the M3

:biggrin:

:biggrin::happyanim ::biggrin:

:biggrin:
9. break.
10. laps in the M3, 185kms down the straight (barbagello short track!)
11. Hot laps with instuctors, NO traction control on

Advanced II :wub:

Mark

06-17-2008, 05:57 AM	#1
jcw2006aus Private First Class 6 Rep 136 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	BMW Driver Training -- Perth Hi Guys, Just completed a day of driver training at Barbagello raceway in the M3.... Must say everyone should save up and do this well worth the money, some have probally already done this. learning Oversteer in the M3 is awesome and the laps are also very addictive.....now just need to get the 135 on the track! Will post up some photos and vids if anyone is interested..... Felt like this all day Mark
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06-17-2008, 06:02 AM	#2
professor Major 46 Rep 1,473 Posts Drives: Z4 M40i Join Date: Mar 2008 iTrader: (0)	very nice mark! i look forward to your pictures. i remember in spartanburg they had a water wall and skid pad which was a lot of fun.
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06-17-2008, 06:19 AM	#3
amk2912 Lieutenant Colonel 87 Rep 1,663 Posts Drives: '10 X5 40d & '12 F10 520d Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth iTrader: (0)	Hey jcw2006aus! I'm doing the Advanced II course on Thursday - really looking forward to it. Hopefully the day will be dry. I did ask if I could get my 130i on the track but the answer was no - boo.
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06-17-2008, 07:24 AM	#4
jcw2006aus Private First Class 6 Rep 136 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Yes i also did advanced II awesome......I got best slalom time out of the 18 people and won a diecast M3...:biggrin:
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06-17-2008, 07:35 AM	#6
AussieRacer Major 24 Rep 1,058 Posts Drives: 2008 135i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Aust iTrader: (0)	Well when I did my basic BMW course a few years back, not 3 months passed before I brought myself a racecar to relive the experience over an over again. Highly recommend any track based course, but be warned it could start an expensive itch!
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06-19-2008, 07:40 AM	#7
jcw2006aus Private First Class 6 Rep 136 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Here is a couple of pics from my phone....I will put some more up later :wink:. Oversteer in the M3....notice the weather perfect! Attached Images
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06-19-2008, 07:42 AM	#8
jcw2006aus Private First Class 6 Rep 136 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	And the M3 I won! :biggrin: Attached Images
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06-19-2008, 08:02 AM	#9
amk2912 Lieutenant Colonel 87 Rep 1,663 Posts Drives: '10 X5 40d & '12 F10 520d Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth iTrader: (0)	Did the Advanced II at Barbagallo today and I am still trying to come down from the blast of adrenaline that is the M3. What a bloody awesome machine!! You really get a good run with the car towards the end of the day. In the beginning it grabs you by the throat and gives you a hefty kick in the butt to show you who's the boss but by the end of the day it is just starting to tolerate you - slightly! And just when you think you're hot because you can wind it out to 185kmh down the straight - Geoff Brabham puts you in the passenger seat and shows you that you really are just a beginner! 210kmh down the straight! There may be a 135i on the market in August.... BTW - came 3rd overall in the slalom.
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06-19-2008, 04:38 PM	#10
Kris Colonel 123 Rep 2,295 Posts Drives: m3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USOFA iTrader: (0)	How does one get on these days?
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06-20-2008, 01:32 AM	#11
jcw2006aus Private First Class 6 Rep 136 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Go here......http://www.bmw.com.au/scripts/main.a...8&PID=9&IID=21 well worth it :biggrin:
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06-20-2008, 04:59 AM	#12
AussieRacer Major 24 Rep 1,058 Posts Drives: 2008 135i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Aust iTrader: (0)	Kris, if you purchased via EPP you should get a discount too on the BMW courses. __________________ Current: 135i Auto, Le Mans Blue - w/ Bridgestone RE-11 rears, GP Thunder 7500k angels, & "golf tee" mod plus a few M3 suspension bits and pieces...
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06-20-2008, 07:20 PM	#13
Kris Colonel 123 Rep 2,295 Posts Drives: m3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USOFA iTrader: (0)	I did buy via EPP, do you know what the discount is? Do you recommend I start at the Course I and go from there or?
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06-20-2008, 09:13 PM	#14
jksgoh Major 142 Rep 1,448 Posts Drives: M2 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Melb, Vic, Aus iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 E82 125i [0.00]	from memory i think the discount is 200 bucks off???? dont quote me on that though?? my SA said that you should get a booklet explaining all the EPP stuff when you pick up the car?
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06-21-2008, 05:50 AM	#15
AussieRacer Major 24 Rep 1,058 Posts Drives: 2008 135i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Aust iTrader: (0)	My EPP program gives the basic BMW driving course for $195 - normally $660. From what I remember when I did it a few years back, they would apply the same $$ discount if you did a different course. That said I highly recommend you do the "free" BMW driving course, which is a really just a cutdown version but gives you a taste. They are the Fascination 3 events. I'm racing at Calder Park this weekend and I've seen BMW setting up there as they will doing the Melb event during the week. Call your dealer ASAP to get an invite if you haven't already got one. __________________ Current: 135i Auto, Le Mans Blue - w/ Bridgestone RE-11 rears, GP Thunder 7500k angels, & "golf tee" mod plus a few M3 suspension bits and pieces...
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06-22-2008, 06:13 PM	#16
Kris Colonel 123 Rep 2,295 Posts Drives: m3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USOFA iTrader: (0)	Cool - just put myself on the Advanced I & II waiting list for NSW this year.. Sept/Nov. Totally booked out though. If not this year, it will be next year
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06-22-2008, 10:21 PM	#17
Timbo First Lieutenant 4 Rep 302 Posts Drives: BMW 135 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Hey guys, Does anyeone have contact details of who I get in touch with in Sydney to book myself on a course?
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06-23-2008, 06:20 AM	#19
bluRider Enlisted Member 1 Rep 30 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jun 2008 iTrader: (0)	Any comments on what the Advanced I was like? I'm worried that its going to be a basic defensive driving style course. Is it worth it, or should I skip it and go straght to advanced II ... and the M3 __________________ 125i coupe, manual, titanium silver, boston black leather, poplar grey trim, M package, Bi-Xenon headlights, HiFi professional
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06-23-2008, 06:22 AM	#20
jcw2006aus Private First Class 6 Rep 136 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	I skipped straight to advanced II, and I am glad I did...unless you feel very uncomfortable driving DO IT! :thumbup:
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06-23-2008, 06:24 AM	#21
Kris Colonel 123 Rep 2,295 Posts Drives: m3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USOFA iTrader: (0)	Any info on what they teach you in the first/second course?? I've put my name down on the waiting list for first/second courses but both are fully booked out with a very long list... Looks like it will be 09 before I get on one..
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06-23-2008, 06:50 AM	#22
jcw2006aus Private First Class 6 Rep 136 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	I cant tell you much about the Advanced I course only that its in the 325's ONLY! The Advanced II consisted of..... 1. Breakfest. 2. Laps in the 325's with a partner, Instructor in a car in front.(quiet quick). 3. break. 4. Emergency braking ABS and avoidance. 5. break. 6. Slalom, course timed event (where I won my model M3 :biggrin run with Geoff Brabham! 7. Lunch. 8. Oversteer in the M3 :biggrin::biggrin::happyanim ::biggrin::biggrin: 9. break. 10. laps in the M3, 185kms down the straight (barbagello short track!) 11. Hot laps with instuctors, NO traction control on Advanced II :wub: Mark
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