AMG Driving Experience - pics

TheBazman

Was over at this today in Brooklands - did the AMG experience which means you spend 3 hours hooring around in difference AMGs - an hour in each. I drove the CLS63 AMG, SL63 AMG and the C63 AMG. Great day - you effectively sit in with your instructor for the 3 hours and you drive around between different tracks. They have a pretty big slip area that we spend most of our time on just trying to hold the cars in a drift for as long as possible. They also have a handling track - pretty tight but you do manage to the the cars up to around 95mpg before putting the anchors. The other area is where you can do fast launches as well as testing the stability systems etc

Brooklands itself is huge with 3 floors of Mercs of all sorts, museum, sales area etc. At lunch time there was a show where 4 Stig esque guys came out in C63 AMGs and did synchronised drifting and high speed laps.

The highlight of the day was definitely the C63 - the engine note was just that bit better than the rest and it just felt the right size and so well balanced

some pics and vids

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7toGrL5T7rM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F3yOtgyXEc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g5L-vs8_J8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k0_701Vwrg

unkel

Awesome, thanks for sharing

Love the SEC as much as I did 30 years ago, but behold the SLS. Stunning car!

-Chris-

Savage post Bazman!! Thanks very much!

Looked like a deadly day.

mickdw

How much is the day over there?

TheBazman

Its around £300 - £350 but there are a lot of different packages

mickdw

Jesus, Bargain.

Marty McFly

I think i hate you

Nah but fair play looks like an amazing day.

pburns

I was there a few years ago with a friend who's totally disinterested in cars and he was bored after 15 mins so I couldn't enjoy. Mind you, visited the old Brooklands proper that day - saw the banking and all the old aeroplanes, including Concorde.

That morning we visited McLaren over in Woking - had a contact there at the time. I think I saw what might have been a very early prototype for the MP4-12C under a dust cover. They were making the McLaren-Merc road car there at the time and apparantly Ron Dennis and co considered it a lardy soft-arsed yoke not in keeping with what McLaren represented.

It was 2007 - Alonso was there at the time and it was just before holy war broke out between him & the team...

Best 'car' day ever:D...

Berty

How long did it take you to collect all those Google Images?

.Longshanks.

Newbies pay attention - this is how you start a new thread!

YouTookMyName

Savage pics, That CLS 63 and SLR....

TheBazman

Just a few poorer quality ones that were on my phone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNiJ5px5v7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nXGWyINIBk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dvZXlaFAVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtJFRsqhY7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLFYScvcCuU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VHZO7NKkQw

Max_Damage

That is one short gear stick!

Leonard Hofstadter

Max_Damage wrote: »

That is one short gear stick!

What kind of Merc is that?

OP, you have no ideal how jealous I am right now:D! Pure car pron! Thanks for uploading the pics.

skyhighflyer

Great place, took an E63 for a spin there last year. So much better then other track days I've been at

The manufacturer-sponsored places are always better for track days I think. They're not too precious with the cars because the whole thing is essentially a PR exercise and they don't mind the cars being thrashed to within an inch of their life as they'll just replace them as and when required.

If you liked MB-world, you'll probably like Galeria Ferrari too, it's a similar factory-sponsored set-up. I plan to visit it this summer (this guy's a terrible driver but scroll to 1:40):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtstbf7DpjM

mb1725

I always said that a CLS would look great in red! Some nice stuff there, thanks for sharing.

Terrontress

If I had LOTS of money, I would definitely buy one of those Unimog Black Editions.

Unimog

lau1247

TheBazman wrote: »

Its around £300 - £350 but there are a lot of different packages

Bazman, can you post the signup link for more info.. I've been looking for something like this to get my dad as a birthday present and this sounds lovely.. and is cheaper than audi experience at that price..

Chriscl1

TheBazman

lau1247 wrote: »

Bazman, can you post the signup link for more info.. I've been looking for something like this to get my dad as a birthday present and this sounds lovely.. and is cheaper than audi experience at that price..

Just on my phone at the moment but if you google AMG driving experience UK it will find it

Lord Derpington

lau1247 wrote: »

Bazman, can you post the signup link for more info.. I've been looking for something like this to get my dad as a birthday present and this sounds lovely.. and is cheaper than audi experience at that price..

I guess this is it

AMG Experience wrote:

Prices and packages
1 Hour Off-Peak AMG Experience - £135*
AMG Half Day Experience - 3 Hours £399
Call 0870 400 4000 for more details and to book your experience
Booking is recommended to avoid disappointment
All drivers must produce a full UK licence
All prices listed for driving experiences include VAT at 20%

Shop Link 1/2 day £399.00
Shop Link 1Hour £180.00

TheBazman

Btw Irish licence is fine

mickdw

pburns wrote: »

I was there a few years ago with a friend who's totally disinterested in cars and he was bored after 15 mins so I couldn't enjoy. Mind you, visited the old Brooklands proper that day - saw the banking and all the old aeroplanes, including Concorde.

That morning we visited McLaren over in Woking - had a contact there at the time. I think I saw what might have been a very early prototype for the MP4-12C under a dust cover. They were making the McLaren-Merc road car there at the time and apparantly Ron Dennis and co considered it a lardy soft-arsed yoke not in keeping with what McLaren represented.

It was 2007 - Alonso was there at the time and it was just before holy war broke out between him & the team...

Best 'car' day ever:D...

Is there anything public area at Mclaren? or did you just get in cause you have a contact?
When I saw this thread, I thought of visiting concorde too. Ive been to see the one on bristol last September and Id like to see this one in Brooklands.