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its a defensive driving course...im not sure ey..my bro bought a type r from AHG and anyone under 25 that buys a car from them gets 2 free courses from them...you take your own car and they teach you how to maximise it out i guess?

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Ahh ok cool. Once I get money I'll look into it lol.

There's just the defensive one on the site, I'd assume it's the same as advanced.

Edit: http://www.dtec.com.au/dtec/defensive-driving.htm

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Sounds like it a Performance driver day.

SAUWA runs a few of these a year for members....quite a few guys that have done those have stepped up and come out on race days with us.

You will learn a fair bit about the limit of the car...let the instructors once or twice to. You will see what your car is capable of then :(

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Ahh ok cool. Once I get money I'll look into it lol.

There's just the defensive one on the site, I'd assume it's the same as advanced.

Edit: http://www.dtec.com.au/dtec/defensive-driving.htm

im doing DDL1 in that link...and Brad that performance one looks good..might have a crack at that later on...i wonder how the track z will go at this

btw..my brother said its $300 to do DDL1

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Hrmm, didn't see the performance one on their site lol. I see what they did there, putting it in a seperate section and all.

$300 eh? Hrmm ok, might take longer than expected before I can do it then hah. Ideally I'd do the defensive ones then move onto the performance ones I guess.

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performance ones are better

its $90 from memory i could be wrong

and you get to take your own car

the defensive course is where you take out of of their cars with the weird wheels that makes it hard to control

I was told DDL1, i had to supply my own vehicle and i would be learning with my vehicle..the other ones are using toyotas that they supply. The performance one looks good though

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maybe there is different types

not 100%

but basically you go out on a skid pan

they set up cones, sit in the car with you and teach you how and when to break

and how to enter corners properly

its good fun and you learn a lot about how your car handles when you push it hard

i want to do another one soon

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maybe there is different types

not 100%

but basically you go out on a skid pan

they set up cones, sit in the car with you and teach you how and when to break

and how to enter corners properly

its good fun and you learn a lot about how your car handles when you push it hard

i want to do another one soon

Thanks for the heads up...ill def have a go at it after this one

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im doing DDL1 in that link...and Brad that performance one looks good..might have a crack at that later on...i wonder how the track z will go at this

btw..my brother said its $300 to do DDL1

There is another member on these forums with a 350Z "track spec" car. Its fairly standard and it is fine out there. As far as lap times go at the Autotests, its really not that far off lead times....its very competitive :dry:

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There is another member on these forums with a 350Z "track spec" car. Its fairly standard and it is fine out there. As far as lap times go at the Autotests, its really not that far off lead times....its very competitive :dry:

cool..ill give some feedback when i've done it...brad i might come check out WA suspension when i got time..looking at doing my suspension

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Ive done the defensive driving course at AHG, was good fun, basically they run you through some driving tips, what PSI you should keep your tyres at. how to break in the wet with or without ABS. a few other things, a good day all in all :P

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