Anyone ever done the World Class Driving Experience?

So my wife found out about this event that takes place around the country where this company lets you drive 5 supercars for about 30 minutes per car.

She knows that I've always loved cars and for my 30th birthday got me a pretty cool present.

One day with 5 pretty amazing cars:
Ferrari 599 or Ferrari F430 Scuderia
Maserati Gran Turismo
Audi R8
Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
Ford GT
Spare
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren


They'll be around Minneapolis September 13th.

Anyone here ever heard of this or done it before? I plan to take a bunch of pictures and some nice HD video. It should be a blast.



More info here:
http://worldclassdriving.com/

I saw this on Super Cars Exposed on SpeedTV a while back looked like alot of fun.

You are a lucky man.

I've seen the ads but never looked into it. Do they let you get on them or do you have to never take them over 3 grand?



Let us know how it goes!

There are a few videos on their website showing testimonials from customers. It looks like you can actually have some fun with them, but it's all on public roads. You only have somebody riding with you in either the Ferrari or SLR McLaren. My wife will be with my in the other cars, so I'll be sure to give her a good time.

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Originally Posted by [XC] 2long4u

You are a lucky man.

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Ditto.

i hate you lol

Congrats, you'll definitely enjoy it. Which 5 cars are you going to be driving?

Oh. They actually changed which cars will be there. I think I like it.

Scheduled Cars:
Ferrari 599 or Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
Ferrari Scuderia
Lamborghini LP560
Callaway C16
Maserati Gran Turismo

Sounds like you'll have a blast, though I think only in the USA they would put a callaway in the mix ( and no baiting please! ) ;)

The Masserati looks abit out of place to :confused:

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Originally Posted by Marvin_The_Martian

Sounds like you'll have a blast, though I think only in the USA they would put a callaway in the mix ( and no baiting please! ) ;)

The Masserati looks abit out of place to :confused:

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It may look a bit out of place but if you drive one, you'll understand why it's there.

I must look, doesn't topgear had it once? I don't remember seeing on the lap time board?

It does look like a ton of fun since most mere mortals will never have the opportunity to drive such incredible cars. Yea, it's expensive... but i'd do it if I hadn't already driven most of those cars.



Ferrari 599 or Ferrari F430 Scuderia: Drove a Novitec-Rosso F430
Maserati Gran Turismo Drove a friends.... hated Maseratis ever since
Audi R8 Drove 2 of them. Probably the most fun you'll have out of bunch.
Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera: Had some track time in a regular Gallardo.... amazing car. Found it funny that it's climate control was the same as my 2007 Audi A4. I found it more "fun" to drive than its big brother, the Murciallago
Ford GT: Haven't had the opportunity
Spare:
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: I think it wouldn't be that fun unless they let you crush the posted speed limit



Anyways.... I say go for it. Try skydiving too. I'll be doing my third jump in a couple weeks! :)

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Originally Posted by Andrew LB

It does look like a ton of fun since most mere mortals will never have the opportunity to drive such incredible cars. Yea, it's expensive... but i'd do it if I hadn't already driven most of those cars.



Ferrari 599 or Ferrari F430 Scuderia: Drove a Novitec-Rosso F430
Maserati Gran Turismo Drove a friends.... hated Maseratis ever since
Audi R8 Drove 2 of them. Probably the most fun you'll have out of bunch.
Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera: Had some track time in a regular Gallardo.... amazing car. Found it funny that it's climate control was the same as my 2007 Audi A4. I found it more "fun" to drive than its big brother, the Murciallago
Ford GT: Haven't had the opportunity
Spare:
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: I think it wouldn't be that fun unless they let you crush the posted speed limit



Anyways.... I say go for it. Try skydiving too. I'll be doing my third jump in a couple weeks! :)

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Ferrari 599 or Ferrari F430 Scuderia: Driven two 360's: one modena, one spider. Only had a chance to sit in an F430
Maserati Gran Turismo Drove one, also drove a Quattroporte
Audi R8 Unfortunately not
Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera: Only driven an old Countach, rode in a few Gallardos and Murcielagos at a local event though
Ford GT: Driven two
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: No SLR's, driven a 2009 SL550 AMG though

Not bad for an 18 year old :p:

Only a few more weeks, make sure you take pictures and video :)

So, I did this today and had an absolute blast. Incredibly amazing. I'll post some pics and maybe even some video later, but I'm beat. I did this in the morning and then had a wedding all afternoon/evening.

They had the Nissan GTR, and DAMN, that was awesome. More to come later.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eAqua/Nice.jpg

More pics to follow later. This is just from their camera, I haven't had a chance to check mine out yet.

looks like you DID get to drive the R8. That should be a fun car.

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looks like you DID get to drive the R8. That should be a fun car.

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I did and it was a lot better than I expected. It was no slouch and it just LOVED to be downshifted. We got a really nice piece of road when I drove that car and I got a lot of accelerations/decelerations up and down some hills are were really curvy. I was constantly shifting gears driving it hard. The R8 is actually a car I think I could own. The interior was fabulous, and very comfortable. It was so smooth and powerful, and my wife loved it.

I actually was talking to one guy just about the whole time when I wasn't driving. He told me he had one on order and that he'd let me take it out when it arrived. We'll see how that pans out but I was grateful for the invitation.

It was a really great experience, now time to go look at what's on my camera.

very cool. From the articles I have read about it, they say its one of the most refined "supercars" they have ever driven.

Here are some pics;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1521.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1564.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1549.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1569.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1636.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1657.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1664.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1684.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1747.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1773.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1779.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/IMG_1828.jpg

Dude, thats just redonkulous.... :shocked:


Increadable. I am glad the R8 like your downshifts. My fav part of fast cars. Hitting the perfect downshift into a hard corner :)

Congrats!

wow dude that looks amazing!

looks like you had a blast (who wouldnt!)

must have cost a pretty penny.

You didn't mention the R35 earlier. Did you get a chance to drive it?

which ones did you drive ?

oh! what a nice bday present. I'll show these pics to my wife! ;)

dam... GTR. R8 and GTR. those would be my two fav to drive in that lineup.

Yah, man. I've never driven a single one, so I don't know for sure what I'd like the best, but if they made me choose one in the beginning and that was the only one I could drive for the whole time, I would go with the Skyline for sure.

The Nissan GTR was amazing. They only got it a week ago and only had 1700 miles on it. They said it was only the 3rd one in the country, but who knows. 0-60 in 3.2 seconds and I don't think it's too far off, that car is quick.

I got to drive all 5 of the cars, the Mercedes SLR Mclaren was just a spare.

Nissan GTR
Maserati Gran Turismo
Ferrari F430 Scuderia
Audi R8
Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera

The Ferrari was the best, hands down. I had to have an instructor with me in that car since it was worth a half million dollars. I unfortunately didn't get any video inside of it either. They were all fun except the Maserati, too much of a cruising sports car, only 400 HP and too much luxury for me. I mean it wasn't too bad, but not in the same caliber as the other 4.

It was the best birthday present ever, but now my wife holds the ultimate trump card. ;)

the scuderia must be sick thats my dream car

Just the sound of the engine on the Lambo and the F430...you know, the kind that you can't stand up for a while cuz you might scare the kids in the neighborhood. :D

I saw this advertised the other day and thought about it myself. Looks to be a fun time, too bad Hurricane Ike ruined everything and made me do house repairs instead of fun stuff!

I had an absolute blast. I have a 20 minute video of my experience. PM me or get me on MSN and I'll give you a link to download it.

Wow! :slobber:

That must have been an amazing experience.


I have one question: How on earth did they get you out of the F430?

Was it at gunpoint or did they use tear gas? ;)


I bet if you close your eyes, you can still feel the engine note. :up:

Amazing, that is a great bday present

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Originally Posted by charles_h

Wow! :slobber:

That must have been an amazing experience.


I have one question: How on earth did they get you out of the F430?

Was it at gunpoint or did they use tear gas? ;)


I bet if you close your eyes, you can still feel the engine note. :up:

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The Ferrari was a blast. I've always wanted to drive one but always thought I'd have to wait years and years before that opportunity would arrive. I loved everything about it from the shift lights on the steering wheel to the roaring engine sound. The Scuderia didn't have any interior insulation or any interior comforts. That was the closest to a race car as I could have imagined, and it didn't let me down.

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Originally Posted by metro.cl

Amazing, that is a great bday present

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Best gift ever! My wife really hit a home run, she rocks! :party:

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Originally Posted by BlueAqua

The Ferrari was the best, hands down. I had to have an instructor with me in that car since it was worth a half million dollars. I unfortunately didn't get any video inside of it either. They were all fun except the Maserati, too much of a cruising sports car, only 400 HP and too much luxury for me. I mean it wasn't too bad, but not in the same caliber as the other 4.

It was the best birthday present ever, but now my wife holds the ultimate trump card. ;)

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Ok, you know you're spoiled when you complain about a car ONLY having 400HP. :lol:

^my 240sx has an LS2 V8 twin-turbo'd, bored and stroked with low comp pistons and racing cylinder sleeves, and more parts that u can shake a stick at, and it would laugh at you if you said it had 400hp, hell bone stock it had 400hp, I havnt had a chance to dyno it yet, but Im guessing its running somewhere around 750hp on the safe side, but probably closer to 850-900 at full boost. Going back to 400hp would be a sharp stick in the eye. Of course so is getting in my Accord (which is my daily driver, cuz who can afford to get 1.8mpg these days, lol)

that being said, Id give my left nut to drive an R8.

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I have one question: How on earth did they get you out of the F430?

Was it at gunpoint or did they use tear gas? ;)

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wow you are so lucky... if only i could actually drive lol... those are some absolutely amazing cars.... did anyone see the special (in one of my three car magazines, dont remeber) where they pit the GTR and the Bugatti Veyron in a handicapped drag race? turns out despite the veyron being almost 10 times as expensive, the GTR could beat the Veyron with a slight handicap. Of course with a totally fair race the veyron had the absolute edge. Other cars i would like to drive are the koenigsegg ccx, the pagani zonda r, and the bugatti veyron. Ive been lucky enough to actually touch all these cars but seeing as i am < 18 years old, have been unable to drive them... my favorite ride though was probably in a viper drift car... will never forget what it feels like to be going sideways lol

oh and i forgot to mention how i would realllllly want to be in a ferrari fxx- the non-street legal consumer version of the ferrari gt racing team's car.... that would be absolutely amazing...