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There is no borrowing of anything at the Performance Center. East (the OG) has their own facility and run programs every day (be it corporate, regular car control, M Schools, private instruction, etc.). The facility at Thermal is the same, they have their own side of the Thermal complex that includes everything but the track. BMW gets use of at least one track on any day. I believe Sundays/Mondays are closed for Thermal "residents" and BMW has much more use of the Thermal tracks. That said, if you want to drive an actual race track, then you go to PC West as the East doesn't have a real race track.
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I think the fastest I've seen a modified 6MT go is about 203-204 mph, pretty sure that was at redline. In the recent AutotopNL video with his 700hp M3, he gets his to 197 and still has just a little bit of revs left. Both of those were stock gearing, which doesn't change with M Drivers Pack
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There are so many events happening at the SC Perf. Center, it is amazing. Every single day there are multiple different activities, including Motorrad events. The place is generally packed, but they still do a superb job making attendees feel like they are the most important any given day.
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I'm shocked that this really adds any value to the cars at all. Once the class is used the only hard asset is the increased speed limiter. 180 mph is obviously insanely dangerous if not on a track, and the vast majority of these cars never see a track.
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01-04-2024, 04:11 PM | #28 |
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I skipped the package. I track my car and in the north east, most of the tracks don't have straights long enough to reach let alone exceed the 155mph base limit. Certainly not going to go over that on a public road. One sneaky pothole and you could be toast.
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Sorry to hear about the trouble with this, OP.
I skipped the package because I've already done the M Drivers School and I don't plan to take the car anywhere near 155mph ...if I want to do that, I'll just sign up for another M school and put the wear on someone else's car. Charles
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01-04-2024, 06:47 PM | #31 |
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Also, don't forget, if you're a BMW CCA member you get 15% off of the courses.
It's a significant discount for the $4k 2-day, and the $4.6k Advanced.
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What tracks do you go to? I live in PA
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The bigger benefit, IMO, is the local chapters. I live in SD, so I'm a member of the SD chapter. The SD chapter has a lot of cruises and meets to attend, they schedule autocross events, plus they have some local shop discounts. I did 5 years for $270, and it's already paid for itself several times over. http://bmwcca.org
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I got one of these about a year after I purchased my X3MC. Pretty cool. When you open it you hear an engine rev’ing
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Got the package. Only done 150-something. Probably would never do 180. Haven't signed up for the course yet.
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*** 1 Day M School - Drifting, Learn the Line, High Speed Track, Rat Race Time Attack ($1750) *** 2 Day M School - Drifting, Figure 8, Autocross, High Speed Track, Rat Race, Time Attack (3995) Last edited by turbojg; 01-06-2024 at 05:58 AM.. |
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