I went to Jim Murcott Adv Driving Course

[rs73]

Hi guys...

Today I went to Jim Murcott adv driving course. and I had a great time.

Found out more things that can happen to you and your car in an unexpected situation. At least I know my ABS is working perfectly, and it does help to steer you out of trouble under hard braking.

All braking and dodging & swerving exercises were done within 50, 60 and 65 km/h speed, but I really notice that how much harder it is for everyone (incl me) to get their cars stop or swerve in time to avoid hitting that "imaginary truck" markers, when the speed is only differ by 5km/h.

We were split up to 3 groups, there's 2 nice 200SX there, a Sylvia, my R33, and the rest were like Lancers, Futura, Excel and Gemini. What amazes me is with the correct technique, a lady in her old Gemini can stop and swerve in time to avoid hazards way much better than some blokes in their Lancers.

I didn't hit any cones at all for the rest of the day, although I still feel that I can perform better. I think I will be doing the 2nd level course for more challenging manouvres.

[Silver-Arrowz]

Good stuff! NSW guys did one a while back which consisted of racing techniques too. Like I say, if you can afford to get FMIC, BOV's and all that, I'm sure you can afford an advanced drivers course cause it's way more valuable.

[akeenan]

ive done one of these and found it pretty boring!! i did mine through ammi which is rated the best apparently....the only thing i really learned was that my car could accelerate the fasted into a corner and continued to accelerate the fasted out of the corner(hair pin) without spining into the gravel!.... hicas whohahahahha

[Silver-Arrowz]

The advanced driving is boring but there are a few things you can learn from it. The racing one is more intense though.

[rs73]

Akeenan,

Did the course you do was held by AAMI thru Jim Murcott or just by AAMI?

Sometimes it could also depend on the instructor. On the day, we got Peter Barr, who really makes a difference since he's got quite a sense of humour and it makes the whole day easier and more interesting.

And yea I did heard comments like "do you believe all this craps?" from some young blokes there, but when they did their run, hit a couple of markers. If they were so good and thinked the course was a crap, why can't they control their "hot" lancers to avoid the markers properly? It wasn't that hard believe me, even a young lady in her old Gemini can beat them hehehe

I admit might be boring for some as it's not as racing style as some thinks.. but for me, maybe this course could save me out of trouble, in case a wombat jump out in front of my car. This is just my opinion.

[meggala]

glad to see you went rs73 I have done most of their courses over a number of years the nexts ones get better cause your out of the car park and on to the track thats where the men are sorted from the boys:

meggala

[SS8_Gohan]

how much does it cost to do the Jim Murcott course?

[Merli]

Good to see more modified car owners/import owners advancing their driving skills as well as their car's power levels

[Guest INASNT]

rs73, so i guess the new manual convertion worked well then?

how much, where and whens the next 1 of these? i wanna do 1 of them aswell

[rs73]

Go to http://www.murcott.com.au/vic.html and check what's the next available date is. I think there's 1 tomorrow but it may be too late for you to register. Next one is Monday 2nd of Feb 2003.

Remember, you MUST do the 1st basic defensive driving course before they allow you to do the 2nd level. Cost $275 for level 1 and $286 for level 2. You can go to Motorsport straight away ($330) but I prefer to do level 2 first, to gain better confidence in myself, beside I wanna know how I can cope with doing a 75-100km/h highway manouvres, wet slalom etc in level 2, before going to motorsport, which may expose me to even higher speed...

Maybe I should get speed delimiter before doing motorsport course? Meanwhile I'm planning to do Level 2 at end of March.

Cheers,

Rianto

[akeenan]

mine was free through aami, the guy who sat in my car with me was pretty funny, we were just talking about my car most of the time and also his phase 3 gt ...

[rs73]

I don't think that is a very good way thou, coz if he talks more abt ur/his car than ur driving... than he may not be putting 100% of his time to pass valuable knowledge to you.

Our instructor never made any comments on any of the cars that ppl drive on that day whether that's a ford xy gtho, a gemini, skyline, 200sx or etc. He purely concentrate on how u drive, he even knows within split seconds that I steered first than braked later, when I'm suppose to do the otherwise (brake first then swerve)... and he was even standing outside the car and me passing him at 65km/h, not sitting in the car.

Check if your AAMI course gave you a certificate and can be recognised by Jim Murcott course, if so, then maybe you can go straight to Level 2 or Motorsport.