http://big.socaleuro.com/clinic.php

Presented by San Diego BMW CCA

They will be hosting a Driving Clinic at the Big SoCal Euro Gathering 2009 on June 27th Saturday

Unlike an autocross, this is not a competition event. Participants choice to experience from four controlled driving exercises: an “emergency” lane change, a steering slalom (with a real-world twist), a maximum braking and braking-into-a-turn simulation, and a figure 8 skidpad to simulate a cloverleaf slide.

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009
Time: 11:00AM til 4:00PM
Location: Qualcomm Stadium
Price: $20 for unlimited use of 4 courses during your group timeslot.
Sold at SoCalEuro booth. You will need to signup and purchase your ticket an hour prior to the Group timeslot.

Timeslots:
8:00AM - 12:00PM - BMW CCA reserved
1:00PM - 2:00PM - Group A
2:00PM - 3:00PM - Group B
3:00PM - 4:00PM - Group C

FIGURE 8 SKIDPAD
Does your car understeer or oversteer at the “limit?” It’s not really safe to find out on the street or a freeway cloverleaf, so this double-circle skidpad will let you explore the limits and learn how to recover from understeer or power oversteer. Rear-wheel drive cars could provide some extra fun.

STRAIGHT-LINE BRAKING
Do you know how quickly your car will stop? Have you felt the normal pulsing of ABS brakes when your car is stopping at the maximum? Test your reaction time to a simulated emergency stop to see if you can brake in time to avoid a car “ahead” (actually offset for safety).

EMERGENCY LANE CHANGE
This exercise simulates a sudden swerve into the next lane as if something fell off a truck in front of you. How fast can you react and how well does your suspension respond to an unexpected lane change?

STRAIGHT LINE SLALOM
As in skiing, a slalom back and forth between cones is a great test of your vision skills combined with feeling how well your car handles transient maneuvers. With hand timing and an extra distraction, you’ll see how your driving is affected when you can’t give it 100% attention.


Preparation:
- Please remove all loose objects from every part of your vehicle.
- Check the recommended tire pressure (door jam) and add 5 psi, bring a pressure gauge to adjust
- Helmet is NOT required

Who:
Any licensed driver; appropriate for newly-licensed drivers or experienced drivers who want to be prepared before they have an accident. Minors must bring a signed Minor Waiver

How many:
We will be limited to 6 cars per a course
2 drivers per a vehicle is allowed.




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Quick question for the BMW CCA? Can I purchase a ticket for their time slot the day of with proof of membership? or do I sign up through BMW CCA?

Quick question for the BMW CCA? Can I purchase a ticket for their time slot the day of with proof of membership? or do I sign up through BMW CCA?

I'm pretty sure the first part of the day will be a Teen Street Survival event. That will be sold through sdbmwcca.com or motorsportreg. There should be no spots open day of. It'd be interesting to hear Southpaw's take on the event he did in april. And, if it was valuable to him with his prior AX experience.

info from the BMW club: http://sdbmwcca.com/calendar/car-control.html

Quick question for the BMW CCA? Can I purchase a ticket for their time slot the day of with proof of membership? or do I sign up through BMW CCA?
You will have to sign up for the morning session through SDBMWCCA directly
Here's the info for that
http://www.sdbmwcca.com/calendar/car-control.html

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I'm pretty sure the first part of the day will be a Teen Street Survival event. That will be sold through sdbmwcca.com or motorsportreg. There should be no spots open day of. It'd be interesting to hear Southpaw's take on the event he did in april. And, if it was valuable to him with his prior AX experience.

info from the BMW club: http://sdbmwcca.com/calendar/car-control.html

If you've done autox with instruction, the teen survival school is not for you. It's an extremely basic program that teaches you basic dynamics of your car.

im down for some fun at the figure 8 skidpad

I have a stack of 245s sitting in my apartment for this :D

figure 8 skidpad should be nice ;)

I have a stack of 245s sitting in my apartment for this :D

wanna let me borrow some? :)

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wanna let me borrow some? :)

If you have wheels to put them on, you're welcome to have a pair of them. Just gotta let me borrow the wheels when it's my turn :D

I have some RE050s with a good amount of tread left on them to slide around on.

If you've done autox with instruction, the teen survival school is not for you. It's an extremely basic program that teaches you basic dynamics of your car.

I didn't know Southpaw changed his name to lawlence...


Seat time is seat time. While you may get bored with some of the exercises the educational value is still high.

I didn't know Southpaw changed his name to lawlence...


Seat time is seat time. While you may get bored with some of the exercises the educational value is still high.

I did one up in norcal and it wasn't particularly exciting :stickoutt

Can I borrow your 30mm spacers/hub adapters for the day? I think I'll need them if I run Jason's wheels :shifty

I'm glad i did the street survival course, it was very fun, but i already knew most of the stuff.

I did gain some knowledge about stuff they don't teach you at the autocross. And doing the course whist it was wet and soapy was a huge change from the autocross as well.

I'm definitely glad i did it, and i will encourage my family and friends to take it.

I'm glad i did the street survival course, it was very fun, but i already knew most of the stuff.

I did gain some knowledge about stuff they don't teach you at the autocross. And doing the course whist it was wet and soapy was a huge change from the autocross as well.

I'm definitely glad i did it, and i will encourage my family and friends to take it.
i heard positive feedbak about the driving clinic over autox

its a differrent environment

its $20 for a hour of time, thats not horrible
we'll limit the # of participants for the hour to either 12-24, depending on SD BMWCCA's recommendations over 4 courses (5 if you include the 2nd skidpad)

almost 700 rsvp's!

I didn't know Southpaw changed his name to lawlence...


Seat time is seat time. While you may get bored with some of the exercises the educational value is still high.

dude I'm bringing a keyboard...:lol

I'm glad i did the street survival course, it was very fun, but i already knew most of the stuff.

I did gain some knowledge about stuff they don't teach you at the autocross. And doing the course whist it was wet and soapy was a huge change from the autocross as well.

I'm definitely glad i did it, and i will encourage my family and friends to take it.

You better bring the E30 this time, I was getting tired of pulling your ebrake during Street Survival.

ebrake?!

ebrake?!

excuse me...parking brake. haha

RSVP'd

see yall over by the BMW CCA booth

I'll be there. I have promised to wash my e36 so I don't embarrass the club. :stickoutt

I'll be there. I have promised to wash my e36 so I don't embarrass the club. :stickoutt
you better be nice to all the n00by drivers :)

you better be nice to all the n00by drivers :)

Me?! I'm always nice. I've instructed at the last couple car control clinics and I have yet to make a student cry! :D

I don't know how much instructing, if any, I'll be doing that Saturday. I think they have me manning the BMWCCA booth for most of the day. I've been told that I'll be allowed to occasionally remove my car from the booth and do some skid pad demonstrations. This is what happened after my last day on the skid pap. :rofl

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Me?! I'm always nice. I've instructed at the last couple car control clinics and I have yet to make a student cry! :D

I don't know how much instructing, if any, I'll be doing that Saturday. I think they have me manning the BMWCCA booth for most of the day. I've been told that I'll be allowed to occasionally remove my car from the booth and do some skid pad demonstrations. This is what happened after my last day on the skid pap. :rofl

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs086.snc1/4607_94909441855_683171855_2419643_6105304_n.jpg
id love to see you skid ;) woo hooo !!

go kim go! and where's tim tim?

Me?! I'm always nice. I've instructed at the last couple car control clinics and I have yet to make a student cry! :D



I made a student cry... Actually, another instructor got it started, I just maintained the water works.

I made a student cry... Actually, another instructor got it started, I just maintained the water works.
damn teachers ... i think i might have had a crush on a teacher at some point of my schooling ;)

damn teachers ... i think i might have had a crush on a teacher at some point of my schooling ;)

I know I did. :D

Mrs. Loeb "Geography II". I still remember Mid-Level cyclones with the best of them. :D

Not going to run in any of the driving stuffs this time around, although I love the idea. Neither of the BMW's are up to it at the moment (e21 won't even friggin start) and the Smart....well, I already autoX'd that, not interested in making MORE people laugh that day. :stickoutt

....I still need to figure out which car I'm going to show up in....other than the non-starting e21.

Not going to run in any of the driving stuffs this time around, although I love the idea. Neither of the BMW's are up to it at the moment (e21 won't even friggin start) and the Smart....well, I already autoX'd that, not interested in making MORE people laugh that day. :stickoutt

....I still need to figure out which car I'm going to show up in....other than the non-starting e21.

Bring out the S14 machine.... I mean did you pay al that $$$$ to let it sit at home?

Bring out the S14 machine.... I mean did you pay al that $$$$ to let it sit at home?
ha, ya never know ;) ;)