Bob,
I sent "ol' Lead Foot" (my wife) to the two day school a couple of years ago and have the following observations:
1. The school, equipment and instruction is FIRST CLASS.
2. The course starts off both mornings (two day course) with class room instruction.
3. Boxsters were used in the autocross training session; Carreras were used (with/without PSM) in the skidpad training session, Caymans were used in the heel and toe training session; Carreras were used (with PSM "off switch" disabled) in the track sessions; finally Cayennes were used in an off course all terrain vehicle session.
4. The social part of the package was centered around the "suggested" hotel, a rather expensive hotel. No Motel 6 for Porsche owners! Dinner (and Happy Hour) after the first day's instruction is at the hotel. Everyone in my wife's class stayed at the suggested hotel. Transportation is provided from hotel to track and back. I presume some students have stayed in less expensive accommodations and driven themselves to the track and McDonald's.
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Notice how driver coasts up to the braking point.....see criticism below.
If there is one criticism I would mention....it would be the lack of training with the student in the car with the instructor. The students follow the instructor around the course (five or six in a train) emulating the line the car shouild follow. The problem is that the student never sees first hand how the throttle is full on until the braking point is reached then full/nearly full braking is applied. Most students are off the gas coasting to the braking point, i.e., normal street driving. This tends to stretch the cars out to the point that "tail end charley" is sometimes out of sight of the instructor.
BTW, I paid an extra $125 to be able to sit in class and sit as a passenger in the instructor's car during the race course phase. I got to do 10-12 laps with Hurley Haywood.
My criticism aside, it was a lot of fun for my wife and she learned quite a bit which she uses at BRBS!
Bill