Volkswagen Driving Experience 2012

[Ryan_R]

Did the Progression course today at Phillip Island. Was great, our coach really got us to push the car well beyond its limits to show how good the ESP and XDL/AWD (GTI/R) are. All sorts of people there too - both guys in my car had done this before so there was no holding back in our group.

Events were Slalom, wet skid-pan course (slalom, sharp right hairpin and quick stop), emergency braking tests, swerving tests (swerving and stopping when you're slightly more than a car length away from cones (car width) doing 60kph (or slightly more), some more faster slaloms, then 2 laps of the track in the GTI followed by another 2 in the R. Hit 200kph just before Turn 1.

Spent most of our time in the GTI but repeated a couple of tests in the R as well, that thing handles so much better and feels quite at home on the track. In the GTI you're hanging on a bit harder (not as composed) through the bends.