JonnyJ
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For my 21st birthday i got a supercar driving experience bought for me at Elvington, York.
This is how my day went:
1pm: Sign on sort out all signatures and insurance rubbish
1:15pm: Out for a ride in a Scooby for 3 demo laps of the course, gradually getting faster each time. Course consisted of 2 right handers at the top of the runway followed by a sprint up halfway of the 2nd runway a little chicane, then to the end of the runway for a little complex handling section which consisted of a tight right then left and finally 2 hairpins and a right back onto the main runway.
1:30pm: 3 Laps in a Lamborghini Gallardo  My favourite looking car couldn't wait to get in. Interior is an amazing place to be. You sit very low and seats wrap around you and hold you tight in place. Manual gearbox which was very decisive.
Set off little slow(ish) lap first getting used to the car, gears and handling. Then 2 quick laps, didnt get chance to check the speedo but i think we hit about 150 on the back straight, which in the small distance to the chicane is very impressive. Sounded amazing, you cant see bugger all out the back 
The car was very very smooth to drive, by far the easiest you can tell Audi got their hands on this.
2:30pm: 3 Laps in a Aston Martin DB9. Awesome looking and even better sounding when at full chatter
This had an auto gearbox which actually worked quite well and when you put your foot down  Interior was fantastic, similar to the Lambo and the dials are gorgeous.
Again quite easy to drive although had to becareful on the corners as you didnt want the kickdown to kick in mid corner
3:30pm: 4 Laps in a Ferrari 360. Again this was an auto and it was a pretty terrible one tbh. This time on the track he told me to ignore the chicanes and just floor it down the back straight hit 170 i think he said and the power was incredible.
Best thing about the Ferrari - the handling. You could put this thing anywhere and after driving the Lambo and Aston this was a totally different experience.
3:45pm: High Speed Passenger Ride in a Scooby. Basically driver driving like a loony round the track
All in all a FANTASTIC day. The only downside was driving my 1.2 8v Nova shed home 
I would seriously recommend it to anyone.
Now for some photos. There was a guy taking pics of you going round which was good, £25 and you get a print and all the pics supplied in large res on disc 
I also managed to do a little photoshoot of the cars, my pics at the bottom 
And my photos
[Edited on 08-11-2007 by JonnyJ]
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
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excellent JJ
lambo suits you best though
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AndyKent
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Aston is such a good looking car
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Eck
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JJ that looks AWESOME you lucky handsome man you.
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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agreed the lambo suits him very well
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
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Funny you all say that cos i LOVE the Lambo. It the car i chose to get a print of. I want one
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loubielou
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Registered: 14th Jan 07
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jonny. glad you enjoyed it
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corsasriboy
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Registered: 23rd Mar 07
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brilliant photos mate.sounds like a good day.
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Robbo
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Very cool mate
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Mike
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Looks like an ace day.
Love how your pics look so much better than the pro ones, that you have to pay for
Lambo looks ace, really suits ya
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Robbo
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Rear light panel suggests a 360CS but its not is it?
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
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No Robbo, just a normal 360. Would have loved a CS cos i hated the crappy tan leather in the 360
Right since so many people think i suit a Lambo the only thing to do is to start a collection in the aid of buying me one please 
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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SportBoy
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awsome pics
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
No Robbo, just a normal 360
Thought not, wonder why it has the rear light panel 
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Superlite Ltd.
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Registered: 9th Jan 07
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ace
I have a WRC trainning day comming up
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Wrighty
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looks mint jonny, glad ya enjoyed it
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--DAN--
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Location: Bottesford. Drives;3 Series
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Looks awesome. How much if you don't mind me asking.
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
Location: Scotchland
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I think it was about £360 Dan.
This is where i got it from: www.driversdreamdays.co.uk
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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Very 21st present
glad you had a good time
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Pucci1
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Registered: 19th Oct 07
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nice present man
looks soooo cool
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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Jonny looks amazing.
You have such a talllent for pictures as well
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ash87
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Registered: 26th Mar 05
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i know what im asking for my 21st, some cool pics Jonny
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Mazin, sounds like you got to actually drive them aswell
Lambo for me all day long
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
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Stunning picture Jonny
Looks and sounds like fantastic day out
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