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Gabriel,Apr 5 2009, 11:27 AM Wrote:

ZTWsquared,Apr 4 2009, 12:08 PM Wrote:

Gabriel,Apr 4 2009, 10:02 AM Wrote:Are you going to Mosport DDT on april the 19th ZTWsquared ?
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No - I'm going to the BMW Trillium Club Advanced Driver Training (aka: lapping) on the 24th and 25th.
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what are the conditions for sign up?...registration , fee , which track ..? Last year I read that you had to be a bmw owner and the car had to be inspected by an authorized car shop .
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Hmmm ... well this will be my third year with them and AFAIK all you have to be is a member in good standing (associate membership does not require BMW ownership) ... and yes you require a licensed mechanic to sign off on the basic safety of your vehicle, but in my case it's something my guy does for free.

It's the long road course at Mosport.

Membership IIRC is 80 per year and the weekends (Friday night through Sunday afternoon) are 430 ... but this year if we sign up for multiples they give us a discount.

It's expensive to be sure but the instruction is top notch, we get a lot of track time, we get to see a lot of great machines, and we get to ride in the instructors cars when it's their turn on the track.

My instructor last year ran a Porsche Turbo 944 - heavily modified - and at the end of the longest straight we were doing 260 kph (and yes, he was taking it easy) - then it's down to 100 coming into turn 8 - we scrubbed off 160 kph in what seemed like a few yards - a true sphincter-tightening thing to experience as a passenger.