Am i too old for ron fellows driving school
10-07-2021, 08:13 PM
#81
Regarding the original question. I was at RF last week, and the fastest time in the autocross was by a 74 year old gentleman who doesn't currently own a C8. So no, I don't think the OP is too old.
10-07-2021, 08:37 PM
#82
Burning Brakes
They will tell you in class that no one has benefited this year from the optional insurance.
10-07-2021, 08:39 PM
#83
Burning Brakes
Go, it will be terrific. I went to Bondurant it was good. I think Ron Fellows is better. I am 71 and I plan to make a reservation as soon as I pick up my Vette this month.
10-07-2021, 08:39 PM
#84
Burning Brakes
They will tell you in class that no one has benefited this year from the optional insurance.
10-08-2021, 12:19 AM
#86
10-08-2021, 11:36 AM
#87
Racer
I’m going in January. I think it will be fun to learn about the cars handling and get performance tips. I haven’t been back on the track since 1990, so this will be interesting. After I stopped racing motorcycles, bought a shifter cart. Finished fourth in my class in 90, but quit. Figured I quit motorcycles because I didn’t want to go to the hospital any more, but realized I was heading there in the carts. At 77, I need the knowledge in my first corvette.
Art
Art
10-08-2021, 10:44 PM
#88
Pappy: Thanks for the nice reply! I wanted to be an Eagle driver but didn't qualify. I could spell my name, graduated from the 6th grade and my parents were married.
10-08-2021, 11:06 PM
#89
Racer
Art
10-08-2021, 11:28 PM
#90
Burning Brakes
I will be 79 YO and wonder if it's a waste of time and money to attend Ron Fellows driving school. I'm in good health and have most all of my faculties and have reflexes of a 78 year old.
Really have no plans of driving my 2021 vert above 100 MPH and never will track it.
Should I just be grateful that I made it to 79 Years and bag the school?
Really have no plans of driving my 2021 vert above 100 MPH and never will track it.
Should I just be grateful that I made it to 79 Years and bag the school?
Driiving your Vette on the track at speed is the most fun gezzers like us can have - with our clothes on.
Just drive at the level your comfortable at.
Last edited by Larry Myers; 10-08-2021 at 11:36 PM.
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10-09-2021, 07:40 AM
#91
Instructor
in a word ... yes. incredible fun, outstanding staff, plus you'll learn much about your new ride and probably yourself. more importantly ... it's one of the building blocks for wonderful memories. do it!
10-09-2021, 08:37 AM
#92
Nope. Not to old. Not at all. The great thing about this course is it’s not just all about racing. It’s really designed as an introduction to your new car, improved driving techniques and then how to combine it all on a course. As other have said, they tailor the groups to ability level and will shuffle people in and out of groups as the sessions progress. I have gone twice and plan to go again sometime this year now that I have my C8. It’s a great time enjoyed by all.
11-04-2021, 01:23 PM
#94
I am scheduled for the 15th and 16th of this month.
A question for those who have recently attended: How are the rooms and the food on site?
A question for those who have recently attended: How are the rooms and the food on site?
11-04-2021, 01:28 PM
#95
Food is good, basic comfort food. Rooms are clean and adequate, nothing fancy. They call them "condos" but they're really Holiday Inn Express sized rooms.
The last time I was there I had one of those buzzy, aging, motel-type, HVAC units that kept me awake, but hopefully I was just unlucky.
The last time I was there I had one of those buzzy, aging, motel-type, HVAC units that kept me awake, but hopefully I was just unlucky.
Last edited by Foosh; 11-04-2021 at 02:34 PM.
11-04-2021, 02:20 PM
#96
My HVAC was a bit too noisy a month ago, too. Food was very good with several choices at each meal.
11-04-2021, 02:29 PM
#97
After I called it in, the maintenance tech brought another "refurbished unit" and replaced it, but it was only marginally quieter. He said it was a common complaint, and that the units are "very tired." However, this was October 2018.
Normally those types of units don't bother me, and I can generally sleep anywhere, but the frequency and volume of this buzzing noise did.
Normally those types of units don't bother me, and I can generally sleep anywhere, but the frequency and volume of this buzzing noise did.
Last edited by Foosh; 11-04-2021 at 02:32 PM.
11-04-2021, 10:46 PM
#98
I will be 79 YO and wonder if it's a waste of time and money to attend Ron Fellows driving school. I'm in good health and have most all of my faculties and have reflexes of a 78 year old.
Really have no plans of driving my 2021 vert above 100 MPH and never will track it.
Should I just be grateful that I made it to 79 Years and bag the school?
Really have no plans of driving my 2021 vert above 100 MPH and never will track it.
Should I just be grateful that I made it to 79 Years and bag the school?
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