Ferrari 458 Driving Thrill with Free Passenger Ride 10217736

Was a very good experience would highly recommend this to any petrolhead! Shame it didn't go on for a bit longer but hey ho!

Arrived at 10:00am and booked in at registration. Had to wait until 10:30 for driver brief in a room that was more akin to a sauna!!. Finished brief at 10:55 then had demo laps, instructor very good. Signed in and Waited at Ferrari flag for 458 experience at 11:05hrs, over 1hr later ask girl how much longer it was going to be only to be told i should of waited at purple flag not red flag as was indicated on my slip!! Finally got to drive Ferrari 458, great car and good instructor. Then had high speed thrill ride in Monaro by imitation Stig driver, very good.

Sadly it was raining when I had my experience but the attitude of the staff was not dampened. My instructor was great and clearly well practised in getting the most from people as he encouraged and guided me around the circuit. The circuit itself is very varied, plenty of space to get up some speed and equally lots of twisty stuff too. I would thoroughly recommend this!

It was a fantastic day. Really great set-up, everything was taken care of. Worthwhile taking note that it is an extra £25 for excess waiver and another £35 if you want a video of the experience. Loved driving the Ferrari, a fantastic car!

I fully enjoyed the experience wiht 6th gear. the way it is organized is very good. first the demo lap, secondly the supercar drive, thridly the passenger.

My experience was at the Cobham venue and Im going to try and keep this short and sweet but will warn you now that I will dribble on for ages about this experience. Focus Ian... Right ok, so get there. Directions to the venue where very clear and easy to follow, once at the venue you can feel the general buzz of excitement in the area, the whole 'waiting area' is in front of all the dream machines so unfortunately my wife and son took a bit of a back seat whilst I gurgled and cooed at all the lovely cars. Checking in, probably one of the most easiest experiences of my life, get in the queue hand over your details, get greeted by a very informative lady that er shall we say is easy on the eye? Sign relevant forms get directed to your orientation lap and away you go. Very friendly and helpful staff. Once in the Range Rover Sport we were guided round the track and told of all of the adverse cambers and greasey areas to watch out for (it wasnt the nicest of days!), also the 'racing line' was explained to us so that we could at least attempt to look as if we knew what we were doing once we got in the cars. After that it was time to wait (im)patiently for my go. I looked on as everyone before me entered the 458 with a childish grin on their faces which only grew when they got out 3 laps later! Then........ nothing.......... a bit more nothing......... an ambulance and some of the instructors race off down the track, a bit of whispering in the crowd, and then we find out, someone had totalled the lamorghini murcielago. Disaster, did this guy not know that Im trying to live out a dream here!?!? (before you say how unsympathetic I am, dont worry although the guy went to hospital he was fine it was just a precaution). About half an hour passes and then I hear, faintly, my name called...off I skip, get greated by my instructor and walk over to the ultimate car ever. After slipping (well falling) into the driving seat the instructor explains all the controls and makes sure i am happy before setting off.... this is it, this is the moment Ive been waiting for, I put the car in first and slowly drive to the starting line, the entrance of the track, my mind is whirring, although I hear the instructor he sounds a million miles away im too busy waiting for that moment that the other cars already on the track pass so that I have a free bit of track...and there it is, I bury the throttle and blast up onto the track. Suddenly I realise, Im behind the wheel of a £200000 supercar and I didnt sign the excess waiver form....back to reality. The instructors voice comes back into my head and I give my self a gentle mental slap. We arent on a play station now, one wrong move and its game over.... I start to really listen to what the instructor says and more importantly BELIEVE in what he is telling me. These guys know their stuff, it would be arrogant of anyone to think they know any better. To get the full experience listen to what they say and they will let you further and further off the leash to really see what the car can do. After 3 laps my instructor said that I didnt have to pull in as I had been hampered by slower traffic so aas the cars in front pulled in i was allowed to continue. I listened to every word he said and did everything he told me to and you know what? It worked, the last lap was a flyer (well for me anyway) and was the best time ever! As i pulled in, my ferrari experience over, I only had praise for my instructor and the 6th gear team. Apart from the Focus RS flying lap my day was over, gutted but also amazed at what had just happened. BEST DAY EVER..... so to sum up. GOOD POINTS - amazing car - fantastic and friendly and knowledgable team - great facilities BAD POINTS - no communication as to what had happened re the lambo accident, it took a crowd member to go and ask staff - no tannoy or loudspeaker, you really had to listen for your name and if missed they would just move on. But really im nit picking, if your thinking of doing it, do it, you will not regret it and lets face it, how many of your friends can say they have driven a Ferrari 458? None of mine!