It’s not all work, work, work….
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Taking a well deserved break from the grindstone we decided to take Vauxhall up on their rather terrific offer of thrashing their cars around a track for half a day.
The day started not so bright and very very early, following a late but great night at the annual Northern Design Awards. The early evening mantra of ‘we’re definitely not going to stay out late’ went out of the window somewhere between 8.30pm and 1.30am. Never the less, a quick 130 mile blast down the motorway to Rockingham and we were ready for the 8.30am breakfast and safety briefing. The day consists of 90 minutes worth of autotesting (basically going round cones as fast as you can) followed by 90 minutes on the actual track accompanied by instructors. Now I’ve been a to a few of these sorts of events in the past, but never experienced one where you’re so well looked after. All the Vauxhall and Rockingham staff and instructors were incredibly helpful and friendly it almost made you guilty for burning their clutches and squealing the tyres at every corner.
A special mention has to go to Paul swift, who displayed some incredible car control and gave the two wheeled passenger rides (see me trying not to look too petrified in the photos below!)
The track driving itself was awesome, with the instructors really encouraging you to push the cars far beyond how you would drive on the road, with the highlight being the VXR8, 6 litre V8 monster.
All in all a cracking day out, and just what we needed to recharge the creative juices and if nothing else, the day proved to Will that its possible to get into work before 9:20. We’d highly recommend it to anyone, even if you’re not into cars. Next time we might even take a couple of clients along, so if you’re reading this we’ll be judging you on the quality of your biscuits and coffee.
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