Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Require Driving School? Yes or No?

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

Require is a very strong word.  I can imagine all sorts of potential legal
hassles if Ferrari or any manufacturer required a driving school for
some/all of their products.
However. For the safety and/or enjoyment, I would *think* that they should
at least strongly recommend a driving school.  And, I would think it would
be a logical segue for the Ferrari Owner's Club or Ferrari Club of America
or Sports Car Club of America to provide information at the Ferrari (or
other performance car) dealerships.  I know a few years ago that the
Mercedes-Benz Club of America was providing information, maybe even free 1
year membership at Mercedes dealers.  Hey, it could be a boon to membership
and a great way for people to learn how to handle their cars, have fun, be
safe, and enjoy the comeraderie.
Just my .02
Kind regards,
Tom Reynolds
Tulsa, OK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Cook" <stevec [at] cheatcodes.com>
To: <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:52 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Require Driving School? Yes or No?


> Here's a rhetorical question I thought of after my first _unintentional_
> power oversteer in the 355.
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> Yesterday afternoon, midway through a left hand turn, I put on a bit too
> much power and the backend broke loose. I caught it easily and corrected
> without a problem (even with a grin on my face). But that's because I've
> gone through numerous Driving Schools, auto-crossed for many years and
> did a couple SCCA open-wheel races.
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> I thought, gee, I hope that doesn't happen to my wife if she's midway
> through a corner, she would have lost it and spun.  It doesn't take much
> to get the back end loose without traction control.
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> That's where my question came from - what about all the inexperienced
> drivers buying super/high-performance vehicles with little or no
> experience driving them - (like pro-footballers in the UK ;).  Cars are
> getting more and more powerful, and there's only so much a computer can
> do to control your traction at 100+mph.
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> So now, the question: Should Ferrari _REQUIRE_ new buyers to take high
> performance driving lessons before selling them a supercar?
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> I think yes, unless the buyer can show necessary skills, they should
> require buyers to take performance driving lessons. Although they would
> legally need to say it's not responsible for giving them
> over-confidence...
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> Discuss...
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> -steve
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