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      10-17-2014, 11:59 AM   #1
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BMW Ultimate Driving Experience Car Control Clinic

BMW put on a great event at Citi Field last week. Was able to test drive the F80 M3 for the first time which was nice, but the car control clinic really showed some of the highlights of the M3 and the M235i. It was basically a mini one day ///M school and so close to my house that I had to go. They say they will be adding more cities to 2015 so hope you guys get to experience this. It's a full day of braking, handling exercises and autocross.

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One of the 4 M3's that were used (Borrowed from NY Times photo)


Emercency Lane Change excercise w/ M235i


Slalom w/ M235i


Autocross lapping w/ M235i


Team Competition Autocross


Final team lap from the outside


Next day went to the free autocross trial w/ 228i. Much smaller event (About 2 hours) than the car control (free compared to $650 for Car Control) but still pretty fun. Also had a team competition at the end.

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Nice! Looks like a blast!

Can't wait till they start holding these at the new west coast MPC
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Sweet, looks like the car control clinic was a blast. I was there too, but only for the freebie autox in the 228i's.
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Sweet, looks like the car control clinic was a blast. I was there too, but only for the freebie autox in the 228i's.
was the freebie autocross any good?
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I did the free autox back in August; I'd say as my first taste of any kind of track driving, it was fun as hell. The race instructors definitely taught me a few things and by the time we had the team 1 vs team 2 competition, I was getting around the course pretty smoothly.
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Looks like a blast

Going to the autox next week, can't wait!
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was the freebie autocross any good?
Was definitely a lot of fun. They instruct you for some laps around their track and then have a mini competition to see who can get the fastest hot lap. In addition they have other events like a skid pad and a street drive. The street drive sounds boring as hell, except they let you take out on the street unsupervised any car you want and to bring it back when you are done. Those cars got punished way more than the cars on the autocross! My favorite of those was the 650i grancoupe.

Seeing that you're in Austin, I'd say it's worth signing up for the Houston event in a couple of weeks.
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