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More Amazing Adventures Ferrari Driving Price: £239.99 Hit the track in the ultimate speed machine. This adventure takes place at a choice of former airfields. After a welcome on arrival, you will be split into groups which rotate around the following thrilling activities: an autotest to put your driving skills to the test, and a superb high-speed passenger ride in an international-specification rally car. You will then enjoy driving a lightweight performance sports car - with a nerve-jangling acceleration of 0-60 in 5.5 seconds - and learn to do handbrake turns and J-turns in a hatchback. Then it's time for the ultimate driving experience: taking the wheel of two Ferraris - typically a 348 and 355 - and putting two of the world's greatest supercars through their paces. More Amazing Adventures Off Road Driving Price: £129.99 Navigate some of the roughest terrain around, in a tough 4-wheel-drive vehicle. When you arrive at the venue, you will be given a short introduction to off-road driving techniques, together with an explanation of 4-wheel-drive systems. More Amazing Adventures Formula 1 Driving Price: £1299.99 This is the driving experience of a lifetime! Your day begins with a briefing covering safety aspects and driving techniques. There are five demonstration laps in an MGZR Hot Hatch, with a professional racing driver at the wheel, followed by 10 assessed practice laps. The action hots up with 10 paced laps, driving a race-prepared single-seater Formula Ford, followed by seven unpaced laps. The excitement builds as you take the wheel of a Formula 3 single-seater for ten laps - then there is the grande finale of taking the wheel of a 1996 Forti-Corse 600 bhp Formula One car for 10 laps. A superb lunch is included. More Amazing Adventures Supercar Driving Price: £349.99 After a safety briefing, you will take to the circuit as a passenger in an MG Saloon car for three laps. You will then drive the MG yourself, accompanied by your instructor for three laps, followed by three laps driving a Ferrari 355 and six in a Formula Renault single-seat racing car. The grand finale will be two breathtaking high-speed passenger rides: one lap in a Porsche Boxster and two laps in a Ferrari 360. More Amazing Adventures Classic Car Driving Price: £299.99 This fun day offers a full day's on-road driving on a route of about 100-125 miles through the countryside. You will drive at least five classic sports cars from the following: Aston Martin, Audi, Ferrari, Healey, Jaguar, Jensen, Lotus, Morgan, Porsche, Triumph, TVR - cars will be swapped among teams during the day. The day takes the form of a treasure hunt and begins at 8.30am with teams being briefed on their vehicles (you will drive in teams of two, alternating between driving and navigating/clue-finding). Then it's off into the countryside, driving a genuine classic sports car, in search of clues! The day includes a pub lunch. Fully comprehensive vehicle insurance is included for drivers. More Amazing Adventures JCB Driving Price: £139.99 Why not try racing one of these mighty earth-movers? It sounds mad, but it's great fun! This experience begins with a safety briefing and instruction. More Amazing Adventures Skid Control Price: £119.99 Your instructor will give you an introduction to the various types of skid. You will learn how to get out of them and how to avoid getting into them in the first place. After some demonstrations, you will take it in turn to recover and avoid skids. You will usually drive a modified car which can replicate skids by shifting its weight distribution. More Amazing Adventures Rally Driving With Penny Mallory Price: £259.99 Enjoy a fantastic rally driving experience with former National Ladies' Champion and presenter of Channel 4's Driven, Penny Mallory. The programme includes a briefing and demonstration laps with an instructor. This is followed by a session on a practice course and two thrilling 15-minute driving sessions in an Astra front-wheel-drive rally car, travelling up to 70mph. At the end of the sessions, you are given an assessment certificate. During your time, you will be able to chat with Penny and, hopefully, pick up a few tips! As a finale, the day's top-scoring driver will have a passenger ride with Penny herself. More © 2003 WHSmith and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Disclaimer