VW Academy – High Performance Driving Course 1
In my youth I experienced a car accident at high speed whilst driving my Dad’s Audi A4 1.8T. I hit a wall at around 120kph and was saved by airbags and the quality of the car. It wasn’t funny at the time and I was thankful I didn’t hit another car but since then I have been very aware of how important it is to know how to handle a car at high speed.
Earlier this year, I took ownership of a Golf 5 GTi. (my other girlfriend). The handling in the GTi is phenomenal, it sticks to the road and goes through corners like it’s on rails. It’s a lot of fun, pretty much every other Golf 5 Gti, Subaru, ST, S3 you see on the road is immediately up for a dice. (Not something I was used to before)
In August, Jackie’s friend Nicholas Slabbert (who used to race at Killarney) forwarded me this flyer:
I knew about these courses but last time I checked they were based in Gauteng. They were coming to Cape Town 
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