I think I just found manna from Munich: The BMW Teen Driving School. As you know, I’m not much of a driving instructor. But at the BMW Performance Driving School, they have real professional instructors who don’t tear their hair out when a teen driver goes too fast around a corner. Here’s what’s going to keep the remainder of the gray hairs on my head:
One-Day Teen School
Run before you walk? Yes, at the BMW Performance Driving School, new drivers get an opportunity to learn and experience a wide range of driving conditions, from panic stops to loss of tire grip on a wet skidpad—all in a controlled environment under the close supervision of BMW Driver Training Instructors. Feedback and correction are immediate. Going well beyond the tuition offered in most driver’s education programs, our exercises are real world scenarios in practice. Students must be at least 15 years of age and possess a valid learner’s permit (or equivalent).Two-Day Teen School
Practice makes perfect. The two-day programs augment the skills learned in the one-day programs by adding more seat time and increasing the complexity of the exercises. In addition, drivers will get a chance to drive a wider array of vehicles from the 3 and 5 Series to the Z4 and SAVs in order to gain a better appreciation of how vehicles of a different size, weight and performance specifications react uniquely to the same conditions.
Yeah, baby. They teach them the stuff that scares the crap out of me — skids, panic stops, etc. As an added bonus, the school is at BMW’s facility in Spartanburg, SC. We used to live in that area, so we know our way around. Plus, it’s easy to get to . I’m going to see if Sheryl and Matt want to make a mother-son bonding trip — and let Matt skid those new BMWs all over their test track. It could be really great. Especially since the words “skid” and “Frank” don’t appear in the same sentence. I do think that this course would be just the thing for a new driver. Or even an old one.
BMW also offers some really cool driver’s courses as well. Check out their site, Relearn to Drive. It’s a really comical. (My dad was the bottom-center guy: As long as you’re driving in my car you’ll abide by my rules. I’m afraid I’m a caricature of my dad.) I’d like to try one of those driving course myself one day. I’m sure Matt would say turnabout is fair play.
