Zwartkops - Fun with M135's

Quick///M

Well-known member
Went for the skidpan and collision avoidance driving course this Monday, was loads of fun got there an saw m135's all over the place :=):

Before we could proceed to the skidpan there was an instructor drifiting a E63 amg all over the place it was Amazing!!!! Still love the M cars more :biglol:

I enjoyed it and towards the end we had to drift the car around some cones with dsc off completely, and boy so many people spun out, I myself spun out twice I was getting the hang of it but then time was up. Now I am itching to do it again and again and again until I can drift like Chris Harris !!! Any one know if there is another course dedicated to drifting only ?

I asked the instructor if the M135's we were using had lsd's ? With a very emotional reply he said " No bmw are clever if they put a LSD in that car it would klap the M cars lol" :roflol:

I have new found respect for my car, too many people are quick to jump and say bmw cars are unstable when cornering and usually get wrapped around trees but in reality these cars are safe as long as you all the driving aids on.... When I span out with the m135i i noticed it caught brakes by itself and the car switched off for safety reasons obviously in a stressful situation one will tend to panic and press the accelerator instead of the brake.

Now I have a hunger to master my car it is a beast in its own right. Respect and understand your cars guys!!!!

Best part of the day was getting to drive my beast home with a smile knowing what its capable of.

Some pics:


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Video of one of the attendees spinning out

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Pri

New member
Awesome dude!

@Quick///M I am from Durban and was thinking of doing this course, please can you advise who do I contact and how much it costs if you don't mind me asking?
 

Quick///M

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Pri said:
Awesome dude!

@Quick///M I am from Durban and was thinking of doing this course, please can you advise who do I contact and how much it costs if you don't mind me asking?

Hi bud course is half a day from 12 to 4pm, It was a gift actually but I think it costs around 1200 in total or close. See link here for more info.

http://www.bmwdrivingexperience.co.za/ContactUs.html?Link=link71

Also it is worth it to do the high performance driving course as well that is from 7am to 12pm
 

r0ckf1re

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Damn, I would love to do this.

Went for something similar with my OPC, the extra bit was that we got to drive in on the track at Gerotek. Highspeed Oval and the handling and stability one.

Thanks Quick.
 

M135i

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I think there is a performance one that will be a bit more fast paced to this one.
Would also like to attend - that one is for full day iirc, and double the price
 

Quick///M

Well-known member
r0ckf1re said:
Damn, I would love to do this.

Went for something similar with my OPC, the extra bit was that we got to drive in on the track at Gerotek. Highspeed Oval and the handling and stability one.

Thanks Quick.

Awesome man, the track courses any of them are extremely fun and also an eye opener it looks easy but when you clocking 200km/h on a straight and suddenly realize its time to brake you begin to respect race car drivers a little bit more

Maybe we can have a fanatics day at zwartkops that would be awesome !!! Well that is if its done been done already
 

r0ckf1re

Well-known member
Quick///M said:
r0ckf1re said:
Damn, I would love to do this.

Went for something similar with my OPC, the extra bit was that we got to drive in on the track at Gerotek. Highspeed Oval and the handling and stability one.

Thanks Quick.

Awesome man, the track courses any of them are extremely fun and also an eye opener it looks easy but when you clocking 200km/h on a straight and suddenly realize its time to brake you begin to respect race car drivers a little bit more

Maybe we can have a fanatics day at zwartkops that would be awesome !!! Well that is if its done been done already
Great idea, I would join for sure.


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Quick///M

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M135i said:
I think there is a performance one that will be a bit more fast paced to this one.
Would also like to attend - that one is for full day iirc, and double the price

Yeah there is one, you drive around the zwartkops track they teach you a lot, when I did mine last year it was with a F30 335i but it was only half a day 8am to 12pm and the other half of the day is for the Skidpan (additional cost)
 
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