Get some seat time in a TT, A4, RS4 and even an R8
If your local Audi dealer calls the cops every time you ask for a test drive of an RS4, we suggest you either dress nicer next time or, if that's not possible, head to one of four cities hosting the Audi Driving Experience.
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco are the four sites for Audi's traveling test drive, where participants can have the chance to drive their TT, A4 and Q7 all for free. You'll be able to put them through control, braking and accident avoidance maneuvers. If you can show you know how to handle their cars, Audi will even let you take one out for a lap around the racetrack.
The most improved drivers at each venue wins a ride in Audi's much-vaunted R8 supercar. Those winners will instantly be upgraded from most-improved to most-envied.
That's all included in the Audi Driving Experience two-hour introductory program, but for $600 Audi offers the half-day enthusiast program. That gets you professional driving instruction and track time in all the aforementioned cars, as well as the RS4 and R8.
There are two dates in each city, but with a chance to either ride in or drive an R8, we would expect them to fill up quick.
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Ted 7:42AM (7/18/2007)
Nothing for Canadians?
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Ligor 8:23AM (7/17/2007)
If I could make it to one of these event's
I'd make sure my first run was so horrible they would probably figure out i'm acting it
hey,
it'd be worth getting honors for most improved and getting a chance at that R8, though it sounds as if you'll be in the passanger seat not driving, which defeats the purpose of the whole thing.
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dave 9:18AM (7/17/2007)
Nice, I'm signed up for Oct. 27 in Chicago (well, Joliet, but who's counting?). I'm not as interested in the R8 as I am the TT (since that's a car I'd be able to afford in the near future) ... should be fun.
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PChang 9:30AM (7/17/2007)
Miami is also on the list, so that makes 5 cities
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nezromatron 10:52AM (7/17/2007)
Signed up. And within minutes got spam from some dealership. (i said 'no' to have a dealer contact me). Definitely use a throw-away email address for this one.
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Nick 11:21AM (7/17/2007)
What's awesome is that the New York events are at Pocono Raceway, in Long Pond, PA, a short 100 mile drive from Manhattan. I won't be going.
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Rocket Punch 12:40PM (7/17/2007)
$600 for 1/2 day......lol, what a ripoff.
Take that money and join a Skip Barber one day racing school and actually learn something while having 10x more fun is much better than some advertising campaign where you have to pay to subject yourself to bias selling.
http://www.skipbarber.com/racing_school/introduction_to_racing.aspx
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Phil 7:22PM (8/18/2007)
Sure because at Skip Barber, you're treated like a King in the way that Audi knows how and you get to drive an R8 or RS4 around a race track. It costs upwards of $350 to take your own car to the track, not counting the wear and tear on your car and the tires you'll have to replace at the end of the day. To drive an R8 in this manner makes it a steal.
I went to the Streets of Tomorrow last year when the RS4 was launched at the Ritz Carlton in San Diego. Audi sure knows how to show Hospitality. Event was free and I got to drive the RS4 like it was my own. Highly recommended. I signed up for the free event and hope that they let us drive the new S5. Supposedly Motortrend was able to get that car to 60 in 4.5sec. Sounds good to me.
TrueDis 12:53PM (7/17/2007)
Hmmm, Skip Barber is $595 and Total Program Time: 3 hours ... doesn't seem like the Audi one is that much of a ripoff.
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z06madness 11:33AM (7/19/2007)
Crap, minimum age is 25.
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ketel1 3:54PM (7/17/2007)
dangit....they of course pick the two dates in August and October that I KNOW I will be out of town....
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dailyCarVideos 12:04PM (7/18/2007)
check out new Audi TT videos:
http://dailycarvideos.com/2007/07/18/2008-new-audi-tt-vs/
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gorge 4:15PM (7/18/2007)
who cares
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