25 November, 2014
With Christmas just around the corner and summer finally making an appearance, it’s time to start thinking about how to spend those lazy days ahead.
We’ve made things easy for you by featuring a Kiwi summer favourite classic in the upcoming issue of New Zealand Classic Car — a 1969 HK Holden Premier station wagon. Read all about this gorgeous classic, its passionate owners, and much more in our next issue, which is on stands in time to add to your summer reading catalogue.
Motorman – advancing the skills
Of course we are all great drivers — definitely above average — until we find out we aren’t. And finding out in a safe way is clearly the major benefit of driver training and why almost all of us who use motor vehicles should experience it.
Driver training applies to all types of cars and commercial vehicles and logically it is even more applicable to high-performance specialist machines — at least for their drivers and passengers — and, of course, if you are not exploiting or understanding the abilities of your car you are not making the most of it.
When I attended the Porsche Experience Driving Centre in Australia more than 20 years ago, one participant told me, “I’ve had my Porsche parked in the garage for several years and have never known how to use it properly — until now.”
