点评:STAY WELL AWAY AND SPEND YOUR MONEY ELSEWHERE.
location was Stafford.
I had the half day drift experience bought for me through virgin experience days as a gift.
first of all it was not half day. more like short of 20 minutes in the car.
its a joke/con that you advertise that and it is far from half day. was half day sat on a bench waiting around not behind the wheel.
spending only a few minutes behind the wheel, which includes the instructors time showing you, well to some extent showing you. The first instructor i had was a decent guy. he did explain well and then talked you through how to improve. the second guy might as well not have been in the car. seemed like he just had the job just so he could play about drifting cars. he did not once show me anything when it came to doing the number 8.
i got in car, we set off, he did his 8. it came to my turn. i sat in drivers seat and i just sat there waiting for him to instruct me. i looked over at him and he had his leg on dash. i asked, what am i doing. he just pointed to a cone and told me to go round that and back round the other in the distance.
i knew that from when he did it but how do i achieve it while drifting and he just sat there.
no impute at all, no help or advice.
you only get 4 attempts so when you spin out pretty much straight away that is classed as an attempt. so you go back to start to try again.
the tarmac was dry with it being a hot day so the car did not spin very well at all it just gripped.
when we was on the way back for the next person to have their go he told me they need to do a wet lap (spraying water on the tarmac). he told me you can feel it digging in so really hard to drift. so basically the tarmac was not to the condition it needed to be for me to drift easier.
Waiting Periods:
it started at 8.45am, so the booking says. i drove 2 hours to get there. was there at 8.10am. the staff arrived a bit later on. they decide to start fixing the cars have trouble starting them, jump starting them.
forklift truck wasn't starting. eventually it did so then they could lift the cars up in air to change tyres. then fuelling the cars. it went way past 8.45am start time. was more like 10.15am.
none of the staff introduced themselves. did not consider coming over to explain how the day is panning out and what they are currently doing. just had us all stood there wondering what was going on. they should have all this done ready before customer's turned up. from memory i think about 15 people attended the driving but only 6 cars. so you are waiting for people to have their turn. then at 12.30 the full day experience customer's started arriving. so at that point 3 cars get taking from your group to their group so 3 cars between 15 people. you are just stood round or sat on a bench.
i could not see no toilets. there was cabin but looked unused and not sure if it was just for staff.
No thanks for coming and asking people how the day was. a member of the staff bluntly said. once you have done your 3 passenger laps your done and can leave.
he had attitude with customers arriving at 12.30. one asked him were to sign in, the staff replied: you here for the full day at 12.30. customer said yes which he was then met with a rude reply from staff saying sarcastically, well its not 12.30 is it and turned away and went elsewhere.
Poor Organization, lack of structure, unclear instructions and inadequate staff presence, unprofessionalism, rude.
8.10am arriving 1.15pm finish and less then 20 mins behind the wheel, probably 15 mins. i would not go again even if they offered me to go for free.
to add: the car exhaust fell off, the rear bumper half came off on another car. i could add more but its just going to go on and on. basically just don't go.
翻译:离远点吧,把钱花在别处吧。
地点在斯塔福德。
有人送了我一份由Virgin Experience Days提供的半日驾驶体验作为礼物。
首先,这根本算不上半日体验。实际上在车上的时间还不到20分钟。
这种宣传完全是个骗局/噱头,根本算不上半日体验。我大半时间都只是坐在长椅上干等着,根本没开车。
真正开车的时间只有几分钟而已,这还包括了教练给我示范的时间。在某种程度上,他确实给我做了示范。我的第一位教练是个不错的人,讲解得很清楚,还详细说明了如何改进。而第二位教练简直就像没在车里一样——他似乎只是为了能开漂移车才得到这份工作的。当我练习画“8”字形时,他一次都没给我示范过。
我坐进车里,我们出发了,他先画了个“8”。轮到我了。我坐在驾驶座上,只是静静地等着他指示我该怎么做。我朝他看去,他把腿搭在仪表盘上。我问道:“我在做什么呢?”他只是指了指一个锥桶,让我绕着它转一圈,然后再从远处的另一个锥桶处绕回来。
我之前看过他这么做,但问题是:在漂移的过程中要怎么做到呢?而他就那样坐在那里。
完全没有任何提示,也没有任何帮助或建议。
玩家只有4次尝试机会,所以一旦车子立刻打滑失控,那也算作一次尝试。这时你就得回到起点再试一次。那天天气炎热,柏油路面很干燥,因此汽车根本无法很好地漂移,只会紧紧抓住地面。
在我们返回去让下一个人试车时,他告诉我他们需要进行一次“湿滑圈测试”(即在柏油路上洒水)。他还说这样做能让轮胎更深入地咬住地面,因而很难实现漂移。简而言之,当时的路面状况并不适合我轻松地进行漂移。
等待时间:
根据预约信息,活动于上午8点45分开始。我驱车两小时才赶到,实际上8点就到了。上午10点,工作人员稍晚一些才到达。他们决定开始修理那些难以启动的汽车,为此还进行了搭电启动。
叉车也无法启动,不过最终还是启动了,这样他们就能把汽车抬升起来更换轮胎。随后又为汽车加油。实际开始工作的时间远远超过了原定的8点45分,大概是10点15分左右。
没有一名工作人员做自我介绍。他们也丝毫没有考虑过来说明当天的工作安排以及他们目前正在做些什么。当时我们都站在那里,纳闷到底发生了什么。他们本应该在顾客到来之前把一切都准备妥当才对。据我记忆,大概有15个人参加了试驾活动,但只有6辆车。所以大家只能等着轮到自己。到了12点半,那些购买了一整天体验服务的顾客开始陆续到来。这时,有3辆车从我们这群人那里被调去给新来的顾客使用,于是15个人就只能共用3辆车了。我们只能站在那里,或者坐在长椅上。我根本没看到有厕所。有个小屋,但看起来没人使用,也不确定它是否仅供工作人员使用。
“不用了,谢谢您来询问大家今天过得怎么样。”一位工作人员直截了当地说道,“只要完成三次载客任务,就可以离开了。”
对于12点半才到的顾客,他态度恶劣。有个顾客问他该在哪里登记,他回答道:“12点半了,你是要待一整天吗?”该顾客回答说是,结果他冷冷地讽刺道:“唉,现在可还没到12点呢。”30号车出发了,然后就去了别的地方。
组织混乱、毫无条理、指示不清,工作人员也严重不足;态度不专业且粗鲁无礼。
早上8点10分出发,下午1点15分结束,实际开车时间不到20分钟,大概只有15分钟左右。就算他们免费邀请我再去,我也不会去了。
补充一下:汽车的排气管掉了,后保险杠还有一半蹭到了另一辆车上。我还能继续列举更多问题,但实在说也说不完。总之,千万别去。