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After a few successful years in business, at the age of 41, I am treating myself to a Porsche Cayman. This is a step up in performance from anything I have owned before. Can you recommend some organisations that provide driver training to handle higher performance cars. I'm not interested in hurtling around a track at speed, I want to know how to get the best from the car safely on the queen's highways but I recognize that whilst I like to think of myself as an awesome driver, like many I am probably merely mediocre and a lesson or two in driving a sports car wouldn't go amiss.

Asked on 12 September 2009 by

Answered by Honest John
You may think this isn't what you need, but actually it is: www.porsche.co.uk/experience (based at Silverstone) I tried Paul Ripley and, after telling me he is no longer a licensed instructor, he highly recommended the Porsche Experience.
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