VW Driving Experience 2015

[tigger73]

VW Driving Experience is back!

Tickets are going on sale on the 15th of April.

Great news is that this year they will be bringing the event to both Adelaide and Perth (as well as Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne).

To make sure you get notified as soon as tickets are on sale you'll need to register here: https://www.volkswagendrivingexperience.com.au/

Also in the past VW has offered a $100 discount through youvw. If you're not registered then head on over to the official VW owners site: YouVW < Owners < Volkswagen Australia

Dates/locations of courses will be announced soon.

[tigger73]

For those that didn't get the email, here's the locations/dates:

Perth - Barbagallo Raceway 26–28 May

Adelaide - Mallala Motor Sport Park 15–18 June

Sydney - Sydney Motorsport Park 29 June–2 July

Melbourne - Phillip Island Circuit 3–6 August

Brisbane - Lakeside Park 7–10 September


Tickets go on sale at 12:00pm on Wednesday 15th April. As with previous years, tickets are expected to sell out quickly.

[cheapasiangeo]

How quick is quickly? The missus is planning to get these for my birthday >D

Also would I be able to just jump into the Evolution course?

[tigger73]

How quick is quickly? The missus is planning to get these for my birthday >D

Also would I be able to just jump into the Evolution course?

Sydney and Melbourne sold out in the first few days last year from memory, though there were a few more tickets released later (tickets that were reserved for dealers/corporate guests but not taken up).

In past years you had to do the Progression course first before they let you go on the Evolution course. I'm pretty sure this will be the case again this year. Though you can do both courses back to back on the same day (or consecutive days). I'd actually recommend not doing morning/afternoon sessions on the same day. You'll get more out of it if you split it up.

[Ryan_R]

Shame it's not the APR Stage 1 version of the R
I'll leave it for first-timers. Will be my first year not going down for a drive since starting. I'd rather put the funds for the Audi R8 day towards a bike that can go as fast.

[tigger73]

The cars being used on the courses this year are as follows:

Progression - new Polo GTI and Golf GTI Performance

Evolution - Golf R and Scirocco R

[LovemyGTI]

My mate would like to do the course with me. Looks like they are unique voucher codes this year. Could anyone who isn't going this year PM me their unique discount code from youvw? I'd be very grateful.

[tigger73]

Just tell your mate to go buy a VW

[AdamD]

My dad and I have booked in for the Evolution course in Sydney, on the afternoon of Tuesday June 30. This will make the third track I've done VW Driving Experience courses at.

[tigger73]

VW Driving Experience 2015

I'm also booked on the Evolution course but in Adelaide this year - good to see VW back in SA and WA.

Also noticed that Melbourne is now fully booked out only 24 hours after going on sale!!!


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[tigger73]

Well both Sydney and Melbourne events are now fully sold out.

Brisbane has 30+ spaces available

Adelaide has 50+ spaces available

Perth has 90+ spaces available

I know there were people complaining about the event not going to SA/WA in the past couple of years, however the numbers are almost justifying VW's decision not to run these events.

It would be great to see these locations fill up and (hopefully) continue to run in future years. So if you're trying to decide whether or not to do it, I'd encourage you to sign up otherwise there may not be a VW driving experience for you to experience!

[Ryan_R]

Especially Brisbane, from what I've seen on TV


/cheeky

[tigger73]

If you're in Melb/Sydney and missed out, keep an eye on the Volkswagen Driving Experience website as in past years there have been a second round of tickets become available closer to the event.

There's still quite a few spaces available in the other cities:

Brisbane 30+ places

Adelaide 30+ places

Perth 60+ places

One other option if you missed out in Melb/Syd events is to get a cheap flight to one of the other cities and attend that event. A couple of us have done this in the past and I know AdamD is going in Sydney this year after attending in Melbourne and Adelaide in previous years. It's a good excuse to see another city/track and have a bit of fun at the same time.

[AdamD]

It's a good excuse to see another city/track and have a bit of fun at the same time.

Definitely, I'd highly recommend it. There's no better (or cheaper) way to check out some of Australia's best racetracks from behind the wheel of someone else's brand-new car!

[tigger73]

Well with less than 3 weeks away from the Perth event there's still 55 tickets available. Or in other ways to look at it the guys running the event have a $16,500 shortfall... I'm not sure what's happening over in WA on these days that's stopping people from taking a day off to drive cars around a track, but like I said previously if we want these events to be continued they have to be supported by the VW community.

There's also 21 places in Adelaide which has now overtaken Brisbane in terms of bookings where there is still 27 spots to fill. Or in financial terms that's over 100 places between all 3 cities unfilled and a $30,00 shortfall (or $20,000 if you include the discounts).