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Originally Posted by RandyO  yes, and some people don't have the luxury of spending $250 |
You're absolutely right.
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Originally Posted by RandyO which is more cost effective, I say spending $250 on gasoline rather than a track day |
Depends on who you ask as I think that's entirely up to personal preference & prior experience.
If you ask me, I think the experience you get w/ 250 bucks worth of track time will undoubtedly develop most (not all) rider's skills more than the experience you get w/ 250 bucks worth of gas... Here's why...
In a 250 dollar track day, the average participant only puts on about 75-100 miles.
With 250 bucks in gas (assuming 3 bucks a gallon & 50 miles per gallon) you can do about 4k miles of street riding... Some people would say that's about a years worth, some would call it 1/2 a season's worth.... whatever, 4k miles is 4k miles.
Yeah, that's a big difference, 80 to 4,000... but I've heard countless people that do 4k miles or more a year who have have gone to the track & still say things like "I learned more today than I have in all my years of street riding!!!" & I'm sure for every person I've heard say that, the other veterans up there have heard it many times more.
But like I said... depends on who you ask. There will always be exceptions, I don't expect people to agree w/ me 100%.