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  PRICING & CONDITIONS
 

Please Note:
 
All payments are to be
pre-paid by due date in advance of your race experience
Please refer to our outline of payment, attendance & cancellation conditions listed below

 

         

Participants receive:

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Expert tuition in racecraft & racing lines etc at selected New Zealand race circuits, such as
Pukekohe Park Raceway and Manfeild - Circuit Chris Amon 

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Utilisation of our specially modified & fully enhanced 400kw 5700cc & 6000cc V8 Holden VZ Commodore race cars
(Probably the best Big Boys Toy you will ever get to play with... in the best sandpit) 
(Beware of any other cheap inferior imitations who use cheaper look alike vehicles with substantially less power)

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Provision of protective equipment, race suits and safety helmets
(The safety of our participants, staff and vehicles is at all times paramount)

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A truly accelerating experience... 
(Unforgettable)

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You won't be able to stop talking about the day you "put yourself in the drivers seat of one of our 400kw Holden V8 race cars" 
 

Activity Options:

All listed and quoted pricing is Inclusive of GST


OPTION 1:
    NZV8 Race Drive Experiences (DRIVE1)            (4 race driving laps)
                    
Pre-drive briefing session followed by an incar demonstration session
                     2 laps with the specialist NZV8 Race Experience Instructor driving demonstration laps... 
                            followed by
                     Total of 4 laps with you personally driving our fully modified 400kw 6000cc Holden V8 race car... 
                            under the incar expert supervision of one of our NZV8 Race Experience Instructors

Cost only:    $550 per person
 

OPTION 2:    NZV8 Race Drive Experiences (DRIVE2)            (8 race driving laps)
                    
Pre-drive briefing session followed by an incar demonstration session
                     2 laps with the specialist NZV8 Race Experience Instructor driving demonstration laps... 
                            followed by
                     Total of 8 laps with you personally driving our fully modified 400kw 6000cc Holden V8 race car...
                            under the incar expert supervision of one of our NZV8 Race Experience Instructors
                            with additional between drive session de-briefing and personalised tuition.

Cost only:    $850 per person
 

OPTION 3:    NZV8 Race Drive Experiences (MULTIDRIVE)
                     Generally configured to run co-jointly with our NZV8 Hot Laps and individually tailored 
                     and costed to suit the specific individual requirements of the group or organisation. 
                            Ideal for:
                            Conference or group activities...
                            Co-jointly with our NZ Advanced Driver Training
                            Limited NZV8 Race Drive Experience and/or followed by our NZV8 Hot Laps.

Cost By Arrangement:
 

OPTION 4:    Race Experience (4DRIVE)
                     Individual one-on-one tailored advanced race driver training (in your own racecar)
                     Experience and gain the real driving advantage of invaluable one-on-one specialist 
                     race driver tuition from our expert V8 Race Experience instructor, Phil Blythe.
                     "Everyone spends money trying to make the car go faster... what about the driver going faster..?" 
                            Ideal for:
                            Seasoned race drivers who want to reduce their times & make set-up improvements
                            Inexperienced race drivers wanting to learn the tricks of the trade from the pro
                            Phil is the 3-time New Zealand National Classic Champion, 2-time NI Pro7 Champion & BNT NZV8 competitor

  

Comments received:
"Thanks for the best day I have ever had on Manfeild." 
"The difference from the 1st lap to the last was remarkable, and not just in improved lap time."
"Before it was hard work to get my 911 around Manfeild.  I now feel confident and enjoy my car on the track."
"I was doing so many things wrong it would have taken me months or years to pickup what I did in just one day."
"I would recommend 4DRIVE to anyone...!!!"
                                        Keith Miller - August 2010

Cost By Arrangement:

         

OPERATIONAL TERMS & CONDITIONS

Payments:

bulletAll NZV8 Race Drive Experience participation payments are required to be remitted in full 
at the time of making the booking and prior
to the commencement of the NZV8 Race Experience.
bulletNZV8 Race Experience accepts the following forms of payment:
                 Internet banking, Visa & Master card, cheques and cash
bulletPlease ring us direct on (0800) DRIVE1 (374831) to pre-arrange.

Attendance:

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Please Note: Refunds or "Credits" cannot be made for non arrivals... 
Individual participant substitutions can be made at any time prior to the programmed commencement of the pre-drive briefing of the NZV8 Race Drive Experience session.

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Please Note: No Cash Refunds will be made on any open dated gift certificates or issued vouchers...
Once a voucher is issued, all of the terms of issue must be fully complied with, in order to validate the voucher.
Any voucher must be pre-booked onto an available pre-programmed NZV8 Race Experience event date and must be fully physically completed prior to the expiration date of the voucher. 
No extensions or excuses will be entertained... (Covid Extentions)

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Please Note: All pre-paid Gift Vouchers are entirely non-refundable... 

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Please Note: Our NZV8 Race Drive Experience activities are generally only conducted on pre-programmed exclusively hired event dates throughout the year...  
Participants must attend on our pre-programmed event dates... 

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Please Note: Any failure and/or inability (for what ever reason) of you to personally physically attend at the pre-booked and specifically allocated date and pre-drive arrival time, will unfortunately result in the immediate forfeiture and invalidation of your NZV8 Race Experience drive, due to your non-attendance or late arrival.

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Please Note: Please don't even bother asking if we can just "bend" or "ignore" our standard operating terms & conditions, due to you being "busy", or "forgot", or some other pressing issue you may personally have... 

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Please Note: Our pre-programmed and pre-booked NZV8 Race Experience drives are generally conducted in all normal prevailing weather conditions... wet and/or fine

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Please Note: Our 400kw NZV8 Race Experience drives are a high-speed ride activity...
It is therefore recommended and suggested that any intending participants who may have any applicable pre-existing medical conditions, such as severe heart conditions, severe back/head/neck conditions, are in the advanced stages of pregnancy and/or any other similar applicable conditions, should consider their own personal circumstances prior to undertaking this activity.

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Please Note: Our 400kw NZV8 Race Experience drives are suitable for participants of all ages...
To date, our youngest drive participant has been 16yrs old and our oldest drive participant has been 79yrs old.
Any participants under the age of 18yrs will require the written approval of a parent or guardian.

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Please Note: As with all things mechanical, on some vary rare occasions there may be operational delays experienced which may occur from time to time. 
The total safety of our clients, staff and vehicles is absolutely paramount and in the event of any mechanical or operational issues what so ever that may require attention, it will be immediately positively attended to.
We will at all times try our best to operate and conduct our NZV8
Race Experience drive activities to the indicative times provided, however... there may be occasions where delays are experienced due to circumstances beyond our physical control.
We apologise in advance for any delay or inconvenience which may subsequently result. 

Requirements:

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Please Note the Following Conditions: 

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During the Race Experience session, you will be driving and in full control of one of our very expensive 400kw V8 Holden VZ Commodore race cars with one of our specialist NZV8 Race Experiences instructors in car with you.

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The operation of these performance race vehicles requires a minimum required level of driver competence and ability. (Our vehicles operate a 400kw 5700cc & 6000cc V8 engine & a 6-speed manual transmission)
If at any time the instructor deems that you don't have the required ability to safely and efficiently operate the race vehicle... then your race drive session will be terminated
(forthwith) and no subsequent refund will be afforded.

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All participants must possess and demonstrate an ability to understand and freely communicate in English.

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As this is a high-speed extreme driving activity, it is recommended that participants with any applicable pre-existing medical conditions (such as severe heart conditions, head / neck / back conditions and/or in the advanced stages of pregnancy) should fully consider the specific implications of their personal participation, prior to undertaking this activity.

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The personal safety of our participants and staff is paramount and accordingly, if at any time the instructor deems that you are not following safety instructions and/or driving beyond your actual physical abilities and/or putting the race vehicle, occupants or other persons in imminent risk of damage or injury... then your race drive session will be terminated (forthwith) and no subsequent refund will be afforded. 

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If at any time you fail to comply with the safety directions and operational instructions given to you... then your race drive session will be terminated (forthwith) and no subsequent refund will be afforded.

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If at any time you damage the race vehicle... then your race drive session will be terminated (forthwith) and no subsequent refund will be afforded.  
(You will also subsequently be held legally liable for any and all damage and other related costs your actions may incur)

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To participate in this activity, you are required to sign our standard participant indemnity form, in which you legally indemnify Advanced Driving Systems Limited, the venue owners and operators, all staff, employees, drivers and representatives from and against any and all material losses, vehicular damage, legal actions, claims, expenses and demands.

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You are legally liable for the full repair and reinstatement costs associated with any and all physical damage that you may incur to the vehicle that you are driving, any other vehicles and/or the venue you are driving upon.  

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We allocate our participants into exclusive confirmed booking times and we do our best to endeavour to keep to those indicated times... however, in the event of unavoidable mechanical issues, weather issues or other operational issues, your actual activity time may necessitate being delayed. 
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience that this delay may subsequently cause.

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In the event of any mechanical issues, weather issues or other operational issues, your booked activity attendance may need to be postponed and subsequently rescheduled to an alternate date/time.
(Refunds outside of our originally applicable standard operating terms will not be entertained and generally an opportunity to undertake the activity on a later date will however be provided.)  
(Advanced Driving Systems Ltd are not in any way liable for any additional costs associated with your subsequent re-attendance onto the rescheduled new date.)

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If at any time thru substantially inclement weather or deteriorating track/vehicle conditions, the instructor deems that it may be unsafe or imprudent to continue with or commence your drive activity at that time... then your race drive session will be terminated (forthwith) and it may subsequently necessitate being postponed or rescheduled to a later date/time. 
(As appropriate and suitable in the prevailing circumstances of the individual case, at the absolute discretion of the NZV8 Race Experience organisers)

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In all respects, the expert decision of our NZV8 Race Experience instructors will be final, absolute and binding. 

Cancellation Fee Schedule:

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8 weeks or more prior to the NZV8 Race Experience session....................................... 100% Refund

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4 - 8 weeks prior to date of the NZV8 Race Experience session..................................... 50% Refund

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Less than 4 weeks prior to date of the NZV8 Race Experience session........................... NO Refund

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Pre-paid NZV8 Race Experience "Gift Vouchers" are non-refundable.............................. NO Refund

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"Exclusive NZV8 Race Experience Events" are non-refundable......................................... NO Refund

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Any uncompleted Vouchers are........................ expired, invalidated & unusable (Covid Extension)

Transfer Fee Schedule:

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Any NZV8 Race Experience session transfer request within 28 days of the originally confirmed 
experience date will incur a minimum additional Transfer Fee of:
$100 + GST per person

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Any NZV8 Race Experience session transfer request within 7 days of the originally confirmed 
experience date will not generally be entertained:
No Refund & No Transfer
 

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Any requested amendments to adjust or reschedule previously confirmed NZV8 Race Experience session times on the original date will incur an additional Administration Processing Fee of:
$50 + GST per person

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Consideration and any subsequent approval to transfer any confirmed NZV8 Race Experience attendance 
dates is at the sole discretion of the Race Director of NZV8 Race Experience.
His fully considered opinion will be final and binding. 
Recipients must at all times fully abide and comply with all of our standard operating terms and conditions.

Gift Vouchers:
 
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Any and all pre-paid NZV8 Race Experience Gift Vouchers are entirely non-refundable.

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Any pre-paid NZV8 Race Experience Gift Vouchers may however be able to be "transferred" and may be physically utilised and undertaken by anyone other than the named original participant... provided that the voucher is still valid, hasn't expired and all applicable operational terms, conditions and requirements are fully complied with.

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Any and all pre-paid NZV8 Hot Lap Gift Vouchers are able to be "upgraded" and utilised towards the participant undertaking either of our NZV8 Race Drive Experience options, with the additional payment of the applicable extra cost at the time of confirming the booking date/time directly with us.

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Any and all pre-paid NZV8 Race Experience Gift Vouchers are able to be "upgraded" and utilised towards the participant undertaking our longer 8-Lap (DRIVE2 Option) NZV8 Race Drive Experience, with the additional payment of the applicable extra cost at the time of confirming the booking date/time directly with us.

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Any Gift Vouchers that are purchased directly through any other "resellers" of our NZV8 Race Experience products are issued directly by the resellers and any payments that you have previously made, have been physically made directly to the individual resellers... Not to NZV8 Race Experience.

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In respect of any vouchers that have been issued by any resellers, you must fully comply with ALL of the applicable terms & conditions of the issuing resellers in order for them to be validated... Additionally, you will also need to fully comply with all of our own NZV8 Race Experience standard operational terms & conditions
(Which are as published and updated from time to time upon our NZV8 Race Experience website)

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Any vouchers that have not been redeemed, undertaken and fully completed by their physical expiration date are unfortunately invalidated and are entirely non-usable and non-refundable.

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The NZV8 Race Experience booking must have been previously confirmed & the activity must be fully completed upon one of our available pre-programmed event dates, prior to the expiry date of any voucher...

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Please don't even bother asking if we can just "bend" or "ignore" our standard operating terms & conditions, due to you being "busy", or you "forgot", or some other pressing issue you may personally have...   
(If you fail to attend as required or you just don't get around to using it... then sorry, you lose it)

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In respect of any pre-paid vouchers that you may have chosen to purchase thru any entirely separate "resellers" of our products, please be aware that any and all payments that you may have already made, have actually been made to the voucher "resellers" and not directly to NZV8 Race Experience.
In the event that the voucher resellers subsequently fail to physically make payment to NZV8 Race Experience for our driving services (due to their liquidation or any other failure occurrence on their part) then one of the two following options will become immediately applicable:
(1)    If the "resellers financial failure" is prior to your activity being physically completed...
-    Then their non-paid "resellers" voucher will become immediately invalidated, you will not be able to physically undertake the activity
-    You would then also need to subsequently deal directly with the "reseller" voucher issuer directly in respect getting refunded back any money that you may have already paid directly to the "reseller".
-    You could however rearrange and reconfirm your activity booking by rebooking and paying NZV8 Race Experience for it directly.
(2)    If the "resellers financial failure" is subsequent to your physically having already completed your booked and programmed drive activity...
-    Then any subsequent non-payment to NZV8 Race Experience for the driving services that you had already physically received directly from us will leave you personally liable to NZV8 Race Experience for the outstanding and unpaid fees for the service that you have already physically received.
-    You would then also need to subsequently deal directly with the "reseller" voucher issuer directly in respect of getting refunded back any money that you may have already paid directly to the "reseller".

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This type of financial failure and/or liquidation of "voucher resellers" and "cheap deal voucher providers" is not unheard of in New Zealand and can leave their voucher holders substantially out of pocket and unable to redeem their then worthless vouchers...
Example:
-    In January 2010, Total Experience went into a voluntary liquidation and virtually all the money "disappeared" which left thousands of their Total Experience voucher holders without their money and also without the ability to redeem their then totally worthless vouchers.
(EG: "If you choose to book and pay directly with a travel agent and the travel agent then goes bust... Then it is not the airline's nor the island resort's responsibility to give you flights and accommodation that they themselves have never been physically paid for")
-    Choosing to make and pay for your bookings directly with the actual "service provider" eliminates the middle man and subsequently minimises the likelihood of this type of thing detrimentally affecting you.

         

This exclusive NZV8 Race Experience is professionally provided by Advanced Driving Systems Ltd
and is directly associated with our NZV8 Hot Laps & NZ Advanced Driver Training operations.

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