Truck Driving Experience
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Overview
Discover what it’s like to drive a proper truck. Test out a transporter in a driving experience like no other. With slalom and reverse parking challenges, a day in the truck is perfect for petrol-heads with a competitive edge.
Take control of a 45 ft race car transporter and put your skills to the test on a series of specially designed driving challenges. Ever wondered ‘how hard can it be?’ Now’s the time to find out.
- SKU
- PBMDT1 SP1
- Locations
- 10 in the UK
- People
- For 1
- Validity
- 12 Months
- Rating
- 4.3 (69)
What's Included
- Welcome, introduction and safety briefing
- In-truck briefing with your instructor
- Test your skills in slalom and reverse parking challenges
- 20 minutes driving time in your 45 ft truck
- Choice of 11 venues
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
On arrival at the pre-booked venue, you’ll be welcomed by staff and introduced to your instructor who will show you your incredible car transporter truck. Inside the cab you’ll be fully briefed on safety and how to drive your amazing machine.
Ready to take control, it’ll be engines started and out on the track for 20 minutes of challenging driving.
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 17 (under 18s need parental/guardian consent)
- Minimum height: 4ft 5in
- Maximum height: 6ft 9in
- Maximum weight: 20 stone
- A driving licence is not required for this experience but you must have previous manual driving experience
- Fitness/Health: You should be in reasonable health and able to climb in and out of the car. This experience is not suitable for those with epilepsy, heart complaints or pregnant ladies. Please note: anyone deemed to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs will not be permitted to participate
- All drivers must have a good understanding on the English language for instruction purposes
- Spectators are welcome
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary according to location
- The centres contracted with us hold public indemnity liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover.
Some driving operators require customers to complete an Indemnity/Damage waiver form on the day of the experience. This may state that the driver will be liable for a fixed amount of costs should they damage the vehicle whilst driving. Most of these suppliers are able to provide Indemnity/Damage Waiver at a small additional fee (usually £20-£45) payable on site. The purchase of this is optional and is in addition to the Public Liability Insurance held by all venues. The full details of any indemnity or damage waiver will be provided by the activity operator. We are unable to advise or comment on the content or suitability of these products.
Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience
Availability
Your voucher is valid for nine months from the date of issue, kindly note that you must have booked and taken your experience before the expiry date.
This experience is available on selected weekdays and weekends from February to November.
Please note:
Dates at Perranporth location: 15 and 16 April 2022, 19 to 21 August 2022
Sunderland location, Tockwith in Yorkshire and Dunsfold in Surrey have limited availability
If you wish to attend Gainsborough or Cranleigh venues a £25 upgrade fee is payable at the time of booking. If you wish to book at Dunsfold a £35 upgrade fee is payable at the time of booking.
We recommend you book at least 16 weeks in advance to make sure dates are available. If there are no dates available for the duration of your validity, we are happy to offer a free extension. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow approximately 2 hours for the whole experience. Exact duration will vary according to the number of participants on the day.
How it works
Customer Reviews
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Chris C
30/08/2021
Great Fun!
I drove Optimus, which was fun! My instructor, Chris, was great and put me at ease straight away. Turns out we’re from the same town! It’s a shame the photographer had injured herself that day; I hope she recovered fully. I’d recommend the experience fully.
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Martine Grainger
29/08/2021
Mrs
Chris the tutor was wonderful and so patient. A wonderful experience to have as a memory. Chris is an absolute asset to the whole trucking experience. What a nice guy. Would like the trucking experience again but on a fast track.
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Nick Janes
27/08/2021
Best Fun with a great teacher
Moving on into a veteran category, the Truck Driving experience was one off my Bucket list. Organisation could be improved but when getting into the cab it all made up for any previous short comings. I had the opportunity to take the truck through it's paces (including reversing round the circuit in Northampton. My instructor was superb explaining what I had to do and how all with a smile on his face and friendly chat. He made the experience special for me
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Zoe
07/06/2021
Great day out -
This was a well run and organised event. Amazing cars and truck to drive - fabulous experience all round.
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Lance Parsons
12/12/2020
Great time
Was given an articulated lorry driving experience for a birthday present. Got to drive in a long run round, or through, a chicane, reversed in to a slot and back. Enough to prove it’s a skill I don’t have yet but enough to prove I could do it if I want.... and I want
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Jacquelyn Pugh
25/09/2020
Brilliant
Thoroughly enjoyed my truck drive, the instructor was very encouraging. It was an emotional day for me. Definitely recommend.
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Neil
07/09/2020
Truck driving experience
I had a great day, from the first booking to the actual experience day, superbly organised, even when I had to rebook because of covid E-mails prior to arrival, with very comprehensive and clear to follow instructions on what to do and expect on the day. The staff at the venue were very helpful and friendly, which added to the amazing experience. It was a great and memorable day out, I can't rate them high enough.
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Annette
02/09/2020
Fantastic
There was quite a queue when we got there but it went down quite quick, was organised very well social distance was in place. As for the experience in driving the truck, it was the best day of my life. If there is anyone out their that's want to give it ago, just go for it.
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Darrel Hallam
02/09/2020
Great experience!
The drive was well organised and the instructor patiently explained everything. He encouraged me and made sure I got the most out of it and will be back again
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Mark
31/08/2020
Completing a lifetime goal
Excellent service and the instructor was great, very knowledgable. Excellent experience. Thanks
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Deb
16/08/2020
Brilliant day
My daughters got me a truck driving experience for my 60th Birthday, brilliant day, not the truck we thought, but still brilliant, even got to drive a Porsche
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Janeta
16/03/2020
Truck driving experience
This experience was my life long wish and it had lived up to my expectations. The experience was truly amazing. The instructor was well experienced and he went out of his way to make sure that the course was completed and enjoyable. I’m still buzzing would definitely recommend
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Paul
01/03/2020
Fairly Well managed fun experience
A great experience that was staffed with helpful people under difficult weather circumstances. The Welsh chap doing the truck driving was great. My only recommendation was some way of better managing the throng trying to see the staff organising who goes out and when. The staff doing it were really helpful, but it needed a proper queuing system. I am sure the awful weather did not help. I would recommend it.
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John
09/02/2020
Great experiance
Something I allways wanted to do.
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Hugh
15/12/2019
Truck Driving - Abingdon
Excellent instruction, not just driving a truck in a straight line, but a slalom course U turns, and trailer reversing. Enjoyable experience
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John
15/12/2019
Fantastic experience
Will managed event covering many different driving experiences. My truck driving session gave me more admiration for those hgv1 drivers who do this day in day out.
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Andrew
14/12/2019
Truck driving
Had a fun time truck driving. All the staff were friendly and helpful, wouldn’t want it any different. Lots of space too so as well as the tight manoeuvring you could go quite quickly on wide sections of the runway
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Sandra
08/12/2019
One ticked off the bucket list.
Enjoyable experience. Good clear instruction.
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Adrian
13/11/2019
Brilliant Fun
A really great day out, made even better by our instructor Paul. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Thanks again Paul.
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Lisa
10/11/2019
Truck drive
Had a great time,the instructor was brilliant and my 2 children could come along for the drive only disappointment was no photos as only cater for the car drivers,it would of been nice to have had opportunities to purchase pictures
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Laurence
04/11/2019
An amazing experience
I had a brilliant time with Car Chase Heroes at Abingdon, driving an articulated truck. The staff were friendly and very helpful. What a day,
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Brendan
03/11/2019
Trucking right
Great fun driving a full size juggernaught. Expert and clear guidance from a professional driver. I never knew those trucks were so manoeuvrable. Usual irritation with anything to do with automotive hiring - you show up on the day and have to pay extra indemnity insurance - in this case £25
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Bob B
23/10/2019
Truck experience
Having driven cars on a track in the past it was a real change to try the 44ton artic. The Instructor took me through reversing into a made up bay, zig zags and more. It was great fun and good to get a feel for what to HGV drivers have to do.
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Noof
03/09/2019
Great day out and wicked experience
Abingdon airfield was easy to get to plenty of parking lots of space to sit and watch the cars on the track. The optimus truck driving experience was excellent but could do with about 30 minutes to really get to grips with the vehicle.
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Dave
16/08/2019
Amazing day
My truck driving experience from start to finish was the best thing I've ever done ...I felt so at ease with the instructor ....we had such a giggle .....checking in was so easy so much was explained to me .....and I would not hesitate to recommend this to my friends and family .....I loved every minute of it even though I can't drive a truck .....all I can say is thankyou and my partner and daughter with be going on the fast car experience .
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Ricci
05/08/2019
Brilliant
Great day. Even contemplating passing my HGV test now.
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Stanley
04/08/2019
Truck drive
Excellent
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Hannah
28/07/2019
Amazing day!
We had a brilliant time at Bruntingthorpe! I completed the truck driving experience and then we both did a lap in the Mazda MX-5 with an experienced driver. It was a nice treat as we didn't know we could book the car experience once there. There was also the option of having someone in the cabin of the truck with you for just £5. This meant the experience could be shared. The staff were all really friendly and helpful so we'd definitely book again one day! Thank you all!
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John
25/07/2019
Excellent Day Out
Had an amazing time driving a 52 foot truck under the guidance of a great instructor. Loved every minute of it.
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Stuart Forbes
16/07/2019
14th July 2019
An Early start on a Sunday Morning never fills you joy BUT what a great experiance. From the smashing bacon roll & coffee, to the climb into the cab of a artic lorry and then enjoying the driving of a proper lorry
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Jackie
15/07/2019
Truck driving-awesome
Car chase heroes -very slick organisation. Articulated lorry and instructor made whole experience amazing. Now really appreciate skill of hgv drivers. Scary, fun and instructive. Would go again tomorrow
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Mrs Karen Fossett
28/05/2019
Truck Driving
Absolutely loved it. Great fun! Completed slalom course, carried out 3 point turn and reversing as well as driving a line using only the side mirrors!
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Euan
28/05/2019
Loved it but beware.
I had the truck driving experience as a xmas gift and loved it. The booking in process was easy and they were pretty much running on time. The only thing to be mindful of is the £25 insurance waiver. They say this is optional but unless you have £5000 spare you dont have much choice. I understand it for the sports cars but its a little too much for the truck driving with the only things to hit are traffic cones.
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Bernard
28/05/2019
Most enjoyable
Fun experience, very well organised
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Mark
26/05/2019
Truck driving
A great experience, well organised event.
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5
Jennifer
15/05/2019
Brilliant experience
I had a fantastic day. From booking in to the end everyone was brilliant. The instructor made you feel at ease and I can’t put into words what I really want to say other than it was one of the best days of my life. Truly brilliant.
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Amanda Raybould
15/04/2019
Perfect
Amazing experience
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Robert
14/04/2019
60 foot Lorry driving experience! Great time!
Thank you all for such an amazing driving experience. Great staff, really friendly and lots of fun. The lorry driving was an experience I will never forget, and the Hellcat was the icing on the cake!
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john limb
31/03/2019
awesome day
Awesome day kept getting told you have done this before but I haven't lol The instructor was really good and a top bloke thanks Jeff 👍
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Barb
18/11/2021
Exciting
Exciting and a bit scary. Would have liked a bit longer.
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Liz
28/09/2020
Enjoyable experience
A great experience that was quite well organised. Only downside was the length of the experience, only 20 minutes but there was an option to buy more time.
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Kate
01/03/2020
Trucking!
Great experience driving a car transporter - loved every moment of the 20 mins which actually seemed quite long. Staff were very helpful and nice. Downside was that we were kept waiting over 2 hours due to a holdup earlier in the day - staff very apologetic but perhaps a text would have been useful. Also most of the track was being used for the cars so quite a small area was available for the lorry driving. However recommend overall.
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Jonathan Downing
24/02/2020
Truck drive
I definitely got an appreciation of truck driving; particularly the difficulty associated with reversing. Something to help before I turned up (website teach-in guide) might have helped.
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Reviewer
16/02/2020
Good but drawn out
Drove a truck and paid extra to drive a car while there. The whole process was very long-winded and tiring. There was nowhere to wait so we waited in the car in between popping in for an update/to chase and find out when something would happen. So although driving the truck and the car were great fun we shouldn't have had to spend so long at the track as it spoilt the day somewhat. As it was wet, you couldn't stand outside and spectate and as they ran late we were there ages!!
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Susan
04/11/2019
Truck driving
I was disappointed that although my experience was booked for 1.30 p.m. they were running 2 and a half hours late. This meant I wasn't home until after dark and my dogs were left on their own with fireworks going off!! They were all very frightened. Also the amount of actual driving was only about 10 mins which was very disappointing.
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Barry Dobson
13/10/2019
Good Day
Good day staff very helpful
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Jayne
13/10/2019
One off my bucket List - Truck Driving
Had a great time learning how to drive and manoeuvre an artic Lorry, my childhood dream the team where brilliant, the lady who greeted us was really friendly and made me feel telaed ready for my experience. My teacher was very calm and patient and explained everything really well. Thank you
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Andrew Head
29/09/2019
Truck driving
Great experience driving the HGV, had a good time. Just a shame the staff there continuously tried to get more money out of me by by pushing the insurance waiver when I already declined it
Locations
Locations shown shouldn't be used for route planning
South West
- Perranporth, Cornwall
Yorkshire and Humber
- York, North Yorkshire
South East
- Abingdon, Oxfordshire
West Midlands
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
- Lichfield, Staffordshire
Wales
- Monmouthshire, Wales
East of England
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Norwich, Norfolk
East Midlands
- Lutterworth, Leicestershire
- Gainsborough, Lincolnshire