Perhaps a better investment than side skirts and wings, would be some driving tuition? Plenty of schools around offering competition driving tuition - they do however vary in tuition quality 
, look for a place with instructors with credible results themselves, and who are used by professionals (I used to beat several "instructors" on a regular basis), There are plenty of places setup mainly to pay for the proprietors hobby, and mainly offering courses as a "experience day". Unfortunately Its not a market Ive looked into for many years, and the guy I used has passed on now.
Coming from a rallying background as I do, Sliding was a way of life, when rallying you dont drive as fast as you can and wait for the car to slide and see where it goes, YOU take charge, and you set up the slide before you even get to the corner. I never really used to care how a car handled up to the point where it lost traction I cared about how well it handled once past the point of normal traction.
When you get used to how to instigate and direct a slide you shouldnt really get caught out... Some of the more important techniques in a FWD car include Left Foot braking and scandinavian flicks (Ive seen some REALLY REALLY WEAK interpretations on the idea - a good scandinavian flick can be used as far more than just a method to get a bit sideways) Some concepts are harder to teach and require experience as well as the theory. Money spent on the puma can only possibly improve the pumas performance, money spent on the driver improves every car you will ever drive!
Of course if you have an aversion to sliding then you can do an advanced drivers course, the car handling system they teach is designed to slow you down to the point where you should never lose traction. They are deliberately designed to allow even the least talented individual to not be "caught out" whilst making "fair progress". (I personally love their road craft reading the road ahead side of things - which I think should be part of the basic driving tuition).
Whilst I couldnt recommend their course as the basis for optimum performance, I do think its great for keeping people safe at a moderately fast pace regardless of talent. I remain 100% convinced that for those with a natural affinity for the feel of a car that less orthodox techniques including those involving a lack of traction can be both far faster and have potentially better safety margins however they do require more from the driver.
That said I believe hill climbers, sprinters and some roundy boys have quite an aversion to sliding around, I have no idea what things are like on track days etc.
, look for a place with instructors with credible results themselves, and who are used by professionals (I used to beat several "instructors" on a regular basis), There are plenty of places setup mainly to pay for the proprietors hobby, and mainly offering courses as a "experience day". Unfortunately Its not a market Ive looked into for many years, and the guy I used has passed on now.Coming from a rallying background as I do, Sliding was a way of life, when rallying you dont drive as fast as you can and wait for the car to slide and see where it goes, YOU take charge, and you set up the slide before you even get to the corner. I never really used to care how a car handled up to the point where it lost traction I cared about how well it handled once past the point of normal traction.
When you get used to how to instigate and direct a slide you shouldnt really get caught out... Some of the more important techniques in a FWD car include Left Foot braking and scandinavian flicks (Ive seen some REALLY REALLY WEAK interpretations on the idea - a good scandinavian flick can be used as far more than just a method to get a bit sideways) Some concepts are harder to teach and require experience as well as the theory. Money spent on the puma can only possibly improve the pumas performance, money spent on the driver improves every car you will ever drive!
Of course if you have an aversion to sliding then you can do an advanced drivers course, the car handling system they teach is designed to slow you down to the point where you should never lose traction. They are deliberately designed to allow even the least talented individual to not be "caught out" whilst making "fair progress". (I personally love their road craft reading the road ahead side of things - which I think should be part of the basic driving tuition).
Whilst I couldnt recommend their course as the basis for optimum performance, I do think its great for keeping people safe at a moderately fast pace regardless of talent. I remain 100% convinced that for those with a natural affinity for the feel of a car that less orthodox techniques including those involving a lack of traction can be both far faster and have potentially better safety margins however they do require more from the driver.
That said I believe hill climbers, sprinters and some roundy boys have quite an aversion to sliding around, I have no idea what things are like on track days etc.
