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Originally Posted by ddeflyer
In terms of the nannies, there are two schools of thought about them for beginners. I am fairly strongly in the "start beginners out with them" because it provides a small additional layer of safety and also because it relieves some stress for the driver. Other people say they should be immediately turned off to help the driver feel the car (the traction control coming on can make it alot harder to feel what the car is doing). In the end it is a balance between the two sides that you (and your coach if you have one in car) need to decide between.
Also, try and sign up for a coach in car (or try and do an event or two with one of the groups that has coaches for most/all beginners (PCA, BMW, Audi, HOD, etc.)). It does cost some extra but the benefits can be really great in terms of not learning bad habits and improving more rapidly.
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Great points.
For completely new track users, I like having them use the nannies for the first session or two. Often, newbies will do stuff you really don't expect and this can save your asses. (I've had a student dive-bomb a corner on lap 3 cause he thought he could go faster).
If they progress (some don't and just won't continue), then the nannies should come off as you are trying to get them to "feel" the car, and you can't do that with the car taking over certain functions and adding corrections.