today i had my first driving lesson

[Bloomers III]

and i was not bad, which is good. I only stalled once, and got into gear 3!!! 3!!! I nearly hit an oncoming car because i was too busy changing gear, but hey

[Gayle29uk]

I kangaroo hopped round the hospital grounds for my first driving lesson. 2 months later I passed my test \o/

[clarencetheclockworkcake]

did you hit any old ladies?

[Aryn]

my lessons were in a ford mustang
automatic ofc :\

[Gayle29uk]

Originally posted by Dark_Mage
What car does your instructor have? I learnt on a Ford Focus which was ace.

I learnt in a Mitsubishi Lancer

I failed 4 times on my drivers license ((

First time I shoulda passed, there was this really dumb old twitty lady as an instructor, and she said that sometimes I drove to slowly towards a crossing and the other times too fast

Funny thing is I failed 2 more times having that bitch as an instructor. bah talk about rigged.

[Judge]

Originally posted by Aryn
my lessons were in a ford mustang
automatic ofc :\

Very few people learn to drive in Automatic cars in the UK, this is due to licencing restrictions, and also the lack of auto-vehicles generally available. (Too Expensive)

If you learn to drive and pass your test in a car with Auto Transmission, you cannot drive a Manual. (Legally)

[Aryn]

hmm.. here you can do you test/lessons with either auto or standard.. if you pass you pass.. doesn't matter if you do the test with an auto and then drive a standard after you get your licence..

[Madina]

i learnt in a new corsa 1.2 sxi. was very nice to drive. passed my theory 1st time (34/35) and passed my practical 1st time (8 minors).

shame i crashed my car on ice .............................................................lucky i get it back 2moro

Madina

P.S. Bloomers book your theory asap. You just wanna get it out the way (well i did)

[Judge]

Originally posted by Aryn
hmm.. here you can do you test/lessons with either auto or standard.. if you pass you pass.. doesn't matter if you do the test with an auto and then drive a standard after you get your licence..

O, I forgot to mention, that if you take your test in a Manual, you can drive either type.

[Bloomers III]

Originally posted by Dark_Mage
What car does your instructor have?

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[Nusselt]

ah yes, the memories, starting the engine for the first time, getting into first and driving off, thinking im in first ACE, then getting to 2nd bring it on!!! finally into 3rd and im thinking fking look at me im drcing the mother fcking car. Dricing is ace for a year, then the traffic takes its toll and you cant fcking be bothered with the entire fcking thing.

Stupidest thing about driving - turning the steering wheel without crossing your arms, its more fcking difficult, takes longer, hence you end up with a turning circle of the QEII

[insane_in_da_membrane]

I had my first lesson not long ago, gonna go and arrange for more soo (18th birthdayp pressie \o/)

[Kegluneq]

My first driving lesson was on one very long, totally silent suburban road. I got up to 3rd gear, felt like king of the road, and thought I was ace. Went to buggery once I met traffic in the next lesson, though

[Nixjim]

I started driving tractors on the farm when I was 8 years old, and started driving trucks a couple of years later. By the time I started Driver education I was already a better driver than the instructor. Got my first Drivers license in January 1979. Have a CDL lincense now and drive a 75,000 pound truck for a living.
To date I have never been ticketed for a moving violation, and no serious accidents, just hit a deer once and had a parking lot fender bender once when I was about 18, pouring rain at night and teh parking lot lights were just bright enough to make it harder to see.

[Monkeypimp]

I'm sitting my restricted test next week, in a manual ofc. during my learning times, I only nearly hit someone once but he shouldn't have run out in front of my car anyway.

[Iceaxe]

Originally posted by Monkeypimp
I'm sitting my restricted test next week, in a manual ofc. during my learning times, I only nearly hit someone once but he shouldn't have run out in front of my car anyway.

You shouldn't have been aiming for him though. :/

[Structural Integrity]

Originally posted by clarencetheclockworkcake
did you hit any old ladies?

30 POINTS!!!!!!111 BLOODSHED COMBO

[[GAP]Obiwan]

i learn't first in an old nissan micra, then focus (1.6 16v \o/) Passed theory 1st time without revision, failed 1st practical (22minors 3 majors ) then passed 2nd time (4 minors)

Now drive a punto.

[deerbarn]

I just passed my mock theory on the internet. Considering ive never had a lesson in my life, i find this worrying. 33btw

[JammyJim]

4 minors (i swear he made them up "indicating too early for a junction. Indicating too late for a junction etc etc etc" )

driving is still rather rocking when its sunny, warm and a good cd is playing.

oh


presuming theres no traffic to get in the way and a relativly speedy road to play on.

[poshphil]

learnt in a 1.0 corsa.

This car is horrible.

Now when im at home i drive our CLio Sport 1.2 mmmmmmmm lovely, its very nice to drive.


And occasionally i get to drive the brand new 318 hehe.


Passed 14 months ago, got 33 on my theory and 13 minors first time on actual test.

I learned my first license back in 1997 on a Golf III TDi with... I guess 90HP... nice one, though VW is sucky overall.

Then I made my Truck license in the army a year later, on a MB1017 12-ton-truck. *That* was funny

Last license was last year, motorcycles - learned on a ****ty, ugly as hell Yamaha Diversion 600. Passed it all nicely though and can drive my CBR now, wroaaar

[ELeeming]

I passed in a duel-fuel nissan micra. It was "interesting" to say the least. I had been driving landrovers/tractors for years though.

Now I have a share of a 1.6 diesel Pug 306. rediculusly easy to drive (if you don't mind doing less than 75 mph the whole time).

Driving in the countryside is fun

[Not_RIT]

Im learning to drive in a New 1.2 Polo, very nice I had a lesson the other day in Rush Hour traffic, and I can see why people can start to hate driving. I had to stop for every bloody traffic light.....

[Judge]

Originally posted by Not_RIT
Im learning to drive in a New 1.2 Polo, very nice I had a lesson the other day in Rush Hour traffic, and I can see why people can start to hate driving. I had to stop for every bloody traffic light.....

Hmm, did your instructor not tell you, you only stop at RED traffic lights not all of them?

[Embroglio]

We we're allowed to drive for a bit during "Life Skills" (read: piss around in form) at school on friday, 'twas brill! Only problem was I thought the steering wheel was more sensitive at first which resulted in going a few metres accross the field, to the instructors dismay.

My mate ended up getting the front two wheels off the ground via going too fast into a speed bump then stalled before they hit the ground while I was passenger.

[JammyJim]

Originally posted by Not_RIT
Im learning to drive in a New 1.2 Polo, very nice I had a lesson the other day in Rush Hour traffic, and I can see why people can start to hate driving. I had to stop for every bloody traffic light.....

automatic is your friend when your inner city.

manual becomes the spawn of the devil.

however when your out of rush hour and on the open road manual rox0r5 yuor b0x0r5

[KaneED]

i'm learning atm.

i started just before christmas and have only just learnt to go backwards.

i'm learning in a ford focus, i assume it's a 1.4 or 1.6 because I can out accelerate little cars with ease and it's fun.

my theory is on the 24th of feb, and i have to do that hazard perception thing

it's quite fun driving, although, i don't like it when the car rolls, seems like it's going to lift off the road or something and my instructor doesn't seem to trust me, he likes to brake for me when i'm braking. granted i forget to indicate on roundabouts and i do like to coast, i don't see what's wrong with though, it's not like the car is gonna start driving itself.

stupid laws

[Mirai]

I started driving at age 13. I got my license at 14.

I passed the test with a 100%.

I can get into gear 3 in less than 3 seconds. (depends on the car btw)

[Judge]

Originally posted by KaneED
and i do like to coast, i don't see what's wrong with though, it's not like the car is gonna start driving itself.

stupid laws

When a vehicle is "coasting" effectively rolling along the road under inertia, you have no proper control. Yes the brakes work, but if the engine were to stall they would not, and the steering would become very heavy.

This is due to the servo assisted braking systems used on 99% of modern vehicles and the power steering fitted as standard to just about anything bigger than a roller skate.

That is why coasting is a potential danger, and against the rules of the Highway code, it is not just to be pedantic.

[Marilyn Manson]

Originally posted by Bloomers III
and i was not bad, which is good. I only stalled once, and got into gear 3!!! 3!!! I nearly hit an oncoming car because i was too busy changing gear, but hey

Drive up to my love-shack in Newcastle, you sexeh beast.

[Mirai]

Originally posted by Judge
When a vehicle is "coasting" effectively rolling along the road under inertia, you have no proper control. Yes the brakes work, but if the engine were to stall they would not, and the steering would become very heavy.

This is due to the servo assisted braking systems used on 99% of modern vehicles and the power steering fitted as standard to just about anything bigger than a roller skate.

That is why coasting is a potential danger, and against the rules of the Highway code, it is not just to be pedantic.

what the **** kind of car do you drive? I've never had my brakes fail during a stall. Ever. No matter what car I was driving at the time. The brakes are a hydraulic system not associated with any other part of the car. Cars are built that way for just that reason.

[Pyr0 MK III]

Originally posted by Bloomers III
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Fabia?


Fking excellent cars


all skodas be4 were ****

all after were good (incl Fabia)

Fabia was Top Gear's Hatch of the year and one of the top ten best cars ever (no. 8)

Originally posted by Mirai
what the **** kind of car do you drive? I've never had my brakes fail during a stall. Ever. No matter what car I was driving at the time. The brakes are a hydraulic system not associated with any other part of the car. Cars are built that way for just that reason.

Au contraire, mon capitain.

Like he correctly stated, most modern cars got electrically supported braking systems, which amplify the pressure of your foot on the pedal and give it to the hydraulics.

With the engine off, the amplification is amiss and all you do is brake with the power of your leg. Which doesn´t make it impossible, but a bit harder to brake.

[MrMighty]

Automatics are for faggots.

[Not_RIT]

Got a driving lesson at 3:00

I now just have to get rid of this hangover....drinking till 3:00 in the the morning was a bad idea......

[Pyr0 MK III]

My next lesson is at 4:40 today

[KaneED]

Originally posted by Iniluki

0-5ish mph - 1st

5+ ish mph 2nd

20+ ish mph 3rd

30 + ish mph 4th

40 + ish mph 5th

hm.

I don't do that.

I have 0-10 - 1st

10+ 2nd

25+ 3rd

37+ 4th

45+ 5th.


But i've only been driving for however long, and I change when the car tells me to, so i do.

[Starbucks]

Passed first time, learnt in a toyota scarlett

now i mostly borrow my sisters yaris when she doesnt need it

[Pyr0 MK III]

I'm going to inherit my mothers Landrover Discovery when I pass apparently.


Its like driving a fking paddle-steamer

hard a-starboard!

[Marilyn Manson]

Driving is for peons.

If you're not a peon, you don't drive, you get driven.