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I've just been given my first shot at driving a car. I'm more nervous about driving after the experience than I was before it. It's hard trying to remember to do different things at once - maintain speed while changing gears etc.
I hope next time is easier than the last. I'd hate to think what it'll be like
driving with an instructor. At least I have about a month before that (just checked the date - exactly a month yesterday! (27th))
OK, to give this thread a meaning: Tell me what your driving lessons/first time driving was like.
I hope next time is easier than the last. I'd hate to think what it'll be like
driving with an instructor. At least I have about a month before that (just checked the date - exactly a month yesterday! (27th))
OK, to give this thread a meaning: Tell me what your driving lessons/first time driving was like.
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I was about 15 when we started driving them on the proper and 17 when I got my license.
I had fuck all proper lessons.
Good luck. I hope you enjoy it more than me.
Once I figured that out, then the gears scared me and my first driving lesson when I was 17 was spent with me driving round and round an industrial estate in 1st gear. A couple of lessons later I'd got the hang of it, Im sure you'll be the same
Oh and Jamie, let me know when your next lesson is so I can stay in the house
The times I have been most nervous is driving in an ordinary (ie no dual control) car with a friend as opposed to a qualifed instructor...they tend to get panicky and don't have the authority to teach.
Tell your instructor you are nervous! They should talk you through things gradually and only take you on quiet roads for your first lesson or maybe two.
It can also help just to sit down at a table and imagine you are driving, talk yourself through all the steps you need to take in the correct order.
I think BSM have a driving simulator..I haven't used it but it's designed for nervous drivers to practice the motions.
Good luck, remember we have all been there!
I first started in a simulator at BSM. It was worth it- quite a bit cheaper than normal lessons, and was a good way to learn where everything in the car was and how to use the gears.
Anyway, yeah, instructors make it easier, but, stuff soon becomes habit. Couldn't beleive how quickly gear-changing becomes a thing I do without thinking.
Haha, first time I drove was like that. In a BMW 525i... lovley sexy car. My first LESSON, though, I was wanted to drive, to Whitham. Meheheh... scary.
Or alternatively just pay attention to the warning roadsigns.
I don't know why people have such difficulty understanding mini roundabouts, they're njot hard to grasp. People who don't know what lane markers are for piss me off the most.
But it's all good now about ;D
I'll take a stroll down it one day and find out what it is.
I loved driving lessons .... fucking tops! Got to drive a Peugeot 306 which at the time to me seemed like the height of cool :eek2: looking back i'm not quite sure why but it was many years ago now.
You'll get the hang of it mate, like anything just takes a bit of practice.
ive got my own car now so im gettingmy confidence up and its cheaper that damn expensive lessons
He taught me how to drive basically and as he had a traders insurance i got to drive anything and everything. Gave me so much confidence driving, sports cars, 4x4's, automatics, diesels, people carriers etc.
Still had about 20 something lesson with my intructor but i passed 8 months after my 17th bday.
Yeah, but practice. :thumb: 206's have bad clutches as far as I feel. Ford Focus's have nice ones. Focuses? Foci?
If you are confident on the road and can remain confident through a test you're already half way there.
Practice will give you that confidence.
I passed on Monday.
My 1st lesson was fantastic:yes: I can't remember what we did as it was quite a while ago now but I do remember that it was during winter so it was dark early & also it rained nicely for the entire lesson.
After my 1st lessons I ended up jotting down some simple notes like which way the indicators work, how to find the bitting point, changing gears etc:)