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Car park learning with relatives FTW I had my first lessons with my dad in our VW camper van \o/ |
Learning to Drive • Page 14
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Trowel 21,956 posts
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nickthegun 73,298 posts
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Registered 12 years agoHe could also pretend he's a racing driver, going faster than a train an everything -
nickthegun 73,298 posts
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Registered 12 years ago"NEEEYOW! IM JENSEN HAMILTON! BROOOOOM!!" -
Whizzo 44,765 posts
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Registered 16 years agoGiven my location there's tons of roads the army don't use much (especially the case at weekends) so I could get practice in real world conditions, which was very handy. -
After my (first) instructor had decided I was okay to drive on roads supervised (rather than just doing start/stop/start/stop/start/stop in a carpark) he thought the New Forest would be the best place to do it.
Cue a large beast (memory fails if it was a cow or a horse - it was big and pissed off, whatever it was) walking out around a blind corner. Cue my very first emergency stop. Cue me being left with a lifelong fear of livestock on the roads. -
Fatiguez 8,883 posts
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Registered 10 years agoDon't have a cow man -
There were some pretty horrible roads where I learnt which was unhelpful - steep hills, narrow country lanes and some blind junctions.
I took far more lessons than I should have because the instructor was a bit of a twat and made me increasingly paranoid, preventing me from relaxing properly. When I did the test the tester just started talking to me about all sorts of random things (he was new as well which might have helped).
It's still only after you pass your test that you really learn to drive and get to experience the pleasure of pretending you're a race driver with gear changes whilst going at 25 mph. -
PhoenixFlames 9,263 posts
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Registered 11 years agoFirst instructor I had in manual was a bit of a dick, looking out the window with sunglasses on not taking any notice of what I was doing and then getting angry when I made a mistake. I got my own back though by ripping his handbrake clean off not a euphemism! .gif)
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localnotail 23,072 posts
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Registered 9 years agoFirst instructor I had stank of fags and liked to reach across and make sure my seatbelt was properly adjusted at least once a lesson 
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PhoenixFlames 9,263 posts
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Registered 11 years agoJust got back from a drive with the gf. First we went to a quiet industrial place do I could get used to the car and then I drove home - about 5/10 minutes. She only shouted at me once
Pretty pleased with myself since I've only had a 1 hour lesson after a 3 year break. Going to drive somewhere different in the morning - about a 40 minute journey in total.
Slowly getting my confidence up. -
Ziz0u 11,006 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWhen is your test? -
Fake_Blood 8,439 posts
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Registered 8 years agoGet as much practice as you can, try to enjoy it, it's basically one big video game. Except people might die. Fo realz. -
PhoenixFlames 9,263 posts
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Registered 11 years agoZizouFC wrote:
Not booked. Like I said, I've had 1 lesson so far.
When is your test?
Looking to pass by end of March.
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PhoenixFlames 9,263 posts
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Registered 11 years ago2 hour drive today. Really boosted my confidence. Proper lesson tomorrow for 2 hours. Keep this up and hopefully I can pass quickly. Practice in my own car with the gf is invaluable. -
guts 1,692 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWhen I was learning to drive (back in the day) in my MkII Escort, if I was going to a mates house, or my mum wanted to go shopping she would let me drive my car to and fro with her supervising. It wasn't like a lesson, just normal driving including being told off by my mum (now replaced by my wife in the passenger seat) for going too fast etc.
My car was more like this than the first pic, but mine was white with a black vinyl roof. Oh yeah baby, I was cool.
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guts 1,692 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI know it's not the right place, but to redeem myself, my next car (after the Escort)was one of these. It was this colour but the little window grills at the back were chrome/silver plastic and the windows had a nice blueish tint to them.
edited because I've found another pic.
I never got tired of seeing a dash like that. Sunglasses in the cubby hole next to the radio, and I had fitted a newer radio cassette player in the large hole under the original radio.
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guts 1,692 posts
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Registered 11 years agoOfficially my first car was one of these beauties. I recovered it from a friends dads garage as a non runner when they moved house. He didn't want any money for it as it was (in his expert opinion) proper fucked. I stuck a battery in it, give it a basic service and the carbs needed a fiddle. Couldn't get insurance on it as it was a 1.8l twin carb engine and I was only 17 so I sold it to a bloke down the road for £75. -
freakybun 641 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWomen would swoon when I pulled up in my first car, the glorious Allegro estate
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guts 1,692 posts
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Registered 11 years agofreakybun wrote:
Looks like a hearse.
Women would swoon when I pulled up in my first car, the glorious Allegro estate
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PhoenixFlames 9,263 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWow, you lot had some really old cars...how old are you? .gif)
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nickthegun 73,298 posts
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Registered 12 years agoSome people learn to drive as soon as they are able, rather than putting it off like a girl. -
smoothpete 34,628 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSome dipshit whore nearly ran me over yesterday evening, fucking ran a red light as I was crossed the road, had the nerve to beep her horn at me too. Green man is showing you cunt, red light means you stop. -
Lukus 21,195 posts
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Registered 13 years agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kA0tg8hudw
Red means STOP!
Damn these shitty tags.
Edited by Lukus at 11:36:18 17-01-2012 -
If you run a red it means you didn't speed up enoug hon Amber
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