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At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: Stevepage on September 21, 2008, 07:39:06 PM
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Well for the past few months I've been stuck in a rut. I've been struggling to find work that I'll enjoy so I've been without a job for a while now, though still earning money doing bits and pieces here and there.
Well within the past month or so. I've started driving. Past my theory test and took lessons within the same week. I've only had 4 lessons and my instructor thinks I might be ready to book my practical already.
This week, I'll be getting my first car. A Ford Focus. My close friend has bought himself a nice new car and I'll be buying his Ford.
I've also been applying for jobs and looks like one of them will employ me as I've got alot of experience within the position I've applied for.
Also been on two holidays this year too :D
How did everyone else do when they were doing driving lessons? how many did you have before you got your licence?
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I was 17 and probably had around 20 lessons? I also drove the family car everywhere over the 2 or 3 months before my test.
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Man, you guys have it rough.
When I was 16, I passed my 20 question multiple choice test, parallel parked, paid my 40 dollars, and drove myself home. It took all of 45 minutes. God bless the USA!! :lol: :lol:
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Over here you now have to answer 50 multiple questions, take a hazard perception test. Driving lessons till the instructor thinks your ready and then do the actual driving test.
The examiners can be a right a*seholes as well so I've heard. My brother failed his practical 3 times, by the same guy. Once because the guy BEHIND him, was too close. Second time, because he ever so slightly scr@ped a lowered curb whilst reversing round a corner. Not sure on the third.
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I had about a year of lessons, 4 tests and... never passed. :(
They didn't even have the theory test in those days.
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I think I took about 20 lessons, didnt pass first time for scuffing a curb on parallel park (only got 4 minors as well :\ ) so I just decided to do it in my own car with dad "teaching" me. Failed the first one I tried by myself but passed 3rd, guess my grandad is a better teacher than my dad :lol:
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Good to see things picking up for you-lets hope the trend continues...and for all of us for that matter.
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I think I took about 20 lessons, didnt pass first time for scuffing a curb on parallel park (only got 4 minors as well :\ )
You killed 4 children? And you wanted to get more? :? :P
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I think I took about 20 lessons, didnt pass first time for scuffing a curb on parallel park (only got 4 minors as well :\ )
You killed 4 children? And you wanted to get more? :? :P
Very droll Philly, you are a cunning linguist :lol: :lol:
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Failed first time, parents refused to book another test (couldn't book with my bank card)
Passed second time, the same woman (apparently with a bad record)
I have been driving since I was 12 around the farm, just $%&#ed up on a hill start as not used to petrol engines AT ALL.
5 lessons first time with cr@p instructor
4 with next.
Things are also on the up, it was looking like I was going to lose my license because of drink driving, blood test results came back on Weds, and it was so close. I know that I'm an idiot etc, but very happy.
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I'm 20 and still havent had a single lesson!
Should REALLY get around to it.
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Mate I'm 22 :lol:
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Past at 18 after 1 year and on third test...didn't have to bay park then
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Very droll Philly, you are a cunning linguist :lol: :lol:
Typical, Dave!
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im 23 passed my driving test when i was 17 on my 2nd test.. and im about to go do my CBT for my bike licence... cant wait.. i wanna vrrooooom about on a bike.. no good for taking guitars and amps places tho lol.
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I think I took about 20 lessons, didnt pass first time for scuffing a curb on parallel park (only got 4 minors as well :\ )
You killed 4 children? And you wanted to get more? :? :P
Brilliant!! Made my day.
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I was 17 and probably had around 20 lessons? I also drove the family car everywhere over the 2 or 3 months before my test.
ditto. it's a while ago, i can't remember exactly how many, but it was quite a few.
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Speaking of things on the up, I just got moved in to my new room at uni. In halls again because my mates allready sorted out a house so I had to go for halls again. Still, its a really nice room, double bed and loads of space. I allready knew one of the people here (known him since I was at school and lived with him last year) so its not bad but all the other flatmates seem allright as well. Heres a pic:
(http://i33.tinypic.com/2jg8bh3.jpg)
jeremy kyle on tv :lol:
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Looks bloody nice to be honest.
Which uni?
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DMU in Leicester, not amazing but apparently its gone up in the rankings in the past year or so cos they're upgrading loads of the stuff, they've just put in an expensive new studio for the recording tech guys and I expect I'll be using it being media production (not to be confused with those media studies layabouts! :P )
Off to my mates' houses soon for an epic pissup so will see what they're living like this year.
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I passed theory and driving test 1st time at 17. That obviously means nothing though when you ignore speed limits and crash into a telegraph pole less than a year since passing your test :lol:
But is all sorted now and i have a new car etc. and i am obeying the law. :D
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Hmmm - living in London meant was used to public transport
Didn't take lessons till I was about 27 but made mistake of trying to book lessons with BSM while there was a soccer world cup on and was surprised why the instructors never turned up :shock:
Changed instructor - took about 20 lessons, took a test twice and failed and passed on the third time with a different test centre.
Apparently the first test centre was notorious for failing people on the slightest thing, whilst the second was more ok..
Learning to drive somewhere like Streatham is really a trial by fire and it has gotten worse I hear.
Living back in London I found that having a car was a stupid expense as I rarely used it but it cost a fortune to insure , tax and keep roadworthy, so even though I was given a beat up car from a friend I got rid of it as it just wasn't worth it.
However living in the sticks a car is essential to any kind of independent life, so I can appreciate the youngsters in those areas gagging for a license
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However living in the sticks a car is essential to any kind of independent life, so I can appreciate the youngsters in those areas gagging for a license
Thats explains my situation, bus stop is 2 miles away, hourly service that is rarely on time, and 50% of the time turns up.
Apparently, if I had actually hassled Arriva I would have got a few free journeys
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I passed my test at 17 first time. I seem to recall the instructer tellingme that roughly speaking, you would need one lesson for each year of your life and that was spot on for me.
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Learning to drive somewhere like Streatham is really a trial by fire and it has gotten worse I hear.
Bugger, that's me stuffed then, as I live in that very same little corner of Paradise here on Earth. I'd better not bother until I move to the sticks... should that ever happen.
I seem to recall the instructer telling me that roughly speaking, you would need one lesson for each year of your life and that was spot on for me.
Double bugger, I haven't got that kind of money. :(
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Well I thought only in Brazil the driver's license examiners are butthead... :D
Mine was very fine I did the "parking" test so cool that I've used only 1 hand... then my mother didn't give me the car for more than 6 months, so I forgot how to parking... Now I've a car for almost 1 year and now "50%" how to park :lol: (http://216.211.140.132/Smileys/Lots_O_Smileys/doh3.gif) Hum I was a decent driver when I didn't have a car, used to drive cool and easy, now I don't have ANY patience to drive and run a little bit... Not that much because it's a Ford Ka 1.0l engine (http://216.211.140.132/Smileys/Lots_O_Smileys/laughing3.gif)
I've to do some classes again, but you know............ I should buy a motorcycle...
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I didn't take that many lessons, but I failed a few tests. The first test I deserved to fail as I was speeding through some road works. The rest however were complete BS. At one time I was doing a 3 point turn and a van came round the corner towards me. As the van mounted the path to get round me (obviously couldn't be bothered to wait the extra 10 seconds) I reversed to give him more room. I failed as apparently I should have sat there with my handbrake on rather than making sure that he had enough room so he wasn't driving on the footpath.
Didn't take car lessons until I was about 22 or 23 as I had a motorbike before then (but only for a year or so).
Tom - That's a mightly clean room for a student. Are you in the big newish blocks of flats? I think I might have done the electric for them.
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Yeah I like to keep my room clean-ish because it just means theres more shite to get rid of when we have to move out again :P yeah I'm in the newish ones, Newarke Point which are about a 2 minute walk from the main campus :)
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I managed to pass 1st time, though I did have a shed load of lessons (35 or so) cos I had no access to a car apart from the lessons, plus I was an rather elderly 29 at the time.
Funny enough after the examiner told me that I had passed, he also sulked as I had (in his view) failed on of his questions regarding the highway code (I checked afterwards and otehr drivers flashing headlight wasn't mentioned) but that he couldn't fail me becasue of it.
Happily he had already signed me as a pass when I informed him that my 1st child was due to be born that day so I had been hald expecting the pager on my belt (yeah it was that long ago) to go off, calling me to the hospital, so I wasn't really that worried either way.
He sulked further and said that I should have canceled the test
By that time I had the paperwork in my hand and suggested that I must be a decent driver cos I was able to pass under stressful conditions.
Needless to say the examiner looked like a dog that had swallowed a wasp..
Rob...
As it was a cold day my daughter decided not to turn up for a further 6 days
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I passed my motorbike test at 17 with no lessons (does anyone take lessons for a motorbike?). I had been riding since 13, me and my dad had built a Bultaco 250 trails bike, and my friend's father had a garage where we had a BSA Bantam to mess around on. I took about 6 lessons in a car at 21 and passed first time. I got away without having to do an emergency stop because my test was around 4:00PM as the schools were getting out, and a kid ran out between parked cars in front of me so I had to stop for that! However, I did have a Reliant van for about a year before that, so I had been driving a car around on my bike license (3 wheelers still count as bikes, though you aren't supposed to use reverse!!). When I was 26 I moved to New York and had to take a test there. The first time I drove in the States was in my first new car ever - a 1981 Pontiac Firebird (the old long nose model), and it was the first automatic I had ever driven and I had to drive from New Jersey into New York City. It was interesting!! Now I regularly swap between driving in the US and UK, and only have to think about what side of the road I am meant to be on occasionally!
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How difficult was change the side that you drive?? Have you knocked the face on the glass of the car? :lol:
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Well good news! My driving test is tomorrow morning :lol:
I'm just hoping I get a nice guy, not one of the infamous miserable gits :D
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How difficult was change the side that you drive?? Have you knocked the face on the glass of the car? :lol:
heh.. probably not as difficult as when you're a passanger in said car and never been driven around england ...
weird feeling when you're sitting on the left with no steering wheel and terrifying when you come up to a roundabout and go LEFT!! nooo.. you're supposed to go the other way 'round .. AAAAA!!! :P
over here, it's like this.. you got to pass a theory test at the driving school you're at. you just show up and pass (you got to be REEEEALLLLYYY thick headed to fail that) then take a couple of lessons and take an official theory test. a lot to know, but it's following a simple procedure that's easy to learn so it's not that hard.
then you have driving lessons, untill you've worked on everything that is needed to know (parking, roundabouts, back roads, one way roads, highways etc etc etc) and untill the instructor thinks you're ready. then there's the practical test.
i got a really cool instructor, who's a rocker at heart and a great teacher to boot, so it's all very relaxed
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I took my bike test in 1983 just after the two part test was introduced and learners were restricted to 125cc instead of 250, yes 250! The Yamaha RD250LC used go over a ton! The government soon put a stop to that :lol: Road races were part of being a biker back then.
I passed my car test on the 2nd attempt in an instructors car. The first test i used my Ford Cortina Mk4 :lol:
I've also got a HGV2 and passed that on the 4th attempt. Its a separate theory and hazard perception too. It seems bloody impossible at first but failing a few is the norm so i've heard.
Good luck for tomorrow Steve! :D Try and keep calm if the nerves start and you will settle into it after the first 10 or so minutes.
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How difficult was change the side that you drive?? Have you knocked the face on the glass of the car? :lol:
heh.. probably not as difficult as when you're a passanger in said car and never been driven around england ...
weird feeling when you're sitting on the left with no steering wheel and terrifying when you come up to a roundabout and go LEFT!! nooo.. you're supposed to go the other way 'round .. AAAAA!!! :P
over here, it's like this.. you got to pass a theory test at the driving school you're at. you just show up and pass (you got to be REEEEALLLLYYY thick headed to fail that) then take a couple of lessons and take an official theory test. a lot to know, but it's following a simple procedure that's easy to learn so it's not that hard.
then you have driving lessons, untill you've worked on everything that is needed to know (parking, roundabouts, back roads, one way roads, highways etc etc etc) and untill the instructor thinks you're ready. then there's the practical test.
i got a really cool instructor, who's a rocker at heart and a great teacher to boot, so it's all very relaxed
It didn't take long at all really. I was just back in England I rented a car and did about 600 miles on the left, now I'm back here it is back to the right! I don't think I could drive an English car here or in Europe though. I think it is the side I am sitting on that makes me know which side of the road to be on.
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yeah .. for the driver :D being the passenger, not used to the other side of the road, it was terrifying at first hehe
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Why is everyone getting their licenses so easily? In Australia, you need to have driven for a compulsory 120 hours, 20 of which have to be at night time :x
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I took my bike test in 1983 just after the two part test was introduced and learners were restricted to 125cc instead of 250, yes 250! The Yamaha RD250LC used go over a ton! The government soon put a stop to that :lol: Road races were part of being a
I had an Aprillia RS125 that used to get very close to a ton..... until I blew it up (twice) that is. I love little bikes, top speed doesn't matter, it's all about the corners :lol:
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I passed!
only two minors which were hardly anything to really complain about lol.
Just had 4 new tyres put on and a nut tracking wheel nut fitted (apparently the one that was on there was buggered and very dangerous). Just took Mum out shopping and tried to scare her :lol: All lots of fun. I'm over the mooon
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Man, you guys have it rough.
When I was 16, I passed my 20 question multiple choice test, parallel parked, paid my 40 dollars, and drove myself home. It took all of 45 minutes. God bless the USA!! :lol: :lol:
ahaha; man you had it tough; i drove the test, paid my $40 bucks, and drove home. It took all of 15 minutes lol. :shock:
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Glad things are on the up for you. I was lucky with driving, I had 3 lessons before I was put in for mine as there was a waiting list... but then 2 lessons later my sister who was taking lessons at the same time had to cancel her test... so our instructor got me that cancellation and I passed. Would be quite that quick now for sure. Good luck with yours... and congrats on the Focus, great cars and very well built... I'm on my third Focus now.
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I took my bike test in 1983 just after the two part test was introduced and learners were restricted to 125cc instead of 250, yes 250! The Yamaha RD250LC used go over a ton! The government soon put a stop to that :lol: Road races were part of being a
I had an Aprillia RS125 that used to get very close to a ton..... until I blew it up (twice) that is. I love little bikes, top speed doesn't matter, it's all about the corners :lol:
My old ZZR1100 was bored out to 1240 and produced 160bhp, which is pretty mild by todays standards. I took it up to around 175 and it's a buzz you don't forget, I tell you!. It could corner like a demon on the fast A roads. Those old 250's were around 1982 so anything that small and fast back then was cutting edge, thats why the govenrment dropped the limit to 125 and 12bhp. Around town I think the super moto style bikes are the nuts!
Well done on passing your test Steve! It's a great feeling. :D