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"Driving Lesson"

My first in about an hour

I'ma bit nervous

Yeah, BSM do 2 hour (120min) ones. In fact, I have a 150 minute one next Wednesday as my instructor had to finish early for some reason. Better go to the toilet before, as holding it might prompt a sudden jerk on the gas pedal...

Mine were 120mins long, first few were hard, but then I started to enjoy it.

Solskjær wrote:
> Got back to my 90-minute lessons yesterday...

90 Minutes? God, i thought 45 minutes was bad enough. I hated my instructor, i think he is the reason why i hate driving so much.

Hmmm...


Nice positive comments *shivers*

My third ever leson is in an hour! I'm enjoying them so far!

Solskjær wrote:

> Add that ontop of the fact that he normally grabs the handbrake and
> interferes with my driving anyway, and I think you can see why I don't
> even want to mention my nagging mum!

My mom is just as bad. She grabbed the handbrake as I was trying to park (AFTER I had passed my test.)

She also grips onto the door and the bottom of her seat as I am going around a roundabout (as if that will help if I crash!) All it does is make ME feel nervous. Parents eh- I have to keep reminding her that she passed on her EIGTH attempt!

I AM the world's worst driver- I have no idea how I passed my test first time!

I had 17th hour of driving yesterday

I've fallen behind so much, its terrible.

I'm pretty bored now

Got back to my 90-minute lessons yesterday...

And, I actually had a very-good lesson, which was only let-down by a few "minor" mistakes.

All 3 of my manouveres were well-done, according to my instructor.
I haven't done a bad one in a while, so, I don't think I need any extra work there.

But, surprisingly, it's my general driving that needs work, with things like braking slightly earlier and harder, and checking my mirror before slowing-down and pulling-away, which are letting me down.


He says that those problems can be resolved quite easily, and that more outside-of-lesson practice will have it sorted.

But, right now, I hate driving with my parents...
Since they decided to get divorced, my dad's been a real miserable so-and-so, and keeps bothering me to try and spend every-last-second with me, before he has to move out, later this year.
Add that ontop of the fact that he normally grabs the handbrake and interferes with my driving anyway, and I think you can see why I don't even want to mention my nagging mum!

So, I'm stuck, really. :(
But I'll have to try and get-through it... (Perhaps I can "drown-him-out" with the radio? :) )


Anyway, my test has finally been booked for 9.37am on Wednesday the 25th September (practically the next available-date) and I eagerly await for the next 8 weeks to pass-by.

I'm confident I CAN pass it, just as long as my head is clear.


But, with such a long wait, the one-thing that's really bothered me is the simple-fact that I could've done all-this sometime last year, instead!!

phi11ip wrote:
> You know. I might go for a drive now. Nowhere in particualar. Just
> somewhere.

You tease.

Actually, it's not a bad idea ...

Lil Ginge wrote:
> And at one point my instructor said I was too short to get clutch down
> properly *sobs* thats when i stalled...

Do you need a booster seat or something?

You know. I might go for a drive now. Nowhere in particualar. Just somewhere.

I have had two thrilling lessons..

I didnt stall on the first one YAY!

But at one point in the second - I kinda managed to go from second to fifth!! - car did not like!!

And at one point my instructor said I was too short to get clutch down properly *sobs* thats when i stalled...