Just interested in hearing anyones stories about their driving lessons & tests! Did anything interesting happen? Did you pass/fail first time?
How much did it cost you? be interesting to see what the price difference is from a few years ago to the current day!
I was lucky! allready knew the ropes of the road as i did my motorbike test before driving so not much to learn for theory as its almost identical to the bike theory test. The hazard perception part is identical so nothing new to learn there either.
My landlord is a driving instructor so when i swapped my bike for a car, He said he would give me a couple of lessons to point me in the right direction for free, or if i needed loads of lessons he would charge me something. As i allready knew the concept of using gears and the rules of the road, I only needed 5 lessons (an hour each) off him before i went in for my test.
The only thing he charged was the use of his car for the driving test so cost me £40 in total. The only other cost for me was the theory and practical test fees at about £85 in total.
My few lessons was fine, I just had to get used to having 3 mirrors and get out the biker habits of doing lifesaver everytime i pulled off etc as that was what i used to. Took instructor a while to figure out why i kept doing those things till he remembered i was a biker.
I also passed first time with 2 minors. The only fault i can remember was stalling the car when i went to pull off from doing my emergency stop. Was the first and only time i ever stalled the car too.
How much did it cost you? be interesting to see what the price difference is from a few years ago to the current day!
I was lucky! allready knew the ropes of the road as i did my motorbike test before driving so not much to learn for theory as its almost identical to the bike theory test. The hazard perception part is identical so nothing new to learn there either.
My landlord is a driving instructor so when i swapped my bike for a car, He said he would give me a couple of lessons to point me in the right direction for free, or if i needed loads of lessons he would charge me something. As i allready knew the concept of using gears and the rules of the road, I only needed 5 lessons (an hour each) off him before i went in for my test.
The only thing he charged was the use of his car for the driving test so cost me £40 in total. The only other cost for me was the theory and practical test fees at about £85 in total.
My few lessons was fine, I just had to get used to having 3 mirrors and get out the biker habits of doing lifesaver everytime i pulled off etc as that was what i used to. Took instructor a while to figure out why i kept doing those things till he remembered i was a biker.
I also passed first time with 2 minors. The only fault i can remember was stalling the car when i went to pull off from doing my emergency stop. Was the first and only time i ever stalled the car too.
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