First Driving Lesson Tomorrow

[MrJan]

How do you get in a car without turning your back on traffic? If your car is facing the right way you'd be getting in backwards and end up with your arse on the steering wheel.

[Erki]

so why the RR ?
driving is fun and easy to learn...(if you are not my wife and all her friends) especially if you already know how to drive a motorbike/moped with gears.

all the best!

Well, driving is very fun thing to do, especially in a van on snowy rural roads.

I don't know how many lessons you have to have before taking the exam. I had less than 19 hours of total driving before I took my exam. However, the first 10 or so hours of them were little short from miserable. I thought I was the worst driver in the whole world, the only consolation to me was that even Paris Hilton knows how to drive. I felt all the time that I have to do everything perfectly first time and perform faultlessly. Having a car with difficult clutch and gearbox didn't help either. I soon got a better car though and everything went better. Except parking. I hate parking. I'm a driver, not a parker.

Anyway... to cut the long story short, stalling at the same junction three times in a row has been done and tested already, don't worry about that.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Have you had any lessons from a close relative or someone? I think that if you master the basics of how to drive before starting professional lessons you will save a load of cash.

[jso1985]

driving is actually really easy, just takes some practice, you will make a lots of mistakes on the first lesson, but take count everyone did mistakes when learning.

Now parking... you will learn that too, just hope It doesn't take as much as it's taking to me , who needs to park? I wanna drive! :

[RaikkonenRules]

ain't nothing to it made just be relaxed and I'm sure you'll do fine.

what car will you be learning on?

I think it is a BMW Mini.

so why the RR ?
driving is fun and easy to learn...(if you are not my wife and all her friends) especially if you already know how to drive a motorbike/moped with gears.

all the best!

lol I clicked on the wrong smiley. It was meant to be a rotating smile.

Thanks for the advise guys

[Zico]

Nice one mate, after passing my test learning to drive was one of the most enjoyable times of my life. Note that I said "after".... because you only really start learning properly through experience.. In passing your test you will only have learned the basics. My advice would be to have your 1st 2-3 lessons with your instructor, that way you can stamp out any bad habits immediately.. then gain experience driving with a family member if possible.

When you come to sit your test remember that they dont seem to look for competant drivers who can merge with the flow of the traffic.. if your instructor/examiner is anything like mine they will subconsciously mark you down as over confident and be less lenient with any mistakes you make. You need to exagerate your head movements as you check your mirrors etc and basically drive like a pansy erring 150% on the side of caution with regards to your driving style. Maybe I was unfortunate tho..

I hope that doesnt sound like a lecture, it wasnt my intentions.. just passing on my own experiences. Do my personal experiences ring true with anyone else on here?

[Brown, Jon Brow]

When you come to sit your test remember that they dont seem to look for competant drivers who can merge with the flow of the traffic..

You can say that again

[RaikkonenRules]

Have you had any lessons from a close relative or someone? I think that if you master the basics of how to drive before starting professional lessons you will save a load of cash.

I only have 20 laps go karting experience at the circuit in Sharm El Sheik in the summer. But those karts don't have gears though

[Mark]

The best thing to remember as you go along and start to learn something is not to try to show off. You would impress nobody. The examiners are looking for calm and measured. Driving the car is quite easy being able to know what other drivers are going to do is the real test.

[millencolin]

Most important thing i found was dont be pre-occupied with your driving. what i mean by that is dont be overly-paranoid about what speed you are travelling or making sure your hands are on the wheel correctly. Be more weary about other drivers, not just the one right infront/behind you but others coming from other directions too.

but just be calm and you'll be right. i was lucky and had an excellent teacher though (heart driving school, brisbane :... free plug).

Oh, and dont try and 'clip the apex' of corners or anything, cause general motorsport rules dont apply to driving :