Driving Lesson

[whipped]

Ok, someone up there has a sick sense of humour. My first ever official driving lesson starts in 15 mins and it's pissing down with rain

 

[~Mobius~]

Good luck.

 

[WPKenny]

If it gets to hairy you can always just grab the hand brake and yank as hard as you can. Standard procedure.

 

[whipped]

I was thinking more along the lines of screaming, "Shitttt!" and calmly pooing myself

 

[mank]

I've been learning for about two months and it's NEVER been wet when I've had a lesson or been out with my parents. Very odd.

Good luck though, driving is fun!

 

[Testin da Cable]

learning how to drive while the weather's tripe is good though. if you can reverse park on a slope covered in sleet in the dark you'll sure as little fishes be able to muddle through on a summer day

 

[SilverSides]

I remember my first lesson in the wet was also my first night time drive, how i didn't kill someone at 8pm that winter day still suprises me......oh hang on i didn't go over 10 mph

good luck

 

[L_Plates]

TBH i think when it rains it makes a driving lesson easier. No one on the roads are driving like maniacs youll be ok.

 

[mank]

There are some mad people on the roads. I was at some traffic lights the other day and I was at the front with a learner driver behind me. I was just rolling forward after the lights had changed (give me a second to find the biting point!) and two people overtook me and the car behind me, it wasn't as if I was taking ages either, perhaps 15 seconds max. Bloody impatient twats, meant I ended up stalling because they scared the shit out of me :|

 

[Tom]

Don't worry, you'll learn how to do what they did as soon as you pass your test.

 

[S-Gray]

Ya, open window, extend hand, clentch fist extend middle finger and proceed with words "Fuck you too arsehole!"

For sure you'll pass!

 

[mank]

Originally posted by S-Gray
Ya, open window, extend hand, clentch fist extend middle finger and proceed with words "Fuck you too arsehole!"

For sure you'll pass!

I actually did that, fortunately I wasn't with my instructor

 

[Testin da Cable]

next time get out and do their windscreen with a tireiron

 

[dr_jo]

I didn't have any driving lessons in the dark, or in the rain, and I really regret it. It took me a year after I passed to feel confident driving in either of those conditions.

But I can see what you mean - as a first ever lesson it doesn't seem very fair...

 

[mank]

hey, I just noticed your birthday is March 11th too \o/

hurrah, that's three of us on here with the same birthday. but this has nothing to do with driving, sorry.

 

[Gekul]

It snowed on my (first)test day. Was unsure whether it was going ahead or not until I actually got there. It didn't snow before or after either, which I thought was a little unfair

 

[ECA]

hmm I drove in rain with my instructor, also sods fucking law i picked up a puncture in his car and had to fucking fix it :/

for your first lesson rain doesnt matter? all your doing is going slowly round a deserted area and learning how to change gear and put the handbrake on.

 

[whipped]

I'm Alive!!!

That was great fun. Went off to a quiet housing estate and drove around it a number of times, then he was so confident in me that he let me drive home across some fucking massive roundabouts. I even managed to park it in my car parking space

Need to book up some more lessons now and he wants to put me in for my test asap.

 

[L_Plates]

Ok hes back it's safe to go out

 

[Chameleon]

Long time ago now, but I remember taking lessons week after week in fine weather, then the day of the test it not only pissed down with rain but the fire brigade had a hose across the road that day and had put some right dodgy 'wheel width' ramps over the hose which I had to line up with perfectly to get over them, as I turned the bend in the road, while it was pissing down!! It made the rest of the test seem a doddle tho

 

[mank]

Originally posted by whipped
Need to book up some more lessons now and he wants to put me in for my test asap.

After one lesson? I've been having lessons for two months and he's not even mentioned my test yet! bloody hell.

 

[Insane]

Originally posted by mank
After one lesson? I've been having lessons for two months and he's not even mentioned my test yet! bloody hell.

You forget where Whipped lives... he's probably been driving for years, abit with a screwdriver jammed in the ignition and being chased by the boys in blue

anybody picked up any dodgy practices after passing their test?

 

[Chameleon]

Originally posted by Insane
anybody picked up any dodgy practices after passing their test?

Yes, the entire driving world!!!!!!! apart from me ofc THEY JUST CAN'T STAY IN LANE ON A ROUNDABOUT!!!!! k, i feel better now

 

[Tom]

hehe wait till you get to the bit where you have to pay for your car to be serviced

I took mine in today for its 120 000 mile service, cambelt change etc. I got a phone call this afternoon, he said:

Front tyres 2mm tread
Rear suspension rubber boots split
Brake fluid needs changing
Anti Freeze needs topping up
New wipers (utter bullshit tbh)
New indicator bulbs (cos they're not yellow any more apparently)

I'd asked them to look at the wiper stick, which wasn't working on intermittent-wipe when selected, and adjust my door, which was letting wind in. The cost of the basic service itself had been dealt with a few years ago with a '3 for 2' deal (big savings actually), but the total bill still came to £950!!!

GASP!

Their prices:

Cambelt/tensioner £200 (thats ok)
Tyres £200 (I can get for £90 for both)
Suspension £150 (grease gun will fix it doesn't need new parts)
Anti Freeze £6 (duh)
Wiper (TO FAULT FIND ONLY) £60 per hour labour
Bulbs £god knows can't remember was still in shock
Wipers £25
Door fix £35

Plus labour charges, and other stuff, I'm presuming he included VAT in the price.

I told him what I wanted doing, the bill comes to about £300 now. Everything else, including and especially the wiper stick, I can do myself!

 

[xane]

I had a service bill for £800 once, included a new exhaust, when I got the car it rattled so I took it back, they "fixed" it but the rattle remained, ended up going to Kwik-Fit where a quick hammer treatment pushed the exhaust back enough to fit into the "hammock" array, and stop the rattle.

Luckily Kwik-Fit didn't charge me, as I am a regular customer there Managed to vent my spleen about a week later when a customer care person stupidly phoned to asked how my service went and if I had any complaints.

Last service bill they said the Cambelt needed tightening, I said it was done last service, they checked, it was, twats.

Other stuff was the rear wiper blade, number plate light and interior dashboard light, all of which I could do myself, result was a "neat" service charge (about £180 I think) and, for the first time in my driving experience, no extras

Always listen to what they say they are doing because they charge a lot of money to do what most of us can do ourselves, i.e. wiper blade changing.

 

[evilmonkeh]

whilst not old enough to drive, ive been helping my dad fix his car for the last few years so hopefully when i start driving (in march!) then i can fix (most) stuff myself without having to pay some idiot to do it for me

 

[Tom]

hehe

Their customer services department phoned me up today, the lady was all nice and smiles, until I told her about how their garage had tried to charge me £600 for about £200 worth of work. I also told her about the blatent lie they gave me about the life of wheel bearings (50 000 miles they said, really its 200 000 for a wheel bearing).

She wasn't smiling after that. The only reason I go to an Audi garage is for the stamp, now its at 120 000 miles, I'll take it to an Audi specialist, rather than a main dealer. Cheaper, for the same work.

 

[Flamin_Squirrel]

I got my licence before i went to uni, and ive never had a car...

Been 4 years since ive driven, it going to be interesting getting in a car again :uhoh:.

On the other hand im learning to ride. Much nicer than driving

Now all i need is money for a nice sports bike to kill myself on

 

[Sir Frizz]

On a mildly driving related note, i recently found out that for your assesement to enrole in the police as a constable, you must have a drivers license.

For fuck sake, i can't fucking drive. :/

I'll have to see if i can get an extended assessment date.














btw, i feel the need to use this:

 

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Doh, sorry to hear that.

Don't some places to intensive training over a few days, with the test at the end? Perhaps you could do that. GL either way.