5th time lucky! PASSED!

[Ben-BSH]

Just finished my practical driving test. passed, 5th time of taking the test. but hey, what does it matter now i have a pink license!

 

Wooo for pink!

 

:bowl::bowl:

[Fatmas]

Congrats Ben! You're right, once you've got some pink you will never go green... Um....

[glennda]

congrats

[Tcsltd]

well done you!!

[FN-GM]

Congrats. It took me more than one attempt for me to pass.

[TechMonkey]

Congrats, I had a very colourful test process so no shame All that matters is the end result

[Ben-BSH]

Congrats, I had a very colourful test process so no shame All that matters is the end result

 

Sure does!

[cookie_monster]

Congrats. I passed first time but that was back in the days that they handed them out with enough cornflakes tokens I wouldn't fancy it these days it sounds awfully expensive.

[Ben-BSH]

Congrats. I passed first time but that was back in the days that they handed them out with enough cornflakes tokens I wouldn't fancy it these days it sounds awfully expensive.

roughly spent a total, including tests, and all the hours of lessons, over £2000 getting that license.

 

But then again, my first 25 or so lessons (and 3 fails) were with a very bad instructor. it was only until i went with someone else did i realise how bad they really were.

[danrhodes]

Congrats! I passed both on 1st attempt :-P but its the end result that counts!!

[cookie_monster]

roughly spent a total, including tests, and all the hours of lessons, over £2000 getting that license.

 

But then again, my first 25 or so lessons (and 3 fails) were with a very bad instructor. it was only until i went with someone else did i realise how bad they really were.

 

 

Ouch, I spent £130 on 13 lessons and I think it was £30 for the test. That was 15 years ago but still that's some inflation.

[Rydra]

I took 3 attempts at the Theory test (i passed the hazard perception all 3 times, and missed the pass mark on the questions by 1 point on the first two attempts! Damned questions on trams, trailers and caravans...) and must have had 20 odd lessons at £20 a go. Passed the practical driving test first time. I'm also the only person I know to have passed first time, and NOT write off a car within the first year of driving

 

And the instructor makes all the difference. my wife's first instructor was awful, and used to shout at her when she did something wrong. nervous and crying are not good ways to learn to drive. My instructor mostly just swore at me, and in the 20 odd lessons i took, maybe 3 or 4 were the hour promised. One lesson, just before my test, i paid for an hour, and was told "I have a wedding to goto, do you mind if we cut 10 minutes short, i'll give you the time back next week's lesson?" To which i agreed. He cuts 20 minutes off the lesson, and then finishes 15 minutes early on the next lesson.

Hence why i only paid him for half on my final outing (for the test), and when he complained, I told him if he wanted the money, he could come to my house and request it from my parents... He never showed.

[fafster]

I'd definitely agree that it's important to find the right instructor. Never put up with one you don't get on with, as in the end it's you that's paying them!

 

I was fortunate enough to pass first time, but my sister took hers a couple of weeks ago and failed. Never mind, it's a learning experience!

[Sarconia]

I took 3 attempts at the Theory test (i passed the hazard perception all 3 times, and missed the pass mark on the questions by 1 point on the first two attempts! Damned questions on trams, trailers and caravans...) and must have had 20 odd lessons at £20 a go. Passed the practical driving test first time. I'm also the only person I know to have passed first time, and NOT write off a car within the first year of driving

 

Passed both my theory and practical first time 5yrs ago now and I'm still crash free! (I'm not sure how though, some of the 5 way intersections around here are insane and as someone once told me once "statistics will get you eventually").

 

The best way to learn to drive is firstly with a patient instructor, no angry morons and then when you're fairly confident, get insured for a month on the biggest car possible. Everyone laughed at me in college when I was driving my mum's estate.... but if you can drive that and park it, you can drive anything.

[elsiegee40]

Well done!

 

It's eons since I took my test, it took 2 attempts.

 

I've now reached that terrifying stage in life - my daughter can start learning to drive in October

[ICT_GUY]

Well done. I passed my tests first time, 1 x motorcycle test, 1 x American driving test (no lessons and <2hours car driving experience) and 1 x English driving test (after 6 lessons).

[Rydra]

I did similar to others, did some lessons (aka, do the stupid things that kill engines and bodywork) in an instructor's car to start with, then went driving with my mum, and stuck to 1 driving lesson a month or so, with a cram session just before the test.

[EduTech]

Well Done Ben I passed first time myself and never got into a car before i started learning.. i did talk to my instructor all the way through the exam though lol!

 

What car you thinking of getting?

 

James.

[rad]

well done, still learning here, I had my first "own fault" accident after 9 years of driving.

[Ben-BSH]

Well Done Ben I passed first time myself and never got into a car before i started learning.. i did talk to my instructor all the way through the exam though lol!

 

What car you thinking of getting?

 

James.

 

Already got a 205 its insured, for 1299 ish. but thats pretty good, because all other companies wanted 1600-4000. this insurance only lasts 10 months, but at the end of it, if i stay with them and get a renewal quote, they give me one years no claims. which is all right, due to the fact, come renewal time (long before it, but still) i will be 21 as well, and therefore out of the "OMGIWANNAKILLMYSELF" 17-21 age bracket.

 

 

And thanks all, means a lot! so happy to finally be able to drive to work (im sure the novelty will wear off soon enough )

[mac_shinobi]

Passed my theory first time - high marks

 

Practical I passed 2nd time, failed first time on a sharp curved slip road and because I did not give one car right of way which was no where near the car on my side and sped passed the car on my side and got a fail for that as I should of waited

[danrhodes]

Already got a 205 its insured, for 1299 ish. but thats pretty good, because all other companies wanted 1600-4000. this insurance only lasts 10 months, but at the end of it, if i stay with them and get a renewal quote, they give me one years no claims. which is all right, due to the fact, come renewal time (long before it, but still) i will be 21 as well, and therefore out of the "OMGIWANNAKILLMYSELF" 17-21 age bracket.

 

 

And thanks all, means a lot! so happy to finally be able to drive to work (im sure the novelty will wear off soon enough )

 

I know this feeling for my first car when I was 17 I bought a "1.1L Fiat Cincequent Sporting" for £1000, the insurance was nearly double that on my own insurance, I then had a Renault Clio 1.2 Grande about a year later which wasn't too bad on the insurance and cost about £1000, I kept the Clio for a 5 year's I now have a "Limited Edition C2 GT 1.6ltr, 130bhp in a car that weights just under a ton!" Yeah its "Nippy"! the insurance for this as I'm now 23 only costs £400yr.

 

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