car test advice.

[steveh]

Well, ive decided to take the plunge, and get myself a car, ive been offered a civic 1.5 from my sister in law, ill probably get it for around 300, its in decent nick, but will have a decent look at it when i have the cash.

Now, just wondering how many lessons did you all do? was it easyer being on the road with a bike, (ive been on 3 years)
As im a tight arse i dont want to spend shite loads on lessons, i already know how to drive, its just the observations i may struggle with.

i know i need to do another theory but is there anything else i need to do?
My full bike licence does count as a Prov car licence?

I have no real interest in cars, so ive never really looked deeply into the procedure of it all, going to get some theory books of my mate and get that out of the way for now.

any advice would be great.

Steve.
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[Blau Zedong]

It took me four attempts and about 2K spent - and that was after 6 or 7 years full bike licence and riding daily. I think it's far harder than the bike test as you can't hide any mistakes when he's sat alongside you, plus maneouvers are total arse.
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[Whosthedaddy]

Misc has done a similar thread in Auntie BCF.

It took 2 failed tests and 30+ lessons to pass.
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https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=113357
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[pwntifex]

I have done about 15 lessons and will be taking my test on the 22nd.
I am sure I will fail—I cannot achieve any sort of consistency because it bores me to death. I just don't enjoy waddling around in a big fat metal box.
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[Finglonga]

12 Lessons and the test on the 13th, passed first time.
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[strag]

2 lessons, passed
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[McSatan]

6 lessons and passed first time. That was in 1982. I could drive before I took lessons though, learnt in my Grandads Morris Minor, double declutching and everything.
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[MaybeGuy]

bombing around a field since i was 9, became a chav for a year and a bit so 14/15 i was on the road... stopped being a chav at 15.
passed first time, no lessons
all i need now is a car.
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[NSR Mick]

when I got banned on the bike and had to do an extended I took my car test 1st having never done it before (when you do an extended it's the 1'st test you do regardless of what vehicle you got banned with) and pissed it.
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[Skudd]

The average person takes about 45-55 hours worth of professional tuition from scratch, Only 57% of people taking their test pass. My pupils have taken from 10 hours to 100 hours and still counting. No one goes from never driven a car to passing in less than 10 hours. You get a lot of bullshitters who say how few lessons that they have taken. Ignore them. If you are worried about cost ring around, but quite often the cheep guys are the crap ones or the ones that string you out before your test. Most of my pupils pass within the first or second attempts, some take longer and it is not because they are poor drivers, it is due to how they are on the day. I had a great driver take 4 attempts and a really poor one pass first time.
I personally took eight hours of professional tuition, but ( and you must remember this ) I had a lot of hours in a car practicing with a good driver who was able to explain things correctly. It will take as long as it takes and you will know ( with a bit of guidance from your instructor ) when you are ready.
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[Yoshi]

[Skudd]

[quote="Yoshi"]

We bought a nice 03 Clio 1.2 to replace the rustbucket astra that I had previously been driving. My dad spent about 2.5 weeks teaching me to drive and I passed. Then we sold the Clio on for more than we paid for it. If I hadn't had messed about with those jokers before it would've cost me only the cost of the driving test.

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So you did have 2.5 weeks of lessons then? ( in my book I would call that an intensive course, glad your Dad was able to teach you correctly as most can't)

Yes, I agree there are alot of instructors who wont let a pupil move at their own pace and there are alot of instructors who rip pupils off. I hope none of my pupils ever accuse me of that. Take this week for egsample. Picked up a young lad who said that he hadn't driven a car before except a mates once in a carpark. After 20 mins of going through the basics it became apparent his knowledge is far beyond that of a little go around a carpark. So I have had him doing manouvres, which he has ripped through, just need to take out a few bad habbits he has got in his normal driving, then within 10 hours he will be test ready. I think I have been fair to him and he is happy.

As regards to the sequential gear changing......... most bikers can do it and transfare that skill to driving a car, I was taught that way many years ago too. The reason why they have changed it and powers that be prefere the block changing is that many people were just putting the clutch in , keeping it in while they went down each gear, so effectively they were just coasting and not using the gears in the manner that most drivers, who are able, use sequential gears. Both are equally correct if done properly. sequential gear changes do put you in the right gear at the right time, but many can't learn that and to teach them that way may add another10-15 hours teaching and so creates that ripped off feeling again. I show the way that they want you to drive on the test and to those who I feel are able to take in the information quickly and use it properly I will teach other methods that are correct but can be fround on in some quarters.

Like I said there are some bullshitters around when talking about how many hours they have had whether it be paid or unpaid hours.
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