stephendutton1963
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Did it take you to pass your driving test not the theory part the actual test. 2 times for me. Good evening night owls. Steve
how many times ?
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First time, also just after turning 17.
stephendutton1963
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Hmmm lots of young 1st timers it seems smart alecs . I passed mine at 21 wonder who is the oldest here to pass test.
malibudave
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1st time with three minors one month after birthday. Id learnt car control on my dads farm so it was just road craft ineeded to learn.
1st time also. Had to better my big sis, who took 2 attempts. Jumped straight into my brown Austin Allegro 1.3 litre which I had stuck a small, fat steering wheel on. Come to think of it, that would have been my first mod! Fortunately I've acquired taste with experience.
Wrecked my Allegro jumping hump-backed bridges when hooning with my mate in his mk2 Escort. Happy days when petrol was about 40p a litre.
Wrecked my Allegro jumping hump-backed bridges when hooning with my mate in his mk2 Escort. Happy days when petrol was about 40p a litre.
stephendutton1963 said:
First time 1966 in an Austin 1100 - no points ever surprisingly.
I'm a volunteer driver for a Blind Society - its a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge 18 seater minibus and because my licence is so old I can legally drive it without any sort of upgrade test. Pretty scary when I first got behind the wheel !
stephendutton1963 said:
First time, 7 lessons, and no theory part when I did mine
I failed my test first time ... before I even got into the car...
The examiner asked to me to read the number plate on a parked car... and I couldn't make it out properly. Fail.
I had no idea that I needed glasses. My instructor said it had happened several times. I suggested that it might be a good idea to perform that little test before starting driving lessons... anyway, a trip to the opticians - three weeks later, took the test again . Passed. :driving:
The examiner asked to me to read the number plate on a parked car... and I couldn't make it out properly. Fail.
I had no idea that I needed glasses. My instructor said it had happened several times. I suggested that it might be a good idea to perform that little test before starting driving lessons... anyway, a trip to the opticians - three weeks later, took the test again . Passed. :driving:
Passed first time, a clean sheet only 10 weeks after my first lesson on my 17th birthday. People at school told me I'd crash and burn really quickly because of it. A week later I promptly reversed into a Fiesta in a car park 
The good old Volvo 340 battle tank didn't have as much as a scuff, but the Fiesta I hit looked rather sorry for itself....
Seems funny to look back but the one thing I found the hardest to learn was pulling away - the noise of the engine seemed so scary at 2000rpm :rofl: :rofl: 10 weeks later and it was doubtful I was ever pulling away at less than 4 or 5k rpm
The good old Volvo 340 battle tank didn't have as much as a scuff, but the Fiesta I hit looked rather sorry for itself....Seems funny to look back but the one thing I found the hardest to learn was pulling away - the noise of the engine seemed so scary at 2000rpm :rofl: :rofl: 10 weeks later and it was doubtful I was ever pulling away at less than 4 or 5k rpm
