Second lesson in less than half an hour Raining and wet, lovely! So long as I haven't forgotten everything, I should be ok, he says.
Well I prefer them early in the morning... no hanging about and no mess... I am the kind of person that tends to build things up inside, so it is best to do it. Lesson went quite well actually, i've gotta say... it was turning left today, and although I started crap (2 stalls just from pulling off) I eventually quite enjoyed turning left over and over again. Kept forgetting to check my mirrors, and changing DOWN gears when approaching a junction, but otherwise, he says I am 6/10 for the turning left, not bad for 2 hrs of driving. And also I can change gears very well, although to be fair that is one of the easiest things about driving. Still feel unconfident with braking, though I did a lot better than first lesson... things are looking up ^^
I'm studying for the theory at the moment... I'll probably take it sometime next week. I was doing one of the sample UK tests online earlier... found this question. 15) If you see a person waiting at a zebra crossing who has a white stick with red bands, they are likely to be: - A - Blind B - Deaf and without Speech C - Blind and deaf D - A Manchester united supporter
Nearly two months on, and things are going well Initial fear were in the end unfounded, and my instructor has yet to use the emergency brake on me! The only things that I really am not the best at are my clutch work, I keep wanting to put the clutch in before the brake, because it feels, to me, more comfortable, and sometimes I don't life off the Acc. when changing, so I can't get into the right gear. But things are going as well as you would imagine for someone having had 8-9 lessons. I am moving onto menouvers this week, starting with the three-point turn. The best thing about my instructor is that he doesn't give me nicey-nicey roads, he has got me on heavy, built up roads, and loads of long narrow one and two way roads, getting that practice and building up driving experience. And also studying for the theory (£31 ) which seems to be deceptivly easy, as was the Hazard Perception practice exam which I just passed with 59/75, and still two weeks to revise. Just to ask, none of my friends were taught this.... downhill starts, I have been taught to put the car into second, full on the clutch, full on the brake, handbrake down, release brake gently and let the car roll down the hill... am I the only person to be taught that But yeah, with 8-9 weeks gone, it's a definite
£180 for 10 hours for me. Ive had 6 hours so far and just about to do another 2 hours in twenty mins.
I learnt this, many moons ago - tis the only logical way, to be honest. Once a car is actually moving (as in when it's rolling downhill), it takes quite a skilled driver to be able to release the clutch in 1st gear (& synchronise the throttle opening) without the car jerking (kangaroo-ing)... In 2nd gear, the transition from clutch in to clutch out is much easier to make seamlessly smoooooth.
theres a place around my bit, gettin 20 - 1 hour lessons for £280 with a free one added so basically 21 lessons for £280, is this reasonable or is this to expensive?
It's very good (well compared to Leicester) A lot of my friends say how lucky I am to pay just £18 per hour for lessons, though mine aren't block booked. I am dead lucky, there's big chains like Acclaim, BSM, AA, who charge £23 but I wouldn't trade in my instructor for anyone, he is, quite frankly, brilliant, and if someone said, you have to pay and extra £5 to stay with him, I would. Just be careful about your instructor at £14. I made sure I kept well away from Red driving school, because they advertise so heavily, and probably have just loads of new instructors, not what I want
it with a locally run business been there for years with an over 95% pass rate so im pretty sure they are oke im sure they only have something like 5-6 instructors
