I have my driving test today!

LeMson · 15 Apr 2013 at 15:41

RX8 would be a brill first car, it's only a 1.3 and you can get them with red and black leather seats!

pugheaven · 15 Apr 2013 at 15:48

RX8 RULLLEZZZ lol :-)

Superb first car lol

dacads · 15 Apr 2013 at 16:47

Not to forget the brilliant mpg figures

esK` · 15 Apr 2013 at 16:49

and mpgo ( miles per gallon of oil )

Maccapacca · 15 Apr 2013 at 16:53

RPY

Rebuilds per year

OliverDavis · 16 Apr 2013 at 07:45

Well I passed with 6 minors! Was put on the insurance as soon as I got home and been driving since!

Thanks for the wheelspinning tip, their pen bounced off the dash and they didn't have a spare!

Just kidding, all went well, kept calm and it was the easiest test I have ever done, yet the most nerve racking!

And as for a car, I am going to be getting a 2012/13 VW Polo 1.2TSI once one becomes available :-)

paradigm · 16 Apr 2013 at 07:47

OliverDavis said:
And as for a car, I am going to be getting a 2012/13 VW Polo 1.2TSI once one becomes available

You're going to spend a fortune on a first car? :confused:

Why?

Muffin` · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:24

OliverDavis said:
Well I passed with 6 minors! Was put on the insurance as soon as I got home and been driving since!

Thanks for the wheelspinning tip, their pen bounced off the dash and they didn't have a spare!

Just kidding, all went well, kept calm and it was the easiest test I have ever done, yet the most nerve racking!

I'm very envious of your ticket of freedom, I still remember passing and getting my car; euphoria! (was the album I listened to)

OliverDavis said:
And as for a car, I am going to be getting a 2012/13 VW Polo 1.2TSI once one becomes available

You'd be best buying something cheap and cheerful as a first car, you will scrap, ding and hopefully not crash, doing that all in a car worth a fraction of a new car will be much easier to stomach.

Participant · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:41

OliverDavis said:
And as for a car, I am going to be getting a 2012/13 VW Polo 1.2TSI once one becomes available

Lucky you. Should be a great first car!

ChrisD. · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:43

Get a £500 hatch that you can bump/crash and not care much about for 6 months at least. While driving it save the money you would be spending on the new Polo.

Participant · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:44

When my daughter passes her test (albeit that'll be in about 15 years time) I'm going to buy her something fairly new and modern, as I'll be terrified of her having an accident, or breaking down on her own in the middle of nowhere.

If she was driving a £500 shed I'd just be fearful that any significant accident will see it fold in half like tin foil.

Muffin` · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:50

Robbie G said:
When my daughter passes her test (albeit that'll be in about 15 years time) I'm going to buy her something fairly new and modern, as I'll be terrified of her having an accident, or breaking down on her own in the middle of nowhere.

If she was driving a £500 shed I'd just be fearful that any significant accident will see it fold in half like tin foil.

Many young people drive around in £500 car without dying in a ball of flames or breaking down in the Outback.

Rybo89 · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:51

Muffin` said:
You'd be best buying something cheap and cheerful as a first car, you will scrap, ding and hopefully not crash, doing that all in a car worth a fraction of a new car will be much easier to stomach.

Might*

paradigm · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:55

Robbie G said:
When my daughter passes her test (albeit that'll be in about 15 years time) I'm going to buy her something fairly new and modern, as I'll be terrified of her having an accident, or breaking down on her own in the middle of nowhere.

If she was driving a £500 shed I'd just be fearful that any significant accident will see it fold in half like tin foil.

There is however a middle ground. Nothing wrong (for example) with a 2004-2006 Polo for 1/3rd the cost.

d_brennen · 16 Apr 2013 at 08:56

Robbie G said:
When my daughter passes her test (albeit that'll be in about 15 years time) I'm going to buy her something fairly new and modern, as I'll be terrified of her having an accident, or breaking down on her own in the middle of nowhere.

If she was driving a £500 shed I'd just be fearful that any significant accident will see it fold in half like tin foil.

It'll all be rickshaws in 15 years time, after WWIII. Best buy her a shotgun now and stock up on ammo and tinned food :eek:

ChrisD. · 16 Apr 2013 at 09:01

Muffin` said:
Many young people drive around in £500 car without dying in a ball of flames or breaking down in the Outback.

Des drives a sub £500 106 to work most of the time and he's still alive and it hasn't broken down.

OliverDavis · 16 Apr 2013 at 09:49

Robbie G said:
When my daughter passes her test (albeit that'll be in about 15 years time) I'm going to buy her something fairly new and modern, as I'll be terrified of her having an accident, or breaking down on her own in the middle of nowhere.

If she was driving a £500 shed I'd just be fearful that any significant accident will see it fold in half like tin foil.

This is the basis im going on. It needs to be reliable, something I will care for, comfy on motorway journeys as I have back problems. Also something that will keep me happy for 3-5 years!

Also, The Polo I want, £2000 insurance, 2005 Polo of similar but slower spec, £4500 insurance, a £500 shed thats available to all teenagers budget to buy, uninsurable.

As for the motorway journeys, I live in Mirfield - West Yorkshire and most of my family live in Basingstoke - Hampshire, thats a 700 mile round trip! I currently pay £120 in trains to visit them often, and thats booking in advanced as its £200 one way on the day!

Also, I will care for a nice car, I wont be taking risks in it. If you see a teenager driving a fairly new car they tend to drive well as they care for it. But Alex from McDonalds in his 106 drives like a tw@t!

paradigm · 16 Apr 2013 at 09:52

Comfy on motorway journeys and you want a Polo?

Get something larger, seriously. You have the budget for it, don't limit yourself to a shopping trolley for use on the motorway.

Also, a 1.2 Polo will not keep you happy for 5 years, I guarantee it.

VaderDSL · 16 Apr 2013 at 09:57

I remember a guy I went to school with was banned from driving on the same day he passed his test

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/arch...2.Driver_banned_two_hours_after_passing_test/

A 20-YEAR-OLD youth has been banned from driving just two hours after passing his test.

A court heard that Justin Armitage had spent two years and "thousands of pounds" becoming a qualified driver.

And his solicitor, Andrew Church-Taylor, said that his client must be close to the record for holding a driving licence for the shortest time.

Blackburn magistrates heard that a "moment of madness" had led to Armitage taking his dad's car after drinking at least 10 pints of lager with friends on Friday. During a subsequent police chase he jumped out of the moving vehicle, leaving it to smash through a garden fence. He was arrested and found to be nearly three times the drink-drive limit, the court heard.

Armitage had been bailed to appear in court on the same day as he sat the practical part of his driving test, after having previously passed his theory exam.

"The irony of his appearance here today is that some two hours ago he took his driving test and passed it," Mr Church-Taylor told the court.

"He has been learning since he was 18 and has spent hundreds if not thousands of pounds learning to drive. He has held that licence for just two hours and this court must disqualify him."

mrk · 16 Apr 2013 at 10:03

I remember my first car, a green Rover Metro with 4 gears. It was in pristine condition and cost £500 but Muffin has a point, it will get crashed or dinged or slapped about by other road users.

I have my driving test today!

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