Soldato
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Ok, I'll lay out the facts clear and simple,
I'm 23 at the end of this month.
I have a full unrestricted bike license and have been riding including a short commute daily for about four months. (since mid april)
I've had, a couple of years ago, well over thirty hours of driving lessons, either one hour a week or two hours a week.
I always found driving never 'clicked' with me, it never really came together and I was very inconsistent in how good I was. I also found it really hard to retain what I learned, I think one lesson a week with no practice outside of that was just not enough for me.
I can drive a car, as in make it go along, I just never hit test standard and was never very confident. I just didn't learn very well.
Now, I've completely fallen in love with a car. I'm utterly head over heels for it, and it's fairly likely that another one like it won't really come up again very soon. It's given me the impetus to learn.
Since I've got my bike, I now have pretty decent road sense (it's a bit dangerous out there) and am very comfortable on the road. This only leaves the learning to drive better bit.
Do you think I could learn to drive in say.. six weeks? Eight weeks? Ten weeks?
I'm seriously thinking of getting insured on my mum's car, phoning to book a test, then driving as much as I can and shoehorning in a good amount of lessons, and just trying my hardest to get up to scratch in time for the test.
Think I could do it? If I booked a test and managed to convince father dearest that I stand a decent chance of passing it, he might let me store this car on the street outside the house, but unless I can convince him of that it's a no. (We've had cars of mine stuck in the garage for ages before
)
I'm 23 at the end of this month.
I have a full unrestricted bike license and have been riding including a short commute daily for about four months. (since mid april)
I've had, a couple of years ago, well over thirty hours of driving lessons, either one hour a week or two hours a week.
I always found driving never 'clicked' with me, it never really came together and I was very inconsistent in how good I was. I also found it really hard to retain what I learned, I think one lesson a week with no practice outside of that was just not enough for me.
I can drive a car, as in make it go along, I just never hit test standard and was never very confident. I just didn't learn very well.
Now, I've completely fallen in love with a car. I'm utterly head over heels for it, and it's fairly likely that another one like it won't really come up again very soon. It's given me the impetus to learn.
Since I've got my bike, I now have pretty decent road sense (it's a bit dangerous out there) and am very comfortable on the road. This only leaves the learning to drive better bit.
Do you think I could learn to drive in say.. six weeks? Eight weeks? Ten weeks?
I'm seriously thinking of getting insured on my mum's car, phoning to book a test, then driving as much as I can and shoehorning in a good amount of lessons, and just trying my hardest to get up to scratch in time for the test.
Think I could do it? If I booked a test and managed to convince father dearest that I stand a decent chance of passing it, he might let me store this car on the street outside the house, but unless I can convince him of that it's a no. (We've had cars of mine stuck in the garage for ages before
)
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...loads of space here 45miles/mins from Plymouth out in the middle of nowhere.