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im planning to start learning how to drive by the end of this year.....
i just cannot wait to start learning, me and my younger brother are the
only ones left to learn how to drive,
i think its very important for everyone to learn espec the women..it comes in use when you least expect it,
before i wasnt to keen but i've realised how useful it is like today there was no-one present to drop my dad of to preston hospital...so my mum drove despite being a proper nervous driver...she doesnt normally drive much but there was no-one else. She started to panic when she got of the wrong junction on the moterway lol...and then nearly took the sign to south birmingham...but luckily naj used her brains and got her onto the M65..[b][size=7]hehehe[/size][/b]
how many people know how to drive here ?
how many are learning and planning to learn ? and who cant be bothered learning?
share your learning/driving experiences...
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[quote="Hayder"]she had two or three tests
no idea on car hire[/quote]
I remember when it was 10 pound per lesson......
Remember this: some instructors are professional con men, [u]they will not teach you everything[/u], for instance 5 point check, and a common tactic they deploy on test day is making the pupil feel uneasy, thus this will result in you not feeling confident- it doesn’t really benefit the instructor if one of his pupil passes, all that means he loses a customer. 🙁
Welcome to the shady world of the driving instructors. I went undercover and observed my sister’s instructors – and I was tempted to violate the law- I hate money sucking-parasites
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20 quid per lesson
£30 if u take one hour n half lesson
£45 for test
£30 to hire car for test
its bloody day light robbery :roll:
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[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]
its bloody day light robbery :roll:[/quote]
£45 (DVLA test) X 3= £135
£30 (Car hire) X 3= £90
First total= [b]£225[/b]
Have to estimate the amount of lesson Muslim Sister has had, she said a lesson every week for 3 years, there’s 52 weeks in a year.
52 weeks X 3 = 156 (lesson’s)
156 lessons (rough guess) X £20(Per lesson) = [b]£3120 [/b]
3120(amount spent on lesson) X 225 = £3345 Total spent
[b]£3345[/b] 😢
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[quote="(*_Shazan"]
[b]£3345[/b] :cry:[/quote]
Wow... :?
I could get a very decent car with that kind of money.
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[quote="MuslimSister"][quote="(*_Shazan"]
[b]£3345[/b] :cry:[/quote]
Wow... :?
I could get a very decent car with that kind of money.[/quote]
Isn't that basically 5,000 USD?
What on earth could you get for that, that would be remotely safe?
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[quote="Don Karnage"]Isn't that basically 5,000 USD?.[/quote]
What on earth could you get for that, that would be remotely safe?[/quote]
You could buy a decent car with that money in the UK, I would buy a salvage car and repair it like PIMP MY RIDE
http://www.qmsalvage.co.uk/browse.php
Have a quick browse- 🙂
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[quote="Don Karnage"]
Isn't that basically 5,000 USD?
What on earth could you get for that, that would be remotely safe?[/quote]
I don't know. :?
But for a first car and being an inexperinced driver..I wouldnt spend more then £2000-if that.
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Well I know I wouldn't trust myself enough to fix up a wreck like those - you best have some real technical knowledge to make sure the safety features are still in tact/installed correctly if replaced.
I dunno where you are going to find anything for over 2000 pounds though Alveena, if prices are anything like the United States (I'd imagine MG, Aston Martin, and Jaguar are less expensive since they aren't imported) 10-12k is more in the range of something safe...
Don't discount safety for cost whatever you do.
Lots of kids will buy a rust bucket for 2 or 3 thousand and something will happen and there will be no ABS, airbag, seat belts won't work out so great and it collapses like a tin can.
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[quote="Don Karnage"].
Lots of kids will buy a rust bucket for 2 or 3 thousand and something will happen and there will be no ABS, airbag, seat belts won't work out so great and it collapses like a tin can.[/quote]
I see why GM are struggling to compete. (nah bad joke!)
The UK car market is different to that of US car market. You can purchase a decent car for 2000 pounds. I use to buy salvages and repair them- although they look badly damaged in the pictured, seeing is believing and it’s not as bad as it appears on the photo- I saved thousands of pounds by spending wisely.
We have strong regulation when these car’s are fixed and ready to go back on the road it’s need’s a VIC check, insure the safety of the car and it is roadworthy- thus ensuring that no cowboy mechanical sells a death machine to an unsuspecting customer.
MG is in liquidation
Jaguar- don’t see may of them on the road- unless it the really old Jag’s
Aston Martin- I’ve seen a couple in my lifetime.
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lol GM is struggling to compete because they are bad businessmen.
The problem is they know they are indespensible so the government always lends them a hand.
That's the problem with institutionalizing trusts.
Didn't know MG was going under... that's really too bad they made some beauties in the early 50s.
Ah well, progress is unstopable.
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[quote="Don Karnage"]
Lots of kids will buy a rust bucket for 2 or 3 thousand and something will happen and there will be no ABS, airbag, seat belts won't work out so great and it collapses like a tin can.[/quote]
Lol..No way.
Like Shazan said..you can get a really decent car with that sort of money.
Just browse through Auto trader.
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So what kinda car are you looking for - Anything in particular or just whatever the best value is?
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[quote="Don Karnage"]So what kinda car are you looking for - Anything in particular or just whatever the best value is?[/quote]
Not fussed and I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to cars.
I've never been into cars.
I went with dad to a show room and wanted the "pretty red" one. :?
I'm looking for anything reliable, small, with power steering, perfect clutch, low milage, very good condition and...well pretty.
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the new corsa
otherwise i refuse to take a ride in your car 😂
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[quote="MuslimSister"][quote="Don Karnage"]So what kinda car are you looking for - Anything in particular or just whatever the best value is?[/quote]
Not fussed and I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to cars.
I've never been into cars.
I went with dad to a show room and wanted the "pretty red" one. :?
I'm looking for anything reliable, small, with power steering, perfect clutch, low milage, very good condition and...well pretty.[/quote]
lol i'm not sure what you are going to get for the mean time - but promise to buy yourself a mercedes someday. It sounds right up your ally.
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You heard the Mercedes song?
she could sing it!
...All my friends drive porches (hint hint hint), I must make a menz
Oh lord why don't you buy me a mercedes benz...
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Which one of her friends has a Porsche?
Certainly not I! Such unsafe vehicles aren't suitable for a family man :D.
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[quote="Don Karnage"]Which one of her friends has a Porsche?
Certainly not I! Such unsafe vehicles aren't suitable for a family man :D.[/quote]
good thing you are not a family man yet!
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[quote="Admin"]good thing you are not a family man yet![/quote]
Preparation is the key to success
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Lol. I can't see myself in a Benz..no way.
I can't even drive my dads cos its SO big. It's a "mans'" car for me.
It doesnt suit me.
Maybe...if/when I get bigger much later down the line (not in height...but in success and have my own family).
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you cant see urself in a benz?
you feeelin alryt?! :shock:
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[quote="Khusro"]you cant see urself in a benz?
you feeelin alryt?! :shock:[/quote]
benz is a big car
i start up dads car every morning when he drops me to uni
I feel so tiny in the drivers seat-and I'm not THAT short
a car should match succes and size and gender
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a girl went for her 8th driving test, had to read the number plate, forgot her glasses, and cdnt read it.
she tried but got it wrong, but told examiner she was dyslexic, he gave her sympathetic look and let her off!
not sure if she passed though, unlikely if she cdnt see anything
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had a mock test today
i got 25 minors and five majors :shock: :shock:
man I'm such a hazard on the road 😢
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man you need practise...
Is it the nervousness getting at you?
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[quote="naj"]man you need practise...
Is it the nervousness getting at you?[/quote]
been taking lessons for two years now
i was a tad nervous
but more angry- :evil:
the more he chatted crap in my ear-the more I messed up
he was speaking about-forced marraiges, culture clash, diff btw sunni shia,
stupid nosy gora-they see an asian face and start sterotyping
that why I drove rough today
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[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"][quote="naj"]man you need practise...
Is it the nervousness getting at you?[/quote]
been taking lessons for two years now
i was a tad nervous
but more angry- :evil:
the more he chatted crap in my ear-the more I messed up
he was speaking about-forced marraiges, culture clash, diff btw sunni shia,
stupid nosy gora-they see an asian face and start sterotyping
that why I drove rough today[/quote]
why dont u just tell him - 'can u please not talk unnecessarily during my lesson'.
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[quote="*DUST*"]
why dont u just tell him - 'can u please not talk unnecessarily during my lesson'.[/quote]
that be rude
and u know how polite LilSis is 😉
but serioulsy-I told him at beg of test
if u talk-I get distracted and I mess up
he actually said to me u need to be able to carry a conversation and drive-if u cant it shows that ur not in control
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[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]had a mock test today
i got 25 minors and five majors :shock: :shock:
man I'm such a hazard on the road :cry:[/quote]
😂
btw, you have to be able to talk and drive....after all, aint that what most women do
and they wonder why so many women drivers have accidents :roll:
[size=7]even tho thats not true[/size]
[quote="(*_Shazan"][quote="MuslimSister"]
Three years of lessons...approx one lesson a week.
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Let me calculate it for you.
How much does your instructor charge per lesson?
How many tests, have you had?
How much is car hire?[/quote]
approx 15-17 qyuid here.........london would be about 17 at the least per lesson
she had two or three tests
no idea on car hire