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Originally posted by Lira Isn't this the standard? (Automatic transmission = cheating)

Yeah, over here almost all cars have manual transmission. It's the other way around in the US?

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Originally posted by Trancedewd nothing better than cruising through scottish countryside with your mates at 4 in the morning with your trance pumping lol

yeh man thats wot its all about.driving is great.freedom is what it means to me.

There was a driving examiner strike here in the summer of 04 there and there is a MASSIVE back log of people trying to book a test so the process is alot slower.

ive put so much money into it its unbelievable.

Done 35 lessons at £20 per lesson = £700
Theory test done twice = £41
Drving test done twice = £198
Application for provisional license = £18

Total = £957

And ive to do my test again! So ragin.

My car cost = £2250 (1998 Honda Civic 1.4i - Group 7 Insurance)
Insurance will cost me £2500 if i get it in my own name.Im 20 YO.

Insurance over here is the biggest scandal because of the troubles.we pay higher insurance premiums on EVERYTHING.So depressing.

Just want on the road so so bad.Been making up all my wee driving cds.All dance of course!Suppose its not a good thing having a car sitting in your drive and not bein able to take it out.but at least ive got a good one and not some shitty clio or corsa.

over here almost every single car is manual, automatic are very rare. driving license tests are hard but not as hard as in the UK i suppose. that excuse for failing is almost hilarious.

i passed mine at 1st try though i wasn't too far from failing.. did several minor stuff.. first was turning the car to the opposite direction, i didn't managed to do it at a single go like i was supposed, had to reverse a bit for the car to be able to pass. then about 2 mins later i don't understand the direction the instructor tells me and i almost go to somewhere else. then i'm driving slowly in 3rd gear in some tunnels, about 60kph, to look not like i was a speeder, he says i'm going too slow! went everything right from then except at the end when parking at the driving school i parked too close to my side only giving me a small space to open my door. he didn't noticed. passed

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I dunno, I passed mine first time in December

It is expensive. It cost several hundreds just for lessons and tests, and now I've passed it's a shitload more if I want to get and insure a car.

At the moment I've got insurance on my dad's, but that only lasts a month cos it costs so much, to insure me and my brother to drive. And even though I passed my test he still doesn't think I'm a good enough driver to drive on my own or with friends.

Driving sucks, but eventually when I get a job and stuff it might be necessary.

I don't mean driving itself sucks, I find it kinda fun. I just mean the costs, risks, etc associated with it....

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I passed on the first time with 1 point off and I drove stick.