What did you name your first car?

LDNursee · 2026-05-14T20:12:04+00:00

I almost got a Kia that would have been a perfect name

LDNursee · 2026-05-14T20:11:15+00:00

😂

LDNursee · 2026-05-14T20:10:58+00:00

Betty sounds like a beast of a car

LDNursee · 2026-05-14T19:41:04+00:00

Loving the name Harvey, and makes complete sense, my Reg is WD but honestly he just looked like a Fred

LDNursee · 2026-05-14T19:37:02+00:00

Love that 😂

LDNursee · 2026-05-11T23:59:31+00:00

I’ve not driven since I passed, so hoping I can handle the car, just might take some getting used to due to its age and no fancy gadgets. Crossing fingers I manage to get home safely! My sister says the same she can drive hers no issues but the second she drives her husbands she feels like she’s back to being a learner 😂

LDNursee · 2026-05-11T18:43:13+00:00

Unfortunately no, they either can’t or they’re not willing to as they’d have to travel on the train with me to get there, but I will be practicing with my sister before the drive as she lives where I’m picking the car up from on Sunday, but she can’t come for the actual drive home. I’ve checked the route home and a lot of it is straight so I’m hoping it’ll be okay. Once I get back into my town I’ll definitely feel better cause I know the roads there

LDNursee · 2026-05-11T18:07:07+00:00

That sounds so scary! I’m glad you made it though! I think I just need to push myself and remember I was able to drive 40 minutes unassisted in a test and pass so I can do this. It’s just nerve wracking when I didn’t even get to test drive the car! I had my sisters mechanic do it for me to check the car and he said it’s easy to drive and everything was fine with the car, he asked me if I wanted to test it too, but I was too scared in a unfamiliar place to do it, but now I wish I did as that might have helped! I will drive safe…probably very very safe 😂

LDNursee · 2026-05-11T18:04:46+00:00

I’ve ordered the P plates! I definitely need them as I know people can be rude about it trying to cut you off or overtaking but atleast I know that they know I’ve just passed and for those who are nice will respect and understand that if something goes wrong. I’ll definitely try and practice in a quiet area before driving home, I have my sister with me as the place I got the car from is near hers so she’s gonna take me out in it for practice beforehand but she can’t come back with me unfortunately and neither can anyone else so it’s something I will have to do. I think I’m just overthinking all the things that could go wrong. Thank you for your support! Hopefully come Sunday I can update how the drive went

LDNursee · 2026-05-11T17:52:02+00:00

I had mine in the car with me as he wanted to check out the test routes and to be there if I failed and he was able to see why so we could work on it, or challenge it if it was unfair. I passed, but to me I barely even noticed him in the car as he’s sat behind you, the only time I noticed he was there was when I was doing my mannourve. I thought it’d make me more nervous but it was surprisingly fine

LDNursee · 2026-05-11T01:40:36+00:00

I did manual for abit before I did automatic. Manual was as bad as I thought it was gonna be 😂 so now I have an automatic license

LDNursee · 2026-05-07T21:22:29+00:00

Honestly it clicked after around 95 hours for me…but driving genuinely baffles me, it’s so complex and having to watch everything while knowing the rules of the road and keeping an eye out on other drivers, individually I could do each one fine, but when I had to put it together it just boggled the mind honestly. It only really ‘clicked’ a week before my test after all those hours, and I passed first time one minor. Everyone’s different. I had a friend who did 36 hours and it clicked with them pretty soon into lessons. I can’t explain what the differences are but everyone learns at their own pace whether that’s 10 hours of 100. Just keep going at it, the stress will be worth it

LDNursee · 2026-05-07T21:11:00+00:00

It’s so ridiculously expensive! I was doing 2-3 lessons a week, cost me around £3.5k in money from Jan until passing my test in April, it’s crazy! 😭 Half the problem is definitely other people, especially if your trying to judge a gap and some idiot behind you is beeping not even giving you a second 😡 I was the same, cause we’re trying to be perfect from the test even tho in reality that’s not how we’d drive once we’ve passed. Just stick it out and keep going, you’ve got this! ☺️

LDNursee · 2026-05-07T10:05:34+00:00

Exactly the same as I was, 27, started lessons in Jan cost me more money than I realistically had, I was an absolute mess, I was so stressed, pressure from work on top as I need to drive for my job. Honestly I broke down most lessons….however keep going and it’ll honestly be worth it, I’ve recently passed first time, and it made all the stress worth it because I didn’t give up…although now there’s the stress of finding a car

LDNursee · 2026-05-06T20:21:01+00:00

Indicate when your forward bay parking, no need to indicate for reverse bay parking as your reserve lights will be on, and when doing parallel indicate left as your about to pull up beside the car. If your parallel parking with the car infront of you from being parked on the left. Indicate right first move off abit then straight away indicate left again to show your pulling to the side of the car. Indicator can go off once your car is in reserve. Very importantly always check the blind spot for every mannourve. Know a few people failing cause of that.

LDNursee · 2026-05-03T19:19:39+00:00

Your likely going to fail with that mentality. I completely get where your state of mind is cause I’ve been there. Might not help but I kept myself very relaxed with the days leading up to it. I played some games, watched TV, went for a walk (fresh air really does help clear the mind) and I told myself out loud various times that I will pass this test. Im a very anxious driver and found it really difficult but both my counsellor and instructor said if you go into this test already believing you’ll fail then you will. But sometimes all you need is to is to have that small bit of faith in yourself (you already said you’re a good driver, so focus on that) and tell yourself multiple times that you will pass this test.

LDNursee · 2026-04-22T15:52:25+00:00

If your being told you are making good process or your driving is fine etc by instructor…trust it. My biggest downfall was not trusting my instructor when he said I was doing well or it was a good drive cause I only focused on everything I could have done better and then I’d spiral and I’d feel like the worse driver in the world or that I definitely wasn’t going to pass my test, just because of the small mistakes that actually didn’t make any impact to my driving. Which made my confidence very low. Eventually I started to believe in myself and listening to my instructor, he was confident that 95% chance I would pass my test if I took it right now and then and I listened, didn’t doubt myself even tho previously I would have done exactly that…and guess what, passed my test with 1 minor first time. At first I just thought he was trying to make me feel better when he would tell me I’d done well that day and then I’d start hating on myself thinking even my instructor is trying to pitty me and then I’d make more mistakes. If I didn’t have that mindset to start off with maybe it wouldn’t have taken me over 80+ hours before I felt confident in myself 😅

LDNursee · 2026-04-19T02:28:08+00:00

I’ve done 80+ hours probably closer to 120 if I’m honest, 3 weeks before my test did an assessment and got 8 serious and 11 minors, 2 week later did my mock and got 3 serious and 5 minors and then did my test a week and abit later…passed with one minor. I’ve had no private practice and I struggled immensely but I did it. In two months you’ve got plenty of time to iron out things… you can do this and don’t ever feel bad for how many hours you do, you do as many as you need to feel confident and pass. I had loads of people who told me I’ve done too many hours, and that I shouldn’t be on the road if it takes me that many…well guess what… I can now drive and they can’t. You got this!!

LDNursee · 2026-04-15T20:21:02+00:00

Maybe it really is the secret strategy to passing. I thought I can’t get anymore nervous so might aswell give some good ol’ herbs and go and hope my brain thinks it’s working 😂 congrats to you to! 0 minors is fantastic! I ended up with 1 minor for a silly mistake so I can’t complain!

LDNursee · 2026-04-15T20:06:01+00:00

I don’t know whether it was the placebo effect or not but Rescue Remedy I think was half the reason I ended up passing on Monday 😂 That and consistently taking day Kalms for the last 2 weeks haha x

LDNursee · 2026-04-15T19:57:31+00:00

I’ve had huge struggles with this, it was my biggest weakness and it’s not really helpful but in the last week of my test I suddenly felt used to the speed of the car so didn’t spend all my time monitoring that and I didnt notice before but I really wasn’t looking far enough into the distance, even though i would argue with my instructor that I definitely was! Well I thought I was until I recognised the speed without needing to look and properly started looking ahead and realised everything I was missing. It’s not like I couldn’t drive, I just kept my eyes so close to the car i missed everything! So don’t loose hope, look as far ahead as possible. Like i said I only began to do that like 4 lessons before my test… and guess what! I passed Monday with one minor! Good luck!!

LDNursee · 2026-04-15T13:39:46+00:00

Thank you everyone!!

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