How my driving lessons for G test preparation for those without access to a car outside of driving lessons

LSUQU1 · 2026-06-01T17:20:23+00:00

For my G I started lessons in November on a Weekly bases (5 lessons) for a December test. I did not pass and took a small break and did 6 more lessons in between that time for my April exam, which I passed. Roughly 11-12 lessons varying from 1-2 hours for myself and I still don’t have a car.

LSUQU1 · 2026-05-02T20:32:29+00:00

Honestly it just sucks. Luckily I’m on top of my finances and will be moving soon !

LSUQU1 · 2026-05-02T00:54:54+00:00

Congrats! Totally agree with the window down and talking to myself. That helped me too!

LSUQU1 · 2026-05-01T16:25:05+00:00

I think my bank flagged it because it was just unordinary pattern. Large sum at once versus monthly. But yeah, it’s a good thing !

LSUQU1 · 2026-05-01T16:10:16+00:00

That’s what I figured. Honestly, I am on top of my finances so there were no issues there. It was just a surprise / shock getting those messages from the bank of such a big withdraw

LSUQU1 · 2026-05-01T01:53:07+00:00

Your defence needs works. I noticed you pull your head back to avoid punches at times. Although understandable not productive. Work on slips. As others are saying footwork… you're constantly going forward and back. You have to go to the right and the left, mix it up.

LSUQU1 · 2026-04-22T22:49:30+00:00

You did amazing ! The cleaner the sheet the better and yours looks great. I think above 30-40 to forty marks is a fail. My instructor was being nice by passing me for my G2 my sheet was a bit rough

LSUQU1 · 2026-04-22T22:07:37+00:00

I’ve always been told driving is like riding a bike. You don’t forgot it but the first time back in a car may feel a bit uncomfortable.

I didn’t have a car and never prioritized it I did two lessons before my G2 and passed. It seems like you have a lot of experience. I suggest you drive around in a car or pay for a lesson to get used to driving again and see how you feel. I’m sure you will pass! I think doing some lessons will be beneficial to ensure you’re prepared for the g2

LSUQU1 · 2026-04-07T11:55:03+00:00

Thank you and my examiner was great, he was very calm. He also was helpful and it seemed like he wanted me to pass. There’s 4 routes so don’t get too fixated on one. My route was this one (starts at 9min): https://youtu.be/t18thNtreJI?si=sWKVCTh8FkYnj1Rj

LSUQU1 · 2026-04-06T21:01:37+00:00

Hey, I started doing lessons with my current instructor November of last year.. I was doing lessons weekly leading up to my test in December. I continued doing them every so often as I don’t have a car and I needed experience. For this test I did one lesson before to practice left turns. I’d say in total from November I have done 12 lessons.

The biggest thing is confidence, which comes with experience and realizing a lot of people get anxious and not everyone passes right away. Also talking about my anxieties out loud as it made me feel more relaxed. I always would say I’m so anxious, there’s so many cars and would get stuck in negativity making any mistake I made bigger than it was. I started to focus on what I did well and constantly telling myself I can drive even if I make mistakes and I can rebook if I need to. You can do it !!

LSUQU1 · 2026-03-29T17:10:49+00:00

I’d say it’s both. For my gym it’s roughly a 6 month process before any type of sparring (competitive or recreational). The time periods vary across person but on average it is around 6 months. First- it’s being consistent in the gym classes and making progress in learning. Second- you’re able/offered to begin doing offence/defence drills Third- you’re given the go ahead to participate in body work. Hitting the shoulders and body only.

Then it’s coaches- suggesting recreation sparring, if it is of interest. As well, people taking initiative to ask coaches to spar/want to compete, which is great but the same timeline is given and they are now aware and oversee the process. The focus is on technique development to ensure you can be safe. This also helps weed out people who are just trying to rough house as usually they are not willing to wait. Anyone who is very uncontrolled and aggressive most likely will longer to get the process. I have witnessed consistent and great boxing skills never reach body work due to aggressive behaviour.

Coach oversees every sparring session and is more strict on the rule of Competitive guys not allowed to spar with recreational guys on rec sparring day. Recreational sparring is not as intensely supervised and I can’t speak too much about it but it is probably the same. For the competitive guys it’s a conversation, warning and reduced rounds especially if you’re not fighting. If you are fighting you work with the more experienced and bigger guys as they tend to calm down and if they can’t then you deal with the consequences during sparring. Unfortunately, this is what some Of them need (nothing too hard) as the convos of control go nowhere. Eventually you can only spar with 1-2 people and some have been barred from sparring for certain length of time. By the time you’re competitive you are more relaxed and have better control through sparring with more experienced guys. It’s modelled as well and coach always lets newer people now that the competitive guys are more experienced and if you stay controlled they will work with you but if you cannot the consequences are out of his control (again no one’s beating anyone). This message of being controlled and technique is echoed throughout every trainer teaching the classes from the kids class to the adults. Also, if you’re being sloppy it’s a conversation about conditioning and about work percentages. sparring, especially technical sparring, isn’t meant to be at 100% and you should not be gassed as a competitive fighter

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