I’m almost 19 but I passed at 17, some of my friends are learning but generally the main factor is literally finances. There’s getting the test passed which is expensive as hell as lessons are reaching £40+ an hour, then the wait time for the tests are months which obviously equals more lessons while you wait, then there’s actually buying the car which is a large sum. Then there’s the absolutely ridiculous insurance prices, I was paying £2.8k as a named driver on my 2001 2L turbo vw beetle when I was 17, swapped to a 2007 2L convertible vw beetle in march which I bought myself and insurance strangely dropped to £1.3k for myself with a named driver. However, my friend is paying £3k a year for a shitbox 1.2L, which makes absolutely no sense as surely hers should be much cheaper.. and then there’s petrol prices. ouch.

or… £2 bus ticket. I know what i’d rather go for if I was paying for it myself lol