Driving Lesson Number 26.
Well, only 3 words can sum up today's lesson accurately.
Oh.My.God.
Why? I hear you ask... Well, my instructor got a new car on Sunday and today was my first day in it, so of course there were teething troubles for me as I got to grips with the new controls and everything.
Firstly I didn't have the seat high enough so I just wasn't comfortable for the first 20 minutes or so! The pedals feel totally different to the old car, which is better in some ways but rather annoying in others because I'd gotten used to the stiff clutch and the sensitive brakes!
We headed to the test centre first off, via Matalan roundabout... For some reason, as I was turning onto Stanley Street to go into the test centre, I put my foot down on the accelerator instead of the brake so we shot off round the corner instead of taking it gently!! Oops... Luckily there were no cars waiting to pull out or I'd most definitely have hit one!
The Yaris has a much better turning circle than the Clio, so I found it easier to reverse into a bay, although reverse is in a totally different place, so I went into 1st by accident when reversing round a corner later on in the lesson!! Oops again...
We managed to get into Siddick for a parallel park today too! I found that much easier to do in the new car, but then coming back out of Siddick was almost disasterous! A van stopped to let me out because he wanted to turn where I was, however, there were 2 children obstructing my view as I was coming out! Now you're probably thinking that I almost crashed... No, the children decided to try and run across the road as I was turning!! My heart was in my mouth thinking about what could've happened if I hadn't reacted when I did, but that wasn't the worst thing to happen. Oh no, not by a long shot!
At another point in the lesson, we were heading along Newlands Lane towards town, when a STUPID idiot (didn't even look old enough to be behind the wheel!) pulled out on me and I had to do an emergency stop to avoid clouting him!! I wasn't even speeding and the police car behind me can vouch for that!! What did they do at this point..? Not a sausage! They simply cruised along behind me till I turned off at the roundabout!! That got me so, so mad!
I don't think I did too bad with it being a new car and everything, although I now have to relearn clutch control because the bite is different, and it's so quiet that it's harder to hear when I've got it! So for this lesson being a "getting to know you" type of thing for me, I didn't do too bad and got loads of manouvres in, albeit one that wasn't even meant to happen!!
Next week, we're going to look at last weeks mock test and focus on my faults, just hope that the lunatics stop at home!!
Oh.My.God.
Why? I hear you ask... Well, my instructor got a new car on Sunday and today was my first day in it, so of course there were teething troubles for me as I got to grips with the new controls and everything.
Firstly I didn't have the seat high enough so I just wasn't comfortable for the first 20 minutes or so! The pedals feel totally different to the old car, which is better in some ways but rather annoying in others because I'd gotten used to the stiff clutch and the sensitive brakes!
We headed to the test centre first off, via Matalan roundabout... For some reason, as I was turning onto Stanley Street to go into the test centre, I put my foot down on the accelerator instead of the brake so we shot off round the corner instead of taking it gently!! Oops... Luckily there were no cars waiting to pull out or I'd most definitely have hit one!
The Yaris has a much better turning circle than the Clio, so I found it easier to reverse into a bay, although reverse is in a totally different place, so I went into 1st by accident when reversing round a corner later on in the lesson!! Oops again...
We managed to get into Siddick for a parallel park today too! I found that much easier to do in the new car, but then coming back out of Siddick was almost disasterous! A van stopped to let me out because he wanted to turn where I was, however, there were 2 children obstructing my view as I was coming out! Now you're probably thinking that I almost crashed... No, the children decided to try and run across the road as I was turning!! My heart was in my mouth thinking about what could've happened if I hadn't reacted when I did, but that wasn't the worst thing to happen. Oh no, not by a long shot!
At another point in the lesson, we were heading along Newlands Lane towards town, when a STUPID idiot (didn't even look old enough to be behind the wheel!) pulled out on me and I had to do an emergency stop to avoid clouting him!! I wasn't even speeding and the police car behind me can vouch for that!! What did they do at this point..? Not a sausage! They simply cruised along behind me till I turned off at the roundabout!! That got me so, so mad!
I don't think I did too bad with it being a new car and everything, although I now have to relearn clutch control because the bite is different, and it's so quiet that it's harder to hear when I've got it! So for this lesson being a "getting to know you" type of thing for me, I didn't do too bad and got loads of manouvres in, albeit one that wasn't even meant to happen!!
Next week, we're going to look at last weeks mock test and focus on my faults, just hope that the lunatics stop at home!!
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