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Passed Driving test!!! :p
eddie99 - 29/7/09 at 09:51 AM

Hi Guys,

Just to let you know i passed my driving test this morning :p :p

12 days after my birthday so not too bad :p

Ed


UncleFista - 29/7/09 at 09:52 AM

Yay


handyandy - 29/7/09 at 09:53 AM

congratulations, well done


mlees91 - 29/7/09 at 09:53 AM

yes not to bad i did it in 19days but the problem you get is being able to get a test date that close after your theory.

max lees 91#

[Edited on 29/7/09 by mlees91]


eddie99 - 29/7/09 at 09:55 AM

Yeah, i did theory last tuesday but normal waiting time is 8weeks but i got a cancellation slot :p

Picking up my tintop car tonight, now gotta get the GTS on the road :p


Mr Whippy - 29/7/09 at 09:57 AM

Well done

but don't go mad on the road... most people crash within 2 weeks of passing (my sister in just 15 minutes, with my car ) so take it easy


omega0684 - 29/7/09 at 09:59 AM

Well Done Eddie!

how many minors?


Fozzie - 29/7/09 at 10:04 AM

Congratulations Ed....

Fozzie


eddie99 - 29/7/09 at 10:12 AM

5 minors, more than i wanted but i could of had 15, so still pretty good

2 for being too fast approaching junctions,
2 for reversing round a corner, 1 of them was a cyclist came so i started again, and i went too close to kerb so redid it, but 3rd time was perfect

And 1 for undue hesitation, not sure what thats about

Ed


mlees91 - 29/7/09 at 10:16 AM

you got the same number of minors as me but mine where for going to slow and now i race how does that work :s

max lees 91#

[Edited on 29/7/09 by mlees91]


Mr Whippy - 29/7/09 at 10:20 AM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie99

And 1 for undue hesitation, not sure what thats about

Ed


Usually at roundabouts where the examiner considered it safe to go but you didn't

On the bus driver test they hit you hard for these as your not considered confident enough

The saying is “expecting to go but prepared to stop”


mcerd1 - 29/7/09 at 10:31 AM

I got 5 minors too

I think it was: 1 mirrors, 1 hesitation, 1 too slow

and 2 for use of gears (I like to use all the avalible rev's )

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Well done

but don't go mad on the road... most people crash within 2 weeks of passing (my sister in just 15 minutes, with my car ) so take it easy


for me it was 1 day
just a tiny bump in a car park

then a week after that I spun the car and ended up on the grass, but lucky never hit anything (no kerbs)

the scary bit is that was 10 years ago


Mr Whippy - 29/7/09 at 10:38 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
I got 5 minors too

I think it was: 1 mirrors, 1 hesitation, 1 too slow

and 2 for use of gears (I like to use all the avalible rev's )

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Well done

but don't go mad on the road... most people crash within 2 weeks of passing (my sister in just 15 minutes, with my car ) so take it easy


for me it was 1 day
just a tiny bump in a car park

then a week after that I spun the car and ended up on the grass, but lucky never hit anything (no kerbs)

the scary bit is that was 10 years ago


she virtually cut mine in half bouncing off a tree, wasn't much left of it


Miks15 - 29/7/09 at 11:03 AM

well done mate, i passed last september in 19 days so you beat me! but i only got 1 minor

I havent had any prangs yet so dont worry, it doesnt happen to everyone!


blakep82 - 29/7/09 at 11:08 AM

awesome what car are you picking up tonight?


afj - 29/7/09 at 11:11 AM

well done, i had i minor of undue hesitation i was at a juntion between to speed humps so the cars were racing up to the bump,then crawing over it


eddie99 - 29/7/09 at 11:17 AM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
awesome what car are you picking up tonight?


Ford Puma :p


blakep82 - 29/7/09 at 11:21 AM

cool
think i got 5 minors too. i forget what for, it was 10 years ago now i still feel like i'm 18


Dangle_kt - 29/7/09 at 11:24 AM

well done!

You join that smug and elite group that passed first time. Welcome aboard!


mcerd1 - 29/7/09 at 11:24 AM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
awesome what car are you picking up tonight?


Ford Puma :p

I always quite liked them for some reson, they where still quite new when I passed my test though, so I had no chance of getting one

ended up with a 1979 1.1 fiesta - briliant fun (but then so is any first car )

[Edited on 29/7/09 by mcerd1]


gavin174 - 29/7/09 at 11:32 AM

thats a result ed..

if you want to gain a bit if experience you can pick me and drop me off at the pub and then pick me up later if you want.....

or you could come in and have a coke with me...

well done ed. need to get our cars on the road ready for the boxing day run out!!!

not long to go.


SteveWalker - 29/7/09 at 11:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
5 minors, more than i wanted but i could of had 15, so still pretty good

2 for being too fast approaching junctions,
2 for reversing round a corner, 1 of them was a cyclist came so i started again, and i went too close to kerb so redid it, but 3rd time was perfect

And 1 for undue hesitation, not sure what thats about

Ed


I always wondered what the point of the reversing round a corner close to the kerb manouevre was - surely the most likely time you'd reverse around a corner is to turn around, in which case you'd really want to end up with your offside close to the centreline of the sideroad, ready for pulling out to the right?


eddie99 - 29/7/09 at 11:51 AM

quote:
Originally posted by gavin174
thats a result ed..

if you want to gain a bit if experience you can pick me and drop me off at the pub and then pick me up later if you want.....

or you could come in and have a coke with me...

well done ed. need to get our cars on the road ready for the boxing day run out!!!

not long to go.


Will happily do that Gavin, i owe you quite a bit from the help and knowledge i have learned off you :p


Nash - 29/7/09 at 12:41 PM

Well done Ed.

This post makes me feel old. I passed my test in December......... 1982 that's 27 years ago

thanks for reminding me! Enjoy it fella it's the best thing in the world.

One piece of advice given to me, which worked for me was "now go learn to drive"

well done again

....... Neil

[Edited on 29/7/09 by Nash]


irvined - 29/7/09 at 12:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
I got 5 minors too

I think it was: 1 mirrors, 1 hesitation, 1 too slow

and 2 for use of gears (I like to use all the avalible rev's )

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Well done

but don't go mad on the road... most people crash within 2 weeks of passing (my sister in just 15 minutes, with my car ) so take it easy


for me it was 1 day
just a tiny bump in a car park

then a week after that I spun the car and ended up on the grass, but lucky never hit anything (no kerbs)

the scary bit is that was 10 years ago


she virtually cut mine in half bouncing off a tree, wasn't much left of it


It took me 6 weeks, but I bounced off a tree and into a lake. FYI, November is not the best month to go for a swim.


Stuart_B - 29/7/09 at 03:57 PM

well done mate, so if you do that you must beable to do that for me.lol seeing i have belped buidl your car till 1am in teh morning.lol

well done again, speak to you later mate

stuart


eddie99 - 29/7/09 at 04:10 PM

Umm not sure, going to pick up the car in 51minutes, going through a very excited moment :p

Will speak later, i will pop over at the weekend


eddie99 - 29/7/09 at 08:59 PM

Wow its awesome, spent the last few hours out in it, including a run to tesco's that turned into 1 hour down the country lanes :p

Ed


gavin174 - 29/7/09 at 09:03 PM

have fun eddie...

just take it easy.....

dont spend all your time driving spend a little time in the garage...

congrats again...