How to express your driving aptitude without being ****tish?
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It's well known (or maybe common conjecture) that most English people believe their driving standard to be above average.
As we sit here atop our advanced driving high horses, we believe (in many cases correctly), that our driving standard is indeed better than average, if only because we take the time to think about it and try to develop our skills.
This is not a thread to argue about what it is to be 'advanced' or what the definition of average is as it's been done to death.
How does one go about explaining to a layperson that you can actually drive more proficiently than most without coming across as a complete dick?
As is evidenced by the tone of my post, its rather hard for me to explain my problem without already sounding like a pompous t
t. Im really not. Promise.
As we sit here atop our advanced driving high horses, we believe (in many cases correctly), that our driving standard is indeed better than average, if only because we take the time to think about it and try to develop our skills.
This is not a thread to argue about what it is to be 'advanced' or what the definition of average is as it's been done to death.
How does one go about explaining to a layperson that you can actually drive more proficiently than most without coming across as a complete dick?
As is evidenced by the tone of my post, its rather hard for me to explain my problem without already sounding like a pompous t
t. Im really not. Promise. Nobody knows then 
Its not about bragging or criticising other people at all.
Say somebody offers to lend you their car. How do you put their mind at ease and explain that you are competent enough that you are unlikely to crash their car without external influence. That statement in itself sounds big headed and arrogant, but you know what I mean.
I guess you could take them out in your own car and 'let your driving do the talking' but im still interested to know how you might go about explaining it modestly.
Its not about bragging or criticising other people at all.
Say somebody offers to lend you their car. How do you put their mind at ease and explain that you are competent enough that you are unlikely to crash their car without external influence. That statement in itself sounds big headed and arrogant, but you know what I mean.
I guess you could take them out in your own car and 'let your driving do the talking' but im still interested to know how you might go about explaining it modestly.
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