great news

[s24ng]

Fab news.....I passed my driving test today. First try and i only got ONE minor!!! was for a silly wee thing aswell...asked the examiner just before starting my reverse parking if he wanted me to wait on the pedestrian getting out of their gate 1st!!! As soon as i said it i knew i shouldnt have had, but for that split second i just thought i was on my regular lessons haha!!

Phoned my boyfriend soon as i got home and he surprised me by turning up with flowers and taking me out to order my car!!!

Chose a black 5d New Astra SRI 1.6 auto petrol 6 speed gear box. 16'' alloys as standard!! The boot floor can rise/lower to make loading easier,cruise control and its fking beautiful!!!

[MadOne]

s24ng said:

Fab news.....I passed my driving test today. First try and i only got ONE minor!!! was for a silly wee thing aswell...asked the examiner just before starting my reverse parking if he wanted me to wait on the pedestrian getting out of their gate 1st!!! As soon as i said it i knew i shouldnt have had, but for that split second i just thought i was on my regular lessons haha!!

Phoned my boyfriend soon as i got home and he surprised me by turning up with flowers and taking me out to order my car!!!

Chose a black 5d New Astra SRI 1.6 auto petrol 6 speed gear box. 16'' alloys as standard!! The boot floor can rise/lower to make loading easier,cruise control and its fking beautiful!!!

That's great. I failed mine six times on less than what you did. I made the mistake of telling my driving instructor that I was loaded! So I kept getting failed for the stupidist (is this a word)?? of things. It cost me over £5,000 to pass my test! They saw me coming. Never mind, as I got there in the end. Enjoy your new car.

[tim2100]

Congratulations. Enjoy your new car, when do you get it?

[RB26DETT]

s24ng said:

Fab news.....I passed my driving test today. First try and i only got ONE minor!!! was for a silly wee thing aswell...asked the examiner just before starting my reverse parking if he wanted me to wait on the pedestrian getting out of their gate 1st!!! As soon as i said it i knew i shouldnt have had, but for that split second i just thought i was on my regular lessons haha!!

Phoned my boyfriend soon as i got home and he surprised me by turning up with flowers and taking me out to order my car!!!

Chose a black 5d New Astra SRI 1.6 auto petrol 6 speed gear box. 16'' alloys as standard!! The boot floor can rise/lower to make loading easier,cruise control and its fking beautiful!!!

Why oh why did you get an auto ??

ETA : Congrads

Edited by RB26DETT on Friday 9th April 18:43

[Marf]

RB26DETT said:

s24ng said:

Fab news.....I passed my driving test today. First try and i only got ONE minor!!! was for a silly wee thing aswell...asked the examiner just before starting my reverse parking if he wanted me to wait on the pedestrian getting out of their gate 1st!!! As soon as i said it i knew i shouldnt have had, but for that split second i just thought i was on my regular lessons haha!!

Phoned my boyfriend soon as i got home and he surprised me by turning up with flowers and taking me out to order my car!!!

Chose a black 5d New Astra SRI 1.6 auto petrol 6 speed gear box. 16'' alloys as standard!! The boot floor can rise/lower to make loading easier,cruise control and its fking beautiful!!!

Why oh why did you get an auto ??

Read her earlier thread

[RB26DETT]

Marf said:

RB26DETT said:

s24ng said:

Fab news.....I passed my driving test today. First try and i only got ONE minor!!! was for a silly wee thing aswell...asked the examiner just before starting my reverse parking if he wanted me to wait on the pedestrian getting out of their gate 1st!!! As soon as i said it i knew i shouldnt have had, but for that split second i just thought i was on my regular lessons haha!!

Phoned my boyfriend soon as i got home and he surprised me by turning up with flowers and taking me out to order my car!!!

Chose a black 5d New Astra SRI 1.6 auto petrol 6 speed gear box. 16'' alloys as standard!! The boot floor can rise/lower to make loading easier,cruise control and its fking beautiful!!!

Why oh why did you get an auto ??

Read her earlier thread

Ah i understand now.

Best of look in the new car.

[s24ng]

it may take up to a max of 12 weeks to get to me as it hasnt been made yet haha!! And i HAD to get an auto as im getting the Sri on motability and ive got a disability in both my feet. Although I passed today in a manual, I kept having to strap my feet up for support and rub muscle rub into them after every lesson....hense the standard cruise control.

Was going to get the focus zetec, but every 2nd car on the road is a focus and they couldnt offer me cruise control for the price i could afford for deposit.

Thanks for all ur well dones x

[750turbo]

Well done lady

[stewy68]

Congrats and all the best with your new motor.

[s24ng]

thanxz turbo and stewy x

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Congratulations!!!! Hope your car gives you all the freedom you deserve

MadOne said:

I made the mistake of telling my driving instructor that I was loaded! So I kept getting failed for the stupidist (is this a word)?? of things. It cost me over £5,000 to pass my test!

No your instructor doesnt take you for the test so obviously you just drove badly

[Twincam16]

Well done! Thought I'd been lucky only getting three minors, but just one - blimey.

[wackojacko]

Congrats

[Dan_1981]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Congratulations!!!! Hope your car gives you all the freedom you deserve

MadOne said:

I made the mistake of telling my driving instructor that I was loaded! So I kept getting failed for the stupidist (is this a word)?? of things. It cost me over £5,000 to pass my test!

No your instructor doesnt take you for the test so obviously you just drove badly

He's gonna fit right in here.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

[missdiane]

Congratulations

I paid £40 for my first car, only very rich people could afford new cars back then

Ignore my comment if it's insensitive, just read rest of thread

Edited by missdiane on Friday 9th April 19:24

[anonymous-user]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Congratulations!!!! Hope your car gives you all the freedom you deserve

MadOne said:

I made the mistake of telling my driving instructor that I was loaded! So I kept getting failed for the stupidist (is this a word)?? of things. It cost me over £5,000 to pass my test!

No your instructor doesnt take you for the test so obviously you just drove badly

You took the words straight out of my mouth

[s24ng]

Twincam16 said:

Well done! Thought I'd been lucky only getting three minors, but just one - blimey.

how many minors/majors has everyone else got?? Im really surprised at myself tbh!! if i hadnt asked that stupid question id have passed with NO faults..damn, had to open my big gob!!!

[spaceship]

Congratulations. Well done.

Enjoy the Astra when you get it. 12 weeks will seem like an eternity.

[550Hep]

Well done, enjoy the freedom and the new car.

Edited by 550Hep on Friday 9th April 19:41

[Twincam16]

s24ng said:

Twincam16 said:

Well done! Thought I'd been lucky only getting three minors, but just one - blimey.

how many minors/majors has everyone else got?? Im really surprised at myself tbh!! if i hadnt asked that stupid question id have passed with NO faults..damn, had to open my big gob!!!

I passed first time, but my minors were for:

-Failing to engage the handbrake between changing between reverse and first on my turn in the road (although the road was completely, uncannily, without any camber at all)

-Stalling on a hill whilst waiting for a traffic light (only a minor as I re-started the car very quickly but I REALLY thought I'd failed at that point and asked the examiner whether I needed to stop)

-'Acceleration a little too fast' away from the lights at one point, although I didn't break the speed limit.