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[STEMO]

I like to get a move when driving. I hate anyone else getting a move on when I'm in the passenger seat.

[YZ250]

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 My wife passed her test at age 17 but didn’t have her own car until many years later. By contrast, my daughter passed her test at age 17 and drove her own car immediately. My daughter will drive absolutely anywhere, any distance without thinking about it, whereas my wife still prefers only local trips. When it comes to speed, my daughter would give me a run for my money, but then it was me that taught her to drive and got her through her test so I shouldn’t expect any different. 

My wife & daughter are almost exactly the same as yours except my wife was a little older when she (eventually  ) passed hers & I paid someone else to teach my daughter.

when I got my ML we went to Costco. My daughter asked for a go of the car so I suggested she drive home, about 10 miles. I think we were doing about 50 by the time we left the underground car park! 

    Their confidence is impressive isn’t it. Like you Andy, I have a son and a daughter, and during my stint in hospital recently both kids were brilliant in that they took it in turns to pick up their mum so that my wife could visit every single day. It was 45 miles each way with a fair bit of motorway and my wife’s comment was ‘Blimey, she doesn’t hang about you know, I always get home quicker when I’m with her’. 

[Andy B]

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 I have a son and a daughter,  ....

So I. However ...... the less about my son the better 

[countrywoman]

My daughter learnt to drive in her drag Beetle before she was old enough to go on the road, when she took lessons the instructor had to tell her to go easy on the gear shifts!! Both my lads are good and fast drivers but then I showed all my kids how to go round corners correctly. I get cross when stuck behind idiots breaking to go round bends that can be taken much faster without braking safely .

[YZ250]

I like to get a move when driving. I hate anyone else getting a move on when I'm in the passenger seat.

I’m the same.    I drop little hints like, ‘It’s people like that car at the junction sticking their nose out that make me nervous’, ………   which translated means ‘Have you seen that car ahead about to pull out’.   

[dave the builder]

Just close your eyes and pray .like i do when Mrs Builder drives   

[YZ250]

My daughter learnt to drive in her drag Beetle before she was old enough to go on the road,……..

Learning to drive underage on an airfield was one of the reasons that I was able to pass my test at the first attempt just a couple of months after I turned 17 years of age. I had a Motocross bike (I still do) that my mates older brother wanted to learn to ride and he had a car, so we often swapped vehicles. One of the joys of living in a village back then. Sadly Haddenham Airfield Glider Club is a housing estate now, otherwise I’d be teaching my grandchildren to drive there. 

[Andy B]

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I get cross when stuck behind idiots breaking to go round bends that can be taken much faster without braking safely .

 .... or those that brake when they even see a bend in front of them or if there's a car coming the opposite direction ....  I have honestly been behind them. 

[Andy B]

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Learning to drive underage on an airfield was one of the reasons that I was able to pass my test at the first attempt just a couple of months after I turned 17 years of age.  ..., otherwise I’d be teaching my grandchildren to drive there. 

I was a few months older than you when I passed my test 1st go, but had been driving from about 13 on the farm I worked at week ends & school holidays. 1st thing I drove was an ancient Massy Ferguson tractor.

My grand daughter is 7 .... so a little while off yet before I can teach her. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

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Learning to drive underage on an airfield was one of the reasons that I was able to pass my test at the first attempt just a couple of months after I turned 17 years of age.  ..., otherwise I’d be teaching my grandchildren to drive there. 

I was a few months older than you when I passed my test 1st go, but had been driving from about 13 on the farm I worked at week ends & school holidays. 1st thing I drove was an ancient Massy Ferguson tractor.

My grand daughter is 7 .... so a little while off yet before I can teach her. 

Same here. First thing I drove aged about 11 was may Dad's 'Little Grey Fergie'. 

[TheBoy]

I like to get a move when driving. I hate anyone else getting a move on when I'm in the passenger seat.

I used to be exactly the same, and probably still am with a lot if drivers.  But for the past 2 or 3 years, I've essentially had a chauffeur* for work, so have learnt to be content in the passenger seat scoffing wine gums whilst mt colleague is leaning out of the window call all and sundry a stupid wanka.


*Because the boy from the West Mids simply believes me when I tell him my house is en-route to wherever we need to be, so he can pick me up...

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

.... They are one of the reasons why I think old people should not drive automatics when they can no longer manage a manual.

How old is 'old'?
I'm 60 & have been driving autos for the past 30 years, do I have to start driving a manual again in a few years?

How many years have you been 60 years old?

[Sir Tigger KC]

.... They are one of the reasons why I think old people should not drive automatics when they can no longer manage a manual.

How old is 'old'?
I'm 60 & have been driving autos for the past 30 years, do I have to start driving a manual again in a few years?

How many years have you been 60 years old?

Probably not as long as you've been 30 years old! 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

.... They are one of the reasons why I think old people should not drive automatics when they can no longer manage a manual.

How old is 'old'?
I'm 60 & have been driving autos for the past 30 years, do I have to start driving a manual again in a few years?

How many years have you been 60 years old?

Probably not as long as you've been 30 years old! 

The great thing about 2023 in the UK is that reality is now deemed irrelevant. It's place taken by the 'my truth' types.

I identify as 34  and devilishly handsome, therefore I am 34 and devilishly handsome.

Anyone who dares to disagree is a hateful bigot.

[Sir Tigger KC]

.... They are one of the reasons why I think old people should not drive automatics when they can no longer manage a manual.

How old is 'old'?
I'm 60 & have been driving autos for the past 30 years, do I have to start driving a manual again in a few years?

How many years have you been 60 years old?

Probably not as long as you've been 30 years old! 

The great thing about 2023 in the UK is that reality is now deemed irrelevant. It's place taken by the 'my truth' types.

I identify as 34  and devilishly handsome, therefore I am 34 and devilishly handsome, even if I look like I've had a hard life! 

Anyone who dares to disagree is a hateful bigot.