Passed my driving test!

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 20 Dec 2006, 17:46

Strewth - that was a long slog.

Took my first driving test today and passed - but you don't want to know how much I've spent on lessons.

Mrs Dadaist was pregnant with Neo-Dadaist when I started learning.

Neo-Dadaist will be 3 next May. The L plates on my car will need to be blasted off somehow. Great thing is all the no-claims bonus I've accrued as a learner.

I was starting to get nervous, because the test format changes next year (reverse park is into a supermarket-style space), plus I would have had to do the theory test again as it runs out every two years.

I am now going to drink beer and whisky.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 20 Dec 2006, 18:05

Well done, you!!

**Poppy rushes off to check that she's well insured**

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 20 Dec 2006, 18:17

Cool, we can have races round Portobello Park before they start building on it.

Congratulations, well done etc etc.

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 20 Dec 2006, 18:17

Dadaist wrote:..I am now going to drink beer and whisky.

Not while driving I hope!

Well done.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 20 Dec 2006, 18:18

Congratulations. I'm sure your driving instructor can afford to retire happily now.

PS Watch out for these guys:

impossiblevoices · Post by **impossiblevoices** » 20 Dec 2006, 18:30

Well done!

By the way Dada, was in a bookshop today - saw [this] and thought of you!

Well done again!

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 20 Dec 2006, 18:51

Fantastic news Dada...(I think!)

=D>=D>=D>=D>

Could you possibly provide us with a note of your anticipated routes and times to and from work etc over the next few months...just so that we can wave, you understand

gilo · Post by **gilo** » 20 Dec 2006, 18:56

Congratulations Dada, rip up the road. My only concern is how this affects your carbon neutral status?

(Looking good tonight foxy!)

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 20 Dec 2006, 19:03

Well done, Dada!

Congratulations and best of British!!!

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 20 Dec 2006, 19:40

Congratulations Dada

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » 20 Dec 2006, 19:58

Well done Dada. Don't forget to watch out for these as well

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 20 Dec 2006, 22:22

Well done

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 20 Dec 2006, 22:43

Well done to the dadaist. Good things come to those that wait.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 20 Dec 2006, 23:08

Congratulations!

Passed first time!

Which driving school did you use?

Got 2 kids with provisional licences. ( You want to see what that did to my insurance premiums)

I've been taking Clangers 1 and 2 around the derelict area in Niddrie to get them used to a car but think they need a little more instruction than their mum saying , yes, forward, (fixed smile, grit teeth) turn at the burnt out car ( grinding of teeth ), go straight past the cr*pping dog. Now try changing gear, No, the engine isn't supposed to make that noise .......

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 20 Dec 2006, 23:13

Well done Dada.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 20 Dec 2006, 23:32

SoupDragon wrote:Congratulations!

Passed first time!

Which driving school did you use?

Got 2 kids with provisional licences. ( You want to see what that did to my insurance premiums)

I've been taking Clangers 1 and 2 around the derelict area in Niddrie to get them used to a car but think they need a little more instruction than their mum saying , yes, forward, (fixed smile, grit teeth) turn at the burnt out car ( grinding of teeth ), go straight past the cr*pping dog. Now try changing gear, No, the engine isn't supposed to make that noise .......

Happy Hour - just along from Carlo's chipper.

Thanks all for your thanks. Have had no whisky yet but more than enough beer. 80' and Cobra. Hic.

I'm now learning that all the people who before used to intone the mantra "so have you got a test date yet?" now intone the mantra "well you start learning now, have you been out on your own yet?"

No pleasing some folks. Hic.

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 20 Dec 2006, 23:34

Big congratulations Dada!!

Hope the other road users are ready for you!!!

ali · Post by **ali** » 21 Dec 2006, 00:28

Respect.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 21 Dec 2006, 00:33

Just caught up with the news

Congratulations!!

It'll seem like hardly any time before you're teaching the wee one(s) to drive

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 21 Dec 2006, 08:29

Congratulations, Dada. I take my hat off to anyone who can drive. I took lessons many years ago and decided that I am definitley allergic to driving so have to make do with a chauffeur.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Dec 2006, 09:27

Thanks folks.

My biggest headache was reversing round corners. I hate that manoeuvre with passion. I must have done it hundreds of times round the Joppa test route over the years.

Didn't have to do one during my test but.

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 21 Dec 2006, 09:43

The main thing is you did it!!! First time too ... Not a lot of people pass first time. Much respect there!

After my only lesson, I got told by the Instructor to never ever sit behind a driver's wheel ever ever again! Ever!

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 21 Dec 2006, 10:06

Well done Dadaist. Mr. BM is a driving instructor and says not a lot of folks pass first time, so give yourself a pat on the back.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Dec 2006, 10:51

BM - Tell him I got 4 minors.

My mock test lasted an hour beforehand. Half an hour into my test I thought to myself - "halfway through now, must try not to get any more minors" and to my great surprise, we turned off the road into the test centre and he told me I'd passed!

I thought driving tests lasted the same time as lessons.

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 21 Dec 2006, 13:37

four minors is a good result. You should be well chuffed.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 21 Dec 2006, 15:11

Well done dude.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 22 Dec 2006, 21:25

Well done Dada! Obviously, all the best people pass first time (

). And don't worry ever again about reversing round corners. NOBODY reverses round a corner the way they were taught. If we did, we would all take so long reversing round corners that we would never go forwards

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