WIll be sweet I am sure - will check my insurance but shouldn't be too much of a worry. We can take it slow if we have to but I doubt it will be as difficult as you might imagine feck you can get around on a bike - you'll piss in
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WIll be sweet I am sure - will check my insurance but shouldn't be too much of a worry. We can take it slow if we have to but I doubt it will be as difficult as you might imagine feck you can get around on a bike - you'll piss in
Eyes that shine burning red
Head down to Port road on a Sunday. Wide roads that are really quiet, would be good cornering, parking etc practice.
Doesn't play well with others
Sod paying for an instructor.
For the same price, you could take Number One's Volvo to a trackday and learn how to drive there.
Originally Posted by White trash
could catch a monkey
I haz a bieks :D
My dad's pushing me to buy a 1987 Honda legend, 2.7L V6 DOHC, so about 170~hp in its hayday. Electric seats, windows, Auto with a dodgy trans, but for $400 I really don't give a shit.
I had a drive in it, and it has some pretty good low down power. Problem is, I almost gave up and cried when it came to passing cars on a narrow road, I WANT MY HANDS ON HANDLES TO GAUGE DISTANCES
Some people just can't seem to comprehend that they do not have the right to be unoffended in their lives.
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Why bother? It'd cost more to rego each year than the car would be worth.My dad's pushing me to buy a 1987 Honda legend, 2.7L V6 DOHC, so about 170~hp in its hayday. Electric seats, windows, Auto with a dodgy trans, but for $400 I really don't give a shit.
I had a drive in it, and it has some pretty good low down power. Problem is, I almost gave up and cried when it came to passing cars on a narrow road, I WANT MY HANDS ON HANDLES TO GAUGE DISTANCES
You've got a bike, what more do ye need?
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Not much point in an instructor. You already ride a bike, so it's well nigh certain you know more about roadcraft than the instructor would (and my observation of driving instructors is that most of them shouldnt be out on the roads themselves let alone "teaching" others).
Think back. How'd you learn to ride a motorbike ? Same deal .
Get access to a car. A manual one (cos if you start in an auto you'll never really learn to drive properly, and you already undertstand gearbox and clutch stuff).The older bigger and more gutless the car the better, cos it'll be harder to drive. Then just go practice. When you come to take the test, take it in a nice small modern easy to drive automatic. It'll be a doddle.
Remember, but. YOU CAN'T LANESPLIT IN A CAR. And don't do what I was doing and try to countersteer them , that doesn't work either
kiss my
DONT look out for bikes
"your car is boring"
BogOff-Cant you see I'm busy?
Get a Lotus Elise. They drive well (except over the bumps).
Don't let your partner give you lessons (unless you want to call it a day).
If you can ride a bike, you can drive a car.
Whatever cat you get make sure it is not Auto gear change, 'cos it will piss you off.
BTW: Lane splitting is a no no when driving a car.
I haz a bieks :D
My Dad is under mothers pressure to get me a vehicle with 4 wheels. The plan is, buy car, get next 6 months WOF, reg runs out in a year. If it breaks, just call the wreckers, problem sorted.
Some people just can't seem to comprehend that they do not have the right to be unoffended in their lives.
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Will give driving lessons for food.
You don't want a kiwi instructor as any fule kno' Kiwi's can't drive for toffee.
Umm... I rode bikes for years before becoming a $hit car driver, lessons from a pro made a big difference. There's a lot of different techniques in a car and the road positioning is different.
Top tip Hels (and I learn't this the hard way)....leaning harder into the corner in a car doesn't make it turn faster.
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Perhaps it might be pertinent to ask WHY you need a car licence. There is a difference between wanting to have a class 1 because a lot of jobs expect it, even though they don't actually involve driving, and wanting a class 1 because you intend to travel by cage instead of bike in future (shame! - but sometimes lifestyle changes predicate a car for a while, especially for chicks). In the former case, all that you need to do is learn enough to get through the test - which is trivial, you could probably pass right now. In the latter case you need to be able to actuallY DRIVE. WHich is not so easy (though much easier than riding a bike)
Recovered workaholic.
Tell that to the WRC drivers using the "Scandinavian flick"...
Yeah. Much better to get one of those FOB Somali, Chinese or Indian driving instructors...
If it wasn't for a concise set of rules, we might have to resort to common sense!
Going for a ride
just chuck her in and give directions to Carterton - by the time you get there, she'll deserve the coffee and muffin.
Like Ixion said etc etc blah blah and besides she isn't your ordinary "learner".
She just lacks the confidence - time behind the wheel, and knowing which side the fuel flap is on
It is what it is
<- A new way to take a rubber!
It's a pity large malls open on sundays. When I learned (back in the 80s) they were closed on a sunday and you could at least change gear, fool around in reverse etc...
Get your partner to drop you off in a quiet suburb, then drive around. I can't think of any large unused tarmac type areas around suitable for a car going up to 3rd / 4th.
You know the road rules with a bike, so its just the mechanics of gear changing and co-ordinating feet. Start with pulling out, driving up the road through the gears, then back down through them pulling over. You can then confidently follow other traffic and slow down appropriately.
Also get used to emergency braking. Literally lock the basrard up (since it can't fall over). I do this just for fun sometimes and to test whether one side of brakes are pulling more than the other (and just to test they work).
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