Saluki
World class procrastinator
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Congrats to mini maggot. I am sure he will be fine
Passed first time!
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nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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- You want hills? We got hills
[QUOTE 4875905, member: 76"]MiniUser76 did his driving test this morning. He passed it, first time, with one minor on road positioning, so proud Dad here 
I really did not mind him going on his cycle for the first time on his own, nor his moped, I really didn't bat an eyelid! Now he has gone for a drive on his own and I am on the edge of my seat
Can someone please tell me this uncomfortable feeling doesn't last long and you soon get used to it?[/QUOTE]
Son#2 passed a few weeks ago. Mrs N still somewhat nervous when he drives to school but I'm pretty relaxed now. After all, what use is worrying?
Paying for the insurance though.....now that's a whole different sort of stress
I really did not mind him going on his cycle for the first time on his own, nor his moped, I really didn't bat an eyelid! Now he has gone for a drive on his own and I am on the edge of my seat
Can someone please tell me this uncomfortable feeling doesn't last long and you soon get used to it?[/QUOTE]
Son#2 passed a few weeks ago. Mrs N still somewhat nervous when he drives to school but I'm pretty relaxed now. After all, what use is worrying?
Paying for the insurance though.....now that's a whole different sort of stress
rugby bloke
Veteran
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- Northamptonshire
Congratulations on the pass.
Both my boys had a moped until they passed their driving test and I was a lot happier when they moved from riding a moped to driving a car. Especially as No 2 lad was taken out by an unobservant driver and trashed off his moped.
Both my boys had a moped until they passed their driving test and I was a lot happier when they moved from riding a moped to driving a car. Especially as No 2 lad was taken out by an unobservant driver and trashed off his moped.
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
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- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
I know my Mum still worries every time she knows I'm driving, but to be fair I did only pass my test 27 years ago, (first timer as well)
So no I doubt you ever stop worrying. I suspect you Just get used to it and then it probably seems to subside.
Well done MM
So no I doubt you ever stop worrying. I suspect you Just get used to it and then it probably seems to subside.
Well done MM
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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Well done! The driving test is an awful lot harder than it was when I took it.
All you had to do was avoid hitting the flag-waver
The feeling will soon pass... only to return in spades the first time mini-M drives you down the motorway at 70mph.
D1 (28) remarked last sumer as we shared the driving to Cornwall that we must at last be relaxed about her driving as we both slept as she drove!
D1 (28) remarked last sumer as we shared the driving to Cornwall that we must at last be relaxed about her driving as we both slept as she drove!
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nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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[QUOTE 4875970, member: 76"]Holy crap, you are not bloody wrong! His excess is basically the value of the car, the only saving grace is he has the policy on a provisional licence for 5 months, so in 7 months he gets a years no claims................but it cost me £780 to upgrade it to a full licence policy (with no black box though), making a grand total of £1100 a year for a 1l Toyota Yaris on an 02 plate 
His mate had saved and saved for 3 years for a car, and got himself a tidy VW Polo on a 15 plate, he has had to sell it as he can't afford the insurance (considerably north of £2000, with a telematics box, a curfew and a 3000 mile limit), now he has a Ka that isn't in the first flush of youth
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That sounds a little expensive. I've t/f the Nissan Qashqai to be him as main driver and with a black box, 6k miles and £500 excess the insurance is only a little more than yours
It worked out cheaper to have him as main driver rather than named driver on my policy. Plus he can build up no claims (hopefully) which will help him a lot
His mate had saved and saved for 3 years for a car, and got himself a tidy VW Polo on a 15 plate, he has had to sell it as he can't afford the insurance (considerably north of £2000, with a telematics box, a curfew and a 3000 mile limit), now he has a Ka that isn't in the first flush of youth
[/QUOTE]That sounds a little expensive. I've t/f the Nissan Qashqai to be him as main driver and with a black box, 6k miles and £500 excess the insurance is only a little more than yours
It worked out cheaper to have him as main driver rather than named driver on my policy. Plus he can build up no claims (hopefully) which will help him a lot
Dave 123
Legendary Member
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- Cambridgeshire alps
Not long after my lad passed his test last year we were chauffeured to the beer festival and back in the next village.
Now that was sweet!
Now that was sweet!
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[QUOTE 4875905, member: 76"]MiniUser76 did his driving test this morning. He passed it, first time, with one minor on road positioning, so proud Dad here
I really did not mind him going on his cycle for the first time on his own, nor his moped, I really didn't bat an eyelid! Now he has gone for a drive on his own and I am on the edge of my seat
Can someone please tell me this uncomfortable feeling doesn't last long and you soon get used to it?[/QUOTE]
Well done MiniMaggot, yes the feeling will pass, I was nervous about my son driving, especially after he was taken out on a roundabout a month after he passed, no injuries thankfully just a trashed car, the other driver pulled across the front of him spun him round and just kept going we never traced them. I passed my test in 1982 but didn't buy a car until 2012, I was driving hire cars and company vehicles before I brought my own car, but was treated as a new driver by the insurance companies when I brought my KA.
I really did not mind him going on his cycle for the first time on his own, nor his moped, I really didn't bat an eyelid! Now he has gone for a drive on his own and I am on the edge of my seat
Can someone please tell me this uncomfortable feeling doesn't last long and you soon get used to it?[/QUOTE]
Well done MiniMaggot, yes the feeling will pass, I was nervous about my son driving, especially after he was taken out on a roundabout a month after he passed, no injuries thankfully just a trashed car, the other driver pulled across the front of him spun him round and just kept going we never traced them. I passed my test in 1982 but didn't buy a car until 2012, I was driving hire cars and company vehicles before I brought my own car, but was treated as a new driver by the insurance companies when I brought my KA.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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- Northamptonshire
another well done to minimaggot
Each milestone results in apprehension doesn't it. I still breathe easy when I see the car pull up outside. I guess the feeling will go slowly just as I no longer think about them going out by themselves where once I did. I've even stopped sitting yawning on the couch until they get in late and just go to bed now. Though son2 is interrailing in Europe currently and I'm on holiday. Just in case, I have my passport with me in Devon.
