I have been driving on private land etc for a long time now, started with a large ride on mower aged roughly 6 or 7, progressed to small tractor aged 8. progressed to large tractor aged 9.
Landrover and cars i was probably 10 or 11. So the other week had my first official driving lesson on the main road.
had a two hour lesson, driving instructor knows nothing of my history etc, lesson went ok and when we got back to the house she says to me.....
You did really well, most new driver stall the car or miss gears blah blah blah. She said she was amazed I had done so well and she hadnt had to use the dual driving controls, BUT she turns to me and says....
The only thing that worries me a little is your cornering, dont be offended but you drive a car like a tractor. So i look her dead in the eye and say, i have to disagree with you, if i was driving it like a tractor i would have been facing the other way. So she asks why would I do that?? So again dead straight faced i looked at her and said, because I like my plough lines straight and I cant stand cut rows that are hard to bale after cutting.
She looked really confused, so I ask her if she has a bit of time before her next customer, she says she has twenty mins. So we get out the car and i dissapere.
the look on her face was priceless when suddenly i came from behind the barn in a huge Massey Ferguson, i have it on loan from a neighbor for a couple of weeks to sort our large field out.
She actually agreed to get in (its a twin seat), and I took her across the small paddock in it. We get back to the barn after ten mins and she looks at me and says.... why didnt you drive like that in the car!! WOMEN!!!!
One minuet she says i drive a car like a tractor then she is asking why i didnt drive the car like a tractor!! She couldnt see the irony in that at all. I asked if I could use the landrover for the next lesson, but she refused because it dosnt have dual control. I should explain everything I have driven so far, including my mums car etc, have all been fairly large. The car i am learning in is a tiny Corsa!! I am not used to driving something with steering so light, it turns just by looking at the steering wheel!! Actually its horrible to drive, feels like it would blow over in the wind.
Anyway first lesson done!! 2 hours and £85 spent!! I better pass the driving test pretty quick, extortionate costs learning to drive.
Landrover and cars i was probably 10 or 11. So the other week had my first official driving lesson on the main road.
had a two hour lesson, driving instructor knows nothing of my history etc, lesson went ok and when we got back to the house she says to me.....
You did really well, most new driver stall the car or miss gears blah blah blah. She said she was amazed I had done so well and she hadnt had to use the dual driving controls, BUT she turns to me and says....
The only thing that worries me a little is your cornering, dont be offended but you drive a car like a tractor. So i look her dead in the eye and say, i have to disagree with you, if i was driving it like a tractor i would have been facing the other way. So she asks why would I do that?? So again dead straight faced i looked at her and said, because I like my plough lines straight and I cant stand cut rows that are hard to bale after cutting.
She looked really confused, so I ask her if she has a bit of time before her next customer, she says she has twenty mins. So we get out the car and i dissapere.
the look on her face was priceless when suddenly i came from behind the barn in a huge Massey Ferguson, i have it on loan from a neighbor for a couple of weeks to sort our large field out.
She actually agreed to get in (its a twin seat), and I took her across the small paddock in it. We get back to the barn after ten mins and she looks at me and says.... why didnt you drive like that in the car!! WOMEN!!!!
One minuet she says i drive a car like a tractor then she is asking why i didnt drive the car like a tractor!! She couldnt see the irony in that at all. I asked if I could use the landrover for the next lesson, but she refused because it dosnt have dual control. I should explain everything I have driven so far, including my mums car etc, have all been fairly large. The car i am learning in is a tiny Corsa!! I am not used to driving something with steering so light, it turns just by looking at the steering wheel!! Actually its horrible to drive, feels like it would blow over in the wind.
Anyway first lesson done!! 2 hours and £85 spent!! I better pass the driving test pretty quick, extortionate costs learning to drive.