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  • 47 of 47 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Nathan_Innit

    5 Stars For The Very First Time Diamond review 18/02/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages One of the best skills you can ever learn

    Disadvantages Disadvantages An emotional rollercoaster

    Yikes, turning 17 was more daunting than I thought it would be, what with all my friends already learning to drive (or having passed) I almost felt pressured to get through the whole process, although not overly - I mean I know I had many happy months still ahead of me being a passenger and getting lifts for zero petrol money. Happy days, although to be in control was something that needed to be done. I've always been a young one in my year; taking forever to become a teenager, and even longer to get my nice shiny 16+ card.. little did I know it's actually the ugliest and least useful ID in ... more
  • 114 of 116 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 marymoose99

    Member since 15/11/2006

    Reviews written: 171

    3 Stars Thank God, now I can have babies! Diamond review 17/01/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages I got there in the end! And it was er....intersting!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Time money, and lots of tears.

    ---Before the Introduction!--- This is in the category "Member advice on Passing your Practical Driving Test". I think my review would be better suited in "Member advice on how not to pass your Practical Driving Test". However, I did get there in the end - so the advice I can offer is: · You will get there if you persevere · You will pass only when you are ready to pass · If you are a friend or relative of someone who is struggling to pass, please please leave them alone, the added stress of your pressure really does make things worse. It might be useful to accept that some people just don't ... more
  • 69 of 69 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ice_pink

    5 Stars Passing your driving test! Diamond review 16/05/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Freedom! The end of all those lessons, where to go now..!?

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very expensive, nerve wracking, and frustrating!

    Passing your test! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ When I first started taking my driving lessons I actually thought very little about the actual test itself and just carried on as normal. I sort of knew I was good enough to pass and had a feeling I’d pass first time… Yep, this feeling was wrong, but there you go. First things first, to start learning to drive you first need to get a provisional license, which now comes in the form of a little green card with ‘DVLA’ stamped all over it in clear writing. The theory test ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The theory test is something you should try to get out of the way as soon ... more
  • 85 of 85 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    LR_17

    4 Stars At the junction, turn left.....no the other left. 24/11/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Passing!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Failing and getting a rubbish examiner!

    It's such a wonderful feeling, passing your driving test, the freedom to go whever you want, whenever you want, provided you've got petrol, insurance, MOT, tax and oh yeah......a car! Most of us will choose to learn to drive and there are a few who would rather park their bums on a set on the bus rather than in the driving seat of a car. Me? I've always wanted to learn to drive and was certainly up for the challenge. I was pretty scared at first, the only driving experience I'd ever had was occasionally playing those arcade games or formula one games and even then, the car would spin out of ... more
  • 94 of 94 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 bluejules

    Member since 17/06/2003

    Reviews written: 184

    4 Stars My A-Z of passing your Practical Driving Test Diamond review 03/03/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Freedom and independence

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Cost, nerves

    As many of you know, I passed my driving test recently so I would like to share my experience to help others to pass theirs. I have decided to give the advice as an A-Z; I hope it helps you or someone you know :-) ~ The Driving test - what to expect on the day ~ So you've been learning to drive for a while now and your instructor says you are ready for your test. But what does this involve? You will need to book a double lesson with your instructor, the first of which will be a lesson; the second will be the test with an examiner. When you arrive at the test centre you will sit in the waiting ... more
  • 51 of 51 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Phelthew

    Member since 07/04/2007

    Reviews written: 193

    2 Stars Driving instructors are by in large [abusive word] Review with images 14/11/2010

    Advantages Advantages I got there eventually

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Money down the drain to money grabbers

    This is mostly about my driving instructor experience than on how to actually drive. - Be warned. By 21 you would have thought that I'd have learned how to drive by now. Especially as where I live it's common for wee spides (chavs) to have bagged themselves a car somehow as soon as they turn 17. They then supe up some piece of crap until it looks like a child's drawing of a car and drive around and around the town. Well I tried to be that person I really did it's just that my learning experience just didn't go that great back then. For my seventeenth birthday an aunt of mine bought me a 2 hour ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 amjad87

    Member since 02/04/2006

    Reviews written: 1

    5 Stars Passing Your Driving Test 10/01/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Rule the road

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Stuck with the green card

    Hello to all reading this. My name is Amjad I am 22 years old & live in West London. I would like to share some tips on how to pass your driving test. Also please read other members views as everyone shares there own advice which may be of use to you. Well lets get started. First of all you need to be 17 & have a provisional license to start, don't delay prices are rising I got mine in 2004 cost £35 now £50+ you can pick one up at your local post office. The theory test is one that I think we kinda get a bit paranoid & nervous. So don't be afraid to give one a shot even if you fail no worries ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Leopardskinny

    5 Stars An emotional rollercoaster to hell and back! 09/07/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Being able to drive at the end of it all!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The failure, the emotional strain, the COST.

    Well, for anyone wanting to read my op. just a quick warning- this is NOT short. Also, I cover my theory because I feel that it would help anyone reading this who is a learner, and give them a good perspective of my experience. But enough of that, lets get down to it! Okay. Picture the scene. I am finally 17, on the 2nd of March 2006. My driving lesson is booked in for my birthday and I am so excited! With a mixture of nerves and excitement, I was preparing for what was in store. Alas. Would you believe it, on my birthday there was about 4 inches of snow lying outside. Needless to say, my ... more
  • 33 of 33 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lannazus

    5 Stars Drive safe, Drive Happy. :D 12/11/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Passing means you rule the road!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Failing just means you're one step closer to success, or something

    Right, time for a really experienced driving test failer to tell you about how a test is done. Haha. :D You would have thought that I'd become some sort of expert on failing the driving test after the many driving tests I've failed, so I should write some sort of "How to fail a driving test guide" But no. Ah the stories..... but that's not the point of this review. I'll leave that til later. Gets get down to the meaty stuff. Okay, here goes... A Few Pretty Useful Things to Take Note of When Doing Your Driving Test These are all just general things that are quite useful for normal day to day ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 lesleyanne18

    Member since 07/07/2003

    Reviews written: 177

    5 Stars I passed the test - heres what i thought of it 20/08/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages i passed with flying colours - the 4th time lol

    Disadvantages Disadvantages took me 4 times

    After reading loads of reviews on here, i can now write my own review on passing the driving test. I finally passed in 08/08/08 - COOL DATE EH? After 4 attempts at the driving test, i finally passed 4th time round. I hated the thought of doing the driving test for such a long time, at first i even wondered why i was even out learning, cause i was dreading the big exam at the end. So.. at 21 i started out on my driving lessons in Derry in Northern Ireland, using a great instructor Dennis Martin - www.classicschool.co.nr I started off very nervous, which made me not pick up things for a good ... more
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