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Tuesday, March 30, 2004


Solo-Mobile!!
My mum is very paranoid about passenger sides of cars being driven too closely to the edge of the road, as I found out today.

I have a car ^________^ It's a bright red Nissan Micra SLX with five doors.

And it's all mine ^_^

Mum suggested we should drive into Chichester to pick my sister up from school, so I said 'Yes' without any hesitiation. I would say 'Yes' without hesitation again. but remembering the lessons I have learnt today.

Miss Scarlet (my car, aptly named by a friend of mine on the course) needs a lot of power when steering, else it won't work. Third gear is also a problem, as it's very hard to work out where it actually is- it's somewhat worn. It's very nerve-wracking trying to move up into a gear that isn't actually where you think it is when you're doing 40mph down a twisty road. But I really enjoyed the experience. There were times when I felt so relaxed I wouldn't have minded driving for another hour, but other times when I wanted to go straight home and leap into a nice safe bed.

Lessons I have learnt:

-Keep your foot off the clutch while driving
-Don't brake and/or acellerate around corners
-Watch for speed limits
-Rear-view mirrors are my friends
-Cars that stall are a pain in the arse
-Joggers are a pain in the arse
-Cyclists are a pain in the arse
-As soon as a car starts reversing, pedestrians will appear from out of nowhere to walk behind it
-Other drivers don't like learner drivers
-I hate Bosham

And that's after one drive ^_^; Plenty more where that came from...

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