Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm trying to learn to drive at the moment. I've had 30 hours of lessons and it's mostly going fine, but I'm really struggling to cope with the sensations of the car/ road. I can manage most of it, usually, but I really struggle with the feeling of changing gear, which is making hill starts particularly really difficult because I don't like making the engine rev because it's loud and feels horrible. And to make it worse my instructor has just got a new car and it's it's really loud.
Does anyone have any experience of learning to drive and overcoming the sensory stuff that I'm finding quite overwhelming?
Don't learn in an automatic and pass your test in an automatic. If you do that you can only ever drive an automatic, which may be a problem later in life such as if you need to drive someone else's car or a company car, etc.
Yes just like to add though that there are so many automatic cars now that I don't think having an automatic only license is that limiting these days
It might be getting a bit more like the States in that respect. Unexpectedly, the garage i last took my car into offered me an automatic as a courtesy car for a day or two - first time that's happened.
Of course, my anxious disposition towards driving means I still look forward to driverless cars one day. :)