About to go do some driving lessons... (Update)

"Thunderface" (thunderface) 02/16/2015 at 16:00 • Filed to: None

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So that I can get my full licence faster. What are the odds they show up in a Corolla?

UPDATE: I was bang on, right down to the colour!

TheHondaBro > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 14:11

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I did my lessons in a Corolla just like that. It was exquisitely boring.

Thunderface > TheHondaBro 02/16/2015 at 14:17

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Yup. Earlier I had a go in a practically new one, and the steering wheel shape and thickness SUCKED

wkiernan > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 14:29

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You're in Canada, right? Do they do that thing there where you have to drive a car with a manual transmission to get the "full licence" as opposed to the "half licence" or whatever they call it if you take the test in a car with an automatic transmission?

spanfucker retire bitch > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 14:38

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There's nothing wrong with a boring car to learn how to get your license.

Especially the smaller vehicles. Makes everything easier. I feel bad for the people whose parents only had like Suburbans and shit for them to take their driving test in.

Poor fools. I had my Mom's Toyota Matrix. I barely even needed to do a 3-point turn that thing was so small.

fhrblig > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 14:42

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I did my training in a '79 Mercury Zephyr. A Corolla would have been a huge improvement.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 14:43

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I had two cars... a 2012 Focus Titanium hatchback (loaded with every option... it was plastered in dealer advertising which is why we got to use it)

And an 08 Chevy Aveo sedan....

the focus had that terrible dual clutch automatic and the Aveo was so underpowered when filled with 4 relatively large guys

Steve in Manhattan > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 15:16

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If you live where I think you live, my guess would be an Astra or some other type of Vauxhall.

thebigbossyboss > wkiernan 02/16/2015 at 15:28

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I am in Canada, and nope they don't do that. Even if you own a stick, take the test in an auto. One less thing to worry about. Your liscense is good for all cars!

thebigbossyboss > Steve in Manhattan 02/16/2015 at 15:29

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Nope. He doesn't live where you think he lives then haha.

thebigbossyboss > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 15:30

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I too learned how to drive in a Corolla.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 15:49

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I drove in a corolla for my lessons, the steering was shit, it wouldn't start once, it looked very trashed, and the seat felt like sandpaper. I had one lesson, then got a lot of lessons from my parents, even learned manual. Then before my DMV test, I got my last 2 lessons. Those were hell.

Thunderface > thebigbossyboss 02/16/2015 at 15:53

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hehe

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > spanfucker retire bitch 02/16/2015 at 16:08

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Had a Trailblazer to take the test in, I could have done a u-turn in the space provided.

Ryan A. > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 16:08

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My driving school had a Ford Contour. I remember it was the first car I had driven that didn't have the headlight switch on the turn indicator. I think they also had an Impala but I don't remember driving it.

Most of the driving school cars I see around here in Massachusetts are Corollas.

KirkyV > Steve in Manhattan 02/16/2015 at 16:17

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I do live where you think he lives, and no driving instructor would show up in an Astra—they're far too big. These days, they're pretty much all in DS3s:

Or three-door Fiestas. When I was a learner a couple of years ago, I did start out in a Vauxhall Corsa:

But my instructor switched to a DS3 about a third of the way through my lessons. You don't see many learner Corsas around these days, though they did just release an updated model, so - depending on what kind of incentives Vauxhall are offering for driving instructors -that may change over the next year or so.

Steve in Manhattan > Thunderface 02/16/2015 at 16:25

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Quit yer bitchin' people - I took my driving test (course only) in a '69 Impala sedan the size of a Bertram Sport Fisherman. Three point turn was good enough, and I parallel parked it such that the guy couldn't open the door to check. Passed first time, not that the MD test at that time was difficult.

Steve in Manhattan > KirkyV 02/16/2015 at 17:11

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Interesting - you'd think that they'd want you to learn on something a bit bigger, so you're not intimidated later.

KirkyV > Steve in Manhattan 02/16/2015 at 17:33

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I think it's a combination of simple practicality - it's a hassle to keep getting dings fixed, even if you've bulletproof driving instructor insurance, and smaller cars use less fuel - and the fact that almost every new driver in the UK ends up getting a supermini of some sort as their first car anyway. By the time you've moved on to something bigger, you'll have enough experience to be confident you can handle it.