Help!!Son is stuck 300 miles away from home with his new car .

shelovestobuystuff

Brian1966 wrote: »

Good luck to the lad and pleased that he made it back safely.
I am a 'professional driver' drive coaches the length and breadth of the country and find in a lot of case that it is 'attitude' and not age that presents major problems.
Some 'kids' jump in a car.. any car and drive like lunatics, no regard for safety, overtaking at every opportunity etc. Others whether young or not drive sensibly as is the case with the OP'S son by all accounts.
I find older business types, maybe running late for a meeting to be just as dangerous in their 'high powered' company vehicles, tailgating one of the most common faults.
I was 19 when I passed my test and drove a 1200cc Renault 5. those first few miles, alone and unsupervised were frightening but I just plodded along. Within weeks my confidence was sky high but I still remained sensible. My first motorway experience proved scary but it was all a learning curve.
By 21, still young I had passed a PSV TEST and within weeks of passing was carrying 49 passengers and up all over the country.
More than 20 years later I still am.
Most days I see one accident or another, lost count of the number of 'idiots' that see a coach coming towards them whilst waiting to turn and just go for it assuming that I will stop.
Driving down country roads I regularly get overtaken on blind bends mainly by the so called 'experienced' drivers.
Age can play a part but as said at the beginnig of this post being young behind a wheel doesn't make them any more of a danger than older drivers

Thanks for that.My son went out for another drive after he had had a good sleep.Some more motorway driving to visit his gran and night-time motorway on his way home,just 30 mins each way but he was a little nervous still being unsupervised.He said he cant quite relax when driving yet as he is worried that another driver will damage his car.I wonder how long it will take for him to feel a little bit more at home driving?
The alfa is all locked up and parked up for the night but he runs through from his room every now and then and peeps out of the window just to check its alright.
I expect I will wake up tomorrow and find him asleep in the car :rolleyes:.

anewman

shelovestobuystuff wrote: »

I expect I will wake up tomorrow and find him asleep in the car :rolleyes:.

Actually that's not a bad idea. I doubt those vandals would have kicked my car if I was in it. Or at least I would have been able to get out and smack em one :rotfl:(while being half asleep).

toniq

zfrl wrote: »

Great thread - had it all. Plot, tension, criticism & a happy ending.

I think you should be proud of him. Saving instead of borrowing & actually going out and doing something instead of complaining and waiting for it to all happen.

Well done. Glad he is home safely.

Same here, glad he is home safe xx

Read this before bed last night and have read all ur updates throughout the day, So glad it worked out xxx

tomstickland

Driving down country roads I regularly get overtaken on blind bends mainly by the so called 'experienced' drivers.

The most idiotic bit of driving I've seen recently was an oldish chap in a Mercedes convertible.
On a 30mph road with 3 sharp bends he overtook a push bike by moving onto the right hand side of the road.....on a blind bend.

anewman

The amount of times I've gone round a blind bend to be faced with a car on my side of the road overtaking something is unbelievable. :eek::eek:

Ok it's twice, but I don't drive that much, and that's two times too many.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Good thread this and well done to the lad.

Only one miserable blighter, who obviously can't drive for toffee and naturally assumes no one else can either.

I hope the lads car does him proud, i wouldn't have advised such a high grouped car for the first but i can't criticise, my first car was a Volvo Amazon.
The lad has petrol in his veins...and he sounds OK to me...well done Mum you've got a proper bloke for a son.

skintbuthappy81

I read through your thread earlier on this afternoon and now I'm home from work thought I would check in it to make sure he got home safe. I find that sometimes throwing yourself into the deep end is what you need and he will already be slightly more confident on the motorway after his little expedition today. Life is one big adventure and good on him for going for it!!

Oh, and if petrol does run through his veins like my good self then let me tell you..... this is just the beginning (hence my debts!)

elainew

I passed my test at 20 and a week later drove my 1.6 sierra from liverpool to the Isle of wight to visit my sister.
Little did I know but my dad was behind me until i got to Birmingham to make sure I was safe !!!

tomarola

I am still waiting to pass my test 8th time lucky?

Shoshannah

elainew wrote: »

I passed my test at 20 and a week later drove my 1.6 sierra from liverpool to the Isle of wight to visit my sister.
Little did I know but my dad was behind me until i got to Birmingham to make sure I was safe !!!

SIERRA! :T:T:T

My first car was a Sierra. And my second...and my third...now on the lookout for number 4. :rotfl: