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

shelovestobuystuff

iwantanipod wrote: »

Mum must be worried sick, but where's the friend who gave him the lift down to collect the car? Surely he is still there? Best wishes to all, I hope everything turns out ok.

Thanks.He is still with his friend.They are sitting in one of the cars watching a DVD right now and will wait until it starts to get light before they drive home.They are both new drivers,his friend has only been driving for a month and doesnt like driving at night yet,apart from that he drove 7 hours to get there so will be tired(should have been 5 at most so they must have took a few wrong turns around Birmingham,spaghetti junction I believe)
My son has never driven on a motorway yet,crikey he has never driven on his own before, so hope he manages tomorrow.He has definately bitten off more than he can chew but if he gets through this he will be stronger for it and hopefully wont be so stupid again.

tsstss7

glad you got hte problem sorted - I would have gone with taking out a policy and cancelling asap in this situation I think.

A similar thing happened to me with regards an insurance quote...I got a really good quote via an online broker and phoned up a few days later to take it up only to be told that that particular online broker hadn't taken all the relevant details and with my current details I had to be requoted and the requote was over £50.00 more :eek:.

This new price was £30.00 worse than my next best quote from a different broker so naturally I was a bit peeved at having wasted my time inputting details into that broker site only to be told they weren't complete enough!!...(needless to say I won't be using them again).

Loopy_Girl

shelovestobuystuff wrote: »

Thanks.He is still with his friend.They are sitting in one of the cars watching a DVD right now and will wait until it starts to get light before they drive home.They are both new drivers,his friend has only been driving for a month and doesnt like driving at night yet,apart from that he drove 7 hours to get there so will be tired(should have been 5 at most so they must have took a few wrong turns around Birmingham,spaghetti junction I believe)
My son has never driven on a motorway yet,crikey he has never driven on his own before, so hope he manages tomorrow.He has definately bitten off more than he can chew but if he gets through this he will be stronger for it and hopefully wont be so stupid again.

Would it not be better to try and get a sleep rather than watching a DVD? He is going to need his wits about him as it's exhausting driving that many hours for an experienced driver, let alone a brand new one who will be using up lots of energy concentrating.

I suppose this is a baptism of fire and it's one way to get your confidence on the road...

I just hope him and mate are sensible and don't have the tunes banging out etc whilst driving - plenty time for that when he has his confidence.

I remember my Dad telling me when I passed my test 9 years ago that you don't actually learn to drive until you have passed your test and you are on the road - and he's right!

So long as he keeps his cool, keeps in the correct lanes and defo keeps to speed limits then he'll be fine

shelovestobuystuff

Loopy_Girl wrote: »

I hope to god he is not planning on driving home now is he?

No way,he,s still wet behind the ears but doesnt have a death wish.His friend needs to rest anyway after driving the best part of day to get to Gloucester.They are staying in the cars tonight and driving once it starts to get light.
I am not paying for a hotel because he should have planned that himself,they will be fine.If he changes his mind about sleeping in the car he can find a motorway hotel or something.
I am worried about him driving up but thats just because he is so newly qualified.

DomTom

i still find long drives hard, especially on my own. hope he copes!

tsstss7

shelovestobuystuff wrote: »

No way,he,s still wet behind the ears but doesnt have a death wish.His friend needs to rest anyway after driving the best part of day to get to Gloucester.They are staying in the cars tonight and driving once it starts to get light.
I am not paying for a hotel because he should have planned that himself,they will be fine.If he changes his mind about sleeping in the car he can find a motorway hotel or something.
I am worried about him driving up but thats just because he is so newly qualified.

That is a long way I know gloucester quite well and it can be quite hard to find your way around.

anewman

My car manual says that removing the headrests on the front seats, putting them all the way forward and reclining them all the way back creates a "bed" (albeit one I doubt I could sleep on) whereby the top of the front seat then joins the front of the rear seats. Not sure if this is a universal thing with all cars or if it was the way my car is designed?!

shelovestobuystuff

Just phoned and wished them goodnight and they are fine.Planning on coming back via the west coast to avoid the major motorways around Birmingham though.I hope they enjoy the rest of the adventure and it doesnt put either of them off driving.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

A newly qualified 18 year old driver in a 1.6 156.

Oh dear. You can just see what's going to happen.

looby-loo_2

Don't ask why but my 79 year old mum has an AR 1.6 convertible, about 4 yrs old, not sure as she has her reg on it:rolleyes:

I find it an easy car to drive and always feel very safe in it when I take her shopping. He should be fine.

Please let us know how his drive back went