you know when all you lovely people give advice...

emzig123

I hope he's not ripping you off as well PAP, keep plugging away at the driving and you'll get there. Thanks for lookign for the stuff for me xx

tesuhoha

You do have a choice. You can call his bluff and tell him that you're going to another driving school to take your test because you don't want it moved.

postingalwaysposting

thanks emzig, i will keep at it but the longer it takes the more its putting me off driving full stop

tesuhoha wrote: »

You do have a choice. You can call his bluff and tell him that you're going to another driving school to take your test because you don't want it moved.

tes, he has all my details so he is changing it, i tryed to get onto my booking on the dsa website but it wont allow me in saying my driver licence number isnt valid :mad: so he may have already done it... its mad £480.00 i have given him so far with 16 lessons (24 hours) i understand he is providing a service and i am happy about that but its like i am in a catch 22 situation :mad: i may not be ready and i understand that but i was looking forward to it even if it was just so i get the experiance of a test and fail i think the £50 would have been worthwhile

ZTD

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

tes, he has all my details so he is changing it, i tryed to get onto my booking on the dsa website but it wont allow me in saying my driver licence number isnt valid :mad: so he may have already done it...

If he's done that without your permission - he is in deep doo-doo...

It's *your* test, not his.

Ring them up and find out if it has changed.

postingalwaysposting

well i have just had a txt from him saying he has changed the date but do you know what i really and truely want to do... pack it all in... i am now over 3k on driving lessons one therory test and one practical test fess... i cant really be bothered anymore... how many more £100's/£1000's will it cost me... how many more days will i feel worthless while behind a wheel? i dont think i can do it anymore...

also i went into work only to be told that all the time i have taken back i wasnt allowed and she believes i didnt attend the meeting to allow me to get time back :mad: and she tells me on the last day of the month so no doubt it will be docked from next months wages :mad:...

anyways seeing as we are getting a makeover i am having a nice long sleep tonight and starting a new book... hopefully i will wake up tommorow brighter/in a better mood...

bobbadog

Morning PAP, hope you've woke up full of sunshine Hang in there with the driving, you'll be so proud of yourself once you've done it! I gave up and really really wish I hadn't... change Instructors if you have to xx

ZTD

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

well i have just had a txt from him saying he has changed the date

Then text him, telling him to change it back.

tesuhoha

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

thanks emzig, i will keep at it but the longer it takes the more its putting me off driving full stop



tes, he has all my details so he is changing it, i tryed to get onto my booking on the dsa website but it wont allow me in saying my driver licence number isnt valid :mad: so he may have already done it... its mad £480.00 i have given him so far with 16 lessons (24 hours) i understand he is providing a service and i am happy about that but its like i am in a catch 22 situation :mad: i may not be ready and i understand that but i was looking forward to it even if it was just so i get the experiance of a test and fail i think the £50 would have been worthwhile

I think you should write a letter of complaint to the driving school and tell them why you are thinking of giving up driving completely. I think you should go into detail. If he is self employed there must be some kind of driving school association you can complain to. I wouldnt let him get away with this.

postingalwaysposting

hi all :hello: thanks for the responses...

bobbadog ~ i dont want to give up but i am not getting anywhere, and if i have to go 8 weeks before my next test its another £360.00, and what if he then says i am still not ready... mum said i could have used her car last night :mad: never mind...

ztd ~ i cant be bothered to fight anymore... i would do but why? it would get me nowhere and i will prob be told to find a new instructor, if that happens i would never carry on...

tes ~ he is a bit of an odd ball... he was with a school but they were charging him too much franchise... so he was then going self employed... now he is staying with the school :rolleyes: i do want to complain but see my comment above, what makes it worse is his brother in law is one of my bosses so i bet he could make my life hell :rolleyes: he hasnt phoned back yet so we shall see... part of me wants to give up part of me doesnt just to prove (see we are back to that) him that i can do it :rolleyes: i also cant really go touring if i cant drive :rolleyes:

finance stuff ~ umm the two charges went out of my account yesterday, i have decided not to fight them, its too much hassle i will just take it as my mistake, i only payed £6 really anyways... so accounts now...

bills ~ £157.30
still needed/to be debited
£18.00 ~ xmas savings
£60.00 ~ driving lessons
total = £78.00
excess = £79.30 :eek:

spending ~ £43.83
nothing to be debited

savings ~ £310.71 :T

the excess in my main (bills) account i think is just that... i dont know how it got there but if its not moved before payday i will put it into my savings :T

RAS

Hi posting

Glad to see some me money going out there.

Re the driving, I had a thought a whileback when you talked about your height and weight, if you don't mind the intrusion. Also this harks back to my learner days. The instructor insisted on driving OH's car for a bit, and told me if I did not pass in that, he'd give me a couple of lessons in the School vehicle and I would be more likely to pass.

After passing, I drove all sorts as I used to hire when i needed a car. There is one make of car that cripples me and I will never drive that make again.

You are 5-1 and size 18/20. That probably means short legs and arms compared with the average human for whom the car was built and to get to the peddles and steering wheel, you need to get the seat forward. It also means that you are sitting relatively low in the car, which will affect you visibility, unless you have a very low windows.

But (unless you are a very different 18 to me), your "frontage" means that you can't get too close to the wheel, so you have to set the backrest at least further back, and possibly the seat as well.

Is there anyway, you could experiment, even in your mum's car, with different seat arrangments to find out what is optimum for you? It might make a difference. Then get dead cheeky, take someone with you and try out a few cars in a show room? As long as you do not buy one!