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Ahhh... after all these months this forum topic finally applies to me! This afternoon, I drove a car for the first time. Now of course, I have driven a car before, but only in and out my parent's driveway. Today, I took my first driving lesson, which means driving on REAL roads with REAL traffic. I was so nervous at first that the instructor made me pull over to the side of the road and take a deep breath. After a while though I relaxed a bit and everything went quite well. I got an "S" (for "satisfactory") in every category on the scoring list. The only thing that the instructor said I should improve on is braking quicker for stop signs and stopped traffic. 
While today's experience was certainly no test, it was the first time I really drove. I must say I am quite proud of myself that I did so well too
I still have to take 5 more hours of driving lessons over the next three weeks, and then after the mandatoy 6 months and 50 hours of supervised driving time, I can take the test and get my license.
The car I drove by the way was the instructor's own personal car, a silver Oldsmobile Alero, equipped with a passenger's side brake pedal and the giant "student driver" block of cheese on the roof of course.
It was a pretty cheap car, manual windows, locks, mirrors, and hard plastic everywhere. But it was good enough for me, comfy and clean. And in the end that's all that really matters in a car isn't it? I thought it handled quite nicely actually (although it is the only car I've ever driven so who am I to judge). I must say though, rear visibility was quite bad, as with many newer cars these days due to their higher deck lids.
While today's experience was certainly no test, it was the first time I really drove. I must say I am quite proud of myself that I did so well too
I still have to take 5 more hours of driving lessons over the next three weeks, and then after the mandatoy 6 months and 50 hours of supervised driving time, I can take the test and get my license.The car I drove by the way was the instructor's own personal car, a silver Oldsmobile Alero, equipped with a passenger's side brake pedal and the giant "student driver" block of cheese on the roof of course.
It was a pretty cheap car, manual windows, locks, mirrors, and hard plastic everywhere. But it was good enough for me, comfy and clean. And in the end that's all that really matters in a car isn't it? I thought it handled quite nicely actually (although it is the only car I've ever driven so who am I to judge). I must say though, rear visibility was quite bad, as with many newer cars these days due to their higher deck lids.