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Buy something old and avoid this nonsense ...

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As I wrote somewhere up this thread I have a great deal of sympathy for the OP. My initial failure was due to a lack of understanding (and/or) explanation about what the IAM's aims and objectives were, and the meaning behind some of the reserved words and phraseology that we tend to take for granted...

This morning we had a group drive-out, one hour each round the highways and byways of Oxfordshire. It was pleasant just to be out, enjoy the sunshine, and just do a bit of driving for the fun of it. Sometimes it's nice just to think about (and enjoy) the activity of driving, without worrying about s...

Oh, and don't get hung up about people who look down on automatics. My regular day-to-day barge is an automatic. So what? It's one less thing to worry about. I've got sport mode, which frankly doesn't make a lot of difference, and some flappy things which I rarely use ...

Now to make you feel a bit better. The first time I did the IAM test I scraped a fail. One of the reasons was (being a person of some age) I failed to understand the word "progress". It is not something that came up in the mists of time when I first learned to drive and as far as I was con...

That I think is sheer rotten luck. Don't kick yourself about too much, and try and get in some relaxed "driving only" drives. On the long distance stuff, leave yourself hods of time and don't rush. Don't granny drive on DCs or Motorways, that way lies madness.

These things are an amazing PITA when you pick up a hire car at an airport and try to get started, find your way out of a multistory and negotiate half a dozen roundabouts before getting onto the motorway ....

I do like Mike's new lofty steed. He can sneer at HGV drivers as he passes

Don't put all your Basques in one exit.

It looks as though one will be able to get IDP's at most post offices after 1st Feb. Last time I got one very few post offices did them. I had to drag into Oxford to get it. I rather hope that this whole IDP thing gets sorted. I'm sure we didn't have this cattlermanure before we joined the EU