Getting your P's

[Andiio]

So I was just wondering if anyone knew of any good driving instructors? (Auto, not manual)

I'm thinking of just having 1-2 lessons up front on the road to start off with, and then I'll resume and have another few lessons just before my P's test...since, atm, I have 0 hours >_>

Not too expensive would be a plus as well!

Thanks guys!

[ninwa]

1) Don't waste your money on an instructor for getting your hours up - just drive around with your parents until you get the basics. The instructor is really for teaching you the more tricky stuff like reverse parallel parking and the stupid little head-check/indicating routines you have to go through in the test that nobody actually does in real life -_-

2) My instructor was quite good, but it depends on where you live and where you plan to take your test. He knows every test route for the Burwood and (I think) Oakleigh (or thereabouts) centres like the back of his hand, so by the time I took my test I'd already driven along all of them and knew them very well. I had a few lessons with him before my test and he was able to warn me about all the little traps that students tend to fall for.

I'm not sure about other areas however.

Only downside: my lessons were pretty much all in Chinese, I don't know how his English is but he used to administer driving tests so it can't be that bad. If you're interested I'll pass on his number

[Camo]

Not recommending anyone, but my parents insisted three weeks before my driving test I take approximately 5 lessons, and I did six one hour sessions. This is coming from a guy through that ultimately had 176 hours completed.

Its always good just to clear things up, the actual driving test is fairly easy and simple.

It's just the hazards!

[nemolala]

so nobody really has done the required 120 hours..

[Camo]

1) Don't waste your money on an instructor for getting your hours up - just drive around with your parents until you get the basics. The instructor is really for teaching you the more tricky stuff like reverse parallel parking and the stupid little head-check/indicating routines you have to go through in the test that nobody actually does in real life -_-

2) My instructor was quite good, but it depends on where you live and where you plan to take your test. He knows every test route for the Burwood and (I think) Oakleigh (or thereabouts) centres like the back of his hand, so by the time I took my test I'd already driven along all of them and knew them very well. I had a few lessons with him before my test and he was able to warn me about all the little traps that students tend to fall for.

I'm not sure about other areas however.

Only downside: my lessons were pretty much all in Chinese, I don't know how his English is but he used to administer driving tests so it can't be that bad. If you're interested I'll pass on his number.

You can blame Allan but he told me to do this.

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/35ddlh/

Sorry. (Peer pressure).

[ninwa]

You win the thread.

[ShortBlackChick]

This is coming from a guy through that ultimately had 176 hours completed.

HOLY SHIT
Where the hell did you drive that much?? In this year, I only filled out 1 page in my log book because I didnt drive that much. I'm glad I drove to Sydney at the start of the year, otherwise I wouldnt have made the 120 hours!!

I have my drive test next monday and I'm really nervous guys!! I started going with an instructor to Pakenham, where I booked my test, and idk, I'm just scared that I'll do something the supervisor/examiner person wont like!
Apparently at Pakkie their really easy on your log book and your test in general and thats why I booked it there, but I'm afraid I'll fail in my reverse parking
I can do it, but I'm just not too confident in it

[Special At Specialist]

This is coming from a guy through that ultimately had 176 hours completed.

HOLY SHIT
Where the hell did you drive that much?? In this year, I only filled out 1 page in my log book because I didnt drive that much. I'm glad I drove to Sydney at the start of the year, otherwise I wouldnt have made the 120 hours!!

I have my drive test next monday and I'm really nervous guys!! I started going with an instructor to Pakenham, where I booked my test, and idk, I'm just scared that I'll do something the supervisor/examiner person wont like!
Apparently at Pakkie their really easy on your log book and your test in general and thats why I booked it there, but I'm afraid I'll fail in my reverse parking
I can do it, but I'm just not too confident in it

Yeah, reverse parking and parallel parking is usually the thing that gets people. Good luck with it though

[Camo]

This is coming from a guy through that ultimately had 176 hours completed.

HOLY SHIT
Where the hell did you drive that much?? In this year, I only filled out 1 page in my log book because I didnt drive that much. I'm glad I drove to Sydney at the start of the year, otherwise I wouldnt have made the 120 hours!!

I have my drive test next monday and I'm really nervous guys!! I started going with an instructor to Pakenham, where I booked my test, and idk, I'm just scared that I'll do something the supervisor/examiner person wont like!
Apparently at Pakkie their really easy on your log book and your test in general and thats why I booked it there, but I'm afraid I'll fail in my reverse parking
I can do it, but I'm just not too confident in it

Everything becomes easy with practice. Also don't worry about them taking so many hours out, just make sure each is completed correctly. I lost one hour for forgetting a signature.

[Camo]

This is coming from a guy through that ultimately had 176 hours completed.

HOLY SHIT
Where the hell did you drive that much?? In this year, I only filled out 1 page in my log book because I didnt drive that much. I'm glad I drove to Sydney at the start of the year, otherwise I wouldnt have made the 120 hours!!

I have my drive test next monday and I'm really nervous guys!! I started going with an instructor to Pakenham, where I booked my test, and idk, I'm just scared that I'll do something the supervisor/examiner person wont like!
Apparently at Pakkie their really easy on your log book and your test in general and thats why I booked it there, but I'm afraid I'll fail in my reverse parking
I can do it, but I'm just not too confident in it

Yeah, reverse parking and parallel parking is usually the thing that gets people. Good luck with it though

Isn't that the same thing? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[ShortBlackChick]

Hmm, so what do you think they would say if: The entry for when I went to Sydney, i just was lazy and I put a total of 10hrs and 11 mins or something. Like literally, in one box I had 10hrs and 11mins in it. We just really guesstimated how long it took- but that would be accurate, but I think the issue would be that I put it in as one entry, rather than splitting it up.
So then I had the start as 6 AM and the finish at 4 PM. But then I realised that that would mean I was driving for all that time and that there would be no way that they'd believe that. So then I just made the finish time 5.11 PM, so that I could say that technically that was true- I set out at 6AM, but my journey finished at 7PM, and we took breaks in between that totaled up to an hour.
Do you think I can get away with that or am I crazy??

LOL Camo they are the same thing- I was going to say that too!!

[Camo]

Hmm, so what do you think they would say if: The entry for when I went to Sydney, i just was lazy and I put a total of 10hrs and 11 mins or something. Like literally, in one box I had 10hrs and 11mins in it. We just really guesstimated how long it took- but that would be accurate, but I think the issue would be that I put it in as one entry, rather than splitting it up.
So then I had the start as 6 AM and the finish at 4 PM. But then I realised that that would mean I was driving for all that time and that there would be no way that they'd believe that. So then I just made the finish time 5.11 PM, so that I could say that technically that was true- I set out at 6AM, but my journey finished at 7PM, and we took breaks in between that totaled up to an hour.
Do you think I can get away with that or am I crazy??

LOL Camo they are the same thing- I was going to say that too!!

Really watch out for that, you may end up with some prick that says 2 hours, then a break. (Heard it happen before).

Try to go for 6-8am, 8:05-10:05am, etc...

[ShortBlackChick]

Yeah I cant change it now!! I've already put entries in after that
I'm screwed. Hopefully they take my lazy way.

[ninwa]

Apparently at Pakkie their really easy on your log book and your test in general and thats why I booked it there, but I'm afraid I'll fail in my reverse parking
I can do it, but I'm just not too confident in it

I still can't do reverse parallel parking. Just ask enwiabe.

Luckily my examiner couldn't find a nice place to do it, so she just asked me to do a 3-point turn instead, booyah

[nemolala]

@nina, are you and enwiabe related?