Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
I was absolutely fine this time round except for the actual manoeuvres (reverse parking etc). I hate the set piece element of it in the test, it's like you're defending a corner or something and if the oppo head in you're fucked. In real driving you just do it when you need to do it.

I'd also say the whole thing is a completely different experience as an adult to what it was as a teenager, I was a bag of nerves then as it was more or less the biggest thing I'd ever faced. Now you know what life is about and so you can adapt better. At one point today I tried to move away whilst it was still in neutral, got this big revving, but lolled and said 'would help if I put it in gear'. If I'd done that at 18 I would have shat myself and gone to pieces.
I think consistency will be my issue when sitting my test. I think I'll be fine at most things, but once every so often I'll do something thick at a junction or a roundabout or something.

I'm not stressed about it, I have no intention of getting a car any time soon, I just feel like I should get it over and done with.