Driving Test Soon :D

[blockers]

Nice one mate....got 4 minors in my test too.

[steve threlfall]

Congrats dude

[Alex]

I took it Last summer. I was 19 and had had my license for 12 months. It's recommended that you've been driving for 6 months, but in theory you could actually do your advanced driving as soon as you've passed your L test; but due to the nature of the IAM test, you need a bit of experience.

So you don't have to be over 21, and you don't have to have had your license more than 3 years.

I think there's an organisation called GEM (Group of Experienced Motorists) but I don't know what their requrirements are there's also the ROSPA test but again I don't know much about that either.

Who did you do it with then? And did you do advanced lessons first then? Did it make much difference to your insurance?

Im seriously considering doing it, Id been putting it until I was 21 as I thought you had to be! Arse!

[Angus]

Who did you do it with then? And did you do advanced lessons first then? Did it make much difference to your insurance?

Im seriously considering doing it, Id been putting it until I was 21 as I thought you had to be! Arse!

Full details are at www.iam.org

Basically get in touch with your local group listed on the website who will be able to help you out.

You pay £85 for your test entrance, a year's membership with the group and a book "Pass you advanced test" if you're under 25 you get about £10 off

All the guidance sessions are free as they're conducted by volunteers who have done the advanced test and then an observers test. You do everything in your own car - so you don't have to worry about getting used to a driving school corsa

I don't know how much it reduces the insurance by as I lease my car with inclusive insurance. IAM have their own insurance broker who do preferable rates to members, but when I phoned them up about my roadster they said that they only tend to be better for family saloons and the like, some other insurers accept it as well though so worth shopping around.

[Angus]

Who did you do it with then? And did you do advanced lessons first then? Did it make much difference to your insurance?

Im seriously considering doing it, Id been putting it until I was 21 as I thought you had to be! Arse!

Just noticed your in my region, I'll see if I can scrape some telephone numbers together (I'll PM you tomorrow) - would you be looking at doing anything in Cardiff or Bristol??

[subucni]

Congratulations mate, the 306 you've got is a great little first car, i actually learnt in one almost identical to that, although you might want to fix that number plate, it'll never pass an MOT like that

how much is it to take a pass plus these days? i was too nervous to take it after i passed my test (i got 14 minors on my test because my nerves got the better of me, still passed though) but i am tempted myself now that i think about how much insurance i'd save.

[Alex]

Just noticed your in my region, I'll see if I can scrape some telephone numbers together (I'll PM you tomorrow) - would you be looking at doing anything in Cardiff or Bristol??

Well, either really, I was just looking at it all and costs and the like, how easy it is to arrange and stuff. I remember my BSM teacher a few years ago saying that he 'taught' for the advanced test, so I thought you may be able to do it through BSM or something.

[dkmech]

Pass plus for me was 6 hours worth of lesson fees. So around 90 quid.