Should I stick to the bus/want to drive

[Easygoing24]

I would like to drive. I have had lessons and failed my test in the past tjat was about 20 odd years ago.

I had a few lessons maybe 5 ish years ago I didn't get as far as trying for the test again. My driving scared me.

This sounds so odd . But I noticed when I get in a car to drive I don't actually feel nervous. I'm pretty sure its not that . But I get this kind of speeded up adrenalin. My mind races and I feel like im rushing and then my body reflects it and then I speed in the car. Its hard to explain.

Is it something I could over come and learn not to do it. ? Or an I just not meant to be on the roads. I mean I'm mid 40s and never had a car so I could go without one. But life would be easier

Focus on the limit, stay in low gears and then you won’t even be able to speed. Some newer cars actually have a built in speed limiter that you can set to 30mph for example which is really handy for city driving, I use it a lot nowadays as I have an electric car (they’re very quick to accelerate so it’s easy to lose track of how fast you’re going!). Nothing is impossible with the right instructor.

I would be doing automatic. My brain won't brain in a manual. ( I won't change my mind ) 🤣

The car i get would be old 2004- 2015 at most.

My dd has a really good instructor. That's what made me think about it..

DD learnt in an automatic and loved it. They are far easier to speed in though so it’s something to be aware if that is the big issue for you.

These days the vast majority of caras are automatic - go for automatic tet much easier

we got our first atoumatice over 30 years ago and I knew how easy they are to dive - dad has a merc, never drove his care as it was a beast of a car, and auto merc - our first autos were mercs as others did not really do them

these days though I have never been in those toy battery cars, they are all auto

Even the smallest petrol cars are often in auto

The other thing to be aware of OP is it is becoming increasingly difficult to come across second hand automatic cars, especially ones with a small enough engine that as a first time driver you will actually be able to get insured for. We had an awful struggle to get DD’s first car because of her automatic licence and ended up paying far more than we really wanted to. You will struggle to find something pre-2018 from experience. It also makes insurance more expensive than if you were to have a manual licence.
Basically - learning automatic is easier but make sure that you consider the other aspects too!

I have seen quite alot of automatic cars . I have been looking for dd. Been looking at engine sizes 1.0 - 1.4 from the 2004 and over . Just making sure it's ulez free. She's not passed her test yet but been looking out of interest. Insurance quotes are coming up over 3k on comparison sites. Someone said to try a broker

A broker is definitely the best option - ours got us a far better, cheaper policy than anything comparison sites had suggested. We’re paying £4.5k (with a black box) for a 2023 1.6l Mini