ah, that might be the difference then - the Auto Trader magazine that I looked in saying the 'buying guide' that you had to make sure to bring your insurance with you, and I thought 'how the hell do I do that?!' because I won't have any insurance until I get it. But if that is only for private sales that's probably OK, becase I'm much more likely to want to go to a garage anyway, that would have a warranty and stuff. But do I have to ask them about the insurance then? I hate talking in situations like this, never know what to say. Also why I don't want them to come with me when I drive, as I do such stupid things and I'm embarrassed. I have a couple of friends who I possibly could talk into it, but really they are too busy and I know it'd be a bit of a hassle for them - I might, though, if I found something that I was quite sure about. I think my driving instructor might come with me the first time, too, just so that I'd get over the initial nervousness, which would help a lot, like as part of a lesson or something.
I don't know what I want really; more just that it has to be quite cheap, given that the insurance is going to be bad. I'd no idea that the insurance was as high as that! My friend's is only £200 or something, but she's been driving a long time. I guess if I have special circumstances like driving abroad, I'd have to phone or something to arrange it, rather than doing it online, which I would prefer (less talking!). But if it would help save a lot of money, I guess I'd have to. I don't know how I'd prove it though, unless my parents can find some record from their company. And how do you get the car home from the dealer? Someone you know who has third party insurance would have to drive it? Or the garage's insurance would cover you until you got it home maybe?
This sort of thing is sooo scary. And so expensive. And so pointless, as I really don't need a car. But yet without one, I will never get the practice that I need to get confident enough that I could go back to it in the future. I need to drive a lot for a year or two really, learn it to the point that I wouldn't forget, and then I could leave it for a bit.
working, that sounds like a hard situation. Is it this Saturday? I was surprised at how close you could get to the test date and still cancel/rearrange - mine was on a Friday, and I could do it up til the Monday before. So if it's not this Saturday, you could perhaps change, and try for a cancellation when your instructor is available. I sort of saw mine as a practice test really, not exactly expecting to pass, but just to see how it went, and figuring that I'd paid the money, I should just try to learn as much as possible from it. So that helped. And mostly it helped that the first manoeuvre went really well, better than it ever had in the lessons, and that made me more confident for the rest of it. I did start to get nervous towards the end, and that's where I picked up some smaller faults, but the examiner realised I was nervous and was nice about it, still counted them as faults but said something nice like 'keep your nerves until control now, you're almost done'. So I know that they didn't just think I was a bad driver, but that they really recognised how much effect nerves can have.