So, how does driving your locost for the first time after years of building compare to driving after you passed your test?
Andy
I've just (finally!) passed my driving test. I say just, it was actually on Thursday morning but i've been driving around ever since so
haven't been on here since then! Best feeling ever
So, how does driving your locost for the first time after years of building compare to driving after you passed your test?
Andy
In my experience, first drives with cars you've built are tense nervous affairs cos you're paranoid about bits dropping off.
First time it moves under its own power - that's the good one. It takes me a while to get confident in tha car on the road.
First car I built - a lotus elan made from spares - first drive was a right laff - I'd just plonked the seat on the floor and slipped the
steering wheel on to its splines. The brakes were un- servo'ed discs with too large diameter master cylinders. So the engines fires & the car
moves under its own steam. Cool. But the drive is only 20ft long & now I have to stop.... the seat slides back & the steering wheel comes off
in my hands. At this point a mild panic is called for as i hold on to bits of trim to try to press the brakes harder. ...
First road trip in the V8 mx5 I backed it into a parked porsche (I'd stopped to check nothing was loose or on fire after 5 miles)
Actually I'm starting to get a bit worried about the locost's maiden voyage....
Happy new year
Bob C
PS - congrats on the test - I think it's a bit harder these days than it was when I were a lad!
Bob
Dammit, at least 3 years till my test!
I am looking forward to it.
Adam
I agree with Bob really, my first drive wasn't all that fantastic. But since then my confidence in the car is growing and I'm learning the
handling more and it just gets better and better! And I haven't even had a dry road to take it on yet, that's one downside to finishing in
October 
Pete
PS Congrats on passing your test, now the fun begins!
[Edited on 1/1/05 by scoobyis2cool]
Just come back from another drive. Im starting to think im enjoying this more than I should be! I'm not sure the enviroment approves of it
either...
Adam, three years will go in no time! I do suggest doing an under age lesson when you turn 16. I did one with a group called the three counties
driving school who run them at the TRL (transport research labs) road systems in Crowthorne, Berkshire. They chuck you in at the deep end with what
they make you do but it does do a lot of good when you start your actual tuition.
Andy
quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
Dammit, at least 3 years till my test!
I am looking forward to it.
Adam
Know what it's like! quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Bear in mind the in two and half years time new legislation (European Directive 10405) comes into force and that the minimum age for members of Euro states is 21.
As for the windup lol
As for doing the driving licence that was a bugger as they would not give me a UK one in exchange for the SA one...........so a test had to be
sat....now they do it so Im asking them to transfer my bike licence and my three wheeler taxi licence!!!! They were a hoot to drive in Durbs wonder
how the stuffy knobs running this country would feel about TUK TUKS..... importer link http://www.tuk-tuk.co.uk/site/index.php?article=163#
Minimum ages
Article 6 of Directive 91/439/EEC lays down minimum age conditions for obtaining a driving licence.
* 16 years:
o for sub-category A1
o for sub-category B1
* 18 years:
o for category A; however, access to the driving of motorcycles with a power exceeding 25 kW or a power/weight ratio exceeding 0,16 kW/kg
(or motorcycles with sidecars with a power/weight ratio exceeding 0,16 kW/kg) shall be subject to a minimum of two years' experience on
motorcycles with lower specifications under an A licence; this requirement as to previous experience may be waived if the candidate is at least 21
years old, subject to the candidate's passing a specific test of skills and behaviour;
o for categories B, B+E
o for categories C, C+E and subcategories C1, C1+E, without prejudice to the provisions for the driving of such vehicles in Council
Regulation (EEC) 3820/85 of 20 December 1985 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport;
* 21 years:
o for categories D and D+E and subcategories D1, D1+E, without prejudice to the provisions for the driving of such vehicles in Regulation
(EEC) 3820/85.
Directive 91/439/EEC specifies that Member States may derogate from the minimum age requirements of laid down for categories A, B and B+E and issue
such driving licences from the age of 17 years, except in the case of the provisions for category A laid down in the last sentence of the first indent
of paragraph 1 (b).
Member States may refuse to recognise the validity in their territory of driving licences issued to drivers under 18 years of age.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/home/drivinglicence/index_en.htm
God I'm gulible
Adam
haha walked into that one Adam!!
Shut up or ill ban you from my (very exclusive, but ever growing) forum.
Adam, the other reason I feel sorry for you is that by the time you come to drive, the insurance for a 17 yr. old male is going to be scary!
Apparently women are statistically less likley to claim in their first few years, so their insurance is considerably less.
You know what the answer is don't you.......... have a sex change!
How about, get a mk1 fiesta.
Thats what I want, then I am gonna do it up euro style, lowered on 13x8s with tinted windows etc, when the insurance allows me to.
Adam
No!!
You want a Mini - a proper one, not a german one.
Cheap parts, low running costs and relatively speaking, cheap insurance!
Oh yeah, and a lot of cheap fun
ATB
Simon
I did want a mini, but the problem is that I am 6-foot, 13 and still growing!
Therefore I don't think the mini will be very comfortable.
The Fezza is a little bigger
quote:
Originally posted by Simon
No!!
You want a Mini - a proper one, not a german one.
Cheap parts, low running costs and relatively speaking, cheap insurance!
Oh yeah, and a lot of cheap fun
ATB
Simon
Adam,
I'm 6' and 14 and a half stone - when I had my Mini (the turbo'd one) I was nearly 16 stone.
A decent set of seats mounted on the floor gave me enough room for a top hat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mount seat slightly further back if you're all legs!
We had a Mk1 1100 festa - it was good fun when the tyres were nearly flat - drifted luverly
ATB
Simon