Lessons in my own Car?

marley123

Is this possible??

I am going to hopefully do a few in instructors car but it will most likely be something in the lines of a Yaris etc... whereas the car I have bought is a 318 BMW so alot bigger - reckon it would be a better help to get some instruction in my own car... ( My DH has offered to take me out but don't want it to end up in a divorce! )

Mr. Presentable

It should be no problem. Usually you would be expected by your instructor to take some lessons and demonstrate competence in a dual-control car before they'll let you use your own.

**Timbuk2**

Yea, instructors will do this no problem. When I was doing lessons, I did them in the instructor's dual-controlled car to start with, then as I got closer to the test, I did them in my mother's car.

I wasn't sure if I could because I had that Aviva Learner Driver Cover (do you know the one where you get 10 lessons and you get 6 months accompanied driver cover free - but a condition was that the accompanied driver could only be one of my parents, otherwise I wasn't insured!). I asked the instructor would I be insured if he took me out, and he said yes that's no problem - possibly his insurance covered me, even in my mother's car.

starlit

Ya you can. One of my driving instructors started me off in his dual control car for the first few lessons and then in my own car which was a yaris. He actually wanted to conduct the lessons in my own car though rather than the dual control personally it was good to get me to learn in the yaris but when it came to the lessons I think I would have been more confortable doing the remaining lessons in the dual control until I were a more competent and confident driver and just became a nervous wreck afterwards...The dual control gave me more confidence and didn't make me feel as nervous that something bad would happen as if I got stuck the dual control would have backed me up. Haven't had lessons in a number of months so will hopefully go back now in the new year and give it another go...

The kia is a very good car to learn in though, the gears and the pedals are easier to maneuver! The yaris the gears and the pedals are a little harder to use.

Best of luck OP with the driving.

marley123

Thanks for the replys... My car is an automatic so hopefully shouldnt take long to get the hang of it ( drove in the US for 2yrs. )

ADIDriving

As an instructor: Yes, the other posters are right, most instructors will do the lessons in your car. So long as you have reasonable control, demonstrated in their car.

MascotDec85

marley123 wrote: »

Thanks for the replys... My car is an automatic so hopefully shouldnt take long to get the hang of it ( drove in the US for 2yrs. )

Presuming you are taking lessons in an ADI's car, with manual transmission to start with and then use your car (the automatic) for your test, your licence will be restricted to drive only automatic cars.

marley123

Thanks for all the replys... I will be learning in an Automatic as will be driving an automatic & need to get back on the road ASAP

LookBehindYou

If you do your test in an automatic car, and pass,you are restricted to automatic cars only. You will need to do another test in a manual to drive a manual (gears)car.