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Licence query

  • 04-08-2014 6:51pm
    #1
    maggiegorey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭


    Licence Query

    Hi I found this forum while looking for the answer to the following question.

    I have an automatic driving licence, and am considering applying for a manual one.
    There was a thread by Osarasan who had returned from Japan about this same query, but because I only joined today I cant access the answers.

    Does anyone know what is involved in adding "manual" to your driving licence??
    grateful for any replies
    Maggie


Comments

  • #2
    porsche boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭porsche boy


    you have to reset your test in a manual car. key to this is showing you both understand and can effectively operate a manual gearbox.


  • #3
    maggiegorey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭maggiegorey


    Hi Porsche Boy many thanks for the reply
    However, while I know that I have to re-sit the test in a manual, Im unsure if I have to do a theory tst, and also if I fail the manual test does it affect my automaticlicence?
    Do you know?
    Maggie


  • #4
    porsche boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭porsche boy


    you wont have to resit a theory test as far as I can remember and If you fail your automatic licence is still valid. good luck and practice yer hill starts!


  • #5
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    porsche boy wrote: »
    you wont have to resit a theory test as far as I can remember and If you fail your automatic licence is still valid. good luck and practice yer hill starts!

    You will need to apply for a new provisional to be allowed drive the manual for the test.


  • #6
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    You don't have to resit the theory test. You just need to do your test in a manual car to have the license with the 'only licensed to drive automatic cars' endorsement removed & replaced with one without that endorement. If you fail the test, it doesn't affect your current license.


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  • #7
    maggiegorey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭maggiegorey


    Thanks so much for the info Lads (or Lassies???)
    Feel much better now.
    I learned to drivbe in a manual, driving on and off for thirty years (63 now) but didn't have a manual available when I was doing the test, and had been driving an automatic for a few years, so rather than lose out on the money and have the hassle I just did the automatic one.
    Passed with flying colours, I might add, although my husband cheekily informed me that I wasn't really driving, the car did all the work!!
    Cheeky sod!!

    Off to practice me hillstarts, and will apply for me provisional during the week.
    Once again, thanks for the info.
    Maggie


  • #8
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    maggiegorey wrote: »
    Thanks so much for the info Lads (or Lassies???)
    Feel much better now.
    I learned to drivbe in a manual, driving on and off for thirty years (63 now) but didn't have a manual available when I was doing the test, and had been driving an automatic for a few years, so rather than lose out on the money and have the hassle I just did the automatic one.
    Passed with flying colours, I might add, although my husband cheekily informed me that I wasn't really driving, the car did all the work!!
    Cheeky sod!!

    Off to practice me hillstarts, and will apply for me provisional during the week.
    Once again, thanks for the info.
    Maggie

    Good luck hope you nail it.


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