That’s my car just done over 60,000 miles. Meaning that I have done over 6,000 miles, since getting him October last year.
Thursday – 20th January 2005
I can’t believe it. It was a year ago today that I passed my driving test. Even now I still can’t believe that I passed it first time. So once again I would like to say a VERY big thank-you to Phil my driving instructor.
Since passed, I have drove to Cromer (100 miles), Glasgow (300 miles), Grantham (16 miles), Lincoln (40 miles), Nottingham (40 miles), Peterborough (20 miles), Rugby (55 miles), Stamford (7 miles) and lots of other places. The miles after each of the place names shows how far they are from Little Bytham.
Since getting my Seat Ibiza at the end of October last year. I have already done over 3,400 miles in her. Now that I am 100% sure to driving her, so is a great day to drive. I can see myself in the future buying a lot more Seat cars. But I will get a good number of years out of this one, till I need to think about getting a new car.
Thursday – 14th October 2004
Today I had the fun job of driving my car all 321 miles back down to Little Bytham. The journey started at 9:15am when I set off, from my parents house in Killearn. I left at that time to make sure that I missed the rush hour in Glasgow City centre and also on the M8. Which is busy at the best of times and would be hell on earth at rush hour.
Lucky by the time I joined the M8 in Glasgow most of the fog that had been with me since leaving Killearn had gone. I did not really like the idea of having to drive in fog on the motorway.
I was glad when I had got the motorway section around Glasgow out of the way. I joined the M8 motorway at junction 16. I stayed on the M8 for about 8 miles. Before joining the M73, then I stayed on M73 for about 2 miles before joining the A74(M).
I stayed on the A74(M) all the way to Gretna Green service station. Where I stopped at 11:00am (100 miles into the journey) to get a drink, something to eat and text my Mum and Dad to keep them updated, on how my journey was going to far. I was only at the service station for about 10 minutes, before getting on my way again.
Just after leaving Gretna Green you go over the bother and into England. Then the A74(M) goes down to the A74 which is not a nice section of road at all, because it’s only dual carriageway. But lucky it’s only like that was about 6 miles. Before it becomes motorway again and your on the M6.
I then stayed on the M6 till junction 40, which is just passed Penrith. Then I joined the A66 which is a great road that goes over the top of the Pennines. I really like the A66 before you get very really great views from it, on a clear day, which lucky it was. Most of the A66 was clear from any holdups. There was one section that had some roadwork’s, but lucky it only added about 15 minutes to the journey.
I was happy when I had cleared the A66 section of the journey and was safely at the service station at Scotch Corner. I got there at 12:45pm (181 miles into the journey). While I was there, I texted my parents again, while to the loo, had more to drink. And also filled my car up with fuel to make sure that I did could do the rest of the journey, without running out.
Once I left the service station. I joined the A1 which I would stay on for 135 miles. Before coming off at Morkery Lane then onto Little Bytham and home.
So over all it was a very good journey. In total it was 322 miles and I got to Little Bytham at 3:25pm.
Wednesday – 6th October 2004
I am now the proud owner of a R reg Seat Ibiza, Hatchback 1.4 SXE 5 door. It set me back £1,800 which I don’t think is too bad at all for a R reg with 54 thousand miles on the clock. It also comes with power steering, electric front windows, driver airbag and air-conditioning.
It’s not bad at all for my first car. But it’s does feel weird paying for a car that, I have never driven before or even been inside of it.
Tuesday – 27th January 2004
I could not believe it. I only passed my driving test last week and I have already had to drive in snow.
I was on the way back from work just passing a place called Wittering on the A1, when it started to snow. When I got out of Stamford on the A6121, I could not see a thing. When I got onto the B1176, just coming out of Ryhall, it got ever wrone, I could not see 5 metres in front of me. Going up hills, was not nice at all. The wheels on the car started to speen. I was just so happy to get back home all in one bit and better still so was the car too. I don’t think Mark would have been too happy if I had crashed his car.
Thursday – 22nd January 2004
I drove the car for the first time myself, with no one else in it :). I drove from my house in Little Bytham to Stamford and back. So just over 12 miles in total. It was really a great feeling driving there all by myself, but not having someone else in the car is going to take me a while to get use to. I go the whole way into Stamford with out driving off the road or hitting someone which is always a good start. It was all going well till I got to Morrisons. Then I had to park the cark!!!! Ahhh which is something, I think is going to take me a while to get good at! I parked it in the end, so that’s the main thing :).
I passed my driving test!!
I passed my driving test today! I was sure that I had failed it, before I even got out of the test centre car park. Because I was asked to do a reverse park. The first that I missed the car parking space big time. So I did it again, even the second time, I am sure that I was not in it. But I much have been, or she would have said something at the end of the test.
Then not long after leaving the centre, when I got to the first set of traffic lights, what did I do but still the car. At this point I was ready to give up!! I was more then sure that I had already failed it.
Then I had to do a reverse around a corner. Which yes you guessed it, I could not even do that one right. The first time I did it, I hit the kerb. But lucky when I did it again, I got it right.
But lucky my normal driving was not 2 bad. In total I got 10 driving faults. But I passed it, so that’s the main thing.
Friday – 31th October 2003
I booked my practical driving test on-line using the Driving Standards Agency website, but I am not going to say when it is. You will all have to wait and find out. All that I am going to tell you it that it cost £39, so I really hope that I pass it first time. I don’t really have that sort of money to paid.
Wednesday – 8th October 2003
I am so happy today. At 9:30am in the George Shopping Centre in Grantham. I had my third go at doing the car theory test and your never guess what. I passed it. Third time lucky. I got 34 out of 35 for the multiple-choice section. Meaning that I passed that section, by 4 marks.
I got 58 marks for the hazard perception section. You need 44 to pass it. Meaning that I passed it by 14 marks. So I am one very, very happy boy. Not only did I pass it, but I pass it with flying colours.
So now at long last I can get my practical driving test booked. I just hope that is does not take me three attempts to pass that as well.
Monday – 18th August 2003
I went to Spalding where the local test centre is. You would not believe just how many one-way streets there is there. Once I get use to all of them, I don’t think that it will be too bad of a place to do my driving test. My driving instructor also took me into the test centre building to show me the room that I would be waiting in just before I do my driving test.
So for the first time in a while, I feel like I am starting to get somewhere again will my driving. There are still some things that I need to work on, but I am getting there.