merlin said:
1) General awareness/anticipation
2) Parking ability
3) Brakes/Clutch control - nice and smooth or bucking bronco?
4) How patient and courteous are you to other road users?
5) What is your knowledge of the Highway Code?
6) High speed control of your car in dry conditions
7) " wet/icy conditions
8) Your ability to correct your car when out of shape
1) 10. I know when people are about to cut into my lane or when a kid is about to jump off the kerb in front of my car. Lucky for him...
2) 8.5. I park in a very small garage everyday and need to take my passenger wing mirror within a cm or so of the wall. At work I reverse into a tight space and if I go too far there is a little sticking out kerb that would hit my expensive new exhuast. This is also on a slope Hence I dont go too far!
I dont reverse fast though, Im not the best at that (although I dont see the point anyway).
3) 9. To drive a Civic VTi smoothly you need to be good on the clutch, I found it hard at first. It's taken me a long time to get this good and its only because I drive everyday.
4) 5. Very impatient of mistakes and I've gone OTT before with the horning and flashing of my lights. But, Im not as bad as some people on the road!
I also let people out of junctions quite a lot and dont tailgate people so thats why Im going for a 5.
5) 7.5. Knowledge is pretty good, although not perfect. I design roads for a living so perhaps Im a little more familiar with priority in certain situations than most people.
6) 8. Very good control in the dry, and I like to drive fast and test the cars limit a lot of the time. Ive had quite a few quick cars now too. Havent done any track driving so cant claim more than an 8.
7) 7. Pretty good in the wet and Ive driven in ice a few times. ABS doesnt help me much in the ice.
8) 8. Very good, although the car is easy to correct. The rear started to come round the other day and I didnt have any trouble correcting it. Dont get into this situation much but when things go wrong I have enough years of experience to automatically react and put it right without even thinking.
So im not too modest, but Ive been driving 8 years with no accidents and I dont drive slowly
Good thread!