I signed up for a test on the 30th because it gives me a month to retake in case I fail (positive thinking, eh?!). And I signed up in Nuneaton because it has the highest pass rate in the Midlands (that was available). I drove with my instructor up there and we drove around the test center a bit, and practiced on the little roads. He doesn't seem to think that they will have me reverse into a bay because they don't have their own parking lot. I reversed around a corner for the first time ever last week...he says it's really an exercise in paying attention and seeing that you can control the car going really slowly. And I can finally parallel park. Oh my god, he made it seem so easy, once he explained it clearly. I've done 6 hours with him, and he thinks I don't need a lesson next week although maybe I should do just one more hour to go over maneuvers? I mean it's expensive, 23 per hour, but if another hour keeps me from having to pay 75 quid to test again, it's worth it?
Anyway, wish me luck! I think I'll be ok, as long as no one does anything stupid while I'm on the test! My instructor did say that there's such a back up of people testing right now, that it's in the tester's best interest to pass me. They know I can drive, they just want to see I understand the UK laws and stuff ok.
Any helpful tips or tricks for on the day would be welcome! He told me I have to get L plates and a 2nd rearview mirror, and I may get some of those small round blind spot mirrors he had too.
