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13 lessons - still stalling

I've had about 10 driving lessons now and every lesson I stall about 4/5 times. My instructor is really patient but I get really annoyed. I have bad clutch control and I am just all round clumsy. Also after 10 lessons I have not done any maneuvers etc but my friend who has had 11 lessons is doing mock tests...
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Does anyone have any tips for good clutch control/driving

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Original post by ZainF123
I've had about 10 driving lessons now and every lesson I stall about 4/5 times. My instructor is really patient but I get really annoyed. I have bad clutch control and I am just all round clumsy. Also after 10 lessons I have not done any maneuvers etc but my friend who has had 11 lessons is doing mock tests...
:angry:
Does anyone have any tips for good clutch control/driving



how do you stall the car?
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how do you stall the car?


mainly due to panic.
I stop in the road at traffic lights and my instructor tells me to put the handbrake on or meet he bite and get ready. However when it comes to setting off I lift the clutch up really quickly and the car makes a bang sound or I don't set enough gas and it stalls.
Original post by ZainF123
mainly due to panic.
I stop in the road at traffic lights and my instructor tells me to put the handbrake on or meet he bite and get ready. However when it comes to setting off I lift the clutch up really quickly and the car makes a bang sound or I don't set enough gas and it stalls.


find a point where you are very comfortable with the clutch. By this i mean not too low so that when you start off it comes up too quickly but not to high to get a bad start off. This way you are confident that you can start off well
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Original post by Arvin Bhambra
find a point where you are very comfortable with the clutch. By this i mean not too low so that when you start off it comes up too quickly but not to high to get a bad start off. This way you are confident that you can start off well


when waiting at traffic lights I am comfortable with keeping the bite but I know this wears the clutch out like mad. My instructor is always saying put the handbrake on and I have to ask if if its OK to just use the break.
also when setting off it takes me ages and my instructor always says speed up as there are other cars behind but this is the point where I panic and then end up stalling
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when waiting at traffic lights I am comfortable with keeping the bite but I know this wears the clutch out like mad. My instructor is always saying put the handbrake on and I have to ask if if its OK to just use the break.
also when setting off it takes me ages and my instructor always says speed up as there are other cars behind but this is the point where I panic and then end up stalling


use the bite as much as possible it is easier getting off
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Original post by ZainF123
I've had about 10 driving lessons now and every lesson I stall about 4/5 times. My instructor is really patient but I get really annoyed. I have bad clutch control and I am just all round clumsy. Also after 10 lessons I have not done any maneuvers etc but my friend who has had 11 lessons is doing mock tests...
:angry:
Does anyone have any tips for good clutch control/driving


i have horrendous clutch control!
nearly typed clitch :/
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Original post by Arvin Bhambra
use the bite as much as possible it is easier getting off


yeah im gonna start doing that. idk how people put the handbrake one and then quickly set off. ugghh
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i have horrendous clutch control!
nearly typed clitch :/


how many lessons have you had??
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yeah im gonna start doing that. idk how people put the handbrake one and then quickly set off. ugghh


quite easy when it is a hill start otherwise hard elsewhere. How you at hill starts?
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how many lessons have you had??


not many haha only like 3 or 4 :frown:
if it helps, my old english teacher failed her actual test 23 times
also this;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3059897/She-s-not-giving-just-Britain-s-worst-learner-driver-fails-theory-test-113TH-time-cost-3-500.html
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not many haha only like 3 or 4 :frown:
if it helps, my old english teacher failed her actual test 23 times
also this;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3059897/She-s-not-giving-just-Britain-s-worst-learner-driver-fails-theory-test-113TH-time-cost-3-500.html


wtf

what was your theory scores?
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quite easy when it is a hill start otherwise hard elsewhere. How you at hill starts?


im good at hill starts because I live on a hill so i he been doing those since my first lesson :biggrin:
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wtf

what was your theory scores?


not even does a theory yet but i dont one of these free practise online ones and, well...i failed ! HA
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not even does a theory yet but i dont one of these free practise online ones and, well...i failed ! HA


want any good websites for you theory?
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not many haha only like 3 or 4 :frown:
if it helps, my old english teacher failed her actual test 23 times
also this;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3059897/She-s-not-giving-just-Britain-s-worst-learner-driver-fails-theory-test-113TH-time-cost-3-500.html


jeeeez. I still need to do my theory but im waiting until im more confident at the practical
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Yeah please. Have u done yours?
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jeeeez. I still need to do my theory but im waiting until im more confident at the practical


can you choose when you do what?

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want any good websites for you theory?


sure :smile:
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can you choose when you do what?



sure :smile:


https://www.dvsalearningzone.co.uk/ - very good website helped me alot. Need to make an account tho

Helped me to get 49/50 on theory and 65 on hazard
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https://www.dvsalearningzone.co.uk/ - very good website helped me alot. Need to make an account tho

Helped me to get 49/50 on theory and 65 on hazard


oh sweet! il report back with my own soon
thanks :biggrin:

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