I have had 19 driving lessons and started in October. My parents pushed me into starting learning to drive as I had delayed it for nearly a year (I’m 18), and I wanted to learn automatic but they booked me lessons with a manual instructor. I’ve gone through stages of feeling confident about driving but now I just am really struggling.
I’ve just finished A Level exams so had a break for a month to concentrate on them. I have had two driving lessons since and it’s just knocked my confidence completely. I’m still stalling the car, struggling with the gears and don’t even get me started on the clutch, every time I go towards traffic lights I’m trying as much as possible to slow the car down so then I don’t have to change gears back to first.
I keep telling my parents that I want to learn automatic and that I’m really struggling but it just ends in them shouting at me and telling me I’m being silly (and my mum saying well then just stop learning and get a bus everywhere for the rest of your life). AND I’ve ended up buying a second hand car just over a month ago which is manual...
I don’t know what to do, I really do want to learn to drive (and need to for Uni in September, it’s local so I’m staying at home but I need to get there and back) but the way this is going it will never happen. I feel like automatic lessons would be a better option for me (and I can always sell the manual car and buy automatic) but bringing it up to my parents ends in shouting and them not understanding at all. Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any advice?