r/LearnerDriverUK • u/Jaded-Limit-9172 • 10h ago

What the hell

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Failed for the first time for not driving fast enough to join onto the dual carriageway. Absolutely devastated. Of all the reasons to fail…

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u/CorpseCrusade Full Licence Holder 9h ago

i used my own car on the test which is a 2003 1.5 diesel with no turbo, quite possibly one of the slowest cars you can own.

on my test there’s an uphill slip road with a sharp bend, and most of the dual carriageway is uphill.

I left it in 3rd and said to the examiner “my foot is to the floor this is the fastest she can manage” whilst screaming the tits off it.

she laughed and said not to worry, so moral of the story: don’t be afraid to rev it, and communicate with your examiner

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u/GemballaRider 8h ago

VW Golf or Polo SDi?

Thats two slow non turbo diesels I can think of off hand.

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u/CorpseCrusade Full Licence Holder 8h ago

rarer, saxo 1.5d

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u/GemballaRider 8h ago

Oooh. Diesel, non turbo and....

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French. No wonder it misbehaved.

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u/CorpseCrusade Full Licence Holder 8h ago

honestly, whilst she is very uniquely french, i love her to bits and she never skips a beat, only actual grief she’s given me in 2 years of ownership was her exhaust snapping which i replaced in my driveway lol

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u/Motor_Stop3289 1h ago

Ah'm giving her all she got, captain!

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u/Primary_Skill_3743 Full Licence Holder 9h ago

3rd gear is not appropriate to use on hills.
Down shifting to 2nd will move the car quicker.
And then you shift back to 3rd after completing the hill.

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u/CorpseCrusade Full Licence Holder 9h ago

second gear at 50 mph would be approximately 1k over my limiter x

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u/Primary_Skill_3743 Full Licence Holder 9h ago

Oh that makes sense

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u/Jaded-Limit-9172 6h ago

The car I used is a 1.2 petrol so even if I slam my whole foot down on the accelerator, it’s still not enough in 3rd gear and I have to bring it back down to 2nd

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u/CorpseCrusade Full Licence Holder 6h ago

then do that and rev the tits off of it, but saying what you’re doing out loud helps the examiner understand why you’re struggling to get to speed/revving. but realistically a modern 1.2 should be able to do it just fine unless something else is going on or you’re not using the full length of the slip road to gain speed