1st driving lesson

Today was the day of my offical first driving lesson at 1pm ... which is sorta bad since a day before my dad and sister said it's going to be pouring down with rain in the afternoon =S

Anyway, driver instructor came for me, he's called Simon ... such a common name and simple to remember ;P

Well learnt about the real basic stuff of Cockpit Checks:-

• Mirrors
• Drivers seat which has 3 parts to it and he told me this twice the head part is NOT a head rest but a head restraint
• Doors to see if closed properly
• Seatbelts... how to put them on

Then the Safety Checks:-

• The handbrakes on
• neutral gear

Then the Controls & Instruments:-

• how the clutch works
• how the accelerator breaks if keeps stuttering
  
• how the breaks have different breaking system, including the auto breaking system of the chip ... which would still able you to have a the steering power
• all the different gears, and trying it out without any engine on, duh!
• the indicators of left (down) and right (up)
• the wipers and I had to use it once because of slight rain ^_^"
  

Then allowing to drive on the street with cars... but it was a quiet street though and wide too, since not close to any industrial sites that's why he said:-
I learnt about how to start it off:

1. Well check all the stuff first about cockpit checks and safety checks
2. check that the handbrake on and the gear is in neutral
   
3. Push the clutch to the max
4. Go onto first gear
5. To find the biting point: give a little gas onto like 2000 something, and keep that position on the accelerator, and slowly let go of the clutch until you see the point needle drop
6. Now to do MSM:
1. Mirror checks - check from left to right mirrors, then look behind since there is a blind spot where you can't see from the mirrors.
2. Signal that you are coming out of the side
3. Manoeuvre
• Release the handbrake
• Release the clutch at 3turns and off you go but remember 3 moves you have to do when coming out of the side: Move the wheel to Turn Right, then Turn Left, then to go straight
7. Now to go to park, remember to park somewhere where it's safe and not in people's way of their driveways
   
• MSM again.
  

It was good for 1st lesson for 2hours since I did drive for 3times ^_^ not much I guess but at least I tried ^_^