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
- The handbrakes on
- neutral gear
- 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 ^_^"
I learnt about how to start it off:
- Well check all the stuff first about cockpit checks and safety checks
- check that the handbrake on and the gear is in neutral
- Push the clutch to the max
- Go onto first gear
- 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
- Now to do MSM:
- 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.
- Signal that you are coming out of the side
- 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
- Now to go to park, remember to park somewhere where it's safe and not in people's way of their driveways
- MSM again.