Can you thrash the fuck out of an automatic?
cos redlining the first few gears is part of the fun. I think i'd hate drving an automatic. As you may remember in the UK you can take an easier test and only drive auto. As most Americans drive auto does that mean they do a normal test and can then just jump in a manual with no experience?
( Peej, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:00, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Yes.
I've heard horror stories from friends who have rented a car in the UK (or Europe) and fried the transmission as they didn't know how to drive manual.

And the driving test here is a piece of piss.

"Ok, drive up this street. Take your next left. Take a right here. Ok, now, back up straight 100 ft. Ok, now, there's a stop sign coming up, remember to stop. Ok, Ms. Burns....you passed 100%, it's obvious you learned to drive in the UK, would you like to become a driving instructor here?"
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:08, Reply)

If I do my driving test in a foreign country
will it be legal back in the UK?
( Peej, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:10, Reply)

Not if you intend to live there.
On vacation, it's fine, but if you want to live in the UK and have a foreign drivers license, within (I think it's) 90 days you have to take the UK test.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:11, Reply)

A US licence (sorry license)
is good for a year, I think.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:26, Reply)

In the US, you have to renew it every two years.
Which sucks when you're a spacker and have to wait in line to renew it and your disability placard. Everyone else can do it online. Grrr.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:27, Reply)

and what about a license from an EU country?
I'm studying for mine in Spain at the moment, but I intend to return to the UK at some point. Any ideas if i need to re-take the test?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:36, Reply)

Not a problem
So long as you comply with the relevant UK legislation (age, sightedness etc), then your Spanish licence is good indefinitely. If you moved back here permanently you could exchange it for a UK one.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:43, Reply)

cheers
I was too lazy to get it done back home (and didnt really fancy driving around Glasgow), but I'm being co-erced into now by my missus
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 10:11, Reply)

Pretty sure you will need a UK licence after a year or so
Probably need to take the test too.

Edit: I know nothing.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:44, Reply)