[Jamie89]

How long have you been learning for/how many lessons have you had so far?

Driving isn't for everyone and if it's not for you there's no shame in giving up. If you haven't been learning for that long though my advice would be to stick with it for a bit longer as if it's just a specific part of driving that you haven't quite got the hang of yet you might find that it's just something that comes with time and more practice, like do you enjoy driving generally and it's just that you occasionally make mistakes with the gears, or do you not like driving at all?

[Daniel-X]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

How long have you been learning for/how many lessons have you had so far?

Driving isn't for everyone and if it's not for you there's no shame in giving up. If you haven't been learning for that long though my advice would be to stick with it for a bit longer as if it's just a specific part of driving that you haven't quite got the hang of yet you might find that it's just something that comes with time and more practice, like do you enjoy driving generally and it's just that you occasionally make mistakes with the gears, or do you not like driving at all?

I've had about twelve lessons so far but it took me ages to get around not crossing my bloody hands when driving the wheel, and once I've got my head round that suddenly I end up going really **** with my gears. I honestly don't know what to do, it's probably my competitive streak coming out because some people who started after me are a lot lot better and it's just frustrating that I can't get the hang of it.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Daniel-X

I've had about twelve lessons so far but it took me ages to get around not crossing my bloody hands when driving the wheel, and once I've got my head round that suddenly I end up going really **** with my gears. I honestly don't know what to do, it's probably my competitive streak coming out because some people who started after me are a lot lot better and it's just frustrating that I can't get the hang of it.

Oh I had about 50 lessons before I was ready to take my test If it's just a competitive thing or you're frustrated about not being as good as you'd like to be yet then I'd keep going with it tbh and just try and put less pressure on yourself. There's so much to think about when your driving and it takes a while to be fully competent at all those things, it all just takes time and practice though, it doesn't mean you're not capable of doing it just because you haven't got the hang of it right away.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Daniel-X

I've had about twelve lessons so far but it took me ages to get around not crossing my bloody hands when driving the wheel, and once I've got my head round that suddenly I end up going really **** with my gears. I honestly don't know what to do, it's probably my competitive streak coming out because some people who started after me are a lot lot better and it's just frustrating that I can't get the hang of it.

Don't put yourself down.

Granted, I didn't have some of the problems you've listed but it did take me until about hour 20 for the everything to just click and I was a lot more confident and operating the car smoothly to then start moving on to just concentrating on the manoeuvres properly.