I passed

[Jez]

I'm new again - forgot my old username so I can't tell you who I was, but I'm back anyway . The day before my test was booked I blew up the gearbox in the old Saab and had to cancel it. 2 months later I got the car back on a Friday, had an urgent refresher session with my observer the next day and then spent all weekend practicing until I was doing a commentary in my sleep. 2 days later I took the IAM test and passed, to my amazement. I got my certificate through today. I got some very useful tips off this forum, and hopefully will continue to do so.

[MikeG]

Hi Jez,
Nice one mate. Get that badge on display, you've earned it.

Mike

[Nigel]

Congratulations...and welcome back.

Where do you get your Saab stuff from ?

My mate has a company called McDonald classic cars, and he restores the old ones, the old two strokes etc.

[Roadcraft]

well done indeed....

Now you need to look at taking your RoSPA test......

www.roada.org.uk

[AdamW]

Well done Jez.

[Jez]

Cheers everyone. I'm very pleased to have passed, but am not resting on my laurels. Every day I go out it seems I make some minor mistake, or do something that I later think I could have done better, so I'm trying to maintain the standard. I will definitely get myself reassessed by my group in a year or two.

I thought about RoSPA, and may well have a go at some point. I just bought a book called Road Sense - the Art of Advanced Driving by Doug Holland, and he seems to be RoSPA, so it'll be an interesting angle on things.

Where do you get your Saab stuff from?

I mostly use an online company called www.partsforsaabs.com. For second hand bits Two Stroke to Turbo are very good. I'll keep an eye out for McDonald as well.

[vonhosen]

Cheers everyone. I'm very pleased to have passed, but am not resting on my laurels. Every day I go out it seems I make some minor mistake, or do something that I later think I could have done better, so I'm trying to maintain the standard. I will definitely get myself reassessed by my group in a year or two.

I thought about RoSPA, and may well have a go at some point. I just bought a book called Road Sense - the Art of Advanced Driving by Doug Holland, and he seems to be RoSPA, so it'll be an interesting angle on things.

Congratulations.

If you ever get to do the perfect drive let me know because I've never done or seen one

[Jez]

Perfection may be a little optimistic. What was ironic was that upon leaving the examiner in the car park, the first red light I came to, just before coming to a halt, I reached for the gear lever before I could see it was clear to proceed. It's a bad habit that occured for the first time within minutes of passing, and I'm still fighting it now.

I'll settle for continual development, I think.

[Lynne]

Congratulations from me too Jez

Lynne