@EmeraldEyes
I used to drive an assortment of cars, small trucks, Luton vans, the infamous white vans, different school buses,sometimes swapping from one to another in the same day.
The layout of controls varies from one to another but changing between them was something that usually created no problem.
I’ve been driving for 60 years.
The big problem is that stroke chucks a great big spanner in the works and suddenly confidence vanishes.
You question yourself and the system is very risk averse saying, go easy old chap, no need to push yourself.
I was lucky, after a fall in hospital and a telling off by the nurses, a doctor took me to one side and said that if recovery was to occur then bruises and soreness on occasions would be part of the journey. That helped to reinforce my nerve.
In addition an O.T. quieted my doubts and said, regardless I should go for assessment, prove myself wrong and her right.
If you had offered me a choice between a gear box and automatic I’d go for the one I knew well and could get the best from. Gear box of course.
I’d prefer petrol or diesel too.
Before I got this electric automatic car I asked around and most drivers agreed with me about this.
But now I’ve been driving this car around for a bit I have a proper ‘lived experience’ opinion of my own.
In this car it costs just short of £3.50 to travel 200miles. (A bit cheaper than buses, supermarket deliveries or taxis)
There’s no gear change so acceleration just leaves everyone standing at the first stick shift.
It is fun to drive and puts a smile on my face.
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my car and look forward to being out and about on any occasion.
I watched a demo film at Silverstone matching petrol Porsches against electric. From the off electric led the way.
I drove an adapted car for my assessment, it worked well enough for me to get a pass, though I had no pre-test practice and hadn’t driven for two years.
I had to get used to my new car when it arrived but my verdict is

It has different drive modes and I’m slowly edging closer towards turning on sports mode.