Booking Your Test

When booking your test for a test using my car, I need to know the dates/times being suggested before you commit to it (pay) – so that I can confirm the car is available.  One way of doing that is to press the ‘print screen’ button when you have all the dates displayed (see below example), open up your photo editing s/w (photoshop or paint) and paste it on there via ‘cntrl v’.  If you then save that as a jpeg file and send it to me as an attachment on an email, I will be able to see in one glance what the options are and advise you accordingly.

It’s nice as it prevents what can be an exchange of texts trying to find a suitable option.

My thanks go to Jon for this little tip - he's a clever guy!

One other little point while on this subject.  So the slots are currently coming on for 6 weeks in advance (it varies between Test Centres but Peterborough is currently this far in advance).  So what I do is make an assessment that if you continue your progress at the current rate, then in 6 weeks you will be ready.  Don't fall into the trap (quite natural but try to avoid) that once the test is booked you can take your foot off the gas so to speak!  This is the 'business' end of the course so to speak, and attention to detail is key so that you have a successful test.

Think of it the other way round, if I only advised you to book when I knew you were completely ready, then you would all then have a 6 week gap between being at that 'ready' stage and going to your test - hardly great.

So to make this work, you do need to keep up your sessions as we plan and agree on in the car, so that you will find yourself exactly where you need to be in time for your test.

Hope this has been of use - all f/b, comments welcome.