After missing a stop sign and failing my 1st road test in NYC, I decided to give it more practice time before the next try. As the test officer said, it usually takes ~50 hours driving time to manage this skill. And it was a bit too aggressive for me to jump into the test after 5-hour lessons…<\/p>\n
NYC is different than other places in US. Not many friends own cars and live close to me. So I got a zipcar membership with my Chinese driver license. It allows me to rent cars by hours. Good for practice driving.<\/p>\n
Last Saturday I had my first Zipcar trip! With riki riding the shotgun, and riki’s wife sitting in the back… We rent a Mini Cooper just for trying this famous model. It took me 5 minutes to figure out how to ignite it. Then the whole car feels like a big plastic toy. It’s small and easy to control. During the exam I turned either too wide or too narrow. But with this Mini I made turns well at most times.<\/p>\n
We drove around my neighborhood for about 15 minutes then drove all the way down to Brooklyn Chinatown. Parked. Had some Yunnan flavor snacks. Then headed back. There was a little pressure on the way back because of the time limit of returning cars. I extended the rent for 30 minutes, but heavy traffic and a few wrong turns still put us on a tight schedule. When we drove into the parking lot there was only 3 minutes left!<\/p>\n
It feels much better to drive a car out of driving school. The coach in school always tried to interfere with my driving, like using the break on his side or tune the wheel. The result was I didn’t know how it would be when I drive by myself. Now I has a better idea. I’ll practice a few more times and do the road test again!<\/p>\n
If you read this post and want to join Zipcar, here is my referral link:\u00a0http:\/\/s.zip.cr\/CdWDuHQ (25$ free driving credit).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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