Comments on: Learning to drive in a Diesel car - why not! http://learnerdriving.org.uk/2008/08/16/learning-to-drive-in-a-diesel-car-why-not/ Thoughts about driving lessons Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Driving School Sydney http://learnerdriving.org.uk/2008/08/16/learning-to-drive-in-a-diesel-car-why-not/#comment-88 Driving School Sydney Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:14:25 +0000 http://learnerdriving.org.uk/2008/08/16/learning-to-drive-in-a-diesel-car-why-not/#comment-88 I think the issue is probably not with the car but with the instructor. So one should be more careful about that. I think the issue is probably not with the car but with the instructor. So one should be more careful about that.

]]> By: newbury driving instructor http://learnerdriving.org.uk/2008/08/16/learning-to-drive-in-a-diesel-car-why-not/#comment-63 newbury driving instructor Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:23:31 +0000 http://learnerdriving.org.uk/2008/08/16/learning-to-drive-in-a-diesel-car-why-not/#comment-63 I see two issues here. Firstly whether you learn in a petrol or diesel I believe that pupils should always be taught to use the gas pedal when pulling away. That will alleviate the differences between petrol and diesel. It will also encourage pupils to pull away faster when the need arises e.g. moving away at abusy roundabout can be dangerous if the pupil doesn't move of quickly. It can be scary as an instructor to watch a pupil pull away very slowly at a roundabout only then to see a car flying around the corner, more gas from the pupil can save their lives. The second issue is this, I have always conducted pass plus lessons with my own former pupils. They have always been at a good standard before they started pass plus training. However my last pupil for pass plus came from another instructor. I was amazed they even passed their test let alone be allowed to have taken it in the first place. I would not have taken them to test at that standard!! I see two issues here. Firstly whether you learn in a petrol or diesel I believe that pupils should always be taught to use the gas pedal when pulling away. That will alleviate the differences between petrol and diesel. It will also encourage pupils to pull away faster when the need arises e.g. moving away at abusy roundabout can be dangerous if the pupil doesn’t move of quickly. It can be scary as an instructor to watch a pupil pull away very slowly at a roundabout only then to see a car flying around the corner, more gas from the pupil can save their lives. The second issue is this, I have always conducted pass plus lessons with my own former pupils. They have always been at a good standard before they started pass plus training. However my last pupil for pass plus came from another instructor. I was amazed they even passed their test let alone be allowed to have taken it in the first place. I would not have taken them to test at that standard!!

]]> By: Michael http://learnerdriving.org.uk/2008/08/16/learning-to-drive-in-a-diesel-car-why-not/#comment-53 Michael Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:08:46 +0000 http://learnerdriving.org.uk/2008/08/16/learning-to-drive-in-a-diesel-car-why-not/#comment-53 The correct technique for a diesel OR petrol is exactly the same. If you learn in a diesel a decent instructor will teach you gas first then clutch up as this gives the most controlled and smooth pull away. So it makes no difference if you learn in a diesel and then go on to buy a petrol once you pass your test. You comment implies that all diesel instructors teach pupils to bring up the clutch before applying gas. Not true, and unfair to diesel instructors as you are seeking to alienate them in one foul swoop! If you pull away with no gas in a diesel it's jerky and plainly doesn't feel right. So the issue is as ever...it's not the car...it's the instructor you choose. The correct technique for a diesel OR petrol is exactly the same.

If you learn in a diesel a decent instructor will teach you gas first
then clutch up as this gives the most controlled and smooth pull away.
So it makes no difference if you learn in a diesel and then go on to
buy a petrol once you pass your test.

You comment implies that all diesel instructors teach pupils to bring up
the clutch before applying gas. Not true, and unfair to diesel instructors
as you are seeking to alienate them in one foul swoop!

If you pull away with no gas in a diesel it’s jerky and plainly doesn’t feel
right.

So the issue is as ever…it’s not the car…it’s the instructor you choose.

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