Steer clear of Girne on Monday morning!!!

puppylover



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Message Posted:
22/08/2008 23:29

Thought I would be considerate and warn my fellow board members that both Hubby and I will be taking our Driving test between 8-9am on monday morning.

Even better news....they have found a tester in Nicosia who speaks a bit of English...should be fun!!!



After 13 lessons as first ever drivers (both of us!!) we have decided the time has come to risk our lives on the Girne roads.



If any of you have been stuck behind us from Karsiyaka to Girne when we have been on a lesson...then I take this opportunity to apologise!!

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
22/08/2008 23:47

Hi Puppylover,

Thought I was behind you last week,

the car in front of me was driving very erratically,

when the road ahead was clear, I decided to overtake,

thought "this is another driver on their mobile, either talking or texting"

as I've seen before, in cars and on scooters!!!

As I was passing, glanced at the driver, he had a young girl,

about 4 years old on his lap, steering the car!!!

Not the smartest guy on the island

They start them young over here

Navek

puppylover



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Message Posted:
22/08/2008 23:56

Navek.....

Phew...glad you said it was a 4 year old and not a 47 year old...my hubby would have had heart failure if he found out I was sitting on my driving instructors lap!!!



Nothing surprising me over here...as a first time driver I've been totally shocked at the standard of driving here...especially the police officer in a marked car who nearly rammed me up the rear (car that is!!) today.

Notsoboredhw


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Posts: 1254

Message Posted:
23/08/2008 00:07

Good luck Puppylover and hubby!!! I'm sure you will both pass first time.

Navek



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 00:12

Hi Puppylover,

Going to Karpaz on Monday, only need to worry about the donkeys then!!!!

Good luck to both of you.

Navek

puppylover



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 00:20

Boredhousewife....thank you for your good wishes.....fingers cossed!!



Navek..... Thank you too! Enjoy the Karpaz on monday. Might be going there to get a donkey if neither of us pass the test!!

Navek



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 00:50

will look out for couple of placid ones for you,

left or right hand drive ;)

puppylover



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 00:54

Right hand please and automatic!!!!

Would prefer a female as the males are harder to steer in the right direction!!

Navek



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 00:58

any particular colour in mind?

puppylover



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 00:58

Navek...

Have replied to your questions re driving under "where do I go for driving test?"

puppylover



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 01:00

Colour?...mmmm...not fussed...but please...no furry dice hanging on it's ears!!!!

Navek



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 01:00

read it, my mistake!!!

steering went

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 15:45

has anyone ever failed a driving test here ?

joandjelly


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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 16:42

Make sure you dress appropriately because a young man was failed recently for wearing shorts!!

puppylover



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 16:45

deecyprus4..

According to my driving instructor out of his 150 pupils he taught last year...5 failed.



He told us of one a couple of weeks ago where a local taking the test in Girne drove into a wall and the tester did not even bother to use the dual controlled brake. Apparently the instructor whose car had been damaged in this incident questioned why the tester had not done so and the reply (so I'm told) was it happened too quickly and he did not have time to apply them!!!



Makes you wonder how good the testers are.



In answer to your actual question...ask me monday evening after I've taken my test in the morning!!!

puppylover



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 16:49

joandjelly.....msg 14



Noted!!...I remember reading about that incident so I've put the mini skirt away!!

simbas



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 17:23

good luck both , i'm sure you don't need it , you will do just fine

regards , simbas

puppylover



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 18:07

simbas....



Thank you for your good wishes.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

no1doyen


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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 18:16

puppylover. You can do it! Best of luck.

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 18:29

good luck for both of you sure you dont need it

puppylover



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Message Posted:
23/08/2008 18:32

no1doyen and deecyprus4...



Thank you both.

Navek



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Message Posted:
24/08/2008 09:35

Hi puppylover,

Now at the Karpaz, parked my car behind a goat shed, and covered it with leaves, blocked the entrance, will that do?

13 lessons, unlucky number!!!!

Good luck on Monday.

Navek

puppylover



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Message Posted:
24/08/2008 09:50

Navek..... Good morning to you!



Ha!Ha!....I'm not that bad a driver!!

13 lessons...hadn't thought about that..the only consolation is that I'm not doing the test on a friday the 13th...that would worry me.



You be careful that the goats don't find your car, eat all the leaves and leave a load of crap on it!!



Enjoy your day!

cruggs


Joined: 06/04/2008
Posts: 498

Message Posted:
24/08/2008 12:35

hi puppylover,good luck to you and your other half on monday morning,but lay off the vino tonight. hopefully you will have enough time to celebrate in the

afternoon. dont forget everybody is nervous when taking their test you are not

alone.will keep my fingers and toes crossed for you......GOOD LUCK. lol p.s

just as a precaution will keep our car in the garage tomorrow.

puppylover



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Message Posted:
24/08/2008 13:53

Good afternoon Gruggs..blimey, you are up early for a sunday morning...thought your wife would be bringing you breakfast in bed?!!



Thank you for your good wishes and I will stay of the vino today....Champers tomorrow IF I/we pass.



Not much hope of me pranging your car when you are in Ramsgate and I'm taking the test in Girne...but I could always suggest to the examiner that Ramsgate is a nice place to visit on a monday morning...we could always pop in for a cuppa!!!



You take care and give my regards to your wife!!!

cruggs


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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 09:14

hi puppylover, good luck to both of you.

littlenige



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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 10:10

The best of lucj to you on today events.

puppylover



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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 14:37

We BOTH passed.......yipeeee!!!!

bradus


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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 14:41

Well done. Drive safely.



Sue

cruggs


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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 14:49

well done puppylover,now you can both go out and celibrate.

WELL DONE.

puppylover



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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 14:56

bradus and cruggs....



Thank you!!

ilovemydogs



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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 21:24

well done.............. only took me 5 times

simbas



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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 21:42

congratulations both , i wish you many many years of happy motoring in nc

kind regards , simbas

puppylover



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Message Posted:
26/08/2008 12:30

Our thanks to everyone who had sent us good wishes...we are both thrilled that we BOTH passed...saved us having a domestic!!!



I had to laugh last night...we decided to go out and celibrate.

We rang "Hassan" our lovely taxi driver (who also recommended the driving instructor) to pick us up.

He pulled up outside the house, got out and said "Congratulations...whose driving tonight?"

Well, the thought of driving a Mercedes was too much for me...so in I get with Hassan in the back with the hubby!!!



Happy days!!!

cruggs


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Posts: 498

Message Posted:
26/08/2008 13:28

hi puppylover, (so in i get with hassan in the back with the hubby ) so what

were all three of you doing in the back of the car??????? and who was driving.

lol.

puppylover



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Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
26/08/2008 14:11

Hi cruggs...knew it would be you!!



Behave..I was driving!!!! Can't do 2 things at the same time!!!!

lol

Navek



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Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
26/08/2008 14:58

Great news,

can come back from the Karpaz now it's all safe.

Had a couple of docile donkeys lined up for you!!!

Hope you both have many years of happy motoring in TRNC,

and maybe further!!!

Good luck on your travels,

by the way, can either of you read a map?

Navek

puppylover



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Message Posted:
26/08/2008 15:01

Navek......



Naughty naughty!!



Map?...what are they then???



Thank you for your good wishes and also your quick wit that really kept me going!!!

steve g


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 3

Message Posted:
29/08/2008 12:10

Hello, I am new to this group. My partner and I are buying an apartment in Alsanck and hope to retire to there in a couple of years time. Does everyone have to take a new driving test in TRNC or will a British licence be OK, and for how long?

Steve G

ttoli


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Message Posted:
29/08/2008 12:19

Steve g, your current UK licence will allow you drive here for 3 months then you need a TRNC licence, currently a ten year licence costs 500YTL

(227.OO STERLING), make sure that you keep a forwarding address in the UK(for renewing your UK licence as you cant drive in the South of the Island on a TRNC Licence), locals can, ex-pats can't.