driving a manual car, but passed in a automatic

[sanjo]

What could happen if a person passed their test in an automatic but brought a manual car?

[milessinclai]

They would not be allowed to drive it.

[dotjhawkes]

Which is how it has been for me since I passed mine in 1975. I can drive a manual car if I have L plates on it and a person in the passenger seat who is over 25 and has a full UK license with group A on it. But I always have had an automatic car.

[Carol Anne]

Hi Dot, why did you choose to take the test in an automatic car instead of a manual?

[Coobeastie]

if you want to change gera but only have an automatic licence, you'll need to either take a manual test or buy a car with a paddle shift gear change.

[Toureman]

Anything could happen, it depends where they brought it too.

[dotjhawkes]

I had an automatic mini and so took my test in it, but it wasn't until the examiner passed me and then told me that i had only the one class on my license, that I knew about it, noone else did either at the time, autos were quite unusual then.

[dotjhawkes]

toureman, I was being polite & ignoring the typo! lol

[Toureman]

Dotjhawkes,

some of the typos and spelling is so bad here, I just can't help being a bit sarcastic, sometimes it is impossible to decypher the questions.

PS. I hope I spelt decypher correctly. lol

[xrayspecs]

They need to put spellcheck on here somewhere!

[Top Turkey]

Legally, they would not be allowed to drive the manual car. Driving the 'wrong' car would probably invalidate the insurance too. Simply take a test in a manual car and the worry is over.

[Grunty]

Toureman - no you didn't.

[Toureman]

Thanks GRUNTY, I thought it looked wrong, they should have a spell checker on here! lol.