^Fully agree, plus some advice offered* in good faith:
BZ for cracking RALEIGH, Younker
@Niall01, but there is still a hell of a lot of learning ahead in Phase Two and into your first draft - concentrate on gaining good results throughout.
Now earning and itching to burn some
borrowed cash too, eh?
FGS please don't!
Instead, why not start saving up to pay for a (
crash :WINK

course of driving lessons in
Cash - Much later in the year though because the evenings will be lighter with far better weather and by then you'll have a firm handle on the study regime & routines at HMS SULTAN & beyond.
.
The Test? Figures for practical driving tests have hovered around the 50% pass rate for several years now** - Be prepared for 2nd/3rd test attempts with associated additional costs of extra lessons etc.
Test eventually Passed? Good - But hold off even
thinking of owning a car until at least after your first sea draft. Otherwise, it will just sit there forlornly rusting/vandalised/devaluing whilst you chug around the globe unable to enjoy activities ashore because all your money is committed to repaying the Loan & Interest for vehicle purchase price/road tax/upkeep & mtce. Quite aside from what you'll discover is likely to be an astronomical Insurance premium as 'a new 17yr old driver, with nil experience in a high risk category occupation.
*Please note that this advice is offered, not 'given'. It could be read as negative but such are the realities of life in your new blue suit.
**Test Figures from
https://www.statista.com/statistics...ts-pass-rate-in-the-united-kingdom-by-gender/
Best of luck with whichever way you play it - Let us know what you decide, please?
Regards - Bob L in a rare serious mood today
