Achievement Unlocked: Get a Car!

Bump. Watch out for roadkill rats.

Got my driver's license a while ago but can't afford the car right now ;p I do enjoy driving when I get the chance but eh.. Also, how'd you manage to scratch it already? :p

Have fun, be safe and drive carefully :)

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Waste tons of moneys to maintain car

I love driving, as long as it isn't my car. :)

Congrats on the car!

What car did you go for if you don't mind me asking?

Driving can be fun and relaxing. It can also be scary when you are driving home from work at night on snow covered, icy roads with idiots flying passed doing the regular speed limit as though thats a safe thing to do. And then people wonder why you'll see 5+ cars in the ditch driving to work in the morning. The only bad thing about driving are the other people on the road and how unpredictable they can be when it comes to using their indicators and knowing the road rules in general.

Congrats in your car. Someday I will get a car too. Riding a bike is great, but so much dangerous. Crazy drivers everywhere! I fell lucky to have my legs in one piece.

Have a very carefully bumped thread!

I love driving and I hate driving :p
People here are a mess, you just get angry, if everyone else was dead, weeeeee :D

I hate driving. Cars are a lot of expenses: gas, taxes, accidents, parking, fines, maintenance, tyres.... And the time you can save with respect to the public transport is lost when you have to park in the city center... But congrats!

Driving has always been "work" to me. If you are a male under the age of 30, drive extra carefully (follow all speed limits and traffic regulations) because the other people on the road won't be. In any case, I suggest practicing in empty parking lots (lots of lines on the ground) or something similar until you get a good feel for how the car handles.

İyi şanslar dostum. Hele İstanbul'da Allah sabır versin ne diyeyim. Trafikte her yer düşüncesiz ve dikkatsiz insan dolu maalesef. Ama biraz sürünce hem arabaya alışırsın, hem de trafiğe, güvenin de yerine gelir. Arada sürtme çarpma da olur o kadar takma kafana.

Gratz! I have had the driving license for 2 years now) Still got no car, too :D

I'm 19 and got my car when I was 17 (underage in my country, with no driver license) it was a VW Bora, sweet 2.0 automatic. Scratched it within the first week while trying to park. Now I sold it and own a Chevrolet Celta 1.0 manual, I feel it is so much better to shift manually that I think I will not get an automatic car ever again.

Almost 0 experience? Maybe you should have a refresher or safety course?

Congratulations!

Personally, I have a car, but I live in a city. Due to the price of parking, it's actually cheaper for me to take an Uber to work EVERY day.

Driving a mechanically-unsound car when I was young made me phobic about driving cars, so I went by bicycle alone for ten years before getting a motorscooter. After two more scooters, I now have a motorcycle for the ability to take longer trips. (Wish I still had my scooter. Scooters are more fun and store cargo more easily.) Enjoy the freedom personal motorized transportation brings.

I've been to Turkey only once and this was probably more than 20 years ago. So I cannot quite remember a whole lot. I do know though that driving in the orient is somewhat... hmmm... chaotic. I don't know how it is around your place. But when I was in Egypt I almost only saw quite old and scratched cars. Take care of yourself!

By the way what car is it?

Congratulations. :D
I got my licence when I was 18, I am now 25 and I have had 6 cars so far. Considering buying another one very soon. :D

Congratulations and have a lot of fun with driving. I heard Turkish traffic to be chaotic for foreigners, but you are a local :-)