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Hey guys...

Expecting to lose it soon for about 3 or 6 months... not sure.

Anyway I've just purchased my PS3 with Gran Turismo 5 & have the Logitech G25 steering wheel on order...

I have a girlfriend which conveniently drives... :D

What do u guys think? Will i go insane..? I work in the city and go by train anyway...

...Forgot to ask, anyone have any good legal aid contacts in relation to these sought of cases??

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Hey guys...

Expecting to lose it soon for about 3 or 6 months... not sure.

Anyway I've just purchased my PS3 with Gran Turismo 5 & have the Logitech G25 steering wheel on order...

I have a girlfriend which conveniently drives... :)

What do u guys think? Will i go insane..? I work in the city and go by train anyway...

Use the time to reflect WHY you lost the priveledge to drive in the first place :D

i reckon it would suck to not drive & being dependable with relatives/other half etc to be driven around.

I havent lost my license as such (touch wood) but am just saying imagine you wanna go to this & that places & cant go

cos no license....then u miss out big time lol

but yeh it would suxorz :D lol

I actually like losing my license... I normally garage the car and just work on it! It is actually pretty fantastic :D

But when that happened I could have walked to work (2kms away) but still got a lift, and happen to be in a car club :)

Saved a shit tonne of money and had a ball being productive on the car!

And whenever I went out it would be drinks somewhere, so I couldn't drive anywhere anyway...

^^ lmao thats one way to look at it.

im about t lose my license too, i lost 3 points for not having p plates up and another 3 for talking on mobile (it was on handsfree speaker i thought it was legal to talk on handsfree in the car, eg blutooth headset thing is legal?)

i dont know what im going to do once i have lost it =/

for me it was like loosing a leg. made it alot harder getting to places. learnt my lesson and spared heaps of k's on the engine...ha. but getting on the piss and taking the last train home sucks balls.

+1

YUP thats true.

I lost mine last month and still got 2 more to go :D got done for speeding ;) ..

it does feel like you have no legs and very inconvenient eg. late at night you feel like a kebab

and you cant drive + everyones sleeping..unless you wanna risk it ;)

save you heaps of money on petrol i reckon and games will help for a while ^_^

GL mate

i didnt lose my licence. but was without a ride for 4 months due to major modifications. the first month is the WORST.

but even though i hated it and missed driving, after the first month u kind of get into a rythem and get used to it.

BUT NEVER EVER AGAIN... dont lose your liscence again :/

I lost mine for 6 a few months back.. It was NOT fun.. The first 3 months seem to fly by, but those extra 3 really take a while..

And i might be losing it again soon as I've been in and out of court 3 times now (Won every time) But, after that 5 points loss or w/e for the 6 month fine I have/am/might be on 0 points, and a few weeks ago.. of all things I got 2 points for doing a U-turn on a quiet Thursday night at 10pm with not a soul in sight.. Except the cop who just happened to be coming around the corner down the road as I made my turn :/

I'm not sure how this is going to play out, as it's so covenient having the car for uni as I can sleep in longer.. But meh, anything is better than 6 months..

And petrol is so dam expensive now anyway meh, might give me time to save up and play around with the car a bit.

Bah, you're complaining about losing your licence for 3 or maybe six months?

I haven't had a licence for almost 2 years and still have 10 months to go!! It sure does suck but you sort of get used to it. I ride my push bike now when i can't get lifts, at least i'm getting fit!

you can apply for the 1 year good behaviour thingy

Thats what i am doing.

Bloody took a trip to Tassie,had a hire car, didnt realize they do not warn you about upcoming speed cameras.Lost 6 points in a space of 30mins.

Got back to Sydney and a week later got the fines in the mail.Two days after that i crashed the skyline trying to get the hospital where my missus was.There went another 3 points in neg driving.Fark what a great week that was.

Try and get a Good Behaviour Bond or a Special Hardship Order. Im on a SHO now and I can only drive to and from work and to and from uni but its better than nothing. Theres a few ways around losing the license so do your research and don't just lay down and take it. I appealed my second offence and that alone got me 6 months before I went to court. But i spose if you cant be bothered its always good to save money etc. And like what was said above you'll find out who your tru friends are.

hehehe i recon u guys wil like this one... I LOST MINE FOR 15 MONTHS.... 2 months left...... its hard .. really hard.... 8 months through i decided to buy my gtr so i could work on it and get it prepped

:( i mean seriously 15 MONTHS

help >_<

Hey guys...

Expecting to lose it soon for about 3 or 6 months... not sure.

Anyway I've just purchased my PS3 with Gran Turismo 5 & have the Logitech G25 steering wheel on order...

I have a girlfriend which conveniently drives... >_<

What do u guys think? Will i go insane..? I work in the city and go by train anyway...

well..

it's like this..

Having your license is like having sex on Tap.. Good sex.. Hot sex.

You lose that, and you can have all the blow up dolls, vaso and porn you can buy to replace the real thing, but in the end, after you've left your load in that plastic bitch, and wiping your wang before you turn off that porn, you will think about how much you miss real hot poontang.

So I've been told.

well look on the bright side...now is a perfect time to do all those modifications to your car that would have had it off the road for some time...eg respray, engine out...those kind of mods...you can take your time about it ..no need to rush it so you can drive to work etc....

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