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  • You take the exam on cars provided by either the examiner or your driving school.

    The second option usually happens only if you wanna get an automatic-only car driving license (B78), like me. I had to pay my instructor for renting me his car for the exam’s duration – standard practice, especially since it was his “daily” after working hours.

    If you’re super lucky you get to take it on the car you used the most while learning

    If you want to get the full driving license (B) and have no disabilities, you learn on a driving school’s manual and take an exam on an examination center’s manual. They’re separate entities, so you never get the same physical car. At least the model should be the same – driving schools usually match their fleet with whichever model local examination center picked. E.g. in Warsaw it’s Hyundai i20, so most (if not all) schools teach on Hyundai i20.

    depends how cars get allocated

    Like I’ve said before, examination center’s cars are never used for teaching. That’s driving school’s job.




  • it’s frequently 10 Fahrenheit or lower in the winter

    Fair enough, we don’t hit such temperatures regularly in Warsaw (Poland).

    a literal freezing steering wheel

    Is it that bad? Wow. Didn’t know that. I though the cage would provide at least some thermal insulation.

    hold on to it for 10 mins until the heat kicks on

    If my colleagues lived in a climate as cold as yours, they’d have mounted parking heaters (e.g. Webasto) by now. Electrics struggle in cold, but they can preheat themselves before the ride, using just the electricity.

    I’m assuming you live in a warm place

    Warsaw is at the same latitude as Edmonton in Canada, so shouldn’t be really that warmer.

    or don’t drive a car

    Winter 2022/23 was when we still were in our previous office. It was ½ hour long commute with my Xiaomi M365 electric scooter. This winter 2023/24 we moved to an office further away, so I was forced to change my daily vehicle to a motorcycle, maxiscooter SYM MaxSym 600i ABS. At least you have the goddamn cage.

    Wish I had public transportation.

    I miss having good alternative commute via metro and tram to our old office. Took almost the same time as e-scooter. But our new office? Public transit takes 2x as long as a motorcycle commute, according to Google Maps Timeline, so might as well not exist. So now we’re in similar situation. Wish you luck…