Took me **** ages, £44 a week for about 18 months. Spent shit loads on it. The instructor was terrible, constantly telling me i wasn't ready. So i booked my test anyway since i thought i was.
I never actually did an emergency stop until the day of my test, this was on the hour before the actual test, needless to say it came up in the test, didn't really know what was going on. My instructor also said he didn't think i'd pass. I passed with six minors, have that!
I felt loaded after that, until i stated paying for a car, then i was skinter than i ever was before.