Feeling frustrated with the common ambiguous driving advice
I had my 2nd lesson this week, automatic car, it wasn't a disaster but had some oops moments.
I don't really see how I can progress effectively because I find the available feedback quite useless and it's not something I can use, it's just "that comes with experience" I'm talking about instructor and other opinions online
Knowing/understanding where the car is (clipping the curb or barriers on the left) the standard advice is use the left side mirror but that is so small and far away I would need a telescope to zoom in on the grey car on grey road on that tiny mirror.
Turning apparently I'm too fast, it goes like this "breakbreakbreakbreakkkkkk" I am going slow but apparently that's too fast. Do I turn before the stop or not? Do I stop. Do I press the gas turning or let the auto move itself? Apparently it depends on the corner. Not helpful. Staying on the left for a turn.
From my pov I do not understand what type of turn I am achieving, they (instructor) show it from a birds eye view diagram of what I'm doing or should be doing but I'm not a bird I can't relate how they see the car Vs what I'm doing.
I don't know when the instructor is pressing the brake/ bracing themselves to intervene Or did I do that bit of road myself?
pulling onto the side of the road to park, a combination of all the above, i just do my best and the feedback is if I started turning earlier I'd be lined up better? But literally can't remember what I did or relatively "when" or to what degree I turned, I just eyeballed it.