A SAVVY woman has revealed how she passed her driving test on the first try and saved thousands of pounds in the process.
TikTok user Nana shared a video explaining her tips and tricks to get on the road fast – and for free.
"I'm not saying I'm the best driver in the world but I did pass my test the first time, so clearly I'm not that bad," she began her video.
Her first advice is not to tell anyone the dates of your test.
"This is gonna alleviate so much anxiety," Nana explained.
"I also feel like sometimes people can but their bad energy onto your test day.
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"Like 'Oh don't worry if you don't pass the first time'.
"We don't want this bad energy so just don't tell anyone."
Nana goes on to explain that the second tip to ace your test the first time is to research where you will be driving.
"YouTube your driving test route," she said.
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"So by the time you're ready to actually do your test, you will most likely have practised your driving test route.
"YouTube that. There are probably videos of people filming that route because they did it for me as well.
Nana wraps up her advice list with a third useful tip – mock tests.
"Do as many mock tests as you can," she said.
"Hopefully your driving instructor is getting you to do that."
Another TikTok user and former EV owner has explained why she made the switch back to diesel, saying it's much more relaxing.
Abigayle Andre, who runs motors site SheTalksCars, took to social media to explain why owning an electric car became too much of a headache.
After spending a week driving her Hyundai Ioniq 5, she decided to go back to fossil fuel power after discovering that EVs made her suffer range anxiety.
The car whizz described feeling constantly nervous about where she could find a charging point when she was low on battery.
She said: "I clearly need to refuel my car. I've got 8% left, 39 miles.
"Why don't I feel any anxiety about that [with a diesel]?
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"I will literally play fuel light bingo sometimes and drive past fuel stations knowing that I need the fuel.
"But with electric, even though it's got many more miles on it… I have a small panic attack."
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