From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/11/25 11:41:23, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-11-25 11:56, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 25/11/2025 6:36 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-10-08 13:16, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >>>> Similarly, here in Victoria, if you take your TEST in an Automatic car,   
   >>>> you are licenced to drive an Automatic car .... at least initially.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Our licences are for Ten years. I think, at the end of that ten years,   
   >>>> you are deemed to be competent to drive either a Manual or Automatic   
   >>>> car, so can drive either.   
   >>>   
   >>> They expect you to magically learn? :-)   
   >>>   
   >> Well, experience HAS to count for something, surely. ;-)   
   >   
   > Sure, but the smooth handling of the gears and clutch is not an   
   > automatic skill. And Spain is a very hilly country. Imagine parking on a   
   > steep slope.   
   >   
   I'm pretty sure in UK it's still same as when I took mine (1982?) - if   
   you take your test on an automatic, you're only licenced to drive   
   automatics.   
      
   I think the reciprocity arrangement means that a visiting USian can   
   drive anything, even if they've only ever driven automatics - not sure   
   why this is, maybe American licences don't differentiate? I think most   
   hire companies know to ask when dealing with a USian, and only rent   
   automatics to those who've only driven them.   
      
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