I think Carly did exceptionally well. After all, it's only a couple of weeks since she passed her test and not only is she driving a car she's not familiar with, she's driving a WEIRD car she's not familiar with! Carly driving TWK for the win!

Here in the Netherlands all drivers are insured as long as they have a valid driving licence and permission from the owner.

Well done Miss Hubnut. Driving a strange car for the first time is always a bit daunting.

Ms Hubnet, you're a star! First drive in GSA, no power steering, and an instrument binnacle from a Brie fever dream! You did brilliantly well.

WOW….welcome to the 1980s, Citroen style. Firstly, well done to Mrs HubNut for taking on this challenge and getting to grips with the thing that quickly. I do remember in ye olden days during learning & immediately after passing, changing to a moderately different car was hard. And that doesn’t compare to this video. Obviously some of the characteristics are Citroen only, but the general heavy feel to the driving, the heavy resistive gear shifter, and unforgiving clutch are things that were common back then….this really did bring back memories. With that in mind, there are already fun videos on KZfaq showing young people trying to use a very early Macintosh…or better still, an MS-DOS PC…..I think driving modern classics especially anything very different like the Citroen, let alone vintage classics, will go the same way in another 10-20 years, especially as the powers that be rightly or wrongly are pushing the electric route. Cars such as the GSA, and even more run of the mill Ford Escorts will be totally alien to the future generation. And I think that is very sad. PS did you mention Citroen CX… I remember I used to see one, an estate type, regularly same spot parked, every weekend….it seemed massive at the time, I mean ridiculous long car. But I was about 14 at the time and I have discovered if you revisit places from your childhood, they seem a lot smaller now. I haven’t seen a CX in a very long time…I wonder, will one of those appear small by modern standards?

Yay! Well done Miss HubNut! Looking forward to a series of these 😃

Impressive! The first time driving an older and unforgiving car can definitely be a challenge, and you mastered it!

Many many Because French moments.! Well done Miss HubNut for persevering, that’s not an easy car to drive for a learner.

Excellent work from Miss HubNut!! It can be very nerve wracking driving a different car at the best of times, let alone tackling such an oddity as Giselle. Well done!

The bump drop with a handbrake release was always most pronounced with our Austin Allegro. Seen from behind it was almost a curtsy! 😀 Fabulous learning curve.

Never gets boring, hearing the sound of an air-cooled boxer. First struggles when driving a "new" car are perfectly normal, certainly for a new qualified driver. Miss Hubnut seems to have a talent for driving an old Citroën, so I think next up is the 2CV😄

I was impressed by the smoothness of Miss Hubnut's gear changes. Also the LHD wiper pattern is easier to handle the lower one's eyes in relation to the whole screen. Betty next?

Thank you for starting with the insurance coverage, its amazing how many people assume their insurance covers them to drive any other vehicle when it no longer does, especially if the vehicles are registered at the same address, Miss Hubnut looks like she enjoyed that. Edit- Carley done bloomin good there, I think she could drive any of the conventional fleet without issue, she certainly has the natural ability to become an excellent driver in a very short amount of time, well done!

Your determination shining through as always Carly. Well done 👍

Excellent Mrs Hubnut 😊 Love the banter and is always an experience driving these older cars

This is such fun to watch as it is literally a repeat driving instruction episode between myself and my daughter just after Christmas 2023. I bought her (well me really) a 1974 Citroen GS Club 1220 as she said she's bored of driving moderns and wanted a classic. Well, the experience was very much the same as Miss Hubnuts, and I thought that after the first drive she'd be so intimidated by the brakes, steering, suspension etc that she'd hate it and I can then drive it. But no, she absolutely loves it, the rorty flat four engine, the smooth ride, the handling - she adores everything about it. I must say, it is such a brilliant little car, I'm so jealous it's her daily driver and not mine.

Exactly why some days I crave a SEAT Marbella CLX in bright red again. I bought one new and drove it out of the dealers in Oldham straight to Bournemouth in September in 1992. The lady I was going to see then is the same as the one who has been my wife for 29 years and mother to my two great kids. Cars hold memories - sold the Marbella to help finance a house purchase after I got a job with a car and have regretted it ever since. Maybe one last chance to revisit my youth.

Love this video. Nicely driven

Great job, Carly! ❤

Proper impressed with Miss Hubnut!

Well done Miss Hubnut! Kudos.

I would love to see Miss Hubnut drive the Furious Driving Rover P6 4.6 litre V8.

I was quite stressed today long story lol half way through watching I can feel the stress leaving me , so motoring asmr thanks . Happy Easter 🐣 🐰

Simply Marvellous well done carly. You drove so well. Confidence shines through.

Wonderful job Miss Hubnut! Driving a GSA is quite a challenge, but she absolutely nailed it!

You 2 are great! Very pleasant video

Excellent review/first drive! Excellent competent new driver 🥳

Well done Ms HubNut. My first car, a Citroen CX 2400 Pallas 1977, was blue, outside and inside, very blue I will say. Cheers

This was really interesting to watch. As a confident driver of older, strange cars (2CV etc!), I had not really thought how challenging this is for the new driver. Well done, Miss HubNut, you did really well! Onward to Betty, Elly, TWC(!) in time now!

That reminds me of how much time it took to get used to an older car. Designs up to the late 1980s seem to have been much more variable, and typically more work to drive. And then once an individual car had got a couple of decades on it, all sorts of little quirks and funny ways, not to mention the time it could take to just get used to the clutch. These days, you seem to just get into a car, look at the switches, and drive off. I have to say that for daily driving in a congested city, I prefer it like that, but it's good to be reminded that driving a car used to be an experience.

I loved the instrument pod on my Citroen Visa back in the 80s, similar to the left side one on the GSA. It was a design rethink that worked beautifully and was ergonomically sound and attractive in my opinion. Well done to Miss Hubnut for familiarising herself with an unfamiliar car.

Well done Miss Hubnut, totally different car, in the rain, looks like you enjoyed it

Very nicely done! Driving an unfamiliar car in the rain, and with a manual gearbox, can be a challenge for any driver. As a novice, you nailed it! 😊

Well done Carly! It was showing to be hard work! But you managed it very well ! And it is hard work with no powerstearing and a handbrake that made for lefthand drive! Next testdrive perhaps Elly the 2cv!? 👍🏻👍🏻🆙

What an excellent video.

Good on you Miss HubNut 🤛💪👍

Well done Carly 👍👍

Well done Carly, for first time drive in the GSA.

I think it is very brave of Miss Hubnut to be filmed driving Giselle for the first time, she did exceptionally well particularly with the Citroen brakes. I think I have the perfect car for Carly, Bertie, our 1.6 Punto Cabrio!

Fantastic

I had a noisy alternator on my 2cv, just changed the front ball race, problem resolved. Quite a simple job well within your capabilities Ian. Well done Miss Hub Nut, all part of the learning curve.

Nice one,, and a good review, Cheers Bob

The Citroen is a wonderful car, I would love to drive one. I have driven 2 Citreons, a Xrara Picasso and a C1. Well done Miss Hub Nut. You two are wonderful people and hope to meet you again soon.

Lovely couple, countryside remembers me my Brittany. I enjoy British people loving our citroenesques cars 😁🇫🇷

Great Video, thank you for recommending Veygo, I used to use Cuvva, but they won't insure anything over 20 years old.

Brave and determined… both of you, actually ❤

Well done ❤

Great job Miss Hubnut. To go from a narrow, modern, more forgiving car to something which is wider, quirkier and very differently set up and tackle it with such aplomb as a new driver is very impressive. I think it would be interesting to get Miss Hubnut's take on how Chemmy and Myrtle compare but obviously the big ticket item is Miss Hubnut in TWC.

This video brings back memories of my first drive of a GS. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been driving, these cars are WEIRD! It took me a few runs to get used to it (and it was a C-Matic, so no clutch to contend with), but there’s something oddly completely sensical about the unusual Citroen GS and GSA set up. I learned to really love the handbrake in the middle of the dashboard, the non-self cancelling indicators and the fingertip controls. Well done Miss Hubnut for taking it all in her stride and enjoying driving such a fantastically French car!

I love the stories of any "odd" styles of Citroën..oddly started vy a trip in my friends dads gsa ...

Well done Miss Hubnut, driving an old car can be tricky, definitely a success for you

15:10 "Lovely old Volvo truck there" - gosh I love your videos, there is so much going on all the time, however subtle and low-key ambience too. I had a GS Pallas for a few days, didn't scout her well, she was massively corroded in the back supports so she really broke down alas. But I had completely forgotten there was no power steering, surprisingly, having all the hydraulics going on all the time. When it had broken apart and cut off the hydraulics, and I had to emergency brake for some pedestrians it was no fun, until i found the awkward shuffle handle (the hand brake!) on the dashboard. Nobody under the car, so far so good! Happy Easter you two!

Miss Hubnut is a real trooper and never gives in , she has done so well learning to drive,passing her test and then driving a classic with none of the modern driving aids that we get used to . Well done young lady .

Brings back many memories of the first car I drove after passing my test in a fiat Panda back in 1988, happy days 😊

My first classic experience was my wife's uncles classic a 1957 Austin A40. There is no synchromesh in 1st, the steering is heavy and very imprecise and it was a real experience. A lot of fun. Looks like things in the 80s were a bit easier but nowhere near as straightforward as today. There's actually a big difference between my 2020 golf and our other car a 2012 mini cooper S. Although a mini is set up to be involving and the golf to be easy.

I can completely relate Miss Hubnut, my wife calls me "Bear" as I am long bodied, short of arm and legs, but luckily devastatingly handsome! However, I have to ask burly builders to hand me things from the top shelf in supermarkets and I often can't reach that gin glass you really want on the second shelf. Luckily there was one on the lower shelf tonight and it's Saturday! Love the video Hubnutters. X

Excellent work. My 1989 F-150 Awaits. It is actually pretty easy other than some worn synchros. On the plus side, it’s most flat around here.

You took the same route my dad used to take me in my mark 1 fiesta when I was learning nearly 30 years ago.👍

Well done miss hubnut handled like a true professional not the easiest slightly quirky 70 s citroen

Well done Carly I think you got a massive work out. You first time in a different car you looked like you were not enjoying it but your confidence comes through.

That horsebox outside the Synod Inn does my head in, too!

Good effort Miss Hubnut!

Carly , you did great ! Most people would find that a challenge ( unless you own one )

Lovely couple

Amazing view of the windscreen wipers. (From your side) You almost think you could fit longer ones!

Nice 😊

You pair work so well together no stress behind the wheel make strange cars easy for first drive. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Awesome to see Miss HubNut driving Giselle. Thanks for sharing. Today I'm celebrating my 31st birthday. ☺️👍

Well done! Now you should have a go at Elly. Driving a 2CV is such fun, you´ll love it.

Betty next I reckon.Then learning Elly's different gear change! Maybe TWC round a field somewhere!

Great to see you finally found a way to drive another car, even if it was for a very limited time. Perhaps a quirky Citroen wasn't the easiest classic for a new driver. Carly's facial expressions when first trying to get the car going made me chuckle a bit but as the miles clocked by she certainly started to look a lot more comfortable. A bit like my first experience of a 2CV.

Loved watching this one - how well did Miss HubNut do too driving Giselle?!! Mastering the brakes! Superb, keep this up please. Perhaps Miss HubNut could go through the fleet one-by-one??

my GSA tuner had the same seats. I remember to learn to drive with a brand new GSAX3 40 years ago approx in spring 1984. Miss hubnut is doing fine.

Well done Carly. You where amazing, specially as a new driver. I think if it had been me, I'd have shoved Ian's camera where the sun doesn't shine. He's got one in a million in you 👍

Just like learning to drive all over again lol. It’s good for a newly passed driver to gain experience on several vehicles!

Completely natural, like a duck to water. Both of you relaxed and enjoying the experience. It's most impressive that, whilst driving a strange car, Miss HubNut can bring to memory historical facts and figures about the car she is driving. What next? towing Bob, I don't see why not. Well done.

Well done indeed and having the extra worry of being filmed as well … I’ve never driven a GSa but when I was a River sales exec the first used car a customer wanted to try was a BX estate and the normal practice is you drive the car first before letting the customer drive, I hit the brakes in the sales lot and almost went through the windscreen !

Had a GS 1220 club brilliant car wouldn't mind having it now

Worth knowing about Veygo, thanks. I used a day insurer to drive my uncle’s Puma recently and that was £22 for 24 hours whereas the quote from Veygo was far less for a much longer period of cover.

Well done !!!! The concentration was incredible to watch 😂

Well done can't wait to see you drive other cars in the fleet... Can't wait till you get to TWC 😱

For a new driver this is quite an accomplishment to drive an old Citroën through b roads in rainy conditions without missing a beat. Well done!

Good luck with the channel content going forward 👍👍👍

Absolutely brilliant Carly, Its quite an experience driving a classic for the first time when your so used to modern. It'd be too cruel to put you in TWK for now, but Elly why not

Well done Carly, not an easy task to drive whilst being recorded. You quickly went from the look of terror just before you started the car to being extremely confident. No doubt due to all those hill starts in the first few minutes.

Very impressed- I first drove a GSA back in the 1980's, and although it was extremely quirky, relative to other 1980s cars it wasn't such a culture shock as other 1980s smaller cars also didn't have power steering, and were generally more differentiated from each other than nowadays. Miss Hubnut did very well, considering lack of experience in driving generally, but in a much more demanding older vehicle. Would love to see Miss Hubnut tackle a Series 2 Landie, or would that be cruel?

Well done Carly. Did a great job driving a old car for the first time.

Great first attempt, old citroens had great, weird brakes. As I found last week if the screen is cruddy & won't clean the hand soap at the Tamworth M42 services is excellent glass cleaner...

You did really well Carly! It would take me a wee while to adjust to driving something like Giselle and I've been driving for over 30 years.

I think (Idriveaclassic-) Steph will have a competitor soon!!

Good Congratulations on Ms. Hubnut joining the driving public. I will be driving in about 3 feet of snow when I get out of work. LOL I will have the joy of shoveling it all night. Power steering by "Armstrong Only" my Dad's Saab used to be like that.

Well done Carly! Im about to start driving an old car again after a long hiatus. I hope I will adjust as well. Re Ian driving stuff like he stole it. You will enjoy doing that to your new 3 pot. I love giving my smart engine the beans.

I really like Carly test driving the cars. Ian has experience of all sorts of old cars so his view is maybe a bit more forgiving but Carly is giving us a raw view that is closer to what most of us would experience. Hopefully one day we will see her in the Invacar.

Excellent driving in Giselle Miss HubNut. Veygo insurance. 👏

carley u are AMAZING

For the next drive(s), I'd suggest Betty and Elly, back to back. :D

The French Adventure! From my side: approved! Good job, Carly. If the steering wheel cover in Gisèle was OK for you, just try one in Chemmy. It makes steering so much easier. My C1 doesn’t have power steering and my leatherette cover really makes a difference… Bonne route ! 🚗💨🇫🇷🇯🇵

That's amazing Miss Hubnut and doesn't she looks lovely 🌹😊

Driving older vehicles is definitely a different subset of driving skills and you nailed it on your first try. Now you're getting first-hand experience of what all those people who say you need to 'know' an older car to drive it well! More experiences like this will absolutely make you a better driver too, adds to the knowledge base. I reckon driving Betty should be next, have the experience of wafty torque mated to an automatic slushbox. If this is going to be a bit of a mini-series then TWC should be the crowning glory and preferably in perfect weather and where mistakes won't be punished!

Hope you get a cx at some time in the future. I had so many citroen models allmost all of them. Last one was the c6 3 liter. Prefer the cx turbo 2. That one must the ultimate mrs hubnut daily car. LOVE YOUR VLOGS😊