Funnily enough, the 1st thing on 4 wheels I’ve ever driven in my life was also a HiAce 200, but then I didn’t go for the test in 🇭🇰, I decided I’d rather continue learning in Nottingham🇬🇧. So I went from driving that,to a diesel Ford Fiesta then eventually passed my test with a Citroen DS3 1.6 HDi, what I’ve learnt is that the vehicle is one thing,finding the instructor that can coach you correctly but gives you confidence to enable your drive is probably the most important. My 1st car was a Peugeot 106 Rallye petrol, struggled quite a bit, had to take it back to my instructor for another lesson! Which he showed me most of the key points mentioned above with regards to learning how to be precise with your left & right foot controlling the clutch & throttle, and I can finally get on with enjoying the car, for which it’s only mod cons were…servo brakes, that’s it, NOTHING ELSE. No airbag,ABS,TC,ESP,electric windows,control locking,power steering,A/C…NOTHING at all, this car went on to teach me as a driver more than anything else I’d own afterwards. It’s ever so slightly smaller than the DS3 so all was fine. The problem starts to come when I “upgraded” it to 2x Mazda BA 323F (323 Astina) 94’-98’ 1st one was a 1.5L, next one was a 2L then 2.5L V6 after the original 2L engine went so we fitted a KL-ZE 2.5L V6 from a JDM MX-6 into a BA 323F (323 Astina)! I was really struggling to see & judge where the back end was, the cars were banger cheap, but I was forever worry about reversing into other peoples cars when parking! I often had to rely on the shop windows’ reflection, the rear lights & some times employ pedestrians to see me back! Someone eventually bought my 2.5L BA 323F (323 Astina) & made it into a historic touring race car. After that came the Saab 9-3 Aero, THIS IS DIFFICULT size wise, the biggest car I’ve own to date. And yes I have had to spent countless days & nights to practice manoeuvring & parking this car in empty bits of TESCO supermarket car parks, using all the ways of finding reference points mentioned above. Eventually, I’ve got to a point where one day I manage to fit my much bigger car into a tight office car park where no one else can even think about parking in it, with millimetres to spare, and became a bit of a parking legend. This also helped me when I need to drive my dad’s Merc E63 when I’m back here in 🇭🇰, which is even bigger. This was also the car where I cut my teeth on Heel & Toe & now can do that in any manual car. After that I moved on to driving Merc Sprinter 3.5T Vans and from that, on to Volvo FL 250 18T and finally Volvo FH 500 44T 3+3 artic with 50ft double deck LST trailer. And once I can parallel park THAT, size wasn’t such an issue for me anymore. So the best tip I can give to people who just passed/started to drive here in 🇬🇧 with a manual car is that no one is born to know how to drive, it’s all time & effort spent practicing & practicing, until you reach perfection. The more effort you put in to learn & practice, the more you’ll get in return. It’s also better to learn to drive in a reasonably sized car like a Ford Kuga rather than a Fiesta, because it’ll always be easier to go from driving a bigger vehicle to a smaller one than the other way round.