Thanks for all the great advice everyone. Unfortunately it looks like all I will be flying will be a sim for a while as I crashed my car yesterday [

] Actually no big deal (just dented the other car's door, my car has a scrape on the bumper) but I'm under 25 so my excess is 1000NZD (600USD) which pretty much wipes out my disposible income for a while
So STUPID. Just backing and forgetting that my car has a long boot (sorry, you guys call it a trunk right?)
Anyways, I'll try and get my xbox controller hooked up to my computer and FMS which will give me some fun for zero outlay. On the bright side, maybe this will mean I end up getting more practice on a sim and will crash less when I do get a plane...