Coming from a 17 year old who hasn't gotten his learner's permit to drive yet and whose only experience has been driving slowly (as in never breaking 15 mph) in empty school parking lots a couple of times and today, practiced backing out of/driving into his garage, I must say that after I was done, I felt (and still do feel) rather bad.

Please, I'd really appreciate some encouraging words.

Do ya really get used to the whole driving thing only after a lot of practice? (steering, the gas pedal, backing up, mirrors, all of that jazz?)