What car did you learn to drive in? Bet it's not this one.

[satyajitmenon]

38 bhp + 1400lbs + spindly wheels = lotsa fun (also quite dangerous at anything over 50 mph )

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I did my behind-the-wheel driver training at a weird privately-owned drivers school where the instructors owned the cars. As a result I learned in a 1984-era Camaro Z28. Admittedly it was a lame, mid-80s V-8 muscle car, but it was still a V-8 muscle car . . .

 

[Vic Vega]

I was five years old when I learned to drive in a 1955 F250 in the middle of a corn field.

 

[Throckmorton]

38 bhp + 1400lbs + spindly wheels = lotsa fun (also quite dangerous at anything over 50 mph )

I think you just posted the smallest car you could find

 

[alkemyst]

In the mid to late 80's in high school one of my best friends had a Ferrari 328, Porsche 930 Turbo, Lamborghini Countach, and a started with a brand new Supra Turbo when they first came out.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I was flying solo in one of these by 16:

Learned to drive on one of these:

 

[satyajitmenon]

I think you just posted the smallest car you could find

Nope. Actually did learn to drive on one of those things. Not that specific one of course. I had to look up a pic of it online cos I don't have any.

 

[Zenmervolt]

One of these.

Fantastic little car. Still miss it. It did everything well and managed 34 mpg on the freeway.

ZV

 

[Rifter]

1984 subaru GL wagon, 5 speed. rusty old POS.

 

[busydude]

I think you just posted the smallest car you could find

LOL I learned in that same car too(But on a '99 model I guess).. just like most of the Indians. That was my dad's first car too.

 

[TheSlamma]

49 Packard and a 69 Chevy 3/4 ton truck

 

[eplebnista]

White '65 ford mustang that was about twenty years old at the time.

 

[Throckmorton]

Nope. Actually did learn to drive on one of those things. Not that specific one of course. I had to look up a pic of it online cos I don't have any.

LOL I learned in that same car too(But on a '99 model I guess).. just like most of the Indians. That was my dad's first car too.

OH, you guys are Indian, now it makes sense. There haven't been many cars that small sold in America.

 

[ElFenix]

1991 ford taurus with the vulcan V6. not fast. bench seat was awesome though. really easy to do naughty things while driving :sneaky:

 

[DivideBYZero]

The Ferrari could well be owned by a wealthy migrant. When you arrive in the UK you may be lucky enough to come from a country which is recognised by the DVLA as having a resonable driver training program, if not, you have to take the full UK test to get a UK license. He/She may well have opted to do the test in that car as you can choose any roadworthy car that you have valid insured on to take the test.

 

[herm0016]

big pimpin

 

[Pariah]

The Ferrari could well be owned by a wealthy migrant. When you arrive in the UK you may be lucky enough to come from a country which is recognised by the DVLA as having a resonable driver training program, if not, you have to take the full UK test to get a UK license. He/She may well have opted to do the test in that car as you can choose any roadworthy car that you have valid insured on to take the test.

The person who filmed the car talks to the owner right at the end. It really was a kid with his dad learning to drive his first car.

I don't even remember what the driver's ed car was that I first drove in. After the 2 day course, it was my dad's 4th generation Maxima. Nothing noteworthy or interesting about that car. Wasn't allowed in mom's Mercedes as both were new at the time.

 

[hanoverphist]

first it was this

it was stolen, a friend of mine cleaned it and let me drive it for a few weeks when i was 14. then i had

this with a 383 in it. i drove that from 15 to 16 on back roads and late at night, it was never registered. didnt matter tho, because i didnt have a license either. i got this from a mechanic friend for 20 bucks and a 10-speed bike. i ended up rebuilding the engine and selling it for parts. then my dad bought me and my bro a

but ours was midnight blue and solid chrome wheels. we had to share it, and my bro trashed it in a year. he went on to have a 74 nova, and i got a

that was a fun little car there. that one got stolen, and i walked for a while until i saved enough to get my 79 CB750 monster bike from a salvage yard, rebuilt it all and made it decent. that was my only transpo for the next 4 years until my first kid was born.

 

[A5]

1992 Buick Park Avenue. Huuuuuuge.

 

[ElFenix]

but ours was midnight blue and solid chrome wheels. we had to share it, and my bro trashed it in a year. he went on to have a 74 nova, and i got a

mmmmmaverick! *takes a drink*


that's a really pretty one there. no collector value for those cars.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Eleven years old, in the middle of grainfield. Couldnt see over the steering wheel when I pushed the clutch in. But had to learn to help out in the evenings after school.

 

[DarkWarrior2]

Toyota Corolla. Early 2000s model, not exactly sure which year. All the driving schools in NJ seem to use those cars...

 

[MovingTarget]

ive never see a car with a big L on it like that

This. Is the "L" tag something that is only done in the UK or Canada?

 

[MovingTarget]

I learned on my mother's '87 Caprice. Nearly a decade later, that car became mine.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Learned to drive with my Dad's 93 Ford Taurus. Slower than dirt, but a good learners car as you really couldn't get in too much trouble with it