What car did you learn to drive in?

[sixtyten]

Re: What car did you learn to drive in?

Nissan Sunny

Failed the test though

[memoman]

Re: What car did you learn to drive in?

learning to drive these days is far more involved with hazzard perception and a written exam.When i finished driving the test route i was just asked to identify a few road signs from the book and that was it.Not even any questions on mainteance or any other type of test.plus i have 7.5ton on my licence unlike newer drivers who have to sit a seperate test since now.

[Llamarama]

Re: What car did you learn to drive in?

First an old mk1 Renault clio, then half way through my lessons my instructor bought a brand new VW Polo. It was lovely and much easier to drive, but on the Clio there were chalk marks to help your positioning when reversing, no such luxury on the Polo as it had to stay spotless. He dropped a portion of fish and chips on the seat later that week, but still never got chalk markers, not even for my test!

[Roxxy]

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My grandfather's old '79 Toyota Carina mk.1, which we've still got- she's extremely easy to drive and when I was learning, we had a Citroen Visa (which we also still have). These are absolute SWINES to drive, REALLY difficult, so we used to swap cars regularly so's I could drive the Toyota.
Passed on my 4th go, on 6th January '88- being as impartial as I can, I'd say I was failed twice fairly and once unfairly, plus on one occasion the test had to be abandoned because one of the seat belts jammed!

[themilkman]

Re: What car did you learn to drive in?

My grandfather's old '79 Toyota Carina mk.1, which we've still got- she's extremely easy to drive and when I was learning, we had a Citroen Visa (which we also still have). These are absolute SWINES to drive, REALLY difficult, so we used to swap cars regularly so's I could drive the Toyota.
Passed on my 4th go, on 6th January '88- being as impartial as I can, I'd say I was failed twice fairly and once unfairly, plus on one occasion the test had to be abandoned because one of the seat belts jammed!

Same as you, passed on my 4th test in july 1985 and always felt a bit hard done by on one of the previous tests.

I actually did my lessons in a Nissan Micra but had bought a MK111 Cortina before I passed my test and parked it up in my nans driveway.

[Jay Mc]

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Austin Metro

at the time I thought it was brilliant only now do I know that it was a serious pile of poo....

[zip55]

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Honda Civic Hatchback

[Finnthedude]

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I also learned to drive in a Metro. Well actually two Metros - the first one was a brown one a with local driving instructor who didn't really do an awful lot of instructing - I failed first time. The second one was a beige one with a lovely lady called Sue who was a great instructor and I passed.

The Metro was an awful car, horrible to look at and terrible to drive. It was uncomfortable for me too as I'm so tall, I could never find a good seating position. Even the sporty MG Metro was a terrible car. BL really did corner the market on rubbish vehicles.

[escorteclipse1990]

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A grey Fergie tractor when i was 8 years old. Started buying old wrecks like mk2 Escort's and MK3&4 Cortina's, MK1 Granada's when i was 12 (1990) to drive around the fields. I wish i kept them, worth a bomb now.:cry:

[Richard1978]

Re: What car did you learn to drive in?

A grey Fergie tractor when i was 8 years old. Started buying old wrecks like mk2 Escort's and MK3&4 Cortina's, MK1 Granada's when i was 12 (1990) to drive around the fields. I wish i kept them, worth a bomb now.:cry:

I remember about that time you could get a borderline MOT pass Mk2 Escort for barley a 3 figure sum.

[spuggybridge]

Re: What car did you learn to drive in?

a 1985 nissan sunny, ended up getting one for my first car only wish I'd still got it

[Adam]

Re: What car did you learn to drive in?

Started out in a Ford Fiesta. Had my later lessons and test pass in a Suzuki Swift.

[scotchmist]

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I learned to drive in 1984 and practiced in my mother's 1974 red, Volkswagen Beetle and my instructor's Opel Kadette-Vauxhall Astra, I passed first time, both were very economical reliable cars but BORING!! These days I terrorise london traffic in my 4 Litre Jaguar S-Type, V8. I love big cars, and no, I don't have a small ****!

[DemonEyeX]

Re: What car did you learn to drive in?

Originally it was in an MG Maestro 2.0 EFi, but that ended up being sold before I passed my test.
But I drove lots of various cars whilst learning, none of which I can remember now apart from a Metro.

[Chris-T]

Re: What car did you learn to drive in?

When I learned in 1987 the driving school had a customised smart looking MK3 Escort, and also I practised in my first car - a 1972 Vauxhall Viva SL which I bought for £275.