What car did you learn to drive in?

[memoman]

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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.

[sixtyten]

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Nissan Sunny

Failed the test though

[ncpcov]

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My Aunties Fiat Uno in the morrisons car park in blackpool. What a great little car.
My first car I owned - a 1983 (A Reg) Austin Maestro - in deep red. Shockingly bad car, the door could be opened with only 1/3 of the key in it, it only had 1st, 2nd, 3rd gears then it was "E" for economy instead of 4th.
Blew it up driving too fast down blackpool promenade - black smoke out the exhaust and would never go over 45mph again. (not that it went much over that anyway)

[Roxxy]

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My grandfather's 1979 Toyota Carina, which we still have- I passed my test in it too, and my sister learnt to drive in it as well.

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Can't believe I've been driving for almost 21 years now!!

i couldn't believe i passed. the examiner must have got lucky the night before.

[johnson293]

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I learned to drive in 1990. My dad started teaching me to at 16 (a month or two before my 17th birthday), in his car which was a Ford Sierra. One sunday morning he said, lets go for a drive, not telling where we were going - on the way, he stopped at a filling station and bought a set of L-Plates, and then we headed over to Team Valley (for those who know the area).

For my 17th Birthday, I got my first car... a 1982 Ford Fiesta 950 popular, which I continued learning in, with accompanying drivers.

In November 1990, I took an intensive driving course, which was one week of daily lessons, with the driving test on the Friday - I passed first time!

Can't believe I've been driving for almost 21 years now!!

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the car i learned to drive in was a toyota corolla, but my dad started to teach me how to drive in a mk1 transit mini bus.

[airfix]

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I learned with BSM in a brand new Austin Metro. It seemed space-age to me then. Practiced in my auntie's old mini...which didn't!

[clive1968uk]

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The first car that i ever learnt in was one of these,,,




The Toyota Starlet

A horrible car to drive and even worse to take your test in. It had less room in it than a crisp packet. Needless to say i failed my first test...

I then changed driving schools and had the pleasure of this fine machine...


The wonderful Datsun Cherry....

What a machine


clive

[Megawitch]

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My first car of my own, not 'the family car', was a Peugeot 504. It was huge and the head gasket went on it. It was white and I called her Peggy. My next car was a Ford Escort,(mk 2) the old shape. It was a muddy beige and I called her Esmerelda Rustbucket.

I think I learnt to drive in an Escort.

[memoman]

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One of my first cars was an '83 Escort 1.3 3-door similar to that, only in a very fetching shade of yellow. At least when I parked in a large car park or a field at an event, I could always find it easily.

I assume it was an '82 rather than '83 escort it was a y plate with high mileage.Belonging to the driving school.The first car i bought was a red mk2 escort pop plus 11oo cc,But i quickly moved on to a mk 1 granada 3ltr.

[darren]

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I learned to drive in my boyfriend's VW Beetle and the driving school's Austin Allegro. I hated driving and only learned to prove I could pass my test which I did in 1984. I drove half a dozen times afterwards - still hated it - and haven't driven since.

Environmentally Friendly Jacqueline.

guess you found driving scary then.
some people are just not suited to it.

ii just remembered
i tried once in my dads car it was a lada.


never tried again.

[Austin Maxi]

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]2933[/ATTACH]I learned to drive in a 1982 1.3L Ford Escort 3 Door it had either 105k 0r 115k on the clock. red like the one in the picture.i passed my test in 1985.

One of my first cars was an '83 Escort 1.3 3-door similar to that, only in a very fetching shade of yellow. At least when I parked in a large car park or a field at an event, I could always find it easily.

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Can't speak for myself as I failed myriad times.... (will retake lessons eventually and pass) but Dad learnt to drive in a Triumph Dolomite in a nice blue...and passed first time!

[HG]

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I'm pretty sure it was a Nissan Sunny I learnt it, a lot of the driving schools around here went for Nissans.