On what kind of car did you learn to drive?

[Edwina's Secretary]

I learned to drive in a 1965 Dodge Dart. Handed down from my grandfather. The first car I bought was a 1960 Ford Fairlane...fins, hand chock...no radio...like driving a tank. Drove it from Illinois to Arizona and for 3 years in Arizona. Sold it for more than I paid....

First new car I bought was a Mustang..and although I hd never driven one...I bought a stick shift as it was $212 (a lot of money!!!) cheaper.

I learned....

[Cincy'sMom]

First car I ever drove was a 1979 Trans Am. But most of my learning was on a 1982 Oldsmobile Forenza

I guess if I am going to be completely honest, my early driving training was on a few different antique John Deere Tractors...mostly a Model B and a Model 60

[Twisterdog]

My first car, a 1980 Camaro. Coincidentally, tonight I just gave that same car to my step-daughter to be her first car.

[caseysmom]

I learned to drive in a 1965 Dodge Dart. Handed down from my grandfather. The first car I bought was a 1960 Ford Fairlane...fins, hand chock...no radio...like driving a tank. Drove it from Illinois to Arizona and for 3 years in Arizona. Sold it for more than I paid....

First new car I bought was a Mustang..and although I hd never driven one...I bought a stick shift as it was $212 (a lot of money!!!) cheaper.

I learned....

Ah brings back memories...the first car I owned was a 64 plymouth valiant...the driver door didn't work, it had push botton transmission, what a car. It cost me $150.

[Taz_Zoee]

The very first time I got behind the wheel was in my dad's late 70's model Cadillac. It was out in the country and I got stuck across the road blocking both lanes and a car was like a mile down the road and I began to panic and cry. My dad laughed. Ohh, the memories.

[cmayer31]

I had a few learner cars too. The primary vehicle was an '89 Chevy Suburban. The actual car that I took my drivers test in was a '92 Toyota Camry. My first actual car was a '89 Ford Escort and that was my introduction to driving stick shifts. I still prefer to drive a manual, bust sadly own two automatics.

[davidpizzica]

CAR??

I had to feed & water ole Dobbin before hookin him to the wagon!

I actually had several "learner" cars:

First was a hopped up Chevey with a 4-speed - one of the Seniors on Stage Crew
used to let me try it out in the school lot after shows ... a year before I had my "permit".

The Family Bomb was a '56 or 57 Chevy ... not quite a "muscle-car"!

The High School Drivers Ed ride was the BOMB!! >>>

Each of the local auto dealers "loaned" a new car to the school for a year's use in

the Driver Ed program - taught by real, certified, full-time Teachers back then.
Program was so popular I couldn't get in till summer school, a couple months after I
turned 16. Mom felt sorry I was "delayed", so she took me out for some limited practice.

Class Day 1 ... we had 3 Teacher/Instructors, 9 students, and 3 new cars ...

I wound up with the "Senior" Instructor, who wound up picking the Caddy as his "Ride".

FIRST DAY ... "Anybody had ANY experience behind the wheel?"

I still haden't learned NOT to raise my hand ...

"OK, Phred, pre-trip the car and Hop In!
Head for up-town ... I gotta run an errand!"


I've never been IN something this HUGE ... it feels like a Mack Truck!

"Up-Town" in Mt. Lebanon involved navigating over Trolley Tracks ...
steel railroad tracks embeded in the concrete roadway - which had the nasty habit
of tossing the rubber-tired Caddy Boat just about anywhere but straight!

WHAT an experience that summer was!
But it WAS a good learning experience - being able to handle that BOAT of a car
meant a more "normal-sized" set of wheels handled like a sporty car!

Phred, being native to Pittsburgh I've driven on a lot of cobblestone and trolley tracks. Driving on them uually does a number on your front end alignment! Another fun experience is driving on them when they're covered in ice and snow!

[dukedogsmom]

It was a 1976 sports car of my brother's but I can't remember the make or model.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I learned to drive in 1974, in my dad's car: a golden brown Sunbeam. These car doesn't exist anymore, I do remember it was an English car though. I was 18 then......... oh my, is it really 38 years ago ??

[Pam]

The Family Bomb was a '56 or 57 Chevy ... not quite a "muscle-car"!

AWWW Fred '56 and '57 Chevys were HOT! HOT! HOT! back in *the day.* Even now they still are. My nephew (owns a body shop) has restored a 1957 Chevy, and it is worth some serious money. My family had a 56 Chevy convertible (blue and white) and I learned to drive on that. I am smiling here because so many of the cars mentioned in this thread were not even invented when I learned to drive back in 1963!

[critter crazy]

i learned how to drive an automatic, using my moms 1989 Chevy Celebrity, Dad Tried to teach me how to drive a standard shift on His 1990 Ford Ranger(I Still cant do it!)

[lizbud]

It was in my Dad's old Plymouth. Straight stick but don't know the year
of the car. I had two lessons before his nerves gave out. My Mom & I
signed up for driving lessons & drove a 58 Chevy.. We did just fine.

[Uabassoon]

I learned how to drive in drivers ed so I don't remember what kind of car it was, but my first car was a mid 90s Mercury Grand Marquis it was big and brown! It was given to me by my grandmother. I had a fun time putting plenty of dents in that thing!

[lvpets2002]

1970 Ford StickShift Farm Work Truck..

[Killearn Kitties]

For a while my Dad took me out for lessons in his Ford Cortina, but then we had a big fight and I refused to go out with him ever again.

A few years later, once I was away from home, I paid for lessons and I had a Ford Escort.