On what kind of car did you learn to drive?

[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.

[Logan]

I drove for my driving test in a 1973 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon. What a HUGE tank it was! Wish I had a picture of it! My dad taught me to drive, and later taught me to drive a manual transmission in the Sumter Cemetrary in a Dodge Colt Station Wagon, but I can't remember the model year for that one.

[Cinder & Smoke]

I drove for my driving test in a 1973 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon.
What a HUGE tank it was!
Wish I had a picture of it!

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[buckner]

I learned to drive in my 1993 Mercury Villager -- MINIVAN!! It was awesome, I loved that beast of a car.

The first manual I drove was my dad's 1997 Mercury Tracer. We still have it, and I still continue to stall it occassionally.

Now I have two automatics, (along with my dad's Tracer and my mom's Sable), which are a 2005 Chevy Cavalier and a 2002 Ford F-150. I love my car AND my truck.

[Logan]

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YES!!!!! It was exactly like that, except that it was a rust color. UGLY!!!!

[Craftlady]

A red Ford Falcon, not sure about the age. 1970 when I got my license so the car was probably 1967-1968.
It was my mom's car. I got to drive it to school on occassion when she wasnt using it for the day. Mostly, I rode the yellow school bus. I loved it when my best girlfriend got her own car.

[cassiesmom]

I learned to drive in a 1982 Pontiac Sunbird. It had the gear shift on the floor (not on the steering column like most cars did 25 years ago), and it didn't have a rear view mirror on the passenger side. To this day I check over my shoulders before I change lanes because I never got comfortable with a passenger side rear view mirror.

My first car was a 1979 Dodge Omni, grey with AM radio and a four speed manual transmission. The first car I bought was a 1987 Toyota Tercel hatchback, which had a manual transmission but also air conditioning and AM, FM, cassette. The air conditioning never worked well - I used to tell passengers we could either get where we're supposed to be going, or we can be cool, but not both. Since then I've had two cars, both with automatic transmissions. My best friend from high school has a Ford Mustang with a 5-speed manual that I drive every chance I get. My dream car is a Volvo because they consistently score so high on safety tests.

[Kalei]

I learned to drive on a standard 1999 Pontiac Sunfire GT. And let me tell you it was not fun trying to learn a standard with my dad teaching me. So one day I took it out all by myself and I learned to drive it in 10 minutes! It was my parents car then, now it is mine Here's a pic of my perty car

[Freedom]

I learned on the family car, a 1964 red Rambler station wagon. It was an automatic, back then the shift was on the steering wheel post. I really liked that better than this down-on-the-floor business!

[koxka]

[davidpizzica]

I drove for my driving test in a 1973 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon. What a HUGE tank it was! Wish I had a picture of it! My dad taught me to drive, and later taught me to drive a manual transmission in the Sumter Cemetrary in a Dodge Colt Station Wagon, but I can't remember the model year for that one.

Logan, we both learned on huge station wagons! Mine was a 1965 ford country squire wagon. How would you like to buy gas for these two today?

[Dorothy39]

Great thread

My Dad took me out on the road in the family car, a 1965 Buick LaSabre`

I can still remember turning the key while saying,"I'm nervous", to which he replied, You're nervous?? It was an Automatic, boosting a Wild Cat Engine!!

Later on, I drove an older VW Beetle~ So Chica, I can relate to stopping at an intersection atop a steep hill and hoping that I can maintain the flow of traffic when the light turns green!!!! That car was sooooo much FUN to drive!!!

[sirrahbed]

63 Comet

It was white, huge, in perfect condition and I loved it. When I went off to college, it became MY car. I kept it until we had to move to Germany in 1988 and it was still beautiful at 25 years old. Oh, and her name was Bessie Mae

[Logan]

Logan, we both learned on huge station wagons! Mine was a 1965 ford country squire wagon. How would you like to buy gas for these two today?

Gosh, David, you are bringing back memories! My sister's first car was a green Ford wagon! It was my dad's old company car and he bought it for $1000 and gave it to her. She ended up with the Chevrolet, though, when he bought a new car for my mom. My dad was a toughie and gave both us $1000 towards a car when we were seniors in college. She took the $1000 car. I took the $1000 gift and paid him back the rest, after I graduated, for a 1975 Dodge Omni that he bought for me when I was working an internship after my junior year in college.

I don't remember how bad the gas mileage was on our station wagons, but I'm sure it was no worse than putting gas in our Ford Expedition that we have now. Thank goodness that thing stays parked most of the time these days. We'd sell it if we could, but there is no market for a 2002 gas guzzler like it is, right now. My husband paid $500 for a Ford Ranger pickup truck last year and he drives it all of the time these days. He loves it!