What did everyone learn to drive in?

[Ian1973]

If you can narrow it down to one or two vehicles you learned to drive in, what are they?

I personally learned, beyond sitting on my father's lap steering, on a 1986 Toyota Celica GTS manual. I was 13 years old driving in my grandparents extremely long driveway, so that was 1986 or so. Then I got my first car which was a 1986 Pontiac Fiero 2M4, which I think was 1989 at 16 years old.

Some Preludes and other cars in there but the Celica and Fiero were where I learned the bulk of my driving.

[Bluex]

'88 GTI 16v

[CanAutM3]

My dad's 1983 300D

[M Heart]

1986 Nissan Pick up truck, 5 Speed manual.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by Bluex

'88 GTI 16v

While I learned diving on the street with my dad's big boat, the 1988 VW GTi 16V was MY first car. I really loved that car .

I didn't take long for me to start modding it. Adding the 1990+ bumpers, trim, BBS and Recaro interior and adding Oettinger/Bilstein suspension, headers, exhaust, Schrick cams, etc... It looked just like the one below. I also had an Euro front plate that had especially made with "TI-3VOM" as a plate number .

[Bluesun]

My mom's car! A 1992 Pontiac Grand Am v6 -- thing was actually kinda quick. I drove it when I had my temps.



After that, got my own car (bought myself), 1990 Plymouth Acclaim V6 (also actually kind of quick for what it was). Looked very close to this, but had dark blue paint.



Blew up the motor in that due to an oil leak, then totalled it when someone ran a red light in front of me on my way home from work. Really wish we had dash cams back then, because I got blamed for it without even getting the chance to write a police statement (I was 17 at the time).

Learned to drive stick in my next car, 1987 Honda Prelude, which I bought using some of the insurance money from totalling my Acclaim. That was an awesome car. It was almost exactly like this, but without a spoiler and had more black accents on it. Loved the shit out of that car. Eventually died due to a blown head gasket. This was my first 'sporty' car.



I'll end my car saga here...takes me back, though.

[Ian1973]

I wish I had pictures of my cars, but I didn't take many pictures then.

[Bluesun]

Originally Posted by Ian1973

I wish I had pictures of my cars, but I didn't take many pictures then.

I wish I did, too. But with google image search you can probably find something that looks really close.

[solstice]

My dad's 1973 VW 1303 Beetle 4-Speed MT with stripped interior and heavily tuned engine and suspension. No abs,power steering or ac. That was a great little car.

I selected driving school based on the car, a wonderful red E30 318i.

[RickFLM4]

Pretty sure it was my dad's 1978 Plymouth Fury but not 100% sure I remember.

[WinterScene]

My step-dad's 1980 Ford Fairmont with a wonderful Ford manual transmission (not really) along with a 1976 VW Dasher (most inappropriately named car ever).

[kumori04]

Dad taught me how to drive in his old Dodge Ram truck. Had to take my driving test in that boat. Then my parents hired an old lady with a 60s Beetle to teach me how to drive a manual transmission.

[Kankles]

1988 Toyota Camry, 5sp

and

1982 Chevy S-10, V6 and 5sp

Took my driver test in the Camry...the S-10 almost killed me on a couple of occasions but it was fun to drive. Also had a lot of time in a 1987 Tacoma 4x4...body rusted off of the frame and that engine was still running great.

[Biorin]

2006 C55 AMG. I don't know whose moronic idea that was.

Okay, I do, but I'm still appalled.

[jballs16]

My first car was a '01 Honda S2000 when I was 15. I pretty much learned to drive in that, however, I messed around in a Honda Del Sol a few times before that.

[Falafel Combo]

Salvaged 1977 Peugeot 305. Yeah buddyyyyyyyy!


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[Donger Kim]

my dads embarrassing baby blue 96 Mercury mini van.

[swagon]

Originally Posted by Falafel Combo

Salvaged 1977 Peugeot 305. Yeah buddyyyyyyyy!

My mother remembers the 305's very well. Her parents had a station wagon when they were living in Middle East.

[sh55]

Learned manual transmission and cornering in my '95 GTI VR6 6MT and learned rear wheel drive car control in my '91 300ZX 6MT

[kprocivic]

[Axius]

97 Civic hatchback with a B18b and sloppy shifter bushings.

[Delta0311]

89 Chevy Cavalier