What Car for your Driver’s Exam
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1972 Plymouth Duster with the slant 6.
1984 Renault Encore 4spd manual.
1970 Pontiac Catalina. Got a learners permit, took Drivers Ed in High School, which used the aforementioned car. Passed. Got my regular license as a result.
Mom’s 88 Ford Taurus.
Our school had a fleet of 86 Ford Escorts and we did street driving with a Ford Sedan, the name I can’t recall right now, but they share the Fox body platform. They had Pintos before all the Escorts and still had one. We also had a paved driving course in the school parking lot. I was recruited during study hall one time after I got my license to drive the Escorts to the gas station for a fuel up.
Our school had a fleet of 86 Ford Escorts and we did street driving with a Ford Sedan, the name I can’t recall right now, but they share the Fox body platform. They had Pintos before all the Escorts and still had one. We also had a paved driving course in the school parking lot. I was recruited during study hall one time after I got my license to drive the Escorts to the gas station for a fuel up.
1957 Ford Galaxy 500 convertible 312 cu Thunderbird Special V8
In the W Virginia snow. Trooper had me drive 500 yards and return to the warm station. Result?
LICENSED TO DRIVE!
In the W Virginia snow. Trooper had me drive 500 yards and return to the warm station. Result?
LICENSED TO DRIVE!
'72 VW bus, brand new with a not broken in rubbery shifter. Getting it into reverse was a trick. Our driving test included a killer hill with a stop sign at the top, requiring the use of the emergency brake to keep from rolling back with the manual transmission. The three-point turn was done on a street with barely enough room to make it. The testers in those days loved to trick you into making errors by shouting something like, "Turn left, right!
My Dad's 92 Grand AM. Tires showing steel, I was worried they were going to say the car was unsafe and come back...
My mom's 1983 Mercury Cougar. It was the first year of the new body style. Plenty of blind spots and short rear window. Sad when they sold it years later.
Driver's Ed For me would be in the Summer/Fall of '95(book portion over the Summer, Driving in the evenings/weekends after school started - LATE August Birthday.) - might have been '94...
The HS had 2 Drivers ed cars, a second Gen Taurus, and a Plymouth Acclaim. My Group got the Taurus.
Took BOTH* my road tests in Mom's 93/94? Chevy Corsica. I know it was a 4cyl, auto, but beyond that.... I knew Jack about cars back then.... I can tell you it was white with a blue interior, and was a TANK in the Snow.
* passed the book test, and maneuverability first time with flying colors. on the Road test I apparently blew through a stop sign i never even saw.... instant fail. had to wait 2 weeks to try again. second time, it snowed the night before, Different tester, Different Route, passed with no problems.
my real "Learning to Drive" time, by myself after i had my license, through the remainder of HS was evenly split between that car, and Dad's 93/94 Ford Aerostar, 3.0l Vulcan, O/D Auto, RWD.
not long after graduation, Grandpa Died, and I got his '87 Olds 98. Mom bought a new '99 Taurus, and My Big sister got the Corsica.
The HS had 2 Drivers ed cars, a second Gen Taurus, and a Plymouth Acclaim. My Group got the Taurus.
Took BOTH* my road tests in Mom's 93/94? Chevy Corsica. I know it was a 4cyl, auto, but beyond that.... I knew Jack about cars back then.... I can tell you it was white with a blue interior, and was a TANK in the Snow.
* passed the book test, and maneuverability first time with flying colors. on the Road test I apparently blew through a stop sign i never even saw.... instant fail. had to wait 2 weeks to try again. second time, it snowed the night before, Different tester, Different Route, passed with no problems.
my real "Learning to Drive" time, by myself after i had my license, through the remainder of HS was evenly split between that car, and Dad's 93/94 Ford Aerostar, 3.0l Vulcan, O/D Auto, RWD.
not long after graduation, Grandpa Died, and I got his '87 Olds 98. Mom bought a new '99 Taurus, and My Big sister got the Corsica.
Most of my learning was in a REnault 16 (1975) with 4 speed column shift.
The test was in a driving school's Holden Gemini diesel (GM T-Car) 5 speed...no points deducted, and the tester at one stage swung out the window to hurl abuse at a road rager.
The test was in a driving school's Holden Gemini diesel (GM T-Car) 5 speed...no points deducted, and the tester at one stage swung out the window to hurl abuse at a road rager.
Probably Ford Fairmont or Mecury Zephyr. Mustang II had a MUCH better chassis than a fox body if you were doing something other than drag racing.
Third time around in a Mk2 Ford Escort.
1985 in a silver 1975 Volkswagon Scirocco, manual transmission, performance Weber carburetors, manual cable choke that didn't stay in reverse when under pressure like on a hill. I told examiner it pops out that way. Of course he had me do the 3 point turn on a hill. I still passed first time.
1977 or 78 Chevette
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