My first was at 8 years old in a 1972 AMC Matador station wagon, also a B Model John Deere Tractor. I did slam into a wood pile with the station wagon, my dad was rolling with laughter at that one.
What vehicle did you learn to drive on?
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'69 Pontiac hearse was the first car I drove. A buddy's family ran a funeral home and we drove it in the rear parking lot. Took my test in my dad's '74 Ford 500.
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Was that with or without passenger?
'81 Fiat 125 and '88 Ford Fiesta
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I learned on a 1985 Pontiac 6000 STE. My dad started letting me drive it when I was 15!
1968 Firebird. My dad bought it in '74 from his mother who bought it new. I had a sporty grandma.
She had a '65 Olds 442 with a 4 speed before that and bought the Firebird when my dad's brother demolished the Olds.
Wow, I guess I am a youngun! I learned on a 1995 Chevy Caprice. That was 4 years ago, and I still have the car.
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Was that with or without passenger?
Yes, many of us are dying to find out.
Actually, I learned how to ride a bicycle in a cemetery.
Early '60s Dodge Dart, slant six, with pushbutton automatic.
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Was that with or without passenger?
I learned how to work a clutch and shift on a 1977 Kawasaki KD100 dirtbike when I was 8.
A year later my dad bought my mom who had never driven a stickshift a 78 Subaru brat. Dad was gone away alot and he basically dropped the car off and left for work.
I actully taught my mom how to Drive a stickshift when I was 9!
A year later my dad bought my mom who had never driven a stickshift a 78 Subaru brat. Dad was gone away alot and he basically dropped the car off and left for work.
I actully taught my mom how to Drive a stickshift when I was 9!
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Likely, you'd not have gotten any complaints anyway.
1987 Ford LTD , my dads car and that thing saw **** unitl he repalced it at 500,000 miles. 2 teenage drivers drove that thing on weekends for 3 years.
1956 Ford Crown Victoria
farmall super c and super h but i did most of my real learnin' (and test) in an '83 ford escort (4 on the floor). since that car i haven't driven a stick on a regular basis. you don't seem to forget though.
I'm glad you chimed in. I was strting to feel like the young guy around here, and I'm almost 31.
At least you got to learn on a car that still retains a lot of the features of the best days of the automobile: V8 engine, body on frame construction, full sized, and rear wheel drive. That car is built like a half ton pickup truck and should last many more years. That car is a keeper.
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