What Car Did You Learn To Drive In & Who Taught You? How Old Were You?

It's amazing that i learned to drive at all, considering taht my first teacher was my stepfather -- who yelled a lot and made me nervous. But I had a dream. I wanted to drive. I was 13 and we lived in the desert on a farm. The car was a 1956 Mercury Montclair. At that time it was pretty new. Sometimes I got to drive the Jeep on the farm. I wasn't real good at shifting gears, but I felt good just getting to drive. In high school I took driver's training, with a real instructor who didn't yell. I got my first official license when I was 18.

When I was 16, my dad taught me to drive in VW Bus. It was ugly and was spray painted on the inside with peace signs. Whenever you made a sharp left hand turn, the right passenger door would swing open. I lost some passengers that way. There was no working gas gauge, so I had to manually keep track of the mileage and fill the tank every few hundred miles or so. It leaked whenever it rained. It had no heat or radio. I commuted an hour to school each day, and it didn't go above third gear. Good times...

I was 50 years old before I learned to drive. I signed up with a very reutable driving school and learned to drive in a Vauxhall Corsa. A lovely and very forgiving little car for a learner and when I passsed my test I bought a Corsa for myself. I still have the car too :-)

My first car was a Mazda GLC. It barely ran. It was a 5 speed and it got on my nerves because I had to learn to drive it all by myself with a clutch. I was 18 years old when I first got it.

When i was a kid, driving lessons were free. I took them when I was 16. I learned to drive much earlier. My brother and I would sneak out and take my parents car when I was almost 16 and he was 15. I was a good driver but could not afford to get my license until I was almost 21. My parents were strict. They had money but did not just give us things . we had to earn them. I didn;t like it then but now I completely understand their thinking. I have 4 kids and I was amazed at what it costs now for drivers ed and they really do not teach that well. I made my girls all earn half and then I came up with the other half. I had to give them several hours of driving in my junk car that I had only liability on. It was a nitemare. I took them out in all sorts of weather and took many risks. I wanted them to be good drivers. All the while, I was wondering what I paid 500.00 for? If I did not have a vehicle to teach them with...they would not have learned much. I have a 14 year old and she is just going to have to wait for her licence. I will not spend that sort of money on drivers ed. I will take her out and teach her myself and do a better job than the teachers they have now. driver's ed is useless and is only a tool for a kid to get their licence early. It teaches almost nothing. when they go out for drives it is time shared between 2=3 kids about twice per week. They don't learn about checking fluids, or changing a flat and they can't drive a standard. It is a very basic course and not worth 500.00. The most valuable thing i see that they teach are the laws and rules of the road...still not worth 500.00. And what about the kids, whose parents don't even own a vehicle? I took a chance as my vehicle regardless of what a junk it is...gets me to and from. They have vehicles designed to teach. Why do parents have to put in more risks and driving time than the teachers who we are paying such big bucks to teach our kids. Truthfully, even the rules were taught by me as we went on our adventures.

I learned to drive in an old Chevy Celebrity station wagon. Yeah it was pretty much the coolest car around then. I was 16 and my mom taught me. When I was 20 I learned to drive a stick in another really cool car. It was a volvo that was 1 year younger than I was haha. 1986 Volvo 240GL. As much as I laugh at it, that boy sure was a reliable thing for me.

In Illinois you have to take driver's ed at a high school before you can take the driving test. They won't let you take it before 18 unless you have the paper from Driver's Ed. I took the book portion at my high school when I was a sophomore. I got my permit just after I turned 16 and took the driving portion of the class over Christmas break (usually it is like 6 weeks long but they condense it into 6 classes over 2 weeks during the break). So I learned driving some little compact car (Ford Escort or something). I drove my parents' van a couple times but it was pretty beat up (no speedometer or anything) and I drove my dad's new Pontiac Grand Prix once when I was 18. I never drove as a teen after I got my license (when I was 16) other then driving my dad's new car that one time. Really I learned to drive when I was 22 after I met my husband. And that time I drove a Ford Ranger pick up. So I started driving when I was 22 even though I had my license for 6 years, lol.

I havent learnt driving yet....but i have decided to learn it in few days....

I learned to drive just a year ago during my visit to the US, I was 21 then, my uncle taught me how to drive, he was known to have taught a lot of people he know to drive. I learned to drive in a Mercedez, the old model that is, I think it was an 300E that my uncle bought from a friend. But then until now I haven't got my license yet, and I also don't know how to drive a stick shift.

I was 22 on my second attempt when I passed! I took lessons in the Driving school's "Original" Mini-I still am very fond of these great little cars!

I had my first driving lessons in my Mum's old Renault 19 before moving on to a friend's Austin Maxi. I took my test first in the UK and failed it, although I passed my motorbike test earlier the same day! I moved to Germany where I bought a Renault 5 and got an Army instructor. I had 5 lessons and then took my test, which I passed! I was 21.

I learned how to drive in a Buick Riviera. I can't remember how old it was. I think it was from either the mid to late 70's or early 80's. The thing was so big, that we always joked that you could launch the space ship off of it. It was my dad's car and then he kept it for my sis, then me, then my bro to learn how to drive in. My friends always asked me how I parked it the front end was so big but, I never knew any different back then so, it wasn't that difficult. As for who taught me, my high school had an after school driver's ed course so, I learned there. They taught the material for the written portion of the test and the practical (driving course) as well. Other than that, my Mom and Dad taught me as well. But, my Dad was the worst teacher. He yelled at me each time I made a mistake, and make me second guess my every move. It really was not helpful. I am not a very brave driver as a result. He had me back around a cul 'd' sac keeping no more than 6 inches from it. Any time I would go more than 6 inches from the curb he would make me pull forward and start over again. He made me do this for 2 hours until it got dark and late. My mom was ticked. It was back before cell phones so, we didn't have any way to communicate with her and she got scared when we were gone so long. It didn't help that I came home in tears. Ugh! I will never make driving so undesirable to my kids in the future. Oh...and because my Dad made it so hard on me, I didn't actually even try to get my license till I was 19. He traumatized me! So, that was my driving story!

my dad first taught me how to drive last year when I was 17. then when summer started, i decided to take driving lessons. and i was determined to finish this before summer classes started. you are so right... driving lessons cost a lot. i paid like almost a year's saving for it. my parents didn't have the money so it was a good thing that i had savings. the car the driving school had was a toyota vios. it was really a nice car. i just got my license last week and it feels great! because i have accomplished something and paid for something that i could really use for a lifetime =)

I had the best learning-how-to-drive experience! My stepdad bought a black Mustang GT hatchback and took me to an empty supermarket parking lot every weekend to teach me. After I passed my driving test and got my license, he gave me the Mustang on my 19th birthday a week later!!!! I was so thrilled!!

When I was 12 and my brother Steve was 10 my Da gave us an old 46 Plymouth coop Had no seats so we wired apple boxes to the floor. We drove it on the logging roads all over our mountain. We learned alot about steering while driving fast after we lost our brakes! lol xoxoxoxoxo

I took drivers ed in school...back when I learned to drive it was part of the study plan! LOL....I learned how to drive in a little Dodge Dart! It was pretty small and easy to handle so that was good..otherwise my father usually purchased cars that were as big as boats! LOL....his theory? The bigger the car the safer his family!

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lol my mom thought me how to drive in a toyota! I was 17 when i learned it! I learned it a whole year t'ill i was 18 and then i passed! Thanks mom! =D

I learnt how to drive in a 1993 Buick Century. My grandma taught me how to drive and I got my permit when I was 15 and my license when I was 16. I also had to take a drivers ed class in highschool therefore I didn't have to take the exam through the drivers license place.

My first "lesson" was in an old Oldsmobile. I was 11, and it wasn't really a lesson. It was more of a "You wanna drive? Here are the keys, lets go..." situation. My first actual lesson was when I was 12, in a Tracker. My aunt took me driving, and tried to recall all the things she had to learn when she was 15 [In South Dakota you get your permit at 14 and your license at 15.] Unfortunately I live in Wisconsin so I had to wait to be 15 just for my permit. But by that time the cost of Driver's Ed, was close to $300. So I decided I would wait until I was 18 and wasn't required to take the class to get my license. When I did get my permit I learned the rest of the "how to's" in a '98 Chevy S10 pickup. I can proudly say I earned my license on my first try, with 16 points off. :-)