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Posted: 5/13/2020 11:13:24 PM EDT

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‘63 Chevy II

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:20:21 PM EDT

[#2]

Driver's Ed had a mid 1980's Buick Regal.
My dad had a '56 Chevy Wagon he let me drive quite a bit while learning to drive.

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:21:06 PM EDT

[#3]

My granddad's 1933 John Deere an the 1940 Chevy farm truck.

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:28:04 PM EDT

[#4]

96 Dodge 3500 and a late 90s S10 to learn manual.

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:30:49 PM EDT

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Dad's car, 1972 Dodge Charger SE. Interestingly enough he actually bought it when he was taking my mom to check into the hospital so I could be born. Learned to drive stick in my mom's early 90's 2wd Ford Ranger.

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Posted: 5/13/2020 11:33:32 PM EDT

[#6]

'72 Pinto station wagon, with large vice grips in place of door handles, small ones in place of window cranks.

Not having access to anything as sophisticated as "4WD", we had to satisfy our offroading & mudslinging urges with it, and a Datsun 710.

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:36:27 PM EDT

[#7]

A 1982 endingasentencewithaprepositioncoupe.

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:37:35 PM EDT

[#8]

Red chevette. 77hp russian tractor engine in those things.

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:40:48 PM EDT

[#9]

A stolen one.............

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:43:58 PM EDT

[#10]

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Originally Posted By TheYellowThing:
K5 Blazer

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1973 K5 was my first car. $700

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:46:47 PM EDT

[#11]

1970 C10!!

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:47:58 PM EDT

[#12]

1960ish VW bug, three on the floor.

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:49:05 PM EDT

[#13]

‘67 Chevy C10 pickup. 3 on the tree.

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:51:34 PM EDT

[#14]

S-10 manual 4cyl

Posted: 5/13/2020 11:53:20 PM EDT

[#15]

Suzuki Samurai and Chevy S10

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:04:52 AM EDT

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I was around 11 years old when learned to to drive this old army Jeep. It belonged to the father of a buddy of mine back then....

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:28:20 AM EDT

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Don't remember a "single" car but bugged everyone and anyone to let me drive as a younger teen. Best memories are my grandmother's 60's something VW bug manual. And for real my dad's 1970 Charger R/T plum crazy purple 426 2X4brl 4 speed with a hurst pistol grip. Got to drive it about 1/4 mile, and took it real easy. Looking back I bet he was sweating bullets hoping I didn't act stupid. RIP DAD.

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:28:23 AM EDT

[#18]

A black1966 Volkswagen Beatle 1300 cc, 4 on the floor.

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:31:56 AM EDT

[#19]

1981 Chev Suburban. It was 5 years old when I was learning to drive. I put my share of dings in it. Sorry dad

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:43:57 AM EDT

[#20]

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Originally Posted By AlabamaFan64:
1960ish VW bug, three on the floor.

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What was 4th gear broken? As far as I know they were all four speed. Until they came out with the 3-speed semi-automatic that didn't have a clutch pedal.
My father had a 1958 that had a 4-speed, a 66 that was a 4-speed, and then they made the mistake of buying a 73 Super Beetle with automatic stick shift.

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:45:55 AM EDT

[#21]

1987 GMC Safari minivan.

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:48:04 AM EDT

[#22]

1974 F100 and 1968 Galaxie 500 at home.

Can't remember what ~~late~~ mid '70s econobox driver's ed used at school.

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:51:00 AM EDT

[#23]

1987 Porsche 944

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:57:46 AM EDT

[#24]

94 F150. Dad's
99 Taurus. Mom's. Took my driver's test in it.
96 F150. my uncle's who made me drive every Sunday on our weekly fishing trips

Taught myself stick in my brother's 87 Honda Accord work car

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:00:08 AM EDT

[#25]

Purple two door 98 Tacoma

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:00:30 AM EDT

[#26]

60 or 61 Ford Falcon I don't remember which. 4dr, white, auto. It was grandpas Boeing beater.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:00:47 AM EDT

[#27]

77 Ford Mustang ll. Manual. 4 banger. Hunk of crap.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:01:44 AM EDT

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Posted: 5/14/2020 2:04:58 AM EDT

[#29]

'55 Ford, V8, 3 on the tree.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:09:43 AM EDT

[#30]

Drove my dad's rental car around the block around a few times, but my 87.5 Subaru XT Turbo was the first car that I really learned how to drive around in. Paid $750 for it...digital dash cluster, trip computer, pop up headlights, and a turbo which was fun when you got it going.

Learned how to drive stick in a ford focus. Still have that car and park it behind my wife from time to time who still hasnt figured out how to move. She's gotten it stuck in the middle of the street from time to time.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:11:13 AM EDT

[#31]

1983 Toyota Corolla

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:29:52 AM EDT

[#32]

1966 Ford Mustang.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:33:23 AM EDT

[#33]

Mid-90s Geo Metro

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:35:19 AM EDT

[#34]

1997 ford ranger manual trans 2.3 4 banger.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:38:42 AM EDT

[#35]

My papa’s Bronco. Not sure what year.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:41:59 AM EDT

[#36]

'76 VW Rabbit.

Posted: 5/14/2020 3:11:30 AM EDT

[#37]

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Originally Posted By maxxmojo:
Dad's car, 1972 Dodge Charger SE. Interestingly enough he actually bought it when he was taking my mom to check into the hospital so I could be born. Learned to drive stick in my mom's early 90's 2wd Ford Ranger.

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/253986/charger_jpg-1414975.JPG

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My Dad had a '69 or '70, maroon with white interior. He traded it in for a Gremlin X...a green one.
Looking back, all I can think is...WHYYYYYYYYYYY, why would you EVER do that?
The bought a VW bus in '71 or '72, as well.
WHYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Thread topic. Learned to drive an old red Ford farm truck. 3 on the tree. I'd already "driven" a giant combine on the street before that. Massive power....real slow.

Posted: 5/14/2020 3:13:21 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Strela:
'55 Ford, V8, 3 on the tree.

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3 on the tree.....sloppy!

Posted: 5/14/2020 3:13:49 AM EDT

[#39]

Tahoe

Not what I would have picked if I'd been given the option.

Posted: 5/14/2020 3:24:59 AM EDT

[#40]

1948 Chevy pickup. It was not in this good of condition, as it was a farm truck. It was also the early 2000s, so its was up there in years.

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Posted: 5/14/2020 3:56:09 AM EDT

[#41]

1989 Ford Tempo.

Posted: 5/14/2020 3:58:25 AM EDT

[#42]

72 Ford Country Squire station wagon. Mom's.

Posted: 5/14/2020 4:14:29 AM EDT

[#43]

I wouldn't call it 'learning'

, but my friend/then-neighbor who is a couple years older than me let me drive his '98-ish Chevy S10 on a side street one time. I was probably 13 or 14 and hadn't yet learned proper pedal control, so it was a pretty jerky ride.

My first proper driving lesson came a little while later in my dad's leased Dodge Magnum (with 5.7 Hemi, of course

). We did the obligatory cemetery drive, complete with "You can't kill anyone out here" jokes.

When I got my learner's permit, the majority of my actual on-road learning was done in a 2001 Jeep Cherokee. That car is still around, I replaced the engine in it a while back (0331 cylinder head failure)

Posted: 5/14/2020 4:27:33 AM EDT

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I became comfortable in my Mom's car, which was some kind of Buick (59 Invicta?). I learned the acceptable way to drive in Driver's training, which had Dodges or Plymouths (ca 1964) - our teacher was Larry Rozadilla, who later became a referee in boxing. I learned to drive a stick in my girl friend's super beetle (73, I think).

Posted: 5/14/2020 5:00:16 AM EDT

[#45]

64’ ford falcon. 12yrs old driving to town my dad
was the coolest.

Posted: 5/14/2020 5:43:51 AM EDT

[#46]

78 Mercury Cougar. I laugh at kids today who gripe about parallel parking in Mom's econobox.

Posted: 5/14/2020 5:47:47 AM EDT

[#47]

1984 White Chevette diesel w/manual transmission

Posted: 5/14/2020 5:53:17 AM EDT

[#48]

As a child, I was obsessed with cars. I read everything that I could about them, including how to operate them. Could recognize every car at night from the shape of the tail lights at an early age. Knew what engines were offered, etc.

I idolized my older cousin Bill who was in the Navy. He bought a lightly used 1962 Corvette, with a 4-speed and the 350hp 327. Black with red interior. When he would visit, he would take me for drives in that car and we would always go really fast. I loved everything about it.

One weekend, Bill was visiting and my parents were gone somewhere. He looks at me and asks "want to learn how to drive?". I said "sure" so we jumped into the Corvette and headed off to a big industrial park with its own streets and blocks and stop signs, etc. It being a Sunday in the 1960s, the place was deserted. It was perfect.

We switched seats and he talked me through getting started, stopping, turning, shifting, braking, everything. He was very patient and knew how to tell me how to do things. I had already read how a standard transmission and clutch worked, so kind of knew, but in almost no time I was tooling around the industrial park like I had been driving for a long time. Didn't stall or do any of that jerky stuff you see sometimes. It was totally awesome. Probably the best time I had ever had my whole life.

I was seven years old.

The car looked like this one: