What car did you learn to drive in?

[Spinneret]

A micra

 

[Rogue1677x]

Acura Integra. Even managed to get that thing to move when the axle fell out at a dangerous intersection..don't miss those days.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Pontiac Bonneville - this thing was a barge
Volkswagen Beetle - stich shift
Chevy Monte Carlo
Chevy pick up truck with the camper
Truly it was whoever had a car and had some time

 

[TippyThomas]

It was a mix of a Ford Fusion and Toyota Corolla. Those were the two types of cars the driving school had when I went through the school.

 

[leebee]

Big old Chevy station wagon. This was in 1972, so I'm sure the car was from the early 60s. It was a boat, and I could parallel park it like a champion!

 

[tvguy]

The Driver's Education car at school was a 1973 Pontiac Lemans. The car at home was a 1960 Buick LeSabre, a FAR different vehicle. Those old school cars had POWER steering that you could turn with your pinky, and POWER brakes that stopped the car if you sneezed on them. When I took my behind the wheel test the DMV tester was impressed that my dad had put seat belts......in the front only.....in. Prior to 1965 model year, seat belts were not required in cars.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Big old Chevy station wagon. This was in 1972, so I'm sure the car was from the early 60s. It was a boat, and I could parallel park it like a champion!

Same here, but it was 1968 in Webster, Massachusetts. It was a standard (as was every car I had until the 80s), yet on the day of my driving test, the instructor came with an even bigger car that was an automatic! Believe it or not, I had a harder time driving the automatic since I wasn't used to it.

 

[hardcorestitch]

A scary big Honda Pilot!

 

[Chupaca bruh]

Automatic: 1965 Ford County Sedan Station Wagon
Stick Shift: 1971 Lime Green 1971 Ford Pinto ...Dad made us hold in an upward hill with the clutch, not the brake

 

[disneyseniors]

I learned on mostly stick shift cars. One was a Nash Rambler, a toyota sedan (can't remember the name), a cadillac that was as long as a boat. I bet it was 22 feet long, lol. I wish Mom and Dad had kept that caddie. It was a convertible that was the sparkly metallic blue with white leather interior. It had big old fins too. I love driving it. You could turn corners with one finger. I also learned on a l960 VW beetle. I miss the stick shifts on cars now. I am probably alone in this, but I actually loved driving a stick shift.

 

[E&Cmom]

Toyota Corolla at the driving school and Hyundai Sonata ( which eventually became my car) with my dad.

 

[citruscurtis]

Automatic: 1965 Ford County Sedan Station Wagon
Stick Shift: 1971 Lime Green 1971 Ford Pinto ...Dad made us hold in an upward hill with the clutch, not the brake

NO WAY NO WAY
...the station wagon... did it have those massive tail lights that look like jet engines and a folding seat in back
BUT the lime green...I never saw another one..my lasted from 1976 to 1981.. joined the army and waved good bye as it was towed away... one of many reasons I joined.... I can't believe this!!!!

 

[Marionette]

1971 Chevy station wagon

 

[Chupaca bruh]

Yes. The Country Sedan was white with a light blue interior. There were 4 kids so the extra seats in the back came in handy. It had a passing gear that was to die for. The green Pinto Dad bought as a commute car so it was a basic model. It had a radio and a heater. It was fun to drive.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Multiple work vans when I was around 13 helping my dad at work sites.

 

[tvguy]

A scary big Honda Pilot!

LOL. Best I can tell, even the biggest Honda Pilot ever built was under 200 inches long. In 1973 (the year I got my license) a vehicle under 200 inches long qualified for a COMPACT CAR discount with auto insurance companies.

 

[firefly_ris]

97 Ford Taurus for automatic as a teenager.

After I was married my husband taught me to drive stick in our 2001 Escape.

 

[PolymerSkywalker]

Willys Truck with a 3 on the tree. I am not certain I ever once changed gears without grinding them a little bit.

 

[rndmr2]

My parents had a 1992 Plymouth Sundance and a Ford Escort that I think was 1992 or 94? And my dad taught me in those but we barely got out of the parking lots aside from one time on the PA turnpike on my way from Philly to a job interview in Harrisburg. Then they enrolled me in Driving school and he had a 1988 Dodge Shadow that was basically a copy of the Sundance so it was great for me as I was already comfortable in that car and knew where things were, etc. Then my 1st car was a 1987 Dodge Shadow LOL

 

[EllieJedi]

The school had a Pontiac 6000 with an automatic for the driver’s education car. I practiced with my brother’s 1965 Ford pickup, stick shift no power steering and no power brakes. He also owned a Mustang and an Oldsmobile 442, but I wasn’t allowed to drive those as a 16 year old. My mom let me borrow her Oldsmobile Delta 88 for my road test, thank goodness. Parallel parking that pickup was awful.