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Was chatting with gis tonight and showed him a pic of a driving school in my town, using a Renault Clio Sport 172 as learning car.. I was saying to him the school I attended when I was 18 had an Opel Astra 1.6 ...
I'm not sure driving schools are mandatory everywhere in the world, so your parent's car I guess is ok..
In effect I learned to drive in an Ape Piaggio when I was 13 or 14 I think.. it was the model with a wheel and normal pedal clutch, 125 cc...
Then I have to admit I drove more than once my parents' cars before I actually had my license..
So the cars in wich I learnt to drive:
Ape Piaggio 125 cc (car?!? LOL!)
Opel Vectra 2.0 (automatic bleargh)
Audi A4 2.8 quattro
Opel Astra 1.6 (school)
Opel Astra 1.6 Estate (mom)
That's all LOL
AlienDB7
10-03-2003, 06:34 PM
I learned to drive in a Toyota Corolla (with a 1.8 I think), unfortunately.. Most of the driving schools here use corolla, civic, protege (323) or focus. However, I've seen larger driving school(s) using mustangs.
1998 V70XC (Mom's)
1997 honda civic (Driving School)
1982 BMW 735i (Grandparents)
2000 BMW 528is (Dad's)
199? Dogdge Caravan (Friend's) (hehehe...we cracked the tranny case jumping it)
stradale
10-03-2003, 07:15 PM
I drove in several cars with my dad before driving school.
Fiat Tempra 2.0
Fiat Uno 1.4
Volvo S40 2.0
The driving school had a VW Vento (Jetta for you Americans, probably a '96). It was a TDi and if there's anything I hate... O well, it was a good driving school and I passed the first time.
Those are the cars in which I learned to drive. Before my license, that is. After that you learn much more IMO.
the UK seems a lot different
at the age of 16 u can get your provisional license,which allows u to learn if u like with a person who has a driving license,but not many people i know of do that.they wait till 17,when 17,thats the official age to drive,u can then go out with anyone who has a valid drivers license BUT u have to get insurance to do it,so as u can imagine,it costs a LOT to do it.then u get lessons with a driving instructor,then when they feel that your ready they will enter u for the theory and then the actual test.
i drove 3 cars B4 i actually started learning with an instructor the cars bein
VW scirocco 1.6 and a 1.8
VW golf GTI 16v (got to 2nd gear,never turned the wheel and my dad said,ok,thats enough,dont know why :roll: ,lol)
and then last of all was the saxo i drive now
but when i was with the instructor she tought me all the other stuff in a vauxhal corsa 1.2 16v
SFDMALEX
10-03-2003, 08:59 PM
HeHe ZAZ 968. A ttue Ukrainian car lol. Its funny that the first car I drove wasnt my dads. My friends dad owned a 968, and It was the first car I drove. The gearbox was a bitch on that thing.
here is what it looks like.
http://www.home.no/migreg/Bilder/Zaz-968m.jpg
fedezyl
10-03-2003, 10:15 PM
a Daewoo Tico peice of shit
I had the most ghetto/mexican driving school ever. On my car on the side it said in spanish too, thats how ghetto it was. A damn pos 98 Corrola, where the gas pedal would get stuck, and id basically have to kick it to go, and it almost didnt make it up a hill. :(
altezza
10-03-2003, 10:49 PM
1996 Toyota Corolla (automatic) (driving instructor's)
my friend's 1980 Honda Accord (manual) (he bought it for $600 CDN)
2002 Mini Cooper (manual), btw it's a rental car, haha
initiala4
10-03-2003, 11:05 PM
Nissan Cedric Brougham VIP 1993....manual!
stracing
10-03-2003, 11:32 PM
when i was learning it wasn't compulsory to goto driving school. but i went for the first 10 hours anyways. the first 10 hours i was in a camry, from then on i drove in my parents accord.
then i got my own car and taught myself how to drive manual with a bit of help from friends.
Kangaroo Boy
10-04-2003, 01:19 AM
When I was learning to drive,My grandad taught me..He owns 2 austin 1800.WTF is a Austin? :? Well,Its a bigger version of a Mini.BMC made them and rally them as well.The engine where 1.8ltr MG engine(series B engine),It was good fun.Otherwise,My parents taught me to drive in a Magna :( . Both cars are Manuals.
:lol:
http://www.elevenhundred.com/austin1800/whitemk1th.jpg
My Grandads car
http://www.motorbase.com/pictures/contributions/991201/std_1968_austin_1800_rally-fvmax.jpg
Thats the rally one
draak666
10-04-2003, 05:46 AM
First time: a straight line down the road with my uncle in a Mazda 323
Second time: a few ovals in my uncle's Audi 80
Actual driving with my dad's BMW 318i
A few lessons in a Renault Cio. There's a driving school in Leuven that started offering lessons in a BMW 320d one year later, damn... Wish I got that one.
:D
BTW driving school isn't compulsory over here.
First I drive my friends 5.20
Than improve my self with Mazda 626 2.0
KaBlookie
10-04-2003, 11:56 PM
I first learned on a 1997 Ford Escort (i'm sorry, that thing was a piece of junk...o wait, i'm not sorry bout that :lol: ), then after my mom replaced it with a 2002 Volvo S40, I was driving that for a while. Now, I drive either of my parents' cars, which are the Volvo and my dad's recently-acquired 2000 Acura 3.2TL (GOD i love driving that car!!)
In school i drove a tojooda carina 2(or smth)but i learnd to drive in my fathers mazda 626.
1zippo1
10-05-2003, 06:04 AM
Opel/Vauxhall Omega 2.5TD (my dad's)
Mazda 121 1.3 (the first shape) - crashed it a 2 months or so after getting my license :oops:
cho_888
10-05-2003, 06:08 AM
well i am a fair bit younger thatn the rest of you all and i learnt/learning in my dads S2000
Kangaroo Boy
10-05-2003, 06:20 AM
lucky Bastard.^^^^ 8)
cho_888
10-05-2003, 06:29 AM
yeah, i guess i am 8)
BADMIHAI
10-05-2003, 12:28 PM
My first one was my dad's M3 Alpina TT (I was 14 LMFAO)..manual...of course :), but it was on a deserted landing strip. The car I'm driving now ...Nissan NX1600 (manual).
SDK2003
10-05-2003, 12:54 PM
I learnt to drive in a Vauxhall Corsa in 1996
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/motoring/roadtests/images/corsa1.jpg
jon_s
10-05-2003, 12:56 PM
I learn't to drive with the AA, in a 1.4 fiesta GhiaX
jakaracman
10-06-2003, 02:54 AM
VW golf in driving school. But I actually learned how to drive in Fiat 132 2000 - RWD. It was illegal, of course, but fun on gravel ...
cho_888
10-06-2003, 03:07 AM
Here in Australia i had teh idea that the S2000 would be to powerful for P plates, however i found out recently it wasnt. I have also heard this is because the power band is so high and and it doesnt kick in til about 6.5 grand.
On another topic, i dont know much about fiats. Are the y powerful i dont see manyin Australia and if i do tehy are very old. i heard that the company was going under and having to sell ferrari.
Jabba
10-06-2003, 04:32 AM
I "learnt"how to drive in a Nissan Micra...after passing my test I moved onto my first car a Toyota MR2 MK1 followed by a MR2 MK2 then a Lotus Esprit NA / Lotus Esprit Turbo SE / Ferrari 348TS / Ferrari 355 GTS / Lamborghini Diablo 2WD...etc
A few other cars in between that I had for secondary reasons (female partners) Lotus Elan SE / Bimmer 3 series cab / Porsche 993 tip-cab / Ferrari 355 Berlinetta / Mercedes 500 SL (still have) a few other bits and pieces (mostly bimmers and benz)
novass
10-06-2003, 05:01 AM
Jabba, how did you like the Esprit Turbo? Ive always liked Lotus', especially the turbo Esprit.
as for myself, ive been driving for quite a long time. i had a go-kart when i was younger which familiarized me with the concept. i drove my first real car when i was about 11-12. my father wanted me to help out more at our ranch so he made me pull the horses around and use the tractor quite a bit. it was our vacation home, i guess, and there werent many people living in the area so he was pretty relaxed with the keys. my first car was the nova i still have (had since i was 15, gonna be buried in it) ive had a few others since then, nothing really special, mostly hand downs. 85 Astro van, 78 Grand Marquis, Chevy Blazer, 80s civic. the only 2 cars ive ever bought, i still have the nova and a 01 A4. my family and our family friends share cars which each other so ive had the pleasure of driving a ton of different cars. i compiled a list not long ago and it came out to over 60 diff cars and i probably forgot a couple too.
Jabba
10-06-2003, 05:11 AM
Jabba, how did you like the Esprit Turbo? Ive always liked Lotus', especially the turbo Esprit.
It is one of the best cars I have ever driven...maybe even the best handling car I have ever owned...a great and totally awesome yet very underrated car IMO
novass
10-06-2003, 05:20 AM
very cool! makes me want one even more :D
i think the car looks great, definitely one of my favorites. i think i know which pics ill start uploadin :D
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