In which car did you learn to drive?

49 Plmouth

Black of course! No radio but did have a heater. My Dad bought it new for $1700 I believe he told me.

Loved that car flat head 6 with torque - you could glide along in 3rd gear at around 15 mph. My old man rarely used 2nd gear, shifted 1st to 3rd.
 

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First car I drove was a a 1956 T-Bird. (Some guys just lucky, huh?) Car I learned to drive in was a VW van. Failed my first DL test attempt trying to parallel park the sucker between a couple of boards...
 
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PatriotX said:
Not your first car, not the one you loved.

What was the poor machine that was forced to submit to your first ham-fisted attempts at coordinating hands and feet to achieve forward propulsion ?

Anyone else?
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It's been a secret for sixty years, but if you promise not to tell my grandkids.....

My cousin Vinny bought a new 1960 Impala, and asked my mom if he could leave it in her Brooklyn driveway for two weeks while he did something upstate with the National Guard or Reserves.

It was summer vacation, but mom and dad both worked, so I was home alone and babysitting my sister. My best friend Cheryl came over, and I convinced her I could figure out how to drive my cousin's car and she should come along. So even though I was still three years away from being old enough to get my drivers permit, I found the car keys and off we went.

We drove all over Brooklyn, and while it wasn't all smooth, the only time I got concerned was when Cheryl thought I was going to hit a car and grabbed the wheel. But I got it back home and into the driveway, and nobody was wise to our caper.

The Bensonhurst Joyriders: (L to R) Me, my sister the hostage, and my accomplice Cheryl.
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1966 Pontiac Tempest 4dr 326 w/ auto trans. 4/55 - a/c. Dad ordered it new. Reliable car, not a speed demon but it got me to & from school, work, college and several girl friends houses. Worst brakes I have ever experienced. Drum brakes tended to get hot quickly and just fade out. Forced you to pay attention to the road and plan ahead. Learned to do alot of things in that car besides drive.
 
I learned to drive in Mom's tank. It was a 71 Lincoln Mark III. Huge on the outside, not so huge inside. That thing was not easy to parallel park. That 460 V8 would make that beast almost fly. At least it felt like it wasn't touching the road when you went fast due to the soft floaty suspension. We had to angle it to get it to fit in the garage so that the door would close.
 
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2010 after my 18 birthday. A 1971 torino 500 with a 302. But I grew up driving go carts. So it was not my first time behind the wheel of something with 4 wheels.
 
I don't remember what the driver's ed car was, but Mom's 1973 Delta 88 was the car I used on the driving test. My first purchase was a 1975 Toyota Corolla with a manual. Had to teach myself to drive it because Mom's patience couldn't take it! lol
 
First car to learn

1957 Studebaker, 4 door, straight six with 3 on the tree. Dad's work car, it's best feature was electric heater located under the driver's seat, start it in winter, let idle, hot air within 3 minutes.
 
same as CH4, my Dad's work truck a red 1963 Chevy Pickup with 3 on the tree. He made me practice shiftibg on an old 59 Rambler ha didn't run bu I would sit there for hours practicing shifting and letting out the clutch before he let me try on his truck. It worked because I only stalled he truck 2-3 times before I got the hang of it.
 
I started out learning in two different cars. The family car was a 1957 Buick Roadmaster. But dad wanted me to know how to drive a standard transmission so he put me in his old work car. A 1936 for coupe. 3 on the tree and the starter was on the floor. When I got my license he gave it to me. Then he upgraded his work car and got a 1948 Chevy.

I took the driving test in the Buick.
 
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