What kind of car did you learn to drive in?

[alrock]

I didn't start driving until Driver's Ed. They had the wonderful Chrysler K cars.

 

[cgalpha08]

This bad boy. My dad's suburban...miss this ride!

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[3rdH3]

1963 International Scout.

 

[skeptic]

1981-ish Mazda B2000 pick-up. It was important to my father that I learn to drive on a manual transmission. My oldest turns 15 in a couple months. My MIL is giving us (him) a late 90's Ford Ranger and that's what he will learn on. It's an auto, not a stick shift, but I don't own a manual that I'd let him drive.

 

[Kyle]

1996 GMC suburban with 170k miles on it, drove it till i got my hummer, and now im back to driving it till i get my next hummer! :giggle:

 

[Gruz7]

Hummer I'm driving now lol

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[abearden]

1966 VW Beetle that my grandpa was going to turn into a BajaBug. My Dad worked on it a lot because I didn't want to (I was dumb at that age). Nice 1.8L motor made that thing haul.

 

[3Hummers]

No picture but about a 64 Ford F150 that belonged to my aunt.

 

[Green 1]

1967 Camaro that my older brother wrecked and I fixed with my Dad.

 

[LagunaH1]

A white Nissan Bluebird

 

[Bigunit]

A red 2wd 1973 Datsun p/u that I converted into a 4wd SA , SOA in high school. I should have never sold that rig!

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[Bigunit]

...and a sky blue 1959 Ford Ranchero.

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[PreferredChassisFab]

A 1968 International Travelall 4x4. It was a non power steer, non power brake, four speed manual, tank like truck. Big Ugly was a cool old truck-I don't see them often anymore.

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[High Five H2]

2wd '87 toyota pickup. 5 spd, tiny 4 banger. fun.

 

[Scarsman]

1963 International Scout.

A 1968 International Travelall 4x4. It was a non power steer, non power brake, four speed manual, tank like truck. Big Ugly was a cool old truck-I don't see them often anymore.

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Nice!! For me it was a '70 International 1/2 ton pickup and a '71 3/4 ton one. Both had the 345 V8, 4 speed manual, 4x4, manual brakes and steering. Oh, and no ac in the 100 degree hay fields, either!

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[SuperBuickGuy]

1962 Buick Skylark, I still hate that car. It had no heat, it blew head gaskets, and the charging system was.... well, reluctant to work. That said, I cut my teeth on that car because I pulled it from behind a barn; paid $50 for it, then replaced the transmission, painted the car, replaced the interior and drove it for 3 years.... traded it for a project 67 Camaro.

 

[hockeymanam]

My dads 2006 F-250 super duty 4x4. He still has it today with 230,xxx miles!! that thing is a beast! I know once I'm out of school and with a job I will own a diesel!! the amount of power you can extract from a diesel engine is amazing for such little cost!

 

[cbetts]

Okay, my inner hick is going to come out. I learned on a John Deere 3020.

As far as a car . . . I eventually learned in a 1982 Olds Cutlass.

 

[poncho1965]

1966 volkswagon fastback, 197? Volkswagon dasher, 1971 international scout. Wow. My fastback VW had twin solex carbs, 6 volt electrical system, required starting fluid on cold mornings. It did have AC though I could pull the engine in 15 minutes! This car inspired me to name it after Pantera's "I'm Broken", many years later, how I fondly remember it (not)!


Mike

 

[RamRod]

1998 Dodge Dakota, reg cab, 2wd, 5speed


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[Scarsman]

Okay, my inner hick is going to come out. I learned on a John Deere 3020.

Well, if we're counting that way, then I have to claim a 1944 International Farmall Super A. I'll try and find a picture of one.

Edit:
Here we go! Looked just like this only rust instead of paint.

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[Neo]

early 60's chevy half ton 3 on the tree shifter i was about 12 guessing it was 1978 or 79 :whaa:

 

[08H3]

Okay, my inner hick is going to come out. I learned on a John Deere 3020.

...and I still drive a 3010. One of the best investments I ever made.

For cars, I learned in a '74 Gremlin 3speed. Beige w/ brown racing stripes. Finding one is on my bucket list of cars. Probably not many people have a Gremlin on their list of "gotta' haves".

 

[ajk150]

Well this 1986 Mercedes 560sl is pretty much what I learned to drive on. Found this buried in the garage of my grandparents garage and spent two summers teaching myself how to work on a car and then getting it working. Around the time I got my license my grandparents sold that house and gave me this car. It was a love/hate relationship. I loved how fast it "felt", but that car loved to slide. Any water on the road and the wheels would spin, which made winters fun! No traction control, the soft tops windows had all popped out and I had to sew back on. The speakers were shot, there was one airbag that I doubt would save my life in a crash and the holes in the floor (there were two), i plugged with corks. AMong a long long list of what was wrong with it, there was a very short list of what was actually right with it. But as a 16 year old kid you don't care. Its a convertible with a massive engine and could do some real smokey burnouts and with a little practice I was able to slide her like a pro! Here is the only picture I could find of it.

One great thing about this car was that legally you could fit 6 people in this car because it had a seatbelt stretching across the back bench. And if you pushed and shoved hard enough you could squeeze 4 people in the back and put them all under that seatbelt. The stories from this car could keep us entertained for a whole night...

 

[Pappibri]

Lived on a farm so was driving pickups and tractors at age 14. One thing that was cool back then which still might be true today, is that I could legally drive down the road at 14 as long as it was for farming purposes. So I always had some bales of hay and a bag of feed in the back of the truck so I could drive over to my friends or girlfriends house... One plus of growing up on the farm....