In what kind of car did you learn to drive?

I got my license in 1978 and learned how to drive in my mom’s 1977 Monte Carlo that my dad gave her for their 25th wedding anniversary. My dad was a mechanic at a local Chevy dealership and after I got my license he brought me home a 1969 Chevy Impala. It was a horrible shade of green and I hated it. A few months later he came home with another ugly green Impala only it was a 1972. Finally I ended up with a 1974 blue Chevy Nova that I loved. 😊 I never complained about either of the first 2 cars. My dad just wanted me to have a good car and his job enabled him to have access to numerous choices. He was a great dad who unfortunately passed away in 2016.
 
'68 Impala wagon that I would drive around in the driveway, then eventually whatever Driver's Ed car there was. I learned to drive a stick at 16 when my Sister got married. Her Husbands Challenger was parked at the church and they got a limo ride out to the Country Club for the reception. So I was handed the keys to drive the Challenger out there. I had to figure out the stick shift pretty quick!
 


My mind went straight to the Alan Jackson song "Drive" with that line!



Mine was a '79 Cutlass Supreme (looked similar to the below pic). Also learned to drive a stick a little later.

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We are car matchies! 😂 except for color. Mine was mint green.

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We were stylin’! Ha ha ha :rotfl:
My parents had a number of those when I was growing up! Spanning from the late 70's through the 80's. Best I can remember they had about 4 of them.

My first one was a 1987 Calais, a little smaller:
Picture I found on Google... mine was a light blue (and much better shape)
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I initially learned to drive and took my test with my Mom's car - It was an early 90's Geo Prism in metallic teal green. Once I had my license, my dad got a new truck and gave me his old one to be my vehicle. It was a 1988 Ford Ranger - Manual Transmission.
 
It was an Oldsmobile Starfire. No idea what year, but it had a manual transmission and was a piece of junk.

Me too, a 1978! I liked it because it was sporty looking, but the linkage was stuck so I couldn't put it in reverse and be able to get it out of reverse. I carried a screwdriver and a hammer with me to crawl underneath and bang it out when I couldn't park on a hill.
 
Me too, a 1978! I liked it because it was sporty looking, but the linkage was stuck so I couldn't put it in reverse and be able to get it out of reverse. I carried a screwdriver and a hammer with me to crawl underneath and bang it out when I couldn't park on a hill.

Yes! Mine had no second gear, had to learn to skip it. It was dark blue and sort of cute, but wow what a piece of crap.
 
1974 Plymouth Scamp--beautiful driving machine. :rolleyes:

The day before I was going to take my driving test, my parents traded in the Scamp and got a new vehicle. Well, I show up for the test and the trooper asks me to put on my lights, my windshield wipers, my hazard, etc. All the knobs are in the wrong place! He failed me without even pulling out of the parking space. I was devastated. Thankfully, we had a neighbor who was a state trooper and he called in a favor and got me a re-test that day, and I passed.
 
1976 Buick LeSabre land yacht. After learning in that I have no problem driving the large SUV today! My dad insisted that I learn to drive stick. We had a really crappy Chevy Citation. awful car. But it was a stick so I learned!
 
Learn to drive or learn to follow the legal rules legally?

I started learning how to drive pushing mom's '83 Ford Escort out the driveway and starting it down the road after they were asleep and joy riding at 14 years of age with my brother.

I started driving legally in a '79 Ford Fairmont Futura (Dad's car he kept for me after getting a company car) which the brake lines split on me and I put it into a wall with no brakes. I acquired use of said Ford Escort when my parents bought the Cavalier.

The Escort was gifted to me outright for my high school graduation present and I promptly traded it for my first manual, an '85 Ford Escort. Dad asked me on the test drive if I knew how to drive it. I said, "nope" and pulled out on the road. Had no problems.

Aside from taking over my wife's car for 2 years because I had to prematurely get rid of my rotten frame Tacoma and bought her something, I have 27 out of 29 years with a manual and my current car is a manual. They are getting very difficult to find anymore. I love driving and I'm not looking forward to my first car appliance and the ridiculous cost of them. I can't think of a single decent every day driver car out there that is worth the money they want for them.

I do understand I am a very small minority. My first and only priority is how the vehicle drives, not how pretty it is or how much worthless tech is in it. Lights, visibility, driveability, seating position, power, and handling are my priorities. I wish I could get a car without any electronic computerized wizardry in it, including all the safety crap that makes it more dangerous for those of us who do actually drive and not just guide our cars around staring at our phones.
 

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