In what car did you learn to drive?

[bobs1066]

I learned to drive in my aunt's 1952 Plymouth Cranbrook, Took the driving part of my first DL test in a 1968 Chevelle 300 Deluxe.
And you?

[Greg Levy]

My moms 1990 Volkswagen Jetta.  Learned on an Automatic, then bought a stick(1980 Citation) and had to learn all over again.

greg

[Kingcreek]

1964 Ford pickup in a half-section hay field in Nebraska.
instructions were "stay away from the fence and try not to hit the haystacks."

[Preacherman]

I started out in a 1964 Ford Zephyr, something like the one illustrated below, but in bright yellow, with a four-speed manual gearbox with column shift:





Then I moved on to an late-1960's Ford 17M station wagon, also with a four-speed manual column shift:





I finished playing - err, I mean training! - on an early-1970's Ford Granada with 3-speed automatic:





After all that training on big cars, my first car was a lowly Morris 1100:

[uvakat]

1992 Honda Accord in the local DMV parking lot :-P

[Dannyboy]

1986 Ford Escort w/5 speed manual.  Learning on a manual transmission makes life so much easier, if you ask me.

[Guest]

1986 Ford Escort w/5 speed manual.  Learning on a manual transmission makes life so much easier, if you ask me.

I agree, I learned on a Subaru with a 5speed. It amazes me that there are full grown adults in this world that can't drive a stick.

[Old Fud]

1950 plymouth.
I was one of the last citizens of Wisconsin to be issued a drivers license by the city police.  3 weeks after I turned 16, kids had to wait for a state trooper to come by to do tests.

But on my 16th B'day, I dragged my dad down to our local police office.
Cop on duty looks up and says, "Hi, Mike.  What can I do for you today?"
Dad says, "Kid's 16.  Wants a driver's license."
Cop says, "Gee, Mike.  I got to ride herd on the radio and can't leave to give tests.    Uhhhh.   Can he drive?"
Dad says, "yup."  
8 minutes later, the paperwork was done.  

Fud

[stevelyn]

Learned  how to drive a stick on an IH M Series tractor. Learned how to drive on the road in an AMC Gremlin.

[Yooper]

1945 military surplus Jeep on two-track roads, and a 1956 Mercury on blacktop roads.

[garyk/nm]

1968 Impala station wagon, Dad's car. Shortly after, got a 1967 Ford LTD of my own.
Learned to drive in traffic on the (DC) Beltway during rush hour.

[enfield]

1963 Fairlane.

[matt1911]

1963 1/2 mustang,6 cyl,3 speed.rusted beyond belief.       god i wish i still had that car!
Matt

[CZSteve]

1978 Chevy Monza.
151 ci 4 banger w/ a 4 speed.

Man, that thing had the longest clutch and a motor w/ about zero power.
My dad took me to the church parking lot to learn. He wouldn't let me touch the gas pedal until I was able to let the clutch out without stalling the engine on a level surface. It was a great way to get a 'feel' for the clutch.

Funny side note:
I'm looking to move up to a diesel, test drove a Ram 2500 HO 6 speed for a few hours the other day. Man, I loved that truck. However, my left knee w/ a bad ACL was starting to complain as a result of dealing w/ the clutch. Might have to stick w/ an auto.

[BryanP]

1974 Toyota Corona (I was living in Japan at the time - I don't think the Corona ever made it to the US - think lower-end Corolla).

It was an automatic.  It was the only thing available to me at the time.  I've had enough access to a standard transmission that I can drive one if I have to, but don't ask me to start on an upslope.

[...has left the building.]

1994 Cavalier RS

[Ringer]

I learned in my Dads (brand new) 1976 Jeep Cherokee.

[uvakat]

1968 Impala station wagon, Dad's car. Shortly after, got a 1967 Ford LTD of my own.
Learned to drive in traffic on the (DC) Beltway during rush hour.

LOL... yeah first time I drove on a hwy was on 66/495 area during rush hour... I think dad was trying to torture me and it was either that or have my mother drive (umm I think the last time I've been in a car with her driving was the day I got my Driver's Permit).

[DJJ]

Parents' cars, a '72 Datsun station wagon and a '72 Dodge Dart (similar to Dennis Weaver's Valiant in "The Duel", but olive green). Did my first stickshift work in my brother's '67 Camaro.

[jefnvk]

Learned the stick on an old Farmall.

First car I learned in was a 99 Caravan, followed by an Early 90's stick shift F150, followed by an 82 stick shift Dodge Ram, and now I am playing around in an 03 stick Cavalier.

Once you go stick, you don't go back.

[wmenorr67]

Can not remember the model but it was a big Plymouth.  Most of driving was a 64 Mercury Comet.  Both were automatics.  Dad had a Ford 3-speed PU that I played around with a little bit.  But actually taught myself to drive a stick on a 74 (I think) VW Bug.  Had to learn quick.  Bought it from highschool friend for $125 after graduation.  Sold it less than a year later for at least a $100.  Only think I did with it was tires, gas and oil.

[garrettwc]

Like so many others, 63 Ford pickup with three on the column.

My dad was a mechanic. By the time I was 18 I had been under the hood or behind the wheel of more different types of vehicles than some people have in a lifetime.

I get a big laugh watching people in one of those rented moving vans tip toeing around an inch at a time because they have never had to maneuver anything bigger than a Honda Civic.

[nico]

Learned to make a car move in my grandfather's '91 automatic Grand Am.  Learned to drive a stick in my dad's '88 Audi 4000 Quattro.  Learning to drive fast in my '96 Neon.

[Ben]

My dad's '69 F-100. Three on the column, power nuthin'.

[kudu]

My grandpa's 1978 GMC pickup/ dad's 1981 Chevy pickup.