Most ridiculous/jealous of car with L plates you've seen.

[Moonpie21]

ModernAndy said:

Not fast or cool or anything like that but I loved learning to drive in my mum's Ford Transit.

I think you may be on to something with a Ford transit or equivalent, that and then something mid engine rear wheel drive like an Elise on a damp day with no driver aids or comfort to teach you what a limit is...

What couldn't you drive after that.

Edited by Moonpie21 on Tuesday 21st February 13:34

[NickCQ]

ModernAndy said:

I'm with you on that. I drove a number of things before doing my test but the Transit in particular made you think a lot more about driving. There's a huge blindspot to your left so you need to be at a right angle to see down a road you're crossing, you needed to think ahead to keep the momentum up, the steering was over assisted and the pivot point was much different from a city car so you had to be a lot more careful with steering inputs, you had to be aware of van speed limits, you really had to use the mirrors properly to know what was behind you, etc.

t'was an excellent experience.

Thread diversion but I think it should be mandatory to at least sit in a larger vehicle before passing the standard car test to understand what the driver can and can't see.

[CitySlicker]

Here is the moment my wife left the centre to begin her driving test which she subsequently passed. Air suspension proved very useful to help visibility and ironically she almost failed for going too slow!

[paulguitar]

I remember there was talk of a car under a tarpaulin in my home town, back in the mid to late 1980’s. It looked very low and was said to belong to a pupil of the local public establishment, Shrewsbury School. I never verified this for myself, as I was away at the ‘rival’ public school at the time, (Ellesmere College) but I heard it was a Countach adorned with ‘L’ plates. Is there anyone else on here who was in Shrewsbury (Kingsland area) at that time and has any insight into that?

[FN2TypeR]

HTP99 said:

ModernAndy said:

Not fast or cool or anything like that but I loved learning to drive in my mum's Ford Transit.

I think that is awsome.

I always a bit perplexed as to the cars that learners learn in now; they are modern with hill start assist, parking sensors, stop/start and if you stall it all you need to start it again is a quick prod of the clutch, they are too easy to drive.

Then the kids pass and go into a £500 KA with none of the above; I don't know what the answer is but it doesn't seem right to learn in something so modern when many start off in something so old.

Edited by HTP99 on Tuesday 21st February 12:23

You can't get much more fun than a £500 Ford Ka either, my friend and I co owned a 1.3 one in a moonstone blue type colour, we used it as a van for tooling around in a couple of quarries where we worked as maintenance sparkies, it was awesome

We called it the Wheelbarrow.

[Morningside]

Mid 1980s going through Croydon. The girl did have quite a smile when driving it. From what I recall (it was a long time ago) it was also a driving instructors car as well.

[catman]

I saw a Corvette Stingray with L plates on once. I was never sure whether it was a wind up though.

Tim

[Fish]

I insured Lisa to drive my TVR Tuscan when she learnt to drive.. She tried it on the drive but didn't like the clutch so never took it out with L plates on though. She used to drive the TVR T350c when she had just passed though.

[Anglade]

I remember back in the 90s Bruiser de Cadenet (racing driver Alain's son / Amanda's brother) driving around Chelsea with an L-Plate adorned McLaren f1 when he was 17 or so....

Edited by Anglade on Tuesday 21st February 17:43

[Mr Snrub]

catman said:

I saw a Corvette Stingray with L plates on once. I was never sure whether it was a wind up though.

Tim

I'm pretty sure it would have been petrol powered

[Henners]

Brand new Range Rover vogue

[catman]

Mr Snrub said:

catman said:

I saw a Corvette Stingray with L plates on once. I was never sure whether it was a wind up though.

Tim

I'm pretty sure it would have been petrol powered

I just knew that someone would do that!

Tim