I don't have a car.
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Good Evening fellow PH'ers. You see I am new around here and Piston Heads has been nagging ate to post something about my car but being 13 I don't have a car. Apart from my Kyosho Mini z drift car. This will be a very short thread but I suppose it will stop me getting annoying Emails 
Am thinking of getting a project car before I get my Licence though so that I can learn a bit more about how they work as there is only so much that watching wheeler dealers can teach me. Not quite sure what as all the obvious choices like Minis or MGBs are way too expensive nowadays.
Have a look at this, I did this with my son for a few years and it definitely helped him pass his test when he got to 17
https://under17-carclub.co.uk/
https://under17-carclub.co.uk/
Not sure where you are, but relatively near me is Turweston aerodrome, you can get a permit to drive (with L plates on and a passenger of course) around the perimeter roads, it's actually very reasonably priced if you did want to get your eye in with driving and don't own acres of farmland like the rest of the powerfully built directors on PH
Uncle boshy said:
Have a look at this, I did this with my son for a few years and it definitely helped him pass his test when he got to 17
https://under17-carclub.co.uk/
The seighford one is just round the corner from me, but crikey, thats a lof of money to drive on an old potholed runway!https://under17-carclub.co.uk/
Whatever happened to finding a field and having a go!
I remember when I was young the nearby Tockwith airstrip thing had part where you could drive your parents car, my friend went with his dad quite often, sadly my dad didn’t like the sound of it so I had to wait until 17 to drive a car like a loser.
Then though my dad let me have a go in his nearly new 320d in a car park, which to 17 year old me was mega cool. He actually tried to get me insured on it when I passed, insurance company told him to f
k off, I wanted to turn up to college in a 62 plate 3 series (this was about 2013) but it wasn’t to be.
I dare say most areas will have something similar not too far away.
Then though my dad let me have a go in his nearly new 320d in a car park, which to 17 year old me was mega cool. He actually tried to get me insured on it when I passed, insurance company told him to f
k off, I wanted to turn up to college in a 62 plate 3 series (this was about 2013) but it wasn’t to be.I dare say most areas will have something similar not too far away.
Edited by carlove on Friday 9th April 11:47
https://www.earlydrivers.com/
They do driving for youngsters in the quarry at the end of my road, no idea what its like but the view will be good.
They do driving for youngsters in the quarry at the end of my road, no idea what its like but the view will be good.
DasStig said:
Am thinking of getting a project car before I get my Licence though so that I can learn a bit more about how they work as there is only so much that watching wheeler dealers can teach me. Not quite sure what as all the obvious choices like Minis or MGBs are way too expensive nowadays.
Series 2 or 3 Land Rover. rotters can be had for not loads of money and they are so unbelievably easy to tear down, repair and build back up again. Early 90's are creeping up in price and everything 200TDi defender onwards is demanding silly money.I'm part way thorugh a rebuild on a 90 myself. Great fun.
James_N said:
Uncle boshy said:
Have a look at this, I did this with my son for a few years and it definitely helped him pass his test when he got to 17
https://under17-carclub.co.uk/
The seighford one is just round the corner from me, but crikey, thats a lof of money to drive on an old potholed runway!https://under17-carclub.co.uk/
Whatever happened to finding a field and having a go!
I actually have a Grandfather out in Spain at the moment, massively into cars. I think he is the reason I am so mad about cars. Anyway he taught me to drive off road in his MK2 Defender but cause of Covid I haven't seen him in about a year. Thanks for all the replies, I will look out for a car to fix up however persuading my parents will be the hardest part 
in the meantime I will look into a Young driver experience!
in the meantime I will look into a Young driver experience!Welcome to Pistonheads
At the local show ground in Malvern, I see this company there quite often.
https://www.youngdriver.eu/
At the local show ground in Malvern, I see this company there quite often.
https://www.youngdriver.eu/
DasStig said:
Am thinking of getting a project car before I get my Licence though so that I can learn a bit more about how they work as there is only so much that watching wheeler dealers can teach me. Not quite sure what as all the obvious choices like Minis or MGBs are way too expensive nowadays.
BL cars are fun, cheap if not yet popular with hipsters (Marina Coupes, for example, are hipster-friendly and therefore expensive) and usually well supported by spares and specialists. I saw a Dolomite 1500 on sale cheap on eBay recently. It had a great 1970s brown interior and lush brown paint. It was a late car dating from the turn of the 1980s, and as a run-off model it had a high spec despite its not super-exciting 1500 engine. It had Sprint alloy wheels and an interior much the same as a Sprint's. It had some rust, but the panels can be obtained from Rimmers. I might still have the seller's contact details somewhere if you are interested, in case he still has the car. A car like that would enable you to learn about things such as SU carburettors, shims, points (unless you put electronic ignition in it), rear drum brakes, live axle RWD, and so on. Also, if you are interested in history and/or engineering, the story of BL (the real story, not the myths) is a fascinating study in post WW2 social, political, and industrial history.
PS: obvious point, sorry, but please ask your parents' permission before any request by PM for that seller's contact details, or have them send the message and I would reply to them. You know - internet safety, and all that.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 10th April 08:04
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 10th April 08:07
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