What crap car did your folks take you to school in?

[oblio]

Walked from the age of 5 to 18 and then at Uni until 21 after which I bought my first car: aFord Escort 1.3 in sky blue with some brown rusty parts and an engine that blew after 2 weeks of ownership!

The old man paid for a new engine (as I needed the car to get to work) and I never paid him back...he doesnt need it now as he popped off 8 years ago!

[Tyson1980]

No car. Had to walk to school by myself as both parents were out working..

[peterr96]

JohnG1 said:

I used to know an Anthea Morris but she was really called Marina.

I also used to know a beautiful blonde (female) bombshell called Alice Cooper.

Anyone know a Martin Aston though?

[nagra]

I used to ride this to school...



We would go out as a family in this

[hidetheelephants]

nagra said:

I've always thought it's one of those rare cars that looks better in estate form than as a saloon.

[David W.]

My wife was taken to school in the 1959 DB MKIII drop-head, which we still have in the garage
I seem to remember my transport was a Hillman Minx

I learned to drive (another thread perhaps) in an Austin 1300.

[mblade123]

AstonZagato said:

I walked to school aged 5. Then when I went to senior school at 11, I went by train (walked to station). When I got to 16, I'd saved enough for a moped (Yamaha FS1-E) and then chopped that for an RD250. When my parents did drive me (if the trains were bust) then it was a Datsun 120y coupe (the shame).

Did you live my life for me when I wasn't looking?

Thats nearly identical to mine down to a "T".
The only difference is my RD was the LC model.

[Ballistic Banana]

yellow Citreon Dyane with curtains !!! but did go in mg midget, spitfire, metro lol,

BB

[brakedwell]

There were very few private cars on the road and even less petrol available. I used to go to school in the morning in a single decker Crosville bus. The return journey along a different route was in a Crosville gas powered double decker towing a trailer containing a large coal gas bag.

[New POD]

Much to my Parents anoyance, I would cycle around to my mates house, have a second breakfast, and then get taken to school in a Lotus Eclat by his dad. Once I passed my test I would cycle around to another mates house and sit in the passenger seat, so he could drive a capri 2.0 Ghia with L plates to school. (about 3/4 of a mile)

[dudleybloke]

a granada estate. the car wasnt a problem as much as the extremly loud reversing alarm that was fitted to it.

[New POD]

hidetheelephants said:

nagra said:

I've always thought it's one of those rare cars that looks better in estate form than as a saloon.

Mk4 series 80 ? (mk5 ?) My parents had a mk1, mk2, mk3, mk4, mk4-80, sierras x 3, mondeo x3 and focus x2

at least 8 of them were estates.

[lime1]

On my mums side - Hillman Avenger - nice gold colour that hid the rust well, an orange Audi 80LS and Austin Allegro (green with black vinyl roof). The latter I also learned to drive in.

My dad had the better cars - Rover 2000tc, Toyota Celica 2000GT, Ford Cortina GT (which he went through the front winscreen in after hitting a bus whilst swerving to miss a dog! - ended up blind in one eye), some pillarless Merc coupe and BMW 2000

[tonyhall38]

I had to walk to school with my brother.....we were too poor to afford a car....only down side was the cardboard in the bottom of my second hand shoes wore through by the time i had walked the 3 miles...so spent all day walking around with bare patch....got tough skin though on the bottom of my feet....

[With these feet]

Car? I was about 8 before we got a car.
We moved from London and I could see our school from the house.

My mums idea of taking us to school was watching us from the window!

First car - Moskovich, light blue with the fuel filler hidden behind the rear numberplate. Though at that age we had no idea how rubbish it was.

[bananarob]

Endless Saabs....I think my parents had 13 in a row....

[Neil1300R]

tonyhall38 said:

I had to walk to school with my brother.....we were too poor to afford a car....only down side was the cardboard in the bottom of my second hand shoes wore through by the time i had walked the 3 miles...so spent all day walking around with bare patch....got tough skin though on the bottom of my feet....

You were lucky! we were so poor, I could only go to primary school once my elder brother fininshed school for the day - only one pair of shoes between us

[toofastforme]

A friend of mine used to drive himself to school in a tractor when he was 15. Since it was an agricultural vehicle, he didn't have to wait until 17. Caused some parking issues though!

[RemainAllHoof]

Didn't have a car in my family until I was 19.

[jazzyjeff]

peterr96 said:

JohnG1 said:

I used to know an Anthea Morris but she was really called Marina.

I also used to know a beautiful blonde (female) bombshell called Alice Cooper.

Anyone know a Martin Aston though?

I know a Martin Ashton! Is that close enough?