What car did you learn to drive in?

[englisharcher]

My dad taught me how to drive in a Montego Turbo, and an Orion 1600i Ghia

Just like these, except both of his were red

IIRC the orion engine was the same as an XR3I

[Toaster Pilot]

A 2007 1.4 Corsa D and a 2007 1.3 diesel Corsa D (driving instructor's car and his courtesy car when it had a smack) and my mum's 2004 1.0 Corsa C

[Fleckers]

1983 Y plate Metro thingy

[Liquid Knight]

I taught myself in my dads Escort 1300E. The first proper lesson was in my nans small turbo Escort Cosworth.

[Pkh72]

A brand new, 1989 metallic blue Fiesta XR2, lovely car.
The instructor wasn't best pleased when I kerbed his pepperpot alloys parallel parking.

[Pints]

Before I had a licence:
Mazda 323 (neighbour's car)
Citi Golf (friend's car)
Ford Cortina station wagon (dad's car) auto
VW Jetta (mom's car) auto

When I got my learner's licence:
Honda Ballade (dad's car)
Opel Corsa and Opel Kadett (or it might have been a Monza) (a couple of mandatory lessons with the driving school)
Citi Golf (mom's car), and used this to pass my test.

[DanielC4GP]

2003 Ford Focus TDCI for me. Strange thing is it was really easy to stall but when I owned a 2002 1.6 Focus a few years later that was almost impossible to stall.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Fear the awesomeness and extreme power of the 4 speed! toyota corolla e70 1.3! bow down at its simply mind blowing 58bhp at the fly wheel, yeah baby, respect!



it might even hit the tonne, down hill with a tail wind!

still at least it was not a FWD car

[Pints]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Fear the awesomeness and extreme power of the 4 speed! toyota corolla e70 1.3! bow down at its simply mind blowing 58bhp at the fly wheel, yeah baby, respect!



it might even hit the tonne, in freefall without a parachute!

still at least it was not a FWD car

EFA

[Negative Creep]

Instructor had a 206 diesel, also had some practice and passed my test in my dad's 1.1 Uno

[Spanna]

A wreck of a Rover 100 that had been sat on my auntie's farm for years. I was 14. My uncle got the key and we had a tinker with the car, got it going so I drove it round the field. Good fun.

Instructor's car was a Mini One D and I had a MK4 Golf when I was 17.

[karona]

VW Dormobile, split screen, folding side doors, reg "UCS 5". Learn to drive in one of them you can drive anything

[Bitzer]

A MK2 Golf Driver. In 1989.

[Jasandjules]

A Nissan Micra and my own 1.1 Fiesta. Actually, I took my test in my Fiesta as well.

[Jem0911]

A Hilman Imp.
Easy to get sideways when you were nine.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Pints said:

EFA

lmfao and probably right

[jbi]

Instructor used 2, A micra and a fiesta. The fiesta was a better car by far, but after buying my first car (omega) and discovering rwd, i realised they were both st.

[Leicesterdave]

1996 1.8 MK3 Golf
Drank like a fish- and didn't have much power.

Loved it though!

[Stuart70]

Morris Marina coupe - feel the powaaaar (or not). It was not road legal and was for blatting around the fields, did teach me oversteer, understeer and the fact that trees will reshape car wings quite effectively

Austin Maxi - winner of the worst gear change in the world.

Ford Fiesta Diesel - no, sorry, can't recall a thing about it

Good times, sense of impending freedom....

[jagnet]

I learnt to drive in a Mk1 VW Scirocco Storm and a Mk2 Granada 2.8i Estate

Very different cars to drive but I'd be hard pushed to say which I preferred. The Scirocco was that much lighter and more nimble, but the Granada was RWD and had the V6 Cologne engine

Internet pics (not the actual cars, but very close):