I started driving when I was 14. A friend and I stole an old pos Ford truck. I have no idea what it was but I know it was smaller than a ranger and a four speed. Neither one of knew how to drive and shift. We just saw the keys in it and took it out to the desert.... We tore it up. We did eventually figure out how to shift it and we were on our way. Oh, Yes we did get busted and yes we paid for what we did, by having our dad's beat us up.... Back when that was allowed.....

I've had cars and been driving long before I had a license... Mainly to do arrands for the family.

The first car I actually bought was in 1983. It is a 1969 Plymouth Belvedere and paid $500. Still have it too. I like to drive around the neighborhood making a racket! Brings back a lot of memories...

As I have mentioned before, my first "formal" drivng was done in my driving instructor's silver Oldsmobile Alero. It was quite a basic car, being the base GX model with manual windows and mirrors, 140hp 2.2 liter 4-cylinder, and 4-speed automatic transmission. But it did the trick even though it was cheap

In fact here's a picture of it:



And yes, that is indeed me in the driver's seat, giving the "thumbs-up"

Same here: Learned in 1994 on a Fiat Tipo Diesel - and I thought this must be the only Fiat Tipo driving school car far and wide.

First car I ever drove over a distance of more than 50m was a 1980 or 1982 Ford Escort Turnier (station wagon) or maybe (don´t recall safely) a VW Derby of it´s 1st generation. First car I ever drove in my life was most likely a 1959 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.

On a 1957 Chrysler Saratoga

I learned how to drive on a few cars: 1988 Yugo GVL, 1985 Ford F-150, 1978 Chevy C10. I took my test in a 1987 Olds Cutlass Supreme.

1984 Escort 1.1 Popular

1998 Honda CB500

The first vehicle I drove on the road was a 1962 GMC 1 ton wrecker, 6 cylinder, 4 speed, with a Volkswagen Beetle on the hook, in 4 inches of fresh snow in Syracuse New York, I was 12/13 at the time and we were way out in the country. I drove it 25 miles with the trucks owner (Charley) riding shotgun. He taught me a lot about driving wreckers. Charley did all the towing for the local Chevron gas station near our house. At the age of 16 I took my driving test in my Dads 1968 Chrysler Newport, aced it, but in all fairness, Id already been driving on the road in my Moms Maverick for about a year. I had to sneak the Maverick into the teachers parking lot at my High School because freshmen didnt have parking privileges in the student parking lot. In drivers Ed (required by law) I used to take the VW Beetle and operate the dual pedals in the car for the girls, which made me very popular. The rest of the Drivers Ed car were automatics... Good memories

OK, here's a little bit of history ... my father was nearly 20 years old at the outbreak of World War I, and when he was called up was the proud owner of a four-cylinder FN motorcycle. When he was training (he never made it to the front, btw) some officer or sergeant asked if any of you 'orrible lot could drive, and Dad, knowing no better, stuck his hand up ... never having driven a four-wheeled vehicle. It seemed that the camp, near Catterick, was on the estate of a cough-mixture millionaire, whose chauffeur had been called up and who liked to go to board meetings in Leeds and get thoroughly drunk afterwards.
So Dad found himself in charge of a huge Daimler limousine like a small bus ... on which he had to teach himself to drive!
My poor Dad never was a very good driver ...

The driving school had a Ford Cortina Mk 1 in which I had 5 lessons, and I took my driving test in the family's 1959 Standard Vanguard Vignale Estate.

I learned in a BSM Mk1 Austin Mini Metro, as most people did in the 80`s & 90s, although I`d been drivng my HB Viva regularly from the age of 16... off road of course...