What did you learn to drive in?

[Vince@Meanstreets]

it was one of these, just like it but that one's nicer....3 on the tree and a sticky gas pedal. I was 13, it was 5:44 PM and I got to drive from China Basin to Fort Mason. It was pretty terrifying being the first time I drove anything other than a dirt bike and a Green Machine.

[Nonhog]

69 Impala SS427 390HP auto on the column. bench seat. 2 something gears

[silvermonte]

Im a bit younger then some of you, but my first car I drove as a kid was a 70s Grand Prix. I remember the doors being huge and had a hard time shutting them.

Drivers Ed was a 1990 Pontiac Sunbird and my first car that I got when I was 15 is my 1988 Olds Cutlass Supreme and I still have it to this day 16 years later.

The first stick that I learned to drive was my younger brothers 2.2 Turbo dodge K-car, that thing was a blast.

[FETorino]

When I was 14 I used to roll my dads 74 superbeetle commuter car out of the driveway in the middle of the night and go cruising.

I had watched my dad shift the car and I rode motorcycles (a fact unknown by my parents at the time) and figured that was all the training I needed.

So the first time I did it there I was for 10 min struggling with the shifter until I figured out only reverse required some downward pressure on the shifter.

I guess I didn't pay close enough attention after all. By the time I cut the motor and coasted back into the driveway I had the shifting down.

[Streetking]

1974 Fiat X19

[Jay Hilliard]

I learned on my dad's 1966 Chevrolet C-10 Truck (4 speed) when I was 13. The driver's learning car in HS was a 1985 Chevy Citation (4-door). Has to be on the top 5 list for GM's ugliest car.

[zz430droptop67rs]

I'm probably the oldest member to post in this thread.

I learned in a 51 Desoto flat head 6 with the semi auto gear box. The 1-2 shift was manual, but the 2-3 shifted just by lifting off the gas pedal and it would clunk into high.

My first car was a 54 Ford 4-door with the 239 V8 and 3-speed stick. I put a floor shifter in it. The levers wouldn't clear the floor so the pattern was upside down. When cruising, I made sure people saw me push the shifter forward for first gear so it looked like I had a 4-speed.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by FETorino

When I was 14 I used to roll my dads 74 superbeetle commuter car out of the driveway in the middle of the night and go cruising.

I had watched my dad shift the car and I rode motorcycles (a fact unknown by my parents at the time) and figured that was all the training I needed.

So the first time I did it there I was for 10 min struggling with the shifter until I figured out only reverse required some downward pressure on the shifter.

I guess I didn't pay close enough attention after all. By the time I cut the motor and coasted back into the driveway I had the shifting down.

I spent the weekend in JDH.... when my buddy "borrowed" his dads 289 Mustang -- and I "borrowed" my parents '63 Buick so we could drag race.... Funny -- the judge suspended my license for one year -- but since I was only 14 it really didn't matter did it?!?!?!? To this day I think the judge was dumber than a stump.

[GregWeld]

Damn "rich kids".....

Originally Posted by Streetking

1974 Fiat X19

[aidanfancystang]

I learned in my dad's 81 VW rabbit it was a 5spd 4 door, it later became one of my many vehicles.