I recently turned 18, so my parents signed me up for driving school. When I showed up at the academy, I was surprised by the cars they had available for students to learn on. They told me to pick whichever I liked best, and I chose the Mercedes-Benz G500.
hornyposting for weeks
recently turned 18
Pack it up fellas
Fiat Punto.
Exam cars in my area were puntos so schools tended to teach the same model.
A forest green 1997 Honda Accord
Ford KA Mk1, absolute shitbox and I still miss it despite driving a classic super mini these days.
My first real drive was my brother’s Saab. Quirky car to start with
Early 80’s Subaru sedan with a manual. On a cross country trip with my dad when we moved from the West Coast to Massachusetts. Good times…except hitting a turtle somewhere in Penn.
Any other security questions you’d like people to expose? What about the street I grew up on driving that car? /s
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how does the car you first drove relate to security?
It’s often a security question for institutions like banks to reset your security parameters.
I’ve only seen it as “what color was your first car?” But I learned to drive with my parents cars. They are not the same, nor even the same color
I suppose for some it’s the same and some may interpret the question differently
Red '89 Civic hatchback. It lacked power steering so I had to turn the wheel a hundred times to make it turn. It felt ancient to me and it was manual transmission. My dad wanted me to learn manual even though most cars are automatic in the US. No power steering absolutely sucked, but it turns out knowing how to drive manual can be pretty useful.
Some manual car provided by the driving school. Not a gear/petrol/car head
The format was a bit bigger than a compact or full-size.
Mercedes-Benz G500
Strange choice for a driving school. Not necessarily bad you’ll learn to drive a big boxy car, switching to other models will be easier later.
For me it was a Fiat Punto
I learned on tiny back roads in hill country in a GMC Yukon Denali. That thing was the size of a small bedroom. Can confirm, driving anything else is a piece of cake.
They also had Range Rover Sport, Mini Cooper, BMW, Tesla, Lexus, Nissan… It was surprising to see a driving academy with such a nice selection of cars.
Are the lessons expensive ? Can’t see how they can afford leasing 100 000€ cars to students, who could potentially wreck them.
Or it is a money laundering front.
I didn’t really know much about it at first since my parents handled everything. Later on, I found out it’s actually a large academy, and they offer a special course for people who want to train in high-end cars. I checked their website, and it says 20 hours of training for that course costs around $7000.
Ooof it is a lot, for me it is around 1500€ for 20h. i couldn’t see myself paying this much
Hope you enjoy it !
a 1968 International dump truck.
zero AC, zero power steering, zero fucks.
once you got going with a load, nothing would stop it, not even the brakes. but, it always started and never quit.
'84 Grand Marquis
If you can parallel park THAT, you can parallel park ANYTHING!
Patches O’Houlihan?
Driving lessons was with a Peugeot 308 is think. I also had supervised driving with my parents, I mostly drove my dad’s Peugeot Partner (horrible car). When I go my license my parents bought me a second hand Citroën Xantia. This car was awesome 😎.
Driver’s Ed: 1986 Chevy Cavalier and it was a horrible brown color.
Parent’s Cars:
1986 Buick Skyhawk: Very crappy car. The gas pedal didn’t so much produce acceleration, but rather an eventual increase of the angular momentum of the tires.
1970 Chevy Impala: Loved this car. Huge and had a 400cid small block with a 400 Turbo Hydromatic with a 12 bolt posi rear end. It’s the car that really taught me how to drive. It eventually ran 13’s in the quarter mile.
Learned how to drive manual: 1983 (I think) Ford Escort
REALLY learned how to drive a manual: 1949 Willys Overland. A friend’s Dad’s car. Why did it REALLY teach me how to drive a manual? Easy, it had a non-syncrho’d transmission, much like the big rigs have. This car taught me rev-matching, double clutching, and an appreciation about how cars really work. It also had a column shifter. Once I learned how to handle the transmission, it was a lot of fun to drive. It made me a much better driver.
The car that taught me how to race (there were two):
1985 Toyota MR-2: Was a friend’s car that I Autocrossed (Pro Solo) along with him. He actually made it to Nationals with this car several times. Later he won Nationals with a Supra Turbo. This was in the mid-90’s.
1985 Corolla GT-S: This was my car. It was the AE86 platform with the same engine as the MR-2. Absolutely ferocious car. It didn’t handle as well as the MR-2, but it was soooo much fun. This car taught me “trail braking” and a lot of other performance driving skills. This remains my favorite car I’ve ever owned, even to this day. I’d love to find one and restore it.
My sister’s first car was an 86 cavalier. It was blue and had a manual transmission. She stalled the engine going over train tracks once and the train crossing lit up as she was trying to restart it. Panic ensued…
A dark green '96 Fiat Furtodidati. It was the Frodediidentità special edition, with the extra cupholders.
