Just because I'm looking forward to responses more interesting than mine.

Learned to drive in a 1997 Toyota Camry, learned to drive stick in a 1984 Toyota Tercel. Actually, I learned how to use a clutch in an old Komat'su forklift, but it only had one forward gear.

Learned to drive in a 84 fullsized chevy, polished those skills in a 83 olds cutless 4door. Learned stick in a 78 fullsized chevy truck 4x4 with a 4 speed and the wonderful "granny" gear. Drove all of these before my 13th b-day.

1967 Dodge Coronet 2dr, with a 440CI motor. The power brakes were so powerful I ended up on the floor, I was 11 years old!!!!!

9 years old... 1986 Isuzu P'up. Polished those skills at 10 years old in my parents 78 Datsun 310.

1990 Pontiac Bonneville SE

Posted by CDSbigsby Just because I'm looking forward to responses more interesting than mine. Learned to drive in a 1997 Toyota Camry, learned to drive stick in a 1984 Toyota Tercel. Actually, I learned how to use a clutch in an old Komat'su forklift, but it only had one forward gear.

i learned to drive on a 1985 Ford Escort 5door, an 89 Mustang GT and a 78 F150 4x2 longbox.
I took my roadtest on a beat to fuck 84 Buick Skylark sedan that had the drivers' side rear door stuffed all the way into the middle of the backseat.

1998 ford crown victoria police interceptor. A bit different than my present 1 liter Geo. I learned stick on a 96 hyundai elantra.

Posted by AnAppleSnail I learned stick on a 96 hyundai elantra.

Same here. Any the parents wonder why it was having transmission problems (automatic) after I stopped driving it. Didn't matter, younger brother totaled it. Now I don't feel too bad.

everything my parents owned was manual shift... i learned to drive standard or was going to hoof it.

I learned stick in a toyota tercel. Very forgiving clutch

1989 Dodge Caravan

However, I took my drivers test in a 1995 Nissan Altima.

Fun fact: I originally failed my road test because I didn't look or slow down on railroad tracks. I pointed out the reason why is that those railroad tracks were disconnected from the mainline years ago with no active service on them for the whopping 1 mile and that every car passing through never slows down and looks down them. Not even school buses slow down!. He first didn't agree with me but I spoke to his supervisor who said I was right and I got my license.

Posted by Agent Skelly 1989 Dodge Caravan However, I took my drivers test in a 1995 Nissan Altima. Fun fact: I originally failed my road test because I didn't look or slow down on railroad tracks. I pointed out the reason why is that those railroad tracks were disconnected from the mainline years ago with no active service on them for the whopping 1 mile and that every car passing through never slows down and looks down them. Not even school buses slow down!. He first didn't agree with me but I spoke to his supervisor who said I was right and I got my license.

in NY, school buses are required to STOP at railroad crossings.

1978 Chevy Nova four door sedan. It was PUKE green with a 305.

Learned to drive in an `86 Caravan, base model 2.2 liter.
Learned to drive stick in a `74 Beetle.

Posted by Samurai in NY, school buses are required to STOP at railroad crossings.

Its federal law that states as part of USDOT funding must require school buses to stop at ACTIVE railroad crossings; some states such as NY, MA and PA wrote the law as referring to all railroad crossings regardless of their current usage.

Starting at age 8, I learned to drive on one of these -

1948 Ford tractor (ours was all red)



Then at age 13 I started training in these -

1978 Buick Century Station Wagon (It was solid white and I ended up owning it later in life. The one pictured is a '79)


1984 Chrysler K Car (It was gold in color)



Later I learned to drive a stick in these -

1987 Hyundai Excel (It was solid silver)


1980(approx) GMC Box/Straight truck (It was all white. The one pictured is a 90 something)



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95 neon and learning standard was an 81 MGB...or was it 79 MGB, damn i dont remember

My parents had a K car. It went almost 200,000 miles but it was pretty ragged out. My sister used to call it the "Fred Flintstone Mobile" because it was so slow you could peddle it along faster with your feet.

The high school used a Cobalt 4-door for drivers ed., otherwise I drove my Fiero and my mom's 03 Grand Prix, mostly the Fiero. Aced my driving test in the Fiero.

I started on my moms 2003 Focus Wagon which was stick. Never did any learning on automatics, had none in the family at the time and did my drivers ed on stick too.