What car did you learn to drive in?

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Vauxhall Nova 1.2 4 speed.
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Hmm well strange for,

I grew up in a Farm so,

about age 5 My dads Mini Van 8) (sat on his kne like)

age 8 My very own ride on Mower :P (briggs and stratton FTW)

age 12 I had my first field car a 1987 Volvo 740 estate

age 14 My first ever Honda field car a 1986 1.6 16v MK1 CRX (so know you kow where iI came from)

I did my lessons in my Dads Isuzu Trooper 2.8TDI :shock: My test was in a Fiat Punto and then My first car was a Renault 11 Turbo, gotta love traders insurance.

How I first learnt to rode a bike when i was 4. It was a Honda QR50 Auto. I had my first race on it on january the 18th 1985. 8)
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briggs and stratton engine rule, got one in my mower 8)
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1981 corolla KE70. Was alot of fun being RWD, esp. when the tyres were pumped to 31 lol
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2.0 Sierra/ Mitsubishi Pajero for some basics, Then Selftaught in Novas, ranging from 1 Liters to 1.4 SRi's with welded Diffs, Ohh what fun that was :twisted:
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Working on Daz's idea, the first car I drove was a Mk2 Escort rally car when I was about 5-6, sitting on my dads knee.

I learnt in the Driving schools F reg Colt (about 2 years old at the time) and then drove my mums D reg 950 fiesta.
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THREAD RIVIVAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

I learned to drive in a Ford Fiesta "flight" and a 16-16 CRX

Passed in a Vauxhall Corsa
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I learned and passed in a 1.7TD Corsa. What a fail :(
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1.3 daihatsu charade :lol:
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A renault 19 saloon i bougght for 400 euro, no licence tax or insurance but i can drive now :D taught myself through theory i had gathered!!
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renault 4 and mk2 fiesta :lol:
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rover 211, my instucter had a clio.
first car driven after passing was my mini though, that was a good drive :)
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My Bedford Rascal :lol: not the greatest of things to learn in :OD was great in the wet though. Rwd 900cc FTW hahaha 8)
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learned to drive in a toyota celica gtr 4ws (ST183), 154bhp with 0-60 around 7.5 seconds :lol: :lol:
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Bedford Rascal.... 0-30 in 35 seconds ;)
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