What car did you learn in?

keironewoodgate · Post by **keironewoodgate** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:30 pm

While we're on the topic of giving chris214 some advice on his driving test I was wondering what kind of cars people have used to learn in (own car or driving school)

Mine was Nissan Primera 2.0L 16v (driving school :shock:

).

Tallbloke · Post by **Tallbloke** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:31 pm

Nissian Micra..... 1.0ltr F reg beast :twisted:

C

Steve220 · Post by **Steve220** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:33 pm

With my parents, my Mini

With the AA, W reg 1.25 Fiesta

i really did prefere the fiesta though

grant.archer · Post by **grant.archer** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:34 pm

Polo coupe 1.1

lol

Clare · Post by **Clare** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:39 pm

Driving school = Nissan Micra - one of the first bubble shape ones.
Own car = Astra, A reg in an army green colour

.... oh how gutted was I when my parents scraped it and gave me a metro.

Clare

keironewoodgate · Post by **keironewoodgate** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:42 pm

Clare wrote:Driving school = Nissan Micra - one of the first bubble shape ones.
Own car = Astra, A reg in an army green colour .... oh how gutted was I when my parents scraped it and gave me a metro.

Clare

LOL I had a r100 (1.1 :oops:

) as my first car and I loved it. Everyday I gave a loads of stick but it never let me down and it handled like a go kart

plebmaster · Post by **plebmaster** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:45 pm

Vauxhall Corsa - BSM
Vauxhall Nova 1.2 saloon!! - Lovely car - till it got knicked :cry:

dreaddan · Post by **dreaddan** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:45 pm

Parent's was a old battered toyota corolla estate!
Driving inspecter was a vw golf tdi iirc.
A good few years ago now...

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:47 pm

Initial stages - my Mini (which I'd restored for 5 months before)
Driving school - Corsa, one of those stupid 1l 3cyl things..

Brian.

AndBurG · Post by **AndBurG** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:00 pm

driving school 1.0 micra "S" s standing for logger, slow, spongey
peugeot 206 1.4 89bhp...0-60 in 14s felt like abeast compared to the micra

andy stewart · Post by **andy stewart** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:05 pm

i learnt in this -

and did both my tests in it too..

Passed both first time... first with 3 minors then with 7 2.5 years later!!

Lol

Andy

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:08 pm

1.0L micra - first half - ok i suppose, very light steering, felt a little out of touch from the road.
1.1L Citroen AX - second half, mum's car. Still drive it when I'm home. Slow as hell, but can be fun, especially when leaning silly amounts round corners. Crap brakes.

Bjorn · Post by **Bjorn** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:34 pm

Mine was a K Reg Citroen AX 1.1i Echo!
Was a bit naff.

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:43 pm

1958 Morris Minor or Peugeot 104 GL (don't knock it, 950cc and quicker than my mates 1.3 Fiesta at the time :wink:

) They were both mine, and instructor had a nice 1.0 Metro City :shock:

Dunno if I consider myself lucky or unlucky, but I had the very first test done on a Saturday, 1st April 1988 :shock:

Kept waiting for the examiner to say April Fool after he told me I'd passed! :twisted:

HGV test was done in this!

Quiche81 · Post by **Quiche81** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:36 pm

Seat Ibiza .... Not bad little motor as it goes (For learning in)

majesticpower · Post by **majesticpower** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:04 pm

1litre Micra..I used to have the windows open so i could stick my arms out of it..As im rather wide

Also it used to just about get me up hills as i was 19stone at the time..Im 21 now..Lol Poor coupe

Bikernut · Post by **Bikernut** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:05 pm

A mk2 Escort 950 pop :oops:

it was so slow i had pushbike riders telling me to get out the way.

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:12 pm

Bjorn wrote:Mine was a K Reg Citroen AX 1.1i Echo!
Was a bit naff.

Ah, apper class injection eh! My mums is carb.
Were the brakes really really poor?
Very fragile cars, I can flex the roof about half an inch with 1 finger.

Metromartin · Post by **Metromartin** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:14 pm

I learnt in this when I was 15 and saved up a massive 25quid for it

Loads handbrake turns and doughnuts

wares the grass out in a field and not your tyres too

Its helps but didn't teach me how to pass my test but about how a car handels and the basics of moving a car around

Done a small page about it on http://www.geocities.com/martinsmetros/RJM570Y.htm

Martin

sharky · Post by **sharky** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:35 pm

Driving school fiesta diesel mk34 (i lost count on how many mk's there are :roll:

)

passed 1st time

12 minors

iainp · Post by **iainp** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:42 pm

I learnt in a Toyota Corolla,
Took my test in a Mazda 323 (After the Toyota was crashed the day before my test :evil:

)
And then terrorized the streets in a Metro 1.0 and a Peugeot 309 1.6 learning all the things that driving lessons don't teach :twisted:

Iain

Post by **SubCat001** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:45 pm

J-Reg MK3 Fezza diesel & my Dads 240DL estate. Beasts lol

file28 · Post by **file28** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:47 pm

instructors car "r"reg 1300 chevette (old r reg)not many on here remember them but the 2300 version was used by colin mcrae's dad to good effect in the forrests
at the time my personal transport was a renault6 on a k plate 1971
god does this make me feel old

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:48 pm

#1 Panda 750 (769cc)
#2 216GTi twin cam
#3 820 Tickford Turbo

I dont think there will be a 4th before i pass my test...

iainp · Post by **iainp** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:56 pm

file28 wrote:not many on here remember them but the 2300 version

That would be the HSR wouldn't it?

Proper old school hot hatch

Iain

Post by **SubCat001** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:00 pm

file28 wrote:instructors car "r"reg 1300 chevette (old r reg)not many on here remember them but the 2300 version was used by colin mcrae's dad to good effect in the forrests

What the legendary Droop snoot HS & 2.6 HSR Chuv-its! IRC there was limited turbo version nicknamed teh black widow. My mate used to have a loverly 1300 in a fetching shade of brown. Funny that I used to know someone with a Brown Renualt 6 too

GT · Post by GT » Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:02 pm

1995 Rover 100, 1119cc SPi.

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:05 pm

Pug 306 DT, loved that so much I bought one, lol. 1st time 3 minors

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:10 pm

First car = Mini (which, like Brian, was freshly restored, just a month before my 17th though :wink:

)

Did my lessons and passed my test in a ...... Nissan Micra 1.0L...

Missus is with the same driving instructor i had, after driving her Metro 1.4 in between, she even whinges to him that his car is gutless

Gareth

Leo · Post by **Leo** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:24 pm

MK3 Rover 214 16v

I knew sod all about Rovers then though, since then I've driven..
Mum's 2CV
Mum's Matiz
My 1.4i Nova
My mk4 Escort 1.6 Sport
My mk2 Rover 214Si
My mk1 Rover 420GSi Turbo

And take a wild guess which one's my favourite............

Dave400 · Post by **Dave400** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:54 pm

K plate Metro..

Passed first time!

Ryan220 · Post by **Ryan220** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:15 pm

I just cant remember.

The mid 80's to mid 90's are all a bit of a drunken haze really for me, thanks to my stint when I was in the Fleet Air Arm. :twisted:

I thiink it would have been E reg or earlier as that was the new reg. Might have been a Micra

originalMJG · Post by **originalMJG** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:35 pm

toyota corolla 1.4 VVTi T3, 15" rims 3 door, lookin slick

haha, passed first time about a month ago with 3 minors. bloody rovers broke tho so license aint worth much

ben220 · Post by **ben220** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:48 pm

ford ka then 2 lessons before my test a 1.9 deisel clio
passed 1st time tho

keironewoodgate · Post by **keironewoodgate** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:56 pm

Forgot to add that I passed 1st time