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What kind of car did you learn to drive in?

Hunner

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2,334
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Arkansas
1960something Willis Jeep! I practiced on the crop duster strip on the farm. 4 banger, military style tires.
Windshield down and 22 rifle made it a Rat Patrol imitation. Anybody remember that??

We had three of them and a Jeep pickup converted to a quail hunting rig with a plywood body on the rear.
I need to find that slide if it has not faded away, like me................
 

2010H3TAlpha

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Issaquah, WA
'83 Toyota Camry, 5-spd and all. But the real winner was the '85 Dodge D50 4x4 5-spd I drove for my first job as a property caretaker. I was responsible for a 70 acre estate owned by a Buddhist Neurologist who demanded perfection. The property was located on the side of a mountain with a lot of very old logging and service roads which made for a lot of fun. That job is pretty much where I learned where to off-road and it was worth it just for that skill.
 

Big Mike

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214
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The Republik of Upstate New York..
John Deere 2510 here, taught by my grandfather....My uncle has the farm now and the 2510 is still in service.

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As for passenger vehicle Jeep CJ5 don't remember the year.
 

mantracker

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159
Location
Tennessee
1960 Ford pick-up. 292 V8, Cross-over pipe, 3 on the column. My younger brother learned on the same. My Dad made me learn how to put in clutch, pressure plate and throw-out bearing, since we were burning them out all the time.
 

06 H3

a.k.a. "The Jackal"
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9,496
Location
Meridian, ID
First car I ever drove was Squeaky. In the High School parking lot on a sunday afternoon. Bone stock, 32s, chrome running boards.

First car on the street was a corolla for drivers ed. The H3 was my dad's and I was gonna get a truck but the lease was up on the 3 and he wanted a new car so squeaky was mine if I put down 3k. I did and the memories go on from there.
 

ArtHummer

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1,220
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Gaithersburg/MD
Learned on the 1950's GAZ M20 Pobeda, but it had an engine and transmission from newer version of GAZ

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SuperBuickGuy

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Woodinville, WA
1976 Buick Skyhawk is what I drove while getting my learner's permit. I took my test in an awesome (and I mean just the opposite) 1976 Chevrolet El Camino with an earthpounding (sarcasm, again) 5.7l diesel in it.

That said, I learned to drive on my dad's lap in our 1971 Chevy pickup :)
 

scoreh3

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Location
SoCal
A 72 Duster and hold on........................................................................................... It had that monster slant 6..........
 

Hans3T

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Location
NC
Well my driver's ed car in high school was a Cobalt sedan... :shame:

Then there was my mom's '96 Acura SLX (Isuzu Trooper clone) and my dad's '97 Saab 900. My mom got an Explorer at some point and I inherited the SLX as my first car. I often miss that car. Lot of good times, and it never left me stranded anywhere or had any issues.
 
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