First car you ever Drove

[shr0olvl]

This is the thread where you can come and post the first car that you ever drove and all the details about how you drove, if it was good, bad, or indifferent. Oh yeah, and tell us how you liked the way the car drove and everything.

I'll start it out -
First car ever drove was a 1994 Buick skylark, me and my dad went out and he gave me a few lessons on how to drive, and i really sucked at driving. I mean really, i didnt know much about it, i mean i had one foot on the gas pedal and one on the brake and i would make the car jump every time I started to go. oh yea, i didnt even know how to turn on the blinker :D

But for the car, it was pretty bad. real bad shape, drove like crap and made funny noises and was hard to steer too. but now, i drive like a pro and know everything :D

next !

[johnnynumfiv]

2001 VW beetle tdi 5-speed

It was at a club race event, I was blindfolded and had my dad directing me where to go around a set up very technical course. It was really fun, only stalled it once :) switching inbetween first and reverse.

[Rockefella]

2001 VW beetle tdi 5-speed

It was at a club race event, I was blindfolded and had my dad directing me where to go around a set up very technical course. It was really fun, only stalled it once :) switching inbetween first and reverse.
impressive, showoff :) First car I drove was about 6 years ago when my dad brought me to my old school's parking lot in his ford taurus and showed me some of the ropes.

[clutch-monkey]

'85 model landcruiser, around a national park, 3 years ago when i first started driving. i can't really tell you how it drove, because there was no roads :)

[SPHFerrari]

well, when i was probably 6 my dad would let me sit on his lap and steer in the drivway in his old volvo stationwagon (dont even remember what model). first car i really started driving was his currect BMW 740iL. i started just driving in the driveway and now he lets me drive all over town (even though i dont have my learners permit yet, shhh dont tell:D) also driven my moms suburban, and my bros camry.

EDIT: oh, and the most fun car i drove was a 325i. my dad and i took it to a parking lot and i just through it around for half an hour. he let me put it into turns really fast. awesome.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

when i was about 5 or 6 my dad was keen on showing me how to reverse a car correctly (one wonders why.....) so i managed alright in our old Red Magna wagon, fortunately automatic.

Then i graduated into our little Honda City Pro, in which i managed to not only bunny-hop tremendously (It was a manual) but run over my new bike at the same time.

And to think i wonder why my dad is a bit apprehensive about driving lessons in our Jeep........

[gbrown37]

when i got my permit about a year ago on day 1 my dad let me drive his 2004 s430 with amg sport package. it rides pretty nice but the brake pedal has terrible reaction. you press it down and it actually starts to slow the car down after about 2 inches of the way down. other than that i loved it

[CdocZ]

g35 sedan. LOVE THAT THING! ok, sure, it can be better in a few things, but it isnt bad at anything.....awesome car!

[Spastik_Roach]

Hopefully soon it will be a Honda Concerto with a noisy exhaust, in a paddock :)

[QuattroMan]

my first car was 1975 Fiat 03 5sp. I was about 9 my dad taught me how to dive manual It was so cool. :)

[ScionDriver]

First time in an Automatic: 2003 Dodge Durango. What a boat! Jeez, but the thigns got pick up. hard to turn and did a number of curb jobs first time out if I remember correctly. I was driving in this parking lot though and it was a big circle so it was just like around, around around.

First time in a stick car was a '98 Jeep Wrangler. Hard as hell for first time stick users!! Clutch is rather heavy and the gear shifter is a bit odd, hard to shift. But right when I was getting used to it we got rid of it, then I had to learn on my brothers '02 Hyundai Accent, which is soooo much more forgiving. I still killed like a million times before I got good.

[CHEESE-TACULAR]

like i told you earlier shro0vl-the first car i ever drove was in egypt, it was a Peugeot 504 estate. it belonged to our private taxi driver. we were loading our luggage from the train station and i got in to the front pasengers seat. the guy asked me to hand him his water so i did-and hit the stick into 1st. the car coasted quite a bit untill i jumped int the drivers seat and after some panick about hitting the nice new C5 i my path i threw it in reverse and gased it. the car, having 93hp took a while to kick in but i quikly let my foot of the gass a little and brought the car to its original resting point.

[Mattg]

Actually the first car I drove was actully my dads 2003 silverado 1500. Thats the vehicle I learned to drive on :)

[nopassn]

First car I ever drove was my parents' 1984 Ford LTD... quite the hot-rod, LOL.

I learned to drive and got my DL in '93... so I guess I've been driving for about 12 years now...

[Quiggs]

The day after I got my permit, my mom's boyfriend took me across the street to a small parking lot in the Golf. First time I let out the clutch, there was a loud scream and a cloud of white smoke as the right front tire went up. I kept going. About 50 feet later the tire finally caught the pavement.

"Heh, that was cool..."
"No, no it wasn't."

Then there was the time about 3 weeks later (still getting the hang of first gear on hills) I did yet another burnout from a stoplight. Unintentionally, of course. Right in front of a very nice police officer, who demonstrated with his hands how I should have been moving my feet. On our way home, we passed him again. That time I got it going alright, and he smiled and gave me a thumbs up. :)

Now I just spin the tires on purpose. Maybe that's why I needed my fronts replaced after 8 months.

Automatics are a completely different story. First time I really had to drive one was when the VW was having a new tranny put in (read that part about burnouts again?). I had to drive our 1989 Olds Custom Cruiser. A 305ci, carbed, 4 speed column shifter, tank with 1970s style. I was at work, and I always parked nose out. So I get in, fire that bad boy up, put it in what I think is D. Step on the gas. Car goes backward. I slam the brakes and look in the mirror. I'm about 2 inches from the chain link fence I parked at. I've never driven that car again. I can't drive automatics.

[dimlight]

91 Peugeot 405 manual... it didnt go off once but i ate the sidewalk.. no damages, no people... so there was nobody looking :rolleyes:

[Widsinator]

My dad's 750 iL just to learn, still have that, 100,000 miles and still runs great. I never thought id learn to drive in a car with a V12. :) Handles and accelerates great for its size

[pimento]

'82 Ford Courier Diesal (that's a ute). It was also what I drove for a couple of months until my first car was drivable. After driving that, I can park pretty much anything anywhere. My first car was also my first auto, an '82 Rover SD1 series 2, 3.5 litre fuel injected V8. It worked for about three weeks a month, ended up replacing half the engine bay. The engine was actually fine, it was the ancillaries that kept dying. I still regret selling it sometimes. If it was a manual I'da probably stuck with it. After all, there's only so many things you can replace until they're all new.

[Niko_Fx]

Used to have this friend that at age 14 his parents would give him any car of the family to drive around with...

One day I ran into his car when he wasn't looking and drove a bit inside the neighborgood.. I was 13 by then and almost gave him a heart attack.

1994 Chevrolet Blazer

[The Tuner]

my first...hm....was abt 5 yrs old, and i drove ma uncles lexus. first time sitting on his lap and only steering, but then i did everything maself. :D
that was wen i first got the itch to drive. now with a licence for abt 11 months, 2 accidents and a radar and a parkin fine behind me, i kno that drivin isnt as carefree as it was that day long ago, but it def not sumthin i wud have liked to live without.

[fpv_gtho]

When i was about 5 both me and my twin brother started driving around this early 90's HiLux 4x4 2.8 diesel just on 25 acres my grandfather owned. Started off just sitting on my dads lap and when my legs were long enough i drove myself. Almost t-boned a tree one day finding the brake and my brother almost rolled it on a hill

[fa22_raptor]

When I was about 10, I was allowed to drive the family's '95 Mitsubishi Nimbus which is a manual. After many stalls and jerky moments, I finally got it right. I'm in my second year of driving on my Ls now and I'm still driving that same car (mainly... I also drive my dad's E320 and mum's old 380SE).

[man 430gt]

Even tough I'm 14 only I've drivin a Honda accord in Pakistan (and I wasn't braking the law as there is no certain age:D I anly managed to take it to 35 as it wasn't an auto:( But still fun:)

[fa22_raptor]

I got up to around 85km/h when I was 12. That was pretty cool :D

[ruim20]

Citröen AX 1.2 liter Manual transmission :D i still hve that car, and i still drive it today! it's 16 years old!

[henk4]

When I was 15 my uncle let me drive his Massey Ferguson 35 tractor, which did about 25 kph. A year later I was trusted to drive a plain Renault 4, in confined spaces, and also a Mercedes transporter (with column shifter). Then I got my license in a Fiat 124, and started learning to drive in my fathers Fiat 850 Coupe. I got some "real" experience in my uncle's BMW 1602, and I still vividly remember how long third gear was and what power there was (we are talking 1967). My father continued having various Fiats (128, 131, Supermirafiori 2000 TC, Regata, ) which I occasionally drove, but my first owned car was a new 1979 Renault 4GTL, which after two years was traded for a Citroen Visa Super E, and stuck to Citroen ever since.

[shaht]

Renault 4L, with its strange manual gear shift coming out of the dash board

[henk4]

Renault 4L, with its strange manual gear shift coming out of the dash board

which works perfectly btw :D

[charged]

Mini Moke in a paddock,had a ball :D

[shr0olvl]

i've never drivin a mannual before, cause all the cars we have are automatic and are big trucks and suv's :rolleyes:

the main cars i usually drive now are the 2002 Yukon, 2004 Mitsubishi Endevor, and the 2004 Titan which is the biggest of them all and quite hard to park ;)

but you see what i mean, i only get to drive big suv's and trucks now :rolleyes: :D

[my porsche]

my dad's audi is a tiptronic which is quite fun, because, if you screw up, it shift automatically at the redline, and you never have to downshift, you just pull up to the stop and it does it for you

mom's 9-5 HOT Aero is auto

dad's Expedition is Auto

Dad's 1969 Chevy Half Ton is i belive a 4 speed, not sure

[spi-ti-tout]

Isn't this a repost?

[McReis]

which works perfectly btw :D

Yes it does! My father's 4L was my second drive ever. The gearbox was a nice help to me. No way you can miss a shift with that.
My first ride was the Opel Kadett 1.7d Van (2 seater), back 1989. I was still 11. My father had a small business and I used to spend my holidays working, helping his workers to unload materials from the vans. One day I was with this guy who worked for him and we stoped at a large place where the ground was gravel to collect money from a client. The van was brand new. I thought something like "I have the theory to drive, so I have to try!" I started smoothly but then front wheels stoped in a transversial hole. To take it out I had to accelerate a bit harder. It should have been a bit...
I pressed hard and finally got out in a drag race mode, spinning wheels a lot.
Drove for about 30 meters and stopped grinning like a fool. The guy asked me how the van went there but being the boss's son I had the right to remain silent! :D

[Nogger]

lol. First car was a Ford Sierra.

[vantage-v8]

Renault 4L, with its strange manual gear shift coming out of the dash board

I killed the Renault 4 (first car ever drove) gearbox when I wanted to put the fifth gear at 80 km/h who was the reverse (there is no 5 gear in this gear box). I tried to put it because I was switching between the R4 and a Passat TD all the time!
This car rusted so quickly but was the best on the snow!
And the seats were so badly design you were legs paralysed after a 2 hours trip, that was insane!
But I had a lot of fun with it (Handbrake was sadly in the front wheels!).

[Egg Nog]

I think the first car I ever drove was a Chevy Cavalier or something like that, when I was 9 or 10. When I reached legal driving age, the first car I drove was an old Dodge Caravan. Learned stick on a Toyota Tercel.

[dugie]

first car i drove was a ford escort