The first car you ever drove...

[Motorhead350]

My first time was with a mid 80's Dodge Diplomat. I was eight years old in my uncles junkyard and I had full permission to find anything that ran and drive it around in the yard after it closed. I found this Dodge and drove it until it ran out of gas... which was about ten minutes. I was coasting most of the time, but boy that was fun!

So what was your first drive and how old were you?

[sd8683]

I was 11 or 12 and helping my sisters ex boyfriend work on his friends car, the car we were workin on was at the top of a steep driveway and my sisters ex's 350TPI trans am was at the bottom of the driveway, we decided we wanted to listen to the radio so he tosses me the keys to pull the car up, so I start it up, put the pedal to the floor spinning the tires all the way up the driveway, I was so panicked I didn't even hit the brakes, I just slammed it in park, when I got out he said I take it you've never driven a car before, I said nope!!!

[davidholland]

My best friends Dad had a 72 F250 Camper Special,360 with like 4:56 gears

we would drive down our street to the end and do massive burnouts. We were about 13-14 years old.

[justbob]

I was about eleven and it was my grandpas 77 f 150 302 3 on the tree in tennessee, it was a learning experience. But an hour or two later piece of cake. Next day he let me take his 63 ford fairlane six bangor auto but still had a blast.

[RoyLPita]

I do not know what my 1st car I drove was but I do know what my first manual trannied car was.

This was around April or May of 1989.

It was an early 80s Toyota Corolla with a dead battery. I was in auto shop during my senior year of high school and we had to get this car to the shop in the back. So I, and 2 other kids named Chuck and Brian go with a battery and jumper cables on a dolly to get this car. When we get there I noticed that this is a stick and say "Hey, we can push start this". So the other Brian gets in the driver seat, and Chuck and I push the car out of the spot and then down the road. Brian gets it started but lets out the clutch too fast and stalls it. That's when I said "Get out!!! I'ts my turn!!!" So I get in and they push. I got it started and let out the clutch easy and hiccuped the thing for about 70 feet. It finally got going to where I could get it into 2nd gear, made the right turn and then left to end up at the shop to put the car on the charger. Since then I wanted to drive a manual trannied vehicle and have for many years.

[jim geary]

10 years old and in a 1931 Pontiac being towed by my father.

[BAD MERC]

My parents used to let me steer their 1967 F-100 from the center of the bench seat. Eventually I learned to drive it, 352 V8 and 3 on the column. You never forget that feeling!!

[tigerbait]

10yrs old. '72 Ford Pickup, old blaze orange IC Rail Road truck. V8 and stick. Let's just say that it was interesting yet amazingly awesome at the same time.

[BUCKWHEAT]

It was my Dad's new 1957 Olds 98 4-door hardtop with the 3-2 barrels & enough torque to roast the bias tires at the crack of the throttle. Definitely helped my adolescent self develop the need for speed. Nothing's changed, except now I drive a 4-door sedan with twice the HP and 2/3 the CID.

[Illss]

My first car i ever drove was a 1978 Caddy Eldorado that my dad just bought from the original owner ....man that car was long .

[CROWNMARAUDER]

My first was a 1975 pontiac grandville brougham convertible. My uncle let me drive it around a new housing subdivision for about an hour & I was 12 or 13 years old at the time.

[Blk Mamba]

58' Ford pick-up, V-8, Red, and White paint, on the roads next to the creek, southern tier of New York. 9 years old, then next year a 64' international 5 ton, picking up hay in the fields.

[quota]

My father had a bug (VW). I drove it a couple of times before going to driving school where they made me driving a FIAT 131 (the basic model).

JP

[n00bkiller944]

1991 Toyota Previa... lol

[Aren Jay]

1966 Mustang

I would sit on my Dad's lap and drive (steer) on the back roads when i was 6-7 years old.

I couldn't reach the pedals anyway so it didn't matter.

No airbags, no power steering, no powerbrakes, no abs, no power anything.

It was great fun.

[J D]

I think I was about 6 or so and my family and I were at the beach for a picnic. And before we left my pop let me sit in front of his lap and steer the car for a while around the parking lot.

So I drove and weaved around some light poles and was coming back to the spot where we'd left all the stuff but I being a child steered directly towards my grandpa, who was waving us in, intend on greeting him with a hug from the 1990 Plymouth Voyager's front end, unknowing of the consequences of running people over.

Luckily my pop was able to shift his foot to the brake in time as me sitting between his legs partially blocked the brake.

[Bluerauder]

I think I was about 6 or so and my family and I were at the beach for a picnic. And before we left my pop let me sit in front of his lap and steer the car for a while around the parking lot.

Yeah, my Dad would let me steer "Leapin' Leena" when I was about 7-8 years old -- that was the family knickname for our '53 Plymouth Cranbrook. He replaced shocks on that car about twice as frequently as tires -- hence the name.

The first car that I truly drove was my brother-in-laws '65 Ford Galaxie 500 (red on red). :D

[MADRODER]

I was around 14 yrs old so my dad decided it was time for me to learn how to drive his '74 Cougar XR7 on a back road, what a tank that car was but then again look what I'm driving now...

[Vortex]

My Dad taught me to drive in his black over white 1963 Rambler American 440 2 dr coupe with a 3 speed on the floor (and an overdrive stick shift next to it!). An odd looking car but it was unbreakable and I remember my Dad selling it for more than he paid for it when we moved.

[sweetair]

The first car I drove legally was our family car: 1972 Galaxie 500 351W 2V.:D

The first car I drove was around age 13-14, a 1970 Coupe D'eville. Kelly Green w/white Leather. What a boat.

[jonroe]

I think I was between 10 and 12 and it was my Dad's 58 Edsel Ranger. The first legal experience was at 15.5 years old in my Dad's 64 Thunderbird Landau.

[magindat]

9 yrs old. '76 Catalina. Learned to drive and back a boat trailer by 10.

1st stick was a Datsun B210 at 12.

[mrjones]

I learned to drive in a 66 Ford F100 352 with a 3 speed on the column. First car I got to take to town and cruise in on a Saturday night was my mom's 68 Mercury Colony Park station wagon. 390 4V (said so right on the air cleaner!) and it ran well for a big old boat.

[Go Mifuni]

My mother's MG Midget. I practiced shifting on the couch in the living room with pots and pans simulating the pedals and a plunger as the shifter. The car was sweet too. She had had it completely redone. Then the assh*le neighbor set it on fire and pushed it over the hill into the woods. She couldn't afford to redo it again so she junked it and bought a Montego.

[dreydin]

i was 15 and it was my dad's 1978 Monte Carlo <3

[Ken]

The first car I drove legally was our family car: 1972 Galaxie 500 351W 2V.:DThat's the car that I got my license in. Dad traded it in the next day on a 74 LTD, I was stuck with driving his 67 Olds 442, four speed. :D If I only appreciated it then, as much as I do now.

Ken

[jgc61sr2002]

My fathers 1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday 4 DR. HT.

[larryo340]

My grandfathers '63 Chevy II 300, I was around 10 years old when he let me drive it in upstate NY. It turned out to be my first car once I got my license.

[bigbillybbs]

I was 16 and it was a 1999 crown Vic P71. Awsome ride, loved that car but not as much as my Marauder....:)

[Motorhead350]

I was 16

Wow you were a late starter.

:lol:

[Jimimac43]

57 Ford Station Wagon.

[Raudermaster]

My Aunt and Uncle's 1990 Mustang LX 25th Anniv. I drove it around their culdersack and loved every minute of it! I believe I was between 8-10.

[Commodore Crap]

1983 brown crown vic in the snow. i was 15

[bigmerc2003]

I was probably 7-8 and my dad had a 1979 Ford F-150, 3" body lift, 6" suspension lift 35" boggers, stacks, and a 4 speed! the first time i ever drove stick even though it was from the middle seat on the bench!

First can I really drove was an 84 mustang 4 cyl, beat the hell out of it on my learners permit,

My first car I owned and I still have it is a 1979 Lincoln Continental Towncar, thecar takes up three time zones while standing still! 25ft long, beautiful baby blue and suprisingly fast. By the way it was also a 3 time champion for "Best Car to Make Out IN"!:banana:

[JAYSILVER04]

I was 8 years old and my dad made me drive his 84 Ford Ranger 4cyl. 5 speed. I asked him if it was hard to drive stick and he pulled over and let me see for myself. After the first 45 minutes he had me doing burnouts in it for his friends to watch!!:burnout: I will never forget that:cool:

[Vortech347]

15yrs drove my dads Eddie Bauer Exploder.

After that the earth wasn't the same.

[a_d_a_m]

the first car i ever actually drove (not sitting on dad's lap) was an '82 olds delta 88 royale brougham. my dad let me drive it quite a bit, actually. just in very controlled and safe places.

the first car i drove legally and regularly was this:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/cars/bird97.jpg


'87 pontiac firebird. 2.8L v6, 5-speed, am/fm/cassette, and that's it. no other options.

in the winter, during snow/ice storms i had to enter the car via the rear hatch and crawl all the way to the front. then, i'd have to run the heater at full steam so the car would thaw out by the time i got to school. a couple times it didn't and i had to kick the door open. another time, i handed my keys through the sunroof to someone who was passing by and they opened the hatch for me.

i still miss that car, though.

[Breadfan]

Not sure which was first, either 80 Buick skylark or 65 Triumph, was just steering though. :) Would do the guided steering thing on the way home on the private dirt road, was probably 8 or so. I think around that time I also did a 1-2 shift on my dad's old chevy luv pickup from the passenger seat...

...it's funny, I can remember as a kid watching him shift. I would eye the shifter going "MAN THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN!" (Bear in mind I'm 7 or 8...) I remember having discussions in my head, going "Go ahead Breadfan, pull it!...no...wait...you'll probably get in trouble." He must've seen the gears turning as I stared at the shifter and let me give it a shot. Probably good as I was getting close to just trying no understanding the whole clutch thing... :)

First car I learned on was an 88 Reliant K car. First stick was that same year an 87 GMC Jimmy 5spd. Learned to get it going and drove it home, after that day I didn't drive stick again until a good 8 or so years later when I bought my Mustang.

[Hacklemerc]

1972 Ford Maverick with an inline 200 six. It was my sisters and I used to stea.... borrow it when she would go to sleep or go with friends. I was around 10 or 11. I remember burying it in a giant evergreen tree we had next to our driveway one day. That car was indestructable.

Loved it so much I bought another one 20 yrs later. This time its a 72 Grabber with a 302, primer colored and in peices.. She's a work in progress.

[GODFATHER]

my first was one of them VW'S I think it was like a 69/70 model

[Windsor58]

1962 white Cadillac Coupe de Ville with red leather and pointy fins. The brake pedal seemed like it went about 8 inches before anything happened and then the next 1/8th inch got you to max braking.
I think I was 8 or 9. My dad took me out and let me drive it on the back roads around Many, LA where my grandmother lived. when we got home, I started driving a 1960 VW Beetle with (stock) 36 hp. My dad kept that car for me to drive after I got my license. I think he did it because he thought it would be hard for me to get in trouble with only 36hp (probably less at the time, since it had over 100k miles). He was wrong...

[oldekid]

My dad's 1954 Chevy 3 speed on the column, then my brother's 1954 Ford with a Cadillac engine. I was 12.

[grampaws]

A new 1980 dodge diplomat, learned standard on 74 honda civic