How did you learn to drive?

[Sparky_D]

Guess I was a late bloomer... Was 17. Took Drivers Ed and missed the first day of actual driving (in the parking lot). First time driving was actually highway driving at 55 MPH. Was terrified, but cute girls in car forced me to choke it down. I passed without shedding any blood (mine or anyone else's).

All this was on an automatic, but dad had a 70 Chevelle that he wasn't driving and said I could use it. When I told him I didn't know how to drive a stick, he tossed me the keys and said "You got a license, go learn".

17 year old kid with a 307 V8? Yeah, I learned a LOT about driving in THAT car!

 

[Patchouli]

Guess I was a late bloomer... Was 17. Took Drivers Ed and missed the first day of actual driving (in the parking lot). First time driving was actually highway driving at 55 MPH. Was terrified, but cute girls in car forced me to choke it down. I passed without shedding any blood (mine or anyone else's).

All this was on an automatic, but dad had a 70 Chevelle that he wasn't driving and said I could use it. When I told him I didn't know how to drive a stick, he tossed me the keys and said "You got a license, go learn".

17 year old kid with a 307 V8? Yeah, I learned a LOT about driving in THAT car!

Oh, I bet you became real popular real fast with the girls, guys and LEO. haha

 

[joel]

Tractor when I was in grade school.
Truck when I was older.

 

[Bacpacker]

1948 Chevy pickup, 3 on the tree, tree trimming with my dad and grandpa. Bout 11 or twelve years old.

Gary

My grandpa had a 1949 Chevy PU. I drove it all over his hay field at 12-16. Wish I had that truck today.

 

[Patchouli]

Here ya go, @Bacpacker https://www.ebay.com/bhp/1949-chevy-pickup

 

[MoBookworm1957]

49 Dodge Pickup 3 on column.
It's still in the family somewhere.
Might see if I can find it.

 

[Bacpacker]

Here ya go, @Bacpacker https://www.ebay.com/bhp/1949-chevy-pickup

Thanks Patch. That first truck was like his on in dark green. It was the 5 window model.

 

[Caribou]

I started running boats at 11. When I was 14 we moved out the road 15 miles from town and I got my learners permit. That meant the parents wen't allowed behind the wheel. The army surplus Jeep was great for plowing the 400 yard long driveway and putting boats in and out of the water. It didn't have plates but the cars and dump truck did so they could go on the highway.

On my sixteenth birthday I got my license. There was only one trooper on duty after 5PM so once you knew where he was all bets were off.

 

[Patchouli]

@Caribou -- what do you mean "running boats"?
I forgot I used to be allowed to run my aunt and uncle's boat on the river...and at the sound...the Albemarle Sound...I was 10. We used it for water skiing.

 

[Patchouli]

49 Dodge Pickup 3 on column.
It's still in the family somewhere.
Might see if I can find it.

That would be so cool to drive! I think I'd be tired after driving something like that. you know, where it is actually an effort to drive. lol

 

[Caribou]

@Caribou -- what do you mean "running boats"?
I forgot I used to be allowed to run my aunt and uncle's boat on the river...and at the sound...the Albemarle Sound...I was 10. We used it for water skiing.

I started with outboard motors. Some of them had cabins and others were open skiffs. this was salt water and you wanted to be aware of the weather. Later on I ran sailboats and fishing vessels up to 100'. I've seen 70 or 80+MPH winds and felt confident in my vessel and my skills.

 

[Meerkat]

I started running boats at 11. When I was 14 we moved out the road 15 miles from town and I got my learners permit. That meant the parents wen't allowed behind the wheel. The army surplus Jeep was great for plowing the 400 yard long driveway and putting boats in and out of the water. It didn't have plates but the cars and dump truck did so they could go on the highway.

On my sixteenth birthday I got my license. There was only one trooper on duty after 5PM so once you knew where he was all bets were off.

I guess lakes don't count,huh? I have been lost at sea for a couple hours when engine quit, but tide brought us back in.

@Caribou -- what do you mean "running boats"?
I forgot I used to be allowed to run my aunt and uncle's boat on the river...and at the sound...the Albemarle Sound...I was 10. We used it for water skiing.

Do paddles count? I was a grandmother before we got power on a boat unless you count a little British Seagal troller that waves laughed at.

 

[AtomicFarmer]

Lawn tractor, then Farmall farm tractors, then a relatively new at the time '85 F250 automatic and a '76 F350 dump that was a 4 speed. The only exciting thing about getting my license at 16 (first try) was that I got to drive on pavement.