Passed in 1972 aged 21 in a Vauxhall Viva ( driving school) after learning to drive in a mates ex GPO Minor 1000 van in the local fields at night,then officialy in my Dad's Ford Anglia 100E.
Then 2 years later managed to afford to buy a Ford Anglia 105E for £40.

 

Is there a prize for the oldest Scooby driver here? - Test passed Wait for it! August 1961!!!!!! In a sidevalve Ford Popular. Not easy to drive in `winklepicker` shoes!- Ask yer dad!
Most of you are probobly the same age as my son, he`s car nuts like the old man - 4x4 Sierra Cossie, and saving like mad for the Focus Cossie when it arrives.
Can anyone out there beat 1961?
Must go, its time for my afternoon nap.
JohnD
P.S. And yes I`ve had a quote for the Scoob from SAGA!!!!

 

22nd April 1986 first time in a mini, rush hour in Durham city ;o)

 

1964 in Bristol in a white Mk I Ford Cortina

JD

 

I passed my test on 31st October 1994.

 

October 20th 1989, in a vauxhall astra, in sunny northern ireland ahhhh those were the days lol!!

Tonh

 

In the intervening 3 years since I started this thread j.r-xrs has also passed his test, and my first post has been relegated to 8th!

I am surprised it survived in General though - these days the mods would surely have it in NSR as soon as look at it!

 

April 19th 1991 - Mercedes 190E in white

 

May 1989

 

1988 in a metro in Cardiff..2nd time lucky.

 

Dec 5th 1990 (56 days after 17th birthday) in a Diahatsu Charade Diesel, passed first time despite Mum, Dad and everyone else saying I'd done it too quick!!!

Had never driven in the daylight until my test.... scarry!

 

Still not passed mine

I've got 140 pounds in the world that will be spent on driving, cant afford to go out cant afford to do anything but drive. That means I've got just about enough for one last test and under 6 lessons

I've got 3k for a car but my **** of a dad won't let me get one so I can practice..

I don't fancy my chances TBH..

 

21st May 2002, day after a Maths exam in a blue fiesta. Just under six months after me b'day. Didn't have my first lesson till mid January tho (and I failed me theory first time too, so that took time...)

 

14th last month.

 

1st november 1999

66 days after my 17th!

Had to wait 8 weeks for a test! Was a truely glorious day!

 

2.30pm on the 7th June, 1983.

 

July 1981 in an Austin Maxi (remember them?) on first attempt - despite being taught entirely by my father (bank manager).

Previous posts re Triumph 2000s brought back memories of my first car - a Dolomite Sprint which I managed to write off within 6 months!!

The Dolly Sprint was, in its day, the equivalent of a Scooby or an EVO (but British!). 1850cc twin carb engine, RWD, and 0-60 in 8.9(?) seconds (bloody quick at the time), not too mention an exhaust the size of a peashooter!

 

Passed in a bsm Metro 1st time, 4 weeks after my 17th birthday back in 1990. And so far, touch wood, have never had an accident.

 

Nov 1995, passed 1st time, in a Kia pride

 

9:25am 15th March 1990, two weeks to the day after my 17th birthday, driving my parents Orion Ghia i. I had to use my parents car as the instructor wouldn't let me use his car. I'd had ten lessons before the test, and went straight through, no mistakes.

 

That'll be the same Chaos who wants a Type R as his first car
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=304187

 

Car test: 10.15am, 16th January 1986, Farnborough, Hants. Examiner, Mr. F.R.Vivian. Car, Red Ford Fiesta 1.1L. Not that it was a significant event or anything...

Class C (HGV 3): 28th July 1995.

Class C+E (HGV 1): 10th May 2001.

Ontario class G (car): 11th July 2003.

All tests passed first time.

 

Passed first time in April1986, nine weeks after my 17th Birthday after twelve lessons.


Cheers
Lee

 

January 1996 in a White Peugeot 205 inca special edition! I was 17.
My driving instructor was brilliant he had a fantastic pass rate.
Lessons cost £15 then and I could only afford 10 lessons so I spread them out over a few months! I was so nervous on the test day my instructor gave me some rescue remedy drops!
When I got home I got straight into my car .... a yellow beetle that I'd bought when I was 16. The first place I drove to on my own was B&Q!

cath
mrs.scoobypreza

 

Still do! Mine were £15 for 1hr lesson, or £140 for 10 hrs.

 

My sister is learning with my old driving instuctor now but they've gone up to £25 a lesson!!!!!!! ouch
I thought it would be the same everywhere!

 

IIRC, my lil bro, who passed in August 1st time, also paid about the same, with the same instructor, but some of my mates paid more than me with other instructors, so it probably depend son the instructor...

 

Mine was this day in 1987 in my Morris Mini 850 passed first time.

 

Yes Paul, I remember the bike test as you describe very well, and also when the examiner would step out on the road with his hand out for the emergency stop! I passed my bike test the day after my 16th birthday and the car test exactly a year later. I was in my dad's Morris 8 Series E, and nearly had the examiner in the screen on the emergency stop because I saw him lift his pencil to tap the dashboard from the corner of my eye! He took it in good part though

Les

 

I passed mine aged 17 on 17 June 1991 and then drove to school.

I passed my full motorbike test on 17 June 1999, exactly 8 years on from car test.