Started off in a Suzuki Alto with a private instructor, who was a friend of my dads through work. He really wasn't much good, and the car was shocking. Even from someone who had never driven a car before, I knew it was turd
Then went to a Corsa 1l, again, shocking, and only had a few lessons before I went off to uni and left the whole driving thing for a while.
Finally learnt in a 1.6 Focus with the AA for 6 lessons before taking my test