What car did you learn to drive in? Shocked to see what learners are now driving...

I had a £900 1.4i Vauxhall Corsa B which was all different kinda shades of red, it had 90bhp and weighed next to nothing so went surprisingly well.
My wife had an £800 2000 plate Suzuki Swift. It was a proper tin can and shared the same 3 cylinder engine that ride on lawn mowers used at the time :D
 
MK 1 Clio diesel back in the mid 90`s.

People back then told me diesels were easier to pass your test in so my sister and I both passed in diesels.
 
chaparral said:
But the wages back then was something like £80 per week

I remember paying £800 for my 600cc motorbike insurance in 1989 (19 years old) and think my wages were around £100 per week then

I think insurance these days is cheaper vs wages then it used to be or at least not much difference
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I left school on Friday and started work on the Monday. My first pay packet as a 16 year old was £36.75 and I bought my mum a electric lawnmower so she wouldn't have to go on her knees and cut it with shears. The next week it was just over £75 because of overtime. Most of my mates were on the slave labour YTS scheme "earning" £25 a week!! By the time I was 18 and bought this car I was earning £120+ most weeks (sometimes £180 but so many hours!!) due to overtime.
 
pastymuncher said:
I left school on Friday and started work on the Monday. My first pay packet as a 16 year old was £36.75 and I bought my mum an electric lawnmower so she wouldn't have to go on her knees and cut it with shears. The next week it was just over £75 because of overtime. Most of my mates were on the slave labour YTS scheme "earning" £25 a week!! By the time I was 18 and bought this car I was earning £120+ most weeks (sometimes £180 but so many hours!!) due to overtime.
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What car?! Lol..
 
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