What did you learn to drive in?

SinaiSound · 4 Dec 2006 at 20:07

I learnt in a range of cars due to me taking ages to pass my test due to being lazy.

1.3i MK2 Micra, which was a bit rubbish if you ask me

1.5TD Corsa

1.7 DTI (?) Corsa, better than the others

Bear · 4 Dec 2006 at 20:15

Learnt in a Mk3 diesel Escort

Liverpool-Lad · 4 Dec 2006 at 20:17

A V reg 1.2 16v Corsa...wasnt bad!

POB · 4 Dec 2006 at 20:19

Fiesta 1.25 Ghia.

But passed in my own Fiat Punto

thedazman67 · 4 Dec 2006 at 21:15

2001 Renault Clio 1.5 DCi

for a couple of weeks my instructor had to put up with a 1.2 corsa because she got rear ended while on a lesson. that was dire i the clio was actually pretty nice.

thedazman

kip02 · 4 Dec 2006 at 22:48

Mine was a 54 reg 1.3 Corsa CDTi
I miss my driving lessons, instructor was a right laugh

Tom|Nbk · 4 Dec 2006 at 22:55

kip02 said:
Mine was a 54 reg 1.3 Corsa CDTi
I miss my driving lessons, instructor was a right laugh

who was your instructor.

VonClinkerhofen · 4 Dec 2006 at 22:56

An Austin Maestro diesel in 1992, car was reasonably new at the time maybe 4 year old

gobbo · 4 Dec 2006 at 23:06

1997 P Ford Fiesta 1.8D

Awful car, made by 1.0 Micra feel fast.

Stellios · 4 Dec 2006 at 23:13

kip02 said:
I miss my driving lessons, instructor was a right laugh

So do i. Ive got my own car now, but i never really just go out for the sake of it, whereas my instructor had me all over the place.

TripleT · 4 Dec 2006 at 23:17

1.2 Clio, then a week before my test she changed to a 1.4 Rover 25. Didn't have a problem at all adapting, even got a few free lessons out of it

Never uderstand people who can't just jump into cars and drive them.

Stormster · 5 Dec 2006 at 00:01

lol agreed with above, i've jumped into whatever I've driven and driven it fine (providing I don't nail it lol)

I learnt with quite a few instructors due to swapping location a couple of times!!!

1) 307 2.0 HDi - too big for a learners car (to me, at the time) but not too bad
2) Corsa 1.3 CDTi 5 door thing... nice enough to drive, easier to learn in than the pug
3) New Mini 1.4 turbo diesel, chipped (think it was around 120BHP and god knows how much torque), cooper suspension, wheels, styling etc - cool car but everything felt a lot heavier than the others
4) Nissan Micra 1.2 16v (new shape) - dead easy car to drive, everything really light, bit gutless though

notLiamC · 5 Dec 2006 at 00:17

neil-ste said:
106 rallye with an uprated clutch, it was ....... interesting

You still can't drive man woman

Matt82 · 5 Dec 2006 at 00:25

fiesta 1.8 diesel. lush

calnen · 5 Dec 2006 at 02:54

Learning now on an MG ZR, 1.4 I think. Loving it

BillytheImpaler · 5 Dec 2006 at 03:19

I learned to drive in my grandfather's 1989 Cadillac Sedan deVille, a rather large car, even by land-yacht standards.

Phoenix211 · 5 Dec 2006 at 05:03

the first style of the ford focus, then the new style (for my lessons)

A fiat uno then a pug 206 (at home)

Berger · 5 Dec 2006 at 12:31

Instructor had a Polo TDI and my old man a Sierra estate.

Nazbit · 5 Dec 2006 at 12:45

1.2 Corsa with BSM.

I found it a nice car to learn in.

Firegod · 5 Dec 2006 at 13:12

Fiat Stilo for me.

Was a decent car to learn in. I like people who learn in the bigger sized cars, get's them used to spacial awareness better. Plus the car had some poke to it, so it was nice to learn in that, over say a 1.1 or 1.2 for example.

I hate seeing people driving little micra's who don't know the size of the car when trying to go through a gap or narrow road. You really had to concentrate parking that car, because for a first time driver it seems massive.

All good fun!

What did you learn to drive in?

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