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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Timbuk on 11 February 2007, 13:15:21
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Just had a scary thought that i have been driving for over twenty years now :-/ and was just thinking about my test. Had my lessons in a Metro and took my test in my Dads 1850 Dolomite. What did you do yours in?
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Were Triumph making the Dolomite in 1850?? ::)
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Lessons and test in same car - the instructor's Metro.
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Were Triumph making the Dolomite in 1850?? ::)
I ain't that old :D
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Were Triumph making the Dolomite in 1850?? ::)
;D ;D
I did my lessons and test in a Metro in 1984 and it seems like yesterday :'(
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Must have been about 30years ago, I was in the Glasgow OTC. They put me through my driving training and test, in an Army Landrover ;D. as the gearbox was non-syncro, you had to double de-clutch up and down the box ;D Great fun driving around Glasgow in a Landrover with 1/2" thick steel bumpers and L plates ;D
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Lessons and test were in a 1.6 Belmont Tiffany (very posh car realy for a driving school!)
Also drove my mothers Astra....
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Lessons and test were in a 1.6 Belmont Tiffany (very posh car realy for a driving school!)
Also drove my mothers Astra....
I owned a 1.8 GLSi Belmont. Bloody awful car. Hated it before I bought it, no idea why I bought it.... :-?
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Were Triumph making the Dolomite in 1850?? ::)
;D ;D
I did my lessons and test in a Metro in 1984 and it seems like yesterday :'(
I was born in 84 :)
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Lessons and test in a BSM mini metro in 1983
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Were Triumph making the Dolomite in 1850?? ::)
;D ;D
I did my lessons and test in a Metro in 1984 and it seems like yesterday :'(
I was born in 84 :)
Hush Child, you're making us all feel old........ and decrepit ......... again.........
:y
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I took my test in 1985 in a shiny new Nissan Micra! :-[
Actually not a bad little car, and considerably better than the Belmont!! ;)
And James.... shut up you young pup! ;D
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Passed my test in '94 in a 6yr old Micra.
Not an ideal car for someone of my size (6ft 7); and with my size 15 shoes on i couldn't actually be selective about which pedal i was using. I ended up taking all my lessons and my driving test in just socks! (Well not just socks, i was fully dressed apart from no shoes!)
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Phew took mine in '83, means i've been driving nearly 24 years non stop, better take a break hehe. My first car was a Hillman Hunter gls no less. twin webbers and go faster bits on all insured for approx £150 then!!! Took test in a sporty Toyota Tercel with pwr steering cor!!!! made my hillman feel like a tank but no where near as quick! Failed 1st test for going to fast.
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Took lessons and passed my test in 1982 in a Datsun 140j ,I think that's the right model.
those were the days, you could go out on a Sunday morning and there was virtually no traffic.
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Must have been about 30years ago, I was in the Glasgow OTC. They put me through my driving training and test, in an Army Landrover ;D. as the gearbox was non-syncro, you had to double de-clutch up and down the box ;D Great fun driving around Glasgow in a Landrover with 1/2" thick steel bumpers and L plates ;D
Ditto mate. Army landrover about 35 years ago ;)
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I took my test in my girlfreinds 1967 Triumph Herald. When the examinare asked me to turn the car around in a narrow road using forward and reverse gears I thought to myself what a waste of time with a 23 feet turning circle the car could do it in a u turn ::)
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
Just watch it sunshine >:(
;)
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
Just watch it sunshine >:(
;)
;D I am actually being serious for once, what did you have to do?
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I did my lessons and the test in a Daewoo Matiz.
Ooo, the power of a 800cc engine 8-)
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
Just watch it sunshine >:(
;)
;D I am actually being serious for once, what did you have to do?
Not run over the bloke in front with the red flag ;D ;D ;D ;)
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
Just watch it sunshine >:(
;)
;D I am actually being serious for once, what did you have to do?
Not run over the bloke in front with the red flag ;D ;D ;D ;)
Brilliant ;D ;D ;D
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I took my test in my girlfreinds 1967 Triumph Herald. When the examinare asked me to turn the car around in a narrow road using forward and reverse gears I thought to myself what a waste of time with a 23 feet turning circle the car could do it in a u turn ::)
Unreal!!!
I took my test on 6 November 1979 in a 1967 triumph Herald 1200 saloon. I also did a U-turn, and then got taken into Boston's narrowest street where I did a 29 point turn!
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Passed my test in 1988 in a Nissan Micra, but drove Mums escort as i was a 350 YPVS man!! :y
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/MyElsie.jpg :y ;)
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Early/mid 1970's, official paid for lessons in the all new Austin All Aggro with the famous square steering wheel.
Unofficial lessons and subsequent test pass in dads Austin Cambridge - the posh two tone A60 version, not the plain jane A55 Farina.
Seized it a year later giving it b*lls out down from Dundee after visiting my now wife at College....
Oh, how he laughed..... NOT! ;)
B
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Lessons and Test in a VW Beetle 1300 in 1977...
No funny stories really, did drive a few odd vehicels though later on in life....
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Learned to drive a little Fordson tractor and also a Landmaster at my school chums farm then progressed to getting dads car out of the garage when it was wanted for an outing (or mending). Took my test just after my 17th in a Zephyr 6 Low line, 2553 cc, 4 speed column change.
First car of my own was a Ford E93A sidevalve but after my seat fell through the floor due to woodworm :o (plywood floors) it was replaced with the first of several Imps.
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Lessons and Test in a VW Beetle 1300 in 1977...
No funny stories really, did drive a few odd vehicels though later on in life....
Correction - I first drove FIAT tractors when I was 16-17 and working during the summer at a FIAT tractor dealership. Also drove some of the very big Alis Chalmers diggers :)
No license was required as it was not on public roads, but only in the garage storage area and grounds (which were huge).
I then learnt that diesel engines don't need a battery to run.. once you start it (you'll need the battery for the glow plug to work) it will work even if you remove the key from the ignition, to kill the engine you simply cut the fuel.
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I had lessons in my instructors Triumph Herald convertible and test in my Dad's Hillman Hunter. Goes without saying this was a few years ago!! ::)
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Passed in '83, lessons & test in a Datsun (Bluebird I think?).
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
Just watch it sunshine >:(
;)
;D I am actually being serious for once, what did you have to do?
Everything you have to do now, plus hand signals :P
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
Just watch it sunshine >:(
;)
;D I am actually being serious for once, what did you have to do?
Everything you have to do now, plus hand signals :P
Are you sure ::)
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
Just watch it sunshine >:(
;)
;D I am actually being serious for once, what did you have to do?
Everything you have to do now, plus hand signals :P
Are you sure ::)
Think parallel parking has been added since?
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
Just watch it sunshine >:(
;)
;D I am actually being serious for once, what did you have to do?
Everything you have to do now, plus hand signals :P
Mrs TheBoy often uses hand signals whilst driving, usually to other drivers she thinks are driving incorrectly... ::)
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I took my test in my girlfreinds 1967 Triumph Herald. When the examinare asked me to turn the car around in a narrow road using forward and reverse gears I thought to myself what a waste of time with a 23 feet turning circle the car could do it in a u turn ::)
Unreal!!!
I took my test on 6 November 1979 in a 1967 triumph Herald 1200 saloon. I also did a U-turn, and then got taken into Boston's narrowest street where I did a 29 point turn!
This gets spookier Fin, :o I also passed in 1979 the Herald was a 1200 saloon, your wasn't cactus green was it?
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I can beat the lot of you, took my test in 1958, in the centre of Birmingham on a Saturday morning.
Past first time in a car similar to this...and it's a Vauxhall :P
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
I should hope you did pass first time in 1958, what did you have to do, couldn't have been much?
Just watch it sunshine >:(
;)
;D I am actually being serious for once, what did you have to do?
Everything you have to do now, plus hand signals :P
Are you sure ::)
Think parallel parking has been added since?
And starting your motor vehicle with a crank handle has been removed :D
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I took my 1st leason in a 1100 mk2 Escort in 1976 that had been rolled on black ice a few days before by my instructor, really inspired confidence!!!
Past test in a Hillman Hunter 1500 in 1976, ah those were the days ;).