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[HolyCount]

My first "real drive" was as a 10 year old on a, thankfully, deserted beach--- careering towards a cliff with dad screaming "Turn the bloody wheel" in my left ear --- actually that was the first time I had heard him swear too!!  

[amigov6]

At the age of 10 i was in the Pulborough (W. Sx) Sea Scouts & my dad was a leader. One saturday he borrowed the Ford Thames Van/Bus to collect some slabs but the battery was low. On finding a rope he sat me in the Thames, ign on, choke half out, attactched the rope to back of his new 1600L Mk3 tina & told me what to do. I did fine, got it started but forgot about the clutch when i wanted to stop so throttled it again to stop it stalling, braked again to avoid hitting his new tina. Got the hang of it after being told again & within an hour he had me reversing in & out of tyres he put in the yard. Later he let me have a go in the tina as well. The Thames was a grey 62/63 B reg (pre Transit) 3 speed colunm change, pus ::)h button start!

[achoo81]

First car I drove was my dads Austin 7 when I was 7 he used to let me drive it up the back alleyway every night so it could be put in the garage,he also did the same with his Morris 8 Series E, I learned to drive partly in his Ford Prefect 100E and a driving school Austin A40 with dual controls which included dual steering wheels, that was spooky when you turned the wheel.  

[chunk]

First drive was on a dirt road next to Kenfig pool (Mid Glamorgan) in my Dad's Morris Minor 1000. I was 13 at the time. Must have made a mess of it though because it was the one and only time that he let me drive his car, Oddly I could ride his Triumph Bonneville or Tiger 90 and he never batted an eyelid. But they used to scare me rigid and I tried to hide that from him.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

My first opportunity was in a BSM mini at the age of 17 in 1970, around Bromley, Kent, but then afterwards scarring the pants off my dad by driving his company (I worked for them as well) owned Mk2 Cortina at 70 on the old A2 with the 'L' plates flapping in the wind!!  

I never forget his shouts of "bloody slow down Mary" (my first name is Mary, but in adult life I prefere my second name Elizabeth / Lizzie / Liz ) with his eyes full of fear!!   Poor dad!!

[Vamps]

Like so many of us my first drive was aged about 7 or 8 sat on my dad's knee, Mk1 Cortina drove around Clumber Park.

Aged 11 / 12 used to get my Dad to take me to the small, local Industrial Estate, on a Sunday and let me drive around. A ford Corsair for the most part. I did the same thing with my little brother some years later.

13 had my first car to play with, used to drive it around a farmers field.

15 I had a Fiat 600, could get it into 2nd gear on the drive and sometimes used to sneak it up the road.

15 used to do Auto testing in a Triumph Jerald / Morris 1000 in the HMS Ganges Motor Club.

17 passed my test

[Bandit127]

I drove a Redlands 32 ton Scammel tipper sat on my Dad's lap on the M4 at Chievely before it was open. I guess I was about 9 or 10..? He used to pick aggregate up from Nuneaton in Somerset and bring it up for (I guess) the A34.

First car I drove properly was his Mk1 Cortina estate on an old airfield somewhere in the New Forest, aged 9. CRX 783 B. My Mum was in the car at the time and she is still shocked by it, after all these years.

[Kate]

A cream VW Beetle which was about 18 years old at the time.  I passed my test in it!  It was really hard to park at the supermarket.  The power assisted steering wasn't working very well!

[The Elite]

Like so many of us my first drive was aged about 7 or 8 sat on my dad's knee, Mk1 Cortina drove around Clumber Park.

Aged 11 / 12 used to get my Dad to take me to the small, local Industrial Estate, on a Sunday and let me drive around. A ford Corsair for the most part. I did the same thing with my little brother some years later.

13 had my first car to play with, used to drive it around a farmers field.

15 I had a Fiat 600, could get it into 2nd gear on the drive and sometimes used to sneak it up the road.

15 used to do Auto testing in a Triumph Jerald / Morris 1000 in the HMS Ganges Motor Club.

17 passed my test

Jeez, Britney Spears did it and got hammered by the press, lol...  

[Vamps]

Like so many of us my first drive was aged about 7 or 8 sat on my dad's knee, Mk1 Cortina drove around Clumber Park.

Aged 11 / 12 used to get my Dad to take me to the small, local Industrial Estate, on a Sunday and let me drive around. A ford Corsair for the most part. I did the same thing with my little brother some years later.

13 had my first car to play with, used to drive it around a farmers field.

15 I had a Fiat 600, could get it into 2nd gear on the drive and sometimes used to sneak it up the road.

15 used to do Auto testing in a Triumph Jerald / Morris 1000 in the HMS Ganges Motor Club.

17 passed my test

Jeez, Britney Spears did it and got hammered by the press, lol...  

Yes but we go back to the olden days, No H&S worries, I remember sitting on a trailer on top of all the bales of straw, so quite high, going from the field back to the farm.