1st Car You Ever Drove

Volvoboy

Not to be confused with what was your 1st car.

Mine



Up in Co.Down, and yes i did go straight sideways.

But not from trying to do so:eek:

I was 11

mike65

Saab 96 around the backstrand car park Tramore.

Mike

ronnie3585

An '86 black Opel Kadett around the local Dunnes Stores carpark when I was about 11. God I hated that car!

ShayK1

a blue Mini 850, I too was 11

alexmcred

a mini 800 think I was around 11 around a garage forecourt (it was closed)

Max_Damage

Well, the first car was my parent's '93 Ford Sierra diesel. Learned how to drive in a field on my uncle's farm. I was 15. This was it:



However, as for the first overall vehicle I ever drove, it was my uncle's 1950's Fordson Major Diesel tractor when I was 8.

ninty9er

87 Fiesta Ghia, but the first proper on the road drive was in my dad's 95 Vectra.

quarryman

Volvoboy wrote: »

Not to be confused with what was your 1st car.

why not? Cus mine was both.

Fiat Punto.

daithismith

A red Opel Kadett. I think it was from the 70s. Crashed it into a bush at very low speed. No damage done. It was a long time ago...around 1994 or so.

Volvoboy

quarryman wrote: »

why not? Cus mine was both.

Fiat Punto.

For most the 1st time you drive is in your mothers/fathers/aunts/uncles/cousin.. you get the gist.


Not in the 1st car you ever bought/owned.:)

Morrisseeee

In the 80's I had my 1st drive via my parents Ford Escort, then a few weeks later I got caught by the guards for driving on my own with no licence or insurance, but I got off with a 'stern warning', phew.

Max_Damage

Morrisseeee wrote: »

In the 80's I had my 1st drive via my parents Ford Escort, then a few weeks later I got caught by the guards for driving on my own with no licence or insurance, but I got off with a 'stern warning', phew.

The good ol' days, eh!? :pac:

Frisbee

A 98 Suzuki Grand Vitara.
My dads work jeep, nearly drove us off Killybegs pier.


No idea why my dad though a pier would be a good place to show me how to drive...

pburns

Chrysler Hunter 1.7HS complete with vinyl top, fake wood, quad headlights and chintzy alloy(-ish) wheels. It was the run-out Hunter model, specially prepared for Ireland where they were very popular (the Octavia/Jetta of it's day) and was about 10 years old by the time I got my hands on it.

Stephen

First car I drove was my father's '95 Opel Vectra 1.6. It felt like a rocket Only took it around an empty car park in first gear. I was about 13 or 14 at the time.

peasant

Dad's car (same colour even :eek:) on some quiet backroad. I was just 17, dreaming about getting driving lessons and constantly dropping hints about letting me have a go.

So, one day, out of the blue he did stop the car and said ..."now you drive, son" ....being my dad, he of course stopped it right on a steep hill :rolleyes:

So my first ever car driving experience was a hill start ...eventually

Atomic Pineapple

Ford Escort 1.4 Ghia

Wishbone Ash

A green Hillman Avenger around my Granny's farmyard!




(EDIT: The first actual vehicle that I drove was a Fordson Super Dexta tractor!)

Toots

Ford Galaxy, around an abandoned go kart track in Spain. I was 13, and Dad figured it was time I learned to drive!

JoeA3

Volvoboy

Toots85 wrote: »

Ford Galaxy, around an abandoned go kart track in Spain. I was 13, and Dad figured it was time I learned to drive!

Could he not think of anything smaller


:pac:

CrowdedHouse

A Renault 4 van !

Gary ITR

On a deserted beach when I was 8 I drove my dad's 1981 Mazda 323, I could barely see over the wheel

carchaeologist

One of these (1981 vw jetta)in a wine colour,1.6 non turbo diesel,on the beach,id say i was around 11!!

Car fell apart around 1996!!:D

Gumbo

no pics but is was an old old shape toyota hiace when i was 15!

farva

Back in 1999 I was 13 and my mom let me drive my dad's brand new Lexus IS200 Sport on Dollymount strand. He freaked when he found out!!

stratos

Yep dollyer here too, dads mk4 cortina 1.6 gl, ah the gl how we had moved up. excellent thread had forgotten about it.

snowman707

:o:o:o Aha cough Ahem :eek::eek: going to show my age now,

it was morris minor 1000

I was about 10/11

Barr

my dads 1986 Audi 100 ..felt as big has a house because of the lenght of the car

Balfa

I woulda been three when my dad let me drive his fourth generation corolla around Bull Island. Of course, he still controlled the pedals while I sat on his lap And every time he gave me control, I drove straight at Dublin Bay, and he'd have to stop me, line me up parallel to the coast, and let me go again

The next time after that, I was probably 12 or 13 in me ma's '88 Domino, on Rosnowlagh beach.

Good thread.

blackbox

in a field near Brittas Bay

DubCul

Also show my age, friend taught me to drive in his old Morris Oxford on Dollymount Strand:p

Wonder how many people got their first driving lesson on Dollyer?

Standard Toaster

I believe it was this majestic beast....in maroon
Prob around 11/12

Rowley Birkin QC

E70 Corolla for me.



Steered it from my dad's lap around a field at home at about 5 years of age.



First time I properly drove was an Opel Kadette. Also the first day I drank Poitin. Also the only time I have crashed.

Steve

Well if sitting on my da's knee when I was a nipper counts than it was one of these


Otherwise my first solo was in one of these:


Jebus - how I remember those checked seats - they were horrible.

ninty9er

farva wrote: »

Back in 1999 I was 13 and my mom let me drive my dad's brand new Lexus IS200 Sport on Dollymount strand. He freaked when he found out!!

I bet he did!!

If lap steering counts....I can't remember but it was one of the following:


In that colour


But a van

or

vectra

Mk1 Cortina
I was about 11

Toots

Volvoboy wrote: »

Could he not think of anything smaller


:pac:

God it was that exact model, except in silver!! Lol, well I suppose the plan was if I was able to drive that I'd be able to drive anything! When we got home he used to get up really early on Sunday mornings and take me round the industrial estate in it!

Bobo78

First time i drove a car was when I was 13 it was in December 2000, after I insisted for a while he finally gave me a try.
It was 1989 Opel Kadet 1.6i red color with 5 doors.
I still remember when i drove it 50 miles per hour in second gear.:D

bazz26

My dad's then 1989 Nissan Bluebird 2.0i SLX. Totally outdated in every way possible but the bees knees for a teenager at the time:

x in the city

An 88 colt in 1996 ish. cost around 3 grand back then.

had awful handling, steering wheel all over the place at motorway speeds.

I wrapped it around a barrier when it skidded on a wet road, managed to get it repaired somehow

SV

First car I ever drove was a 96 Toyota Mr2 Turbo.
I was 12.

Lucky child indeed.

Flyer1

1987 Ford Escort around the field at home - I was 6 years old - I had loads of cushions behind me along with the seat up as far as it would go.

R.O.R

Volvoboy wrote: »

Not to be confused with what was your 1st car.

Mine



Up in Co.Down, and yes i did go straight sideways.

But not from trying to do so:eek:

I was 11

My first car was an 83 5 door version of one of those. Colour was rust brown which was handy as it was around 50/50 rust to Metal by the time I got hold of it ('93).

My first drive was around a car park in my Dad's new Black 2.0 Carlton CDX Auto - would have been around 13.

L1011

Grandfathers Pug 205 when I was about 13... on public roads! offshore island though.

Car was the same age as me at that - 1987.

gyppo

My first drive was a 73/74 Cortina (the coke bottle one).
Had to strain to see above the dash.:p

positron

cabrwab

My first car to drive on dads knee was a toyota cresada, good ol dollymount, how nobody was ever killed ill never know!

The first car i ever drove solo no parent was on achill beach in 1997 when my uncle asked me to move his 2month old 728!
It was a proud although woman on top of the steering wheel moment!
I was 15

Max_Damage

As alot of people are mentioning steering only, the first car I 'steered' was my parent's '86 JDM Toyota Starlet.

andreas_220D

legally this one (1984):




illegally (pre 1984):

gpjordanf1

80's Opel Rekord 2.0

With a sticking accelerator!