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Haruka_Kitten · 2010-02-01, 05:48

Probably the most pointless thread ever, but I'm sort of interested to see community-wide, what was the first car they'd ever sat behind the wheel in? How it went? First mistakes made?

My first time was the 10.10.09 (I can confirm that, due to the unique way the licencing scheme works here). It was a '00 Toyota Corolla which had done 249,000 km's (again, the 'unique' licencing scheme). Did rather well, although I found that not stalling is quite hard, that the steering wheel needs to be turned a little further, and that I probably left a huge puddle of sweat behind (just thinking about the "oh crap" moment took it all out of me)

So feel free to post about your first experiences, or to revel in my defeat in the battle between me and a Toyota. Or, for Moderators, to close down this seemingly unimportant contribution and bury it underground.

**monir** · 2010-02-01, 06:02

I once did a 'reverse' while putting the car on drive as I was learning to drive. I just heard a muffle scream from the passenger side and a hasty shifting of movements that settled on the specially made break peddles on the passenger side. The next day when I went to take my driving test, the instructor told me not to worry too much. He said from a side glance that not many people passes their test on the first try. He was quite shocked when the test taker announced I HAVE PASSED. Poor guy. I still keep in touch with him.

Armored Knight · 2010-02-01, 06:03

It was very easy for me. I just sat behind the wheel and drove the car instantly. The next day I took the key and just started driving even without learning. The car had manual transmission.

It may sound strange for some of you, but I was very interested in cars as a kid and I know many things about them. I didn't need to drive a car previously to know how it actually works. I was able to realize how fast and dangerous the car can be and knew how to handle the brake and the distances. It took me just a few days until I turned into a pro who can handle the car easily.

I started to drive when I was 17. I didn't really have to drive before that and we didn't actually have a second car until then.

Jaden · 2010-02-01, 09:12

I was so nervous on my driving lessons that my back and legs would ache the next day because of how stiff I was when driving. I always had to practice in places with traffic.

When I got the hang of it though it was like driving a bicycle. Haven't driven a car in almost a year now but I doubt I'd any have problems with it.

felix · 2010-02-01, 09:30

Sadly I missed the old lady crossing the street; its not my fault they can't decide if they want to move or stand there faster! Fortunately, even though I somehow single handedly managed to block two lanes with one car (the scenery was nice you see), and that little train red/white something light accident... though the combined effort of 4-5 instructors I too manged to get a license!

I haven't been driving much since then though. I don't find it as fun as people make it out to be.

hinakatbklyn · 2010-02-01, 09:36

Only thing about my driving test that I remember was trying to adjust the wheels during a parking atempt. Everything else was no big deal so I passed. That was a long time ago and I only drove 2 more times since then. Way too nervous.

Neat Hedgehog · 2010-02-01, 09:56

I learned to drive with my dad in our old '93 Buick station wagon It was still pretty much winter, too. It wasn't too bad. I got up to 55 - 60 the second time out on an actual road. It was all pretty easy, really. It was only a couple years ago, right around when I was 20. I didn't have anywhere to go until I started going to college, so I didn't need to drive for a long time.

I actually failed my first driving test, but that might have been because the guy giving the test didn't know what he was doing. He didn't measure the car for the parallel parking test, so he gave me a "default" size spot to park a station wagon (not gonna happen). When I got home and read the instructions that he was supposed to have followed, I was displeased to say the least, as it cost me $50. Same thing happened to some girl that lives nearby, only she was trying to do it with a van.

I think part of the reason it was so easy is that I spent countless hours playing car games / racing games. Need for Speed, Vigilante 8, San Francisco Rush, Extreme G, Mario Kart (I wish I had turtle shells on my real car), stuff like that. I know, it seems silly, but among the people I know I find a distinct pattern that the ones who played a lot of driving games tend to be better drivers right from the start.

Vampire · 2010-02-01, 10:05

I'll get my license 2-4 years from now but when my sister was behind the wheel at first, she was able to drive through it took her 20 minutes to park correctly.

chikorita157 · 2010-02-01, 10:38

I haven't passed the written test until late 2008. and I started to have some driving lessons with a driving instructor. My dad took me out to drive and I messed up a tire and I never drove again until last summer when my sister and I took some more lessons and my sister and I finally passed the drivers test on the first try...

I have a provisional license right now, but I still need more practice until I can drive to college on my own.

Woopzilla · 2010-02-01, 13:31

I think my first time behind a wheel was in 2004... The driving instructor car was a diesel Toyota, though I can't remember which model. I was really relaxed since we lived in a quiet area with big empty residential roads with fields on one side and houses on the other. So there was no traffic and very little stuff to crash into or be troubled by. I suppose it would be a different story if you lived dead in the centre of a big city.

But one thing that was tough here was driving on the narrow countryside roads at 60mph that are barely wide enough to fit two cars. There's also a bridge nearby with walls on either side of the road built a few centuries ago where you fear scraping the car as you try to wedge past oncoming traffic. :S

My first car was an old 1994 Mercedes 190E. Despite being a Mercedes, it obviously had a huge mileage and pretty much 'banger' status. It was around £800. My dad paid at first for me but I had to pay him back once I got a job. I used it to drive to sixth form and back before I got a job.

Jinto · 2010-02-01, 13:52

My best first driving experience was the first time on the Autobahn. I was driving like 130km/h, suddenly my driving instructor says: Didn't you see the sign?
I thought boah shit I am too fast... I've overseen a traffic sign. Replying: Am I too fast?
He's replying: No, you're too slow damn. The sign was an all restrictions revoked type sign (I think thats only known in Germany). Well, anyway he wanted pedal to the metal, and then it was a lot of fun.

Another thing (not so pleasent) was trouble with the clutch. I began learning to drive in the instructor's car when it had that almost wasted clutch. That was pretty cool because there was no real biting point (I hope thats the correct english term), so you could not do much wrong with that clutch... like killing the engine.
But someday he changed the discs... oh boy thats been joy

... The biting point went from barely existing the one day to ultra precise the other day. I was killing the engine on three successive red traffic lights, that was so embarrassing... I felt like being in the first driving lesson again ... worse actually.

psycho_luny · 2010-02-01, 14:10

i was about 8, it was late at night, on a almost empty highway and i was with a relative, that was very close to me, in the car and he asked me if i wanted to drive. so i sat on his lap held the wheel, he let go of it and i drove about 2 kilometers, with him correcting a little bit sometimes. learned to shift gears 3 weeks later.

Dilla · 2010-02-01, 14:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by monir

I once did a 'reverse' while putting the car on drive as I was learning to drive. I just heard a muffle scream from the passenger side and a hasty shifting of movements that settled on the specially made break peddles on the passenger side. The next day when I went to take my driving test, the instructor told me not to worry too much. He said from a side glance that not many people passes their test on the first try. He was quite shocked when the test taker announced I HAVE PASSED. Poor guy. I still keep in touch with him.

I did the same thing when I took the driver's test, hopped a curve with all four wheels too. Luckily, there was nothing beyond the curve. Other than that, it was pretty smooth.

I got my license when I was 17, right before I went to college. However, I don't drive much since I don't have a car and I go to school 5 hours away from home.

Vault Dweller · 2010-02-01, 15:23

My first time behind the wheel of any vehicle was a golf cart. I accelerated too fast down a hill and crashed into a big mud puddle where it got stuck. Had to get out and push it out of the mud, fun times!

In drivers ed the first time I drove was in the pouring rain and the winds were so bad the student driver sign got blown off the top of the car. The teacher had me turn around, on the highway mind you, in the rain to retrieve the sign. Then later on when I was parking I accidentally hit the gas instead of the break and jumped the curb, the teacher couldn't stop laughing.

Haruka_Kitten · 2010-02-01, 15:40

Haha, this is great. I wasn't expecting this much of a turn out. I'm glad everyone's probably had more memorable experiences than me trying to adjust the mirror while moving and trying to move the air vents with the tips of my fingers and muttering under my breath "fatal distraction".

Honestly, I'm surprised nobody has turned around and said their first car was a Model T (doubt anyone who's first was that is alive now).

One thing I have noticed is how tired your left leg gets after about 45 minutes of Manual labour.

blue skies · 2010-02-01, 18:47

The first time I ever drove was in my mom's old green Ford Escort. I was fine until we got home and she wanted me to pull into the driveway. It was slanted and I wasn't getting anywhere because I was going too slow, so she told me to hit the gas. I hit it just a bit too hard and ended up crashing into the garage door.

No one will let me forget about it.

Lost Cause · 2010-02-01, 19:35

LOL! I remember it like it was yesterday,I was 16yrs. old and Drivers Ed. was the 'new' thing. You know,you set in a class room and listen to lectures,watch films on rules of the road, hazzards, night driving, etc. Well I got home and announced that I was supposed to enroll in this class so I could get my tempory permit. The look on my mom's face was pure terror(I was was kinda a clutz and had a short attention span, in other words a typical teenage girl).
Well my daddy looked at me and said "Ain't no damn school gonna teach my daughter to drive,not when I taught your 4 nuckle head brothers to do it"! So that Saturday he and I went out to the shed(garage) where we kept the vehicles and he fired up his pride 'n joy a 1969 Dodge Power Wagon pickup truck and down the road we went. About 5 miles from home he stopped got out,came around to the other side and said "Ok scoot over and I'll show you how to drive a stick shift". Well I managed to find first and stepped on the gas but forgot to release the hand brake! I didn't know brake could squeal and smoke!! My daddy yelled "Release the brake dammit"! He motioned to the lever so I pulled it and boy did we take off then! Oh the engine wined and he screamed "CLUTCH, NOW SHIFT"!! People to this day still say they can here my daddy screaming "CLUTCH DAMMIT CLUTCH"!
Anyway we made it back home in one piece(don't ask me how) and I got out all red faced cause I never heard him cuss like that EVER! He went inside took two stiff belts of sour mash and melted into his chair!
When the day came for me to take my test he told my mom"You take her in your car my truck still ain't fixed yet"! Mom had a '75 Ford with an automatic tranmission and I drove it just fine! We got back and I beamed as I showed my daddy my new permit, he shuddered and went outside with his bottle in hand. My first car was an AMC Gremlin w/auto shift and you know that whole summer I had to work a job to pay for repairs to his truck!?

K_Babyy · 2010-02-01, 19:43

It was a few days before I went and got my permit, so I was almost 15, my dad let me drive my mom's huge yukon denali around the neighborhood hahaha, that thing was a beast, but I handled it well. ;]

Alchemist007 · 2010-02-01, 21:10

I had a tendency to use the brakes a little too suddenly, when going slow.

Theowne · 2010-02-01, 21:16

My first driving experience was a bit anti-climactic, I suppose. After all, I'd been watching my parents drive for over sixteen years, so I had some ideas about how cars functioned. And it turned out that they functioned pretty much exactly the way I had imagined.

My only tricky spot is parking into spots, which I find much more difficult than parallel parking. Also, I still tend to hesitate when changing lanes, which is the worst thing you can do.

2010-02-01, 05:48	Link #1
Haruka_Kitten The AnimeSuki Pet kitten IT Support Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: A furry den Age: 30	Your very first "behind the wheel" experience Probably the most pointless thread ever, but I'm sort of interested to see community-wide, what was the first car they'd ever sat behind the wheel in? How it went? First mistakes made? My first time was the 10.10.09 (I can confirm that, due to the unique way the licencing scheme works here). It was a '00 Toyota Corolla which had done 249,000 km's (again, the 'unique' licencing scheme). Did rather well, although I found that not stalling is quite hard, that the steering wheel needs to be turned a little further, and that I probably left a huge puddle of sweat behind (just thinking about the "oh crap" moment took it all out of me) So feel free to post about your first experiences, or to revel in my defeat in the battle between me and a Toyota. Or, for Moderators, to close down this seemingly unimportant contribution and bury it underground. __________________ Visit the blog of the Unspoken Youth "That bus! It has an awesome ring to it!"

2010-02-01, 09:30	Link #5
felix sleepyhead Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: event horizon	Sadly I missed the old lady crossing the street; its not my fault they can't decide if they want to move or stand there faster! Fortunately, even though I somehow single handedly managed to block two lanes with one car (the scenery was nice you see), and that little train red/white something light accident... though the combined effort of 4-5 instructors I too manged to get a license! I haven't been driving much since then though. I don't find it as fun as people make it out to be. __________________

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Vampire Birth by Moonlight Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Somewhere not near you.	I'll get my license 2-4 years from now but when my sister was behind the wheel at first, she was able to drive through it took her 20 minutes to park correctly. __________________

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chikorita157 ひきこもりアイドル IT Support Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pennsylvania , United States Age: 34	I haven't passed the written test until late 2008. and I started to have some driving lessons with a driving instructor. My dad took me out to drive and I messed up a tire and I never drove again until last summer when my sister and I took some more lessons and my sister and I finally passed the drivers test on the first try... I have a provisional license right now, but I still need more practice until I can drive to college on my own. __________________ Chikorita157's Anime Blog \| Atelier Shiori (Personal Sideblog) \| Tumblr \| Twitter

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Woopzilla Desensitized Join Date: May 2009 Location: LV-426 Age: 37	I think my first time behind a wheel was in 2004... The driving instructor car was a diesel Toyota, though I can't remember which model. I was really relaxed since we lived in a quiet area with big empty residential roads with fields on one side and houses on the other. So there was no traffic and very little stuff to crash into or be troubled by. I suppose it would be a different story if you lived dead in the centre of a big city. But one thing that was tough here was driving on the narrow countryside roads at 60mph that are barely wide enough to fit two cars. There's also a bridge nearby with walls on either side of the road built a few centuries ago where you fear scraping the car as you try to wedge past oncoming traffic. :S My first car was an old 1994 Mercedes 190E. Despite being a Mercedes, it obviously had a huge mileage and pretty much 'banger' status. It was around £800. My dad paid at first for me but I had to pay him back once I got a job. I used it to drive to sixth form and back before I got a job. __________________ Last edited by Woopzilla; 2010-02-01 at 15:36.

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Armored Knight Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010	It was very easy for me. I just sat behind the wheel and drove the car instantly. The next day I took the key and just started driving even without learning. The car had manual transmission. It may sound strange for some of you, but I was very interested in cars as a kid and I know many things about them. I didn't need to drive a car previously to know how it actually works. I was able to realize how fast and dangerous the car can be and knew how to handle the brake and the distances. It took me just a few days until I turned into a pro who can handle the car easily. I started to drive when I was 17. I didn't really have to drive before that and we didn't actually have a second car until then.

2010-02-01, 09:12	Link #4
Jaden Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006	I was so nervous on my driving lessons that my back and legs would ache the next day because of how stiff I was when driving. I always had to practice in places with traffic. When I got the hang of it though it was like driving a bicycle. Haven't driven a car in almost a year now but I doubt I'd any have problems with it.

2010-02-01, 09:36	Link #6
hinakatbklyn Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009	Only thing about my driving test that I remember was trying to adjust the wheels during a parking atempt. Everything else was no big deal so I passed. That was a long time ago and I only drove 2 more times since then. Way too nervous.

2010-02-01, 09:56	Link #7
Neat Hedgehog Hack of all trades Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Age: 36	I learned to drive with my dad in our old '93 Buick station wagon It was still pretty much winter, too. It wasn't too bad. I got up to 55 - 60 the second time out on an actual road. It was all pretty easy, really. It was only a couple years ago, right around when I was 20. I didn't have anywhere to go until I started going to college, so I didn't need to drive for a long time. I actually failed my first driving test, but that might have been because the guy giving the test didn't know what he was doing. He didn't measure the car for the parallel parking test, so he gave me a "default" size spot to park a station wagon (not gonna happen). When I got home and read the instructions that he was supposed to have followed, I was displeased to say the least, as it cost me $50. Same thing happened to some girl that lives nearby, only she was trying to do it with a van. I think part of the reason it was so easy is that I spent countless hours playing car games / racing games. Need for Speed, Vigilante 8, San Francisco Rush, Extreme G, Mario Kart (I wish I had turtle shells on my real car), stuff like that. I know, it seems silly, but among the people I know I find a distinct pattern that the ones who played a lot of driving games tend to be better drivers right from the start.

2010-02-01, 13:52	Link #11
Jinto Asuki-tan Kairin ↓ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fürth (GER) Age: 43	My best first driving experience was the first time on the Autobahn. I was driving like 130km/h, suddenly my driving instructor says: Didn't you see the sign? I thought boah shit I am too fast... I've overseen a traffic sign. Replying: Am I too fast? He's replying: No, you're too slow damn. The sign was an all restrictions revoked type sign (I think thats only known in Germany). Well, anyway he wanted pedal to the metal, and then it was a lot of fun. Another thing (not so pleasent) was trouble with the clutch. I began learning to drive in the instructor's car when it had that almost wasted clutch. That was pretty cool because there was no real biting point (I hope thats the correct english term), so you could not do much wrong with that clutch... like killing the engine. But someday he changed the discs... oh boy thats been joy ... The biting point went from barely existing the one day to ultra precise the other day. I was killing the engine on three successive red traffic lights, that was so embarrassing... I felt like being in the first driving lesson again ... worse actually. __________________ Folding@Home, Team Animesuki

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psycho_luny close to insanity Author Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: far from sanity and close to insanity Age: 32	i was about 8, it was late at night, on a almost empty highway and i was with a relative, that was very close to me, in the car and he asked me if i wanted to drive. so i sat on his lap held the wheel, he let go of it and i drove about 2 kilometers, with him correcting a little bit sometimes. learned to shift gears 3 weeks later. __________________

2010-02-01, 15:23	Link #14
Vault Dweller Let's fighting love! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vault 27	My first time behind the wheel of any vehicle was a golf cart. I accelerated too fast down a hill and crashed into a big mud puddle where it got stuck. Had to get out and push it out of the mud, fun times! In drivers ed the first time I drove was in the pouring rain and the winds were so bad the student driver sign got blown off the top of the car. The teacher had me turn around, on the highway mind you, in the rain to retrieve the sign. Then later on when I was parking I accidentally hit the gas instead of the break and jumped the curb, the teacher couldn't stop laughing.

2010-02-01, 15:40	Link #15
Haruka_Kitten The AnimeSuki Pet kitten IT Support Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: A furry den Age: 30	Haha, this is great. I wasn't expecting this much of a turn out. I'm glad everyone's probably had more memorable experiences than me trying to adjust the mirror while moving and trying to move the air vents with the tips of my fingers and muttering under my breath "fatal distraction". Honestly, I'm surprised nobody has turned around and said their first car was a Model T (doubt anyone who's first was that is alive now). One thing I have noticed is how tired your left leg gets after about 45 minutes of Manual labour. __________________ Visit the blog of the Unspoken Youth "That bus! It has an awesome ring to it!"

2010-02-01, 18:47	Link #16
blue skies noch einmal? Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 37	The first time I ever drove was in my mom's old green Ford Escort. I was fine until we got home and she wanted me to pull into the driveway. It was slanted and I wasn't getting anywhere because I was going too slow, so she told me to hit the gas. I hit it just a bit too hard and ended up crashing into the garage door. No one will let me forget about it.

2010-02-01, 19:35	Link #17
Lost Cause Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Virginia Age: 46	First Drive or how I made my Daddy crazy! LOL! I remember it like it was yesterday,I was 16yrs. old and Drivers Ed. was the 'new' thing. You know,you set in a class room and listen to lectures,watch films on rules of the road, hazzards, night driving, etc. Well I got home and announced that I was supposed to enroll in this class so I could get my tempory permit. The look on my mom's face was pure terror(I was was kinda a clutz and had a short attention span, in other words a typical teenage girl). Well my daddy looked at me and said "Ain't no damn school gonna teach my daughter to drive,not when I taught your 4 nuckle head brothers to do it"! So that Saturday he and I went out to the shed(garage) where we kept the vehicles and he fired up his pride 'n joy a 1969 Dodge Power Wagon pickup truck and down the road we went. About 5 miles from home he stopped got out,came around to the other side and said "Ok scoot over and I'll show you how to drive a stick shift". Well I managed to find first and stepped on the gas but forgot to release the hand brake! I didn't know brake could squeal and smoke!! My daddy yelled "Release the brake dammit"! He motioned to the lever so I pulled it and boy did we take off then! Oh the engine wined and he screamed "CLUTCH, NOW SHIFT"!! People to this day still say they can here my daddy screaming "CLUTCH DAMMIT CLUTCH"! Anyway we made it back home in one piece(don't ask me how) and I got out all red faced cause I never heard him cuss like that EVER! He went inside took two stiff belts of sour mash and melted into his chair! When the day came for me to take my test he told my mom"You take her in your car my truck still ain't fixed yet"! Mom had a '75 Ford with an automatic tranmission and I drove it just fine! We got back and I beamed as I showed my daddy my new permit, he shuddered and went outside with his bottle in hand. My first car was an AMC Gremlin w/auto shift and you know that whole summer I had to work a job to pay for repairs to his truck!?

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K_Babyy Fullmetal Heart Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Age: 33	It was a few days before I went and got my permit, so I was almost 15, my dad let me drive my mom's huge yukon denali around the neighborhood hahaha, that thing was a beast, but I handled it well. ;] __________________

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Theowne 耳をすませば Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Age: 34	My first driving experience was a bit anti-climactic, I suppose. After all, I'd been watching my parents drive for over sixteen years, so I had some ideas about how cars functioned. And it turned out that they functioned pretty much exactly the way I had imagined. My only tricky spot is parking into spots, which I find much more difficult than parallel parking. Also, I still tend to hesitate when changing lanes, which is the worst thing you can do. __________________ My Site - Reviews collection, Sheet music, and etc. Anime reviews/blog, piano arrangements, Studio Ghibli..