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Originally Posted by LONGHAIR
Me too. I took my test in my dad's '77 Malibu station wagon, but most of the driving I did before the test was in mom's '70 Maverick. It was an underpowered little turd with a 6cyl and 3 on tree.
These kids now-a-days would lose their minds over learning to drive while learning a stick shift at the same time. To be fair, I did drive some farm equipment, (trucks/tractors) for a while before the test for actual road driving, but they were totally different from that gutless wonder of a Maverick.
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Me too. I lived on a farm and learned to drive a VW when I was 8. I never drove an automatic until drivers ed. I had operated tractors and driven farm trucks for years before taking drivers ed. That was in a '71 Chevelle. I remember the instructor scolding me for grabbing the inside top of the steering wheel to turn hard, "don't grab the wheel like that. You're not driving a farm truck". He also commented, "You drive like you've been doing this a while". I said, "I've had a lot of practice on the farm"
