What Vehicle Did You Drive During First DMV Road Test?

[Dibbons]

And two more prying questions:
How old were you?
Did you pass the first time?

For me, I passed as a 16 year-old driving my parent's new '71 383 Road Runner automatic in Los Gatos, California.

 

[halfafish]

Passed, first try, in a 1952 Studebaker Champion, in 1978. Wish I still had that car...

 

[davek]

failed 2 times then used a 4 wheel drive truck 20 inch lift kit the day I did the test, never driven the truck till the day of the test. 17

 

[tonysrt]

I took my test in a 58 Plymouth station wagon, flathead 6, three on the tree, no power steering and in the boro of Queens. I was only worried about stalling it. Luckily I passed 1st time around. In NYC you couldn't drive till you were 18, but I took the road test at 16 and received a Junior License, which had so many limitations I wondered if it was worth it. That car went to L.A. twice from N.Y. and probably had about 90,000 miles when I took the test.

 

[LMSC33]

1978 El Dorado. Last of the big ones. Restored it for my mother about 8 years ago. She’s gone now, but the car and the memories live on.

 

[493 Mike]

My dad took me to the local sheriff's department at lunch time for my driving test but, the officer at the desk told us he didn't have the manpower at the time to test me. He said to my dad "Can he drive?" To which dad says "Yea he can drive" and so I never took a driving test and still got a license!
Mike

 

[Dennis H]

1967 VW Beetle. Savannah beige. Pennsylvania State Trooper shoulder to shoulder. He may have been 6’4. Passed. Should have flunked me just for the length of my hair.
Allentown.

 

[dadsbee]

1969 Fury II. Wrote my 365, passed and then asked if I could take my drivers test now. Guy said "I needed to practice for a couple of weeks" and I said but how am I going to get my Mom's car home then??? Test it was, passed on my 16th Birthday. Had been driving since 13, every Tuesday night when Mom and Dad went bowling....

 

[Dennis H]

And two more prying questions:
How old were you?
Did you pass the first time?

For me, I passed as a 16 year-old driving my parent's new '71 383 Road Runner automatic in Los Gatos, California.


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Wow! High Class car and location.

 

[NOSTRT980]

62 Rambler, 6 cyl. 3 on the tree. passed the first time 16

 

[moparnutcase]

Passed first time,17,my dad's '74 Pontiac Catalina.

 

[bolson6333]

1952 Nash, 6cyl, 3 on tree I was 15 and passed first time

 

[Fran Blacker]

A yellow 64 Olds Starfire convertible with a stock rumbly exhaust. Our driver ed teacher said they don't ask stopping distance questions. Wrong I was dumb not study them. Still passed.

 

[jimt1971rr]

Passed 1st time. 16 years old in 1980. Used my parents 1975 Pinto, 4 speed.

 

[Photon440]

A few weeks past my 16th birthday, passed first time. High school driving school car, a brand new '74 Nova, six cyl. three on the tree.

 

[Dibbons]

Wow! High Class car and location.

It was either the '71 Road Runner or a '68 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham.

 

[747mopar]

Extremely boring for me, a 1980's Chrysler Fifty Avenue.

 

[polywideblock]

an escort panel van , I was 17 years old and yes I passed . even though it had a grenade for a clutch it was either on or off with the wheels spinning

 

[fratzog lover]

Passed. My buddies parents gave him a 68 Impala 250/3 on the tree. I didnt have a car, so I tested with his. Drove it like it was my own. 1976 when I was 17.

 

[Jerry Hall]

Passed at 16, in 1963 on my 16th Birthday. 1952 Buick Special 2 door sedan, straight 8, dynaflow, manual steering and brakes. They made me parallel park that sucker.