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So I went out to drive on my lunch break and spotted an old Chevy Caprice. It made me think of my Mom's '87 that I drove for my driver's test in '92. It handled like a Yacht and was about as big as one. It floated like one too. On the way there we were doing about 50mph when a pheasant decided to fly up from the weeds directly into the grill. Yes, I showed up for my driving exam with a broken grill and blood all over the front of the car.So, I made this post because I'm curious about what you drove for your state exam and also if you have a funny story about it.One more funny thing, I was so nervous and wanted my license so bad that I didn't even fill out my name, address and Birthdate correctly. The guy at the DMV offered to my mother that I take the test for special people. He was serious!! Jerk!

i was in a 96ish cavalier. easy test for me!

hahha i drove a late 80's or early 90's Pontiac sunbird. nice car to take the test in, it was small and manuverable.

I was in an '84 Grand Am. Oh my god that makes me feel old now.

91 Mercury sable.....ewwww... and it was a horrible green out side and in.....

Did they make you guys back into a parking space? Do you know how hard it was to do in a car that was about six inches thinner than the parking space? I nailed it though.

1978 Cadillac Seville.

Quote, originally posted by NUBlackshirts »1978 Cadillac Seville.Now here's a man that knows where I'm coming from.

Quote, originally posted by MailGuy! »Did they make you guys back into a parking space? Do you know how hard it was to do in a car that was about six inches thinner than the parking space? I nailed it though.I didn't have to do any backing up. Where you take the driver's test there are two big yellow gates and you have to parallel park between them, but when I took my test there was a big tractor trailer there and he said to me "just verbally tell me how you'd park." ha! So I never had to do any parking.

Ontario has their driver's license in stages. G1, G2 and G upon finishing. First test is writen, second and third are driven ones. First driven test I drove my brother's white 4door 94(I think) Pontiac Grand Am. I took my next test in my room mate's manual 96 Sunfire GT which I later bought from him.I passed the first driven test no issues...Second time though I failed the first try. I had practiced the days leading up to the test, did everything I thought they would have me do... I was all confident to. Guy hops in and says the usual stuff... all relaxed and I failed horribly... damn guy talked the whole time.re-test, different guy. he didn't say a word and we had like 1.5 feet of fresh snow overnight. I passed.

I took a drivers ed course during high school and got to drive an Aztek. 3 of us and the teacher went on a road trip (about 1 1/2 hrs away) letting us take turns driving. The teacher took a nap while I was driving (the teacher of this summer course was also a football coach)My actual test was in my sisters '00-'02 Taurus. I drove around a few blocks. took all of about 5-10 minutes

Sputnik feels old? I took mine in my Dad's '78 Olds 98 Regency. Metallic green with matching cloth interior and a padded vinyl top.At least the old man bought it with the 403 V8...........

Quote, originally posted by ANO_Vibe »I took a drivers ed course during high school and got to drive an Aztek. Driver's ed, now that's something differant. I drove a very forgettable little car called a Plymouth Sundance.

The EX's *doh* 96' nissan 240sx (auto)... it was a peppy car, just didnt like the interior.

I'm not sure on the year but i think it was a 1987 Buick Skylark.

Quote, originally posted by MailGuy! »Now here's a man that knows where I'm coming from.Guess my father thought that if I could pass the test in that beast, I could drive anything. He was (and still is) wise beyond his years.

Quote, originally posted by NUBlackshirts »Guess my father thought that if I could pass the test in that beast, I could drive anything. He was (and still is) wise beyond his years.I hear ya. I actually owned an '84 Camaro at the time of the test. My Dad insisted I drive the Caprice because he thought if I screwed up driving the 5 speed in the Camaro I'd fail.

Quote, originally posted by Sputnik »he said to me "just verbally tell me how you'd park." ha! So I never had to do any parking. Insert Napolean Dynamite here, "LUCKY!"

I have you all beat. 1973 Chevy Vega with two speed Powerglide back in 1980. That baby had a top speed of 85m.p.h. That should be funny enough.

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »Ontario has their driver's license in stages. G1, G2 and G upon finishing. First test is writen, second and third are driven ones. First driven test I drove my brother's white 4door 94(I think) Pontiac Grand Am. I took my next test in my room mate's manual 96 Sunfire GT which I later bought from him.I passed the first driven test no issues...Second time though I failed the first try. I had practiced the days leading up to the test, did everything I thought they would have me do... I was all confident to. Guy hops in and says the usual stuff... all relaxed and I failed horribly... damn guy talked the whole time.re-test, different guy. he didn't say a word and we had like 1.5 feet of fresh snow overnight. I passed.Yeah now Ontario has graduated licensing. When I got my license though it was before Graduated licensing.

Quote, originally posted by MailGuy! »Insert Napolean Dynamite here, "LUCKY!"Yeah especially since the last time I parallel parked was during Young Drivers. Whew!

(removed), am I the only one who took it in the Vibe? (almost had to take it in the HUGE Bonneville ) 3 point turn was a synch And I got to drive home by myself "But officer, this was my first time speeding, I swear!"

Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE »(removed), am I the only one who took it in the Vibe? (almost had to take it in the HUGE Bonneville ) 3 point turn was a synch And I got to drive home by myself "But officer, this was my first time speeding, I swear!" I guess that just shows how old we all are?? I had my license 10 years before my Vibe.

Quote, originally posted by Sputnik »Yeah now Ontario has graduated licensing. When I got my license though it was before Graduated licensing.my friend got in before that was law... he turned 16 like a week before ontario passed it. I was not so lucky. I turned 16 a month after. I got to drive an Intrepid for driver's ed... I hated it.

Quote, originally posted by Sputnik »I guess that just shows how old we all are?? I had my license 10 years before my Vibe.Got mine 20 years before I got my Vibe."You young punks get off my lawn!!!"

I took my test in a 1999 pontiac montana. A friggin' mini-van!

Hey, I used to have one of those!

I took mine in my cousons 92 Chevolet Prizum auto 3speed. That thing was tight, and thankfully a little more reliable than my 84 Mitusbishi Tredia.

Took it in my 1982 Monte Carlo. Quite similar to the one pictured, 'cept for the top, which was a purdy dark blue. Was far from compact: 200.4" L x 71.8" W. The craphole rural Kentucky location in which I grew up had a sophisticated parallel parking test course, consisting of two rusty (removed) 55-gallon drums in the court house parking lot. I didn't hit them but I didn't get close enough to the imaginary "curb" so the asshat took points off for that..If you didn't take your drivers test in a large car, you didn't take your drivers test. My sister had it MUCH worse than I, she drove what Mom had at the time she got her license - 1980 Buick Electra. 225" long, to put it in perspective, that's the same as a damn Excursion! Funny thing, I'm more nervous behind the wheel of a large car today than I was the first time I hit the road in my land yacht Monte.

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A full size conversion van!? I thought I had it bad. Although, if you can parallel park a van, you can park with the best of them.

A 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 4-dr. I must be the only old fart still on this board!For perspective, in 1969, virtually all 'full-size family cars' were big boats. I took driver's ed at high school in a 1968 Chevrolet Caprice 4-dr. Our instructor was very cool. One of the things he had us do was 'doughnuts' in the parking lot, so we got the feel of an rear-wheel-drive car skidding on ice in the winter. Front wheel drive was a novelty then! The Olds Toronado and Cadillac Eldorado were the only domestic-built front wheel drive cars available . Even most imports still had RWD. The only exception I can think of was the original BMC Mini.My son just completed driver's ed in August 2006. Because of legal liability issues, most high schools no longer offer drivers' ed. Eric took his 'waiver test' at the driving school in a bright blue PT Cruiser. The waiver means he doesn't have to take the State driving test, just the written test when he turns 16 and one-month.Speaking of the ludicrous licensing requirements for new drivers in most states, (30 hours of classroom instruction, but just 6 hours behind the wheel!) There's a special section on Teen Driver Safety in recent issue of AutoWeek (registration with the site is required, but download it here for free--> http://www.autoweek.com/teen) If you're the parent of a teen driver, read it and share it, please!

no driver's ed for me. took mine in the family 93 subaru legacy L 5MT wagon, pre-AWD. said i needed to let up on the clutch and less on the gas... LOLguess some things haven't changed.

ive parralleled a Chevy Avalanche. and boy was it harded that anything else, cause the back of the truck is so high i can barely see the tops of any small/ regualr sized trucks and Tahos.

Took mine in a 1977 Dodge Aspen Wagon in 1984 -- ahhh I miss that 225 slant-6! Leaning tower of power baby!Best picture I could find of one of them: http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B35246.jpg

took my test in a white amc pacer. they called it 'the egg' in school

Quote, originally posted by kostby »A 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 4-dr. I must be the only old fart still on this board!For perspective, in 1969, virtually all 'full-size family cars' were big boats. I took driver's ed at high school in a 1968 Chevrolet Caprice 4-dr. Our i Now we're talkin'. I took my test in a 1967 Chrysler Town and Country station wagon. That beast was over 18' long. Had a 383 V-8 and the automatic choke was partially stuck (recurring problem with Chrysler products in those years) so the thing was idling at probably 2K rpms. Made for a rough time when shifting while doing my parking drills, the whole car lurched and there was a loud clunking sound. But I passed.Took drivers ed in a 1974 Mustang II (basically overweight Pinto). With the old pinto 4 banger, automatic and 5 of us in the car it would barely go uphill. Once I was going up a hill at about 30 mph in a 55 zone, instructor was telling me to go faster - told him I had it floored!

Quote, originally posted by silverawd26 »A 1992 Full Size Dodge Conversion Van. I had to parallel park and all that nifty stuff. Wow! I was waiting to hear if some poor sap had to drive a full size van. You have my respect and sympathy Silver. On a side note. Damn you've had a lot of cars! I thought you were younger than me and I've only had 3. 84 camaro, 94 cav, 04 vibe.

Quote, originally posted by Altus »Took mine in a 1977 Dodge Aspen Wagon in 1984 -- ahhh I miss that 225 slant-6! Leaning tower of power baby! Oh man, I remember those things. I can only remember them with cancerous rust all up and down the body though. New England winter salt bath destroyed those cars. My neighbor actually had one that he would round up his cows with in the farm field.

I've never taken a driver's test...

How can you not have taken a drivers test?

My Drivers Test was taken in a 1978 Caprice classic light green 305 auto was my moms car and sitting at home was my 70 GTO i was working on with my dad for the past year prior and when i got my liscense my GTO was running what a good time miss those days

The young pups are predominant here, eh? Took my test in a '76 VW Dasher wagon. No power steering in that thing - - I was sweatin' the parallel parking!Driver's Ed car was an '82 Citation.

Quote, originally posted by kcorona » '82 Citation.a car named "citation"? that's ironic...

yeah, someone at GM must have been playing a joke when they came up with that name.

Quote, originally posted by kostby »A 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 4-dr. I must be the only old fart still on this board! 1966 dodge dart. you aren't the only one. Quote, originally posted by ANO_Vibe »a car named "citation"? that's ironic...never mind....... I forgot the age difference.

1984 Olds Cutless....blue with blue 'velvet' interior. it was like driving on a cloud...no really..no steering feel at all!

Quote, originally posted by Atomb »1984 Olds Cutless....blue with blue 'velvet' interior. it was like driving on a cloud...no really..no steering feel at all! I'm not sure many of the younger ones on here really know what it's like to drive a car where you have no clue what the front wheels are doing. Really, these cars had no steering feel and about three to four inches of play before the car would actually turn. Thank you God for rack & pinion.

It truly was my father's Oldsmobile: Delta 88 Mike

Quote, originally posted by jimincalif »I took my test in a 1967 Chrysler Town and Country station wagon. That beast was over 18' long...I know what that was like! My drivers' test car was my mom's '72 T&C with the 440ci V8. Hard to believe I actually parallel parked that "land yacht"!

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »my friend got in before that was law... he turned 16 like a week before ontario passed it. I was not so lucky. I turned 16 a month after. I got to drive an Intrepid for driver's ed... I hated it.Your friend, you and I are all about the same age then... I turned 16 a few months before that. Got my learners before and my license after. But I didn't have to deal with the graduated crap.oh and it was 92 civic... super easy up in Aurora. Oh those were the days.CAN-AWD-VIBE