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2001 Ford Focus and my first car was a 1993 corsa. Rock and roll.
 
Learnt the mechanics of driving in an old Land Rover, with a 30' logging trailer on the back constructed from the chassis of an old static caravan, around the age of 12. Tractor by 14, dumper about the same time, drot (bulldozer with an opening bucket type thing) by 16.

Learnt on-road driving in a Nissan Sunny.

My first car was a B-reg (1985) yellow Austin Metro. At the time it was 7 years old; one of the wings had already been replaced, and the other was rusting through. Quality! :)
 
old vw beetle 6v model made in 1966. was given the car free passed my test in it and had it 3 years (converted it to 12v and fitted an exaust and painted it nothing else) was still running when i sold it in 1983
 
Learnt the mechanics of driving in an old Land Rover, around the age of 12. Tractor by 14, dumper about the same time, drot (bulldozer with an opening bucket type thing) by 16.

Learnt on-road driving in a Nissan Sunny.

My first car was a B-reg (1985) yellow Austin Metro. At the time it was 7 years old; one of the wings had already been replaced, and the other was rusting through. Quality! :)

Very similar here . The old International Drott 100b was a work of art lol.
It was an old Moggy (1954 Morris Minor) on the farm that I first drove on my own,as well as the ancient Land Rover.
I passed my test in a 64 Vauxhall Victor.
 
Did you crash his car twice @Midwest or double tap the post?
Mine was a driving instructor or car Ford Escort Mk3 Ghia estate. On the day that I passed, he let me 'boot' it for a 1/4 mile
 
Mk2 escort for car test, gsx650f for bike test when I had to redo it as dvla said I did not have moterbike on my license when I had to renew it allthogh I passed the bike test before the car test
 
as i said in another thread, a 1956 ford thames 5cwt van. only 3 gears, no heater, then a ford anglia.
 
Ford Escort Mk 1 took the test in 1974 , then owned a 1966 hillman minx as my first car, oh also had some lessons from a guy at work in a vauxhall victor 101 with 3 speed column change and a nice big bench seat up front...
 
Ford Escort Mk 1 took the test in 1974 , then owned a 1966 hillman minx as my first car, oh also had some lessons from a guy at work in a vauxhall victor 101 with 3 speed column change and a nice big bench seat up front...
Hi Ray, I once owned a Ford Zephyr mk11 low line. 3 speed bench seat.
 
My father in law had a vauxhall ventura , that had a 3 litre straight six engine , and it was fast but drank fuel like no other , other car I had which I really liked was the Triumph Mk 2 , the 2 litre one, I would have liked the 2.5PI , oh and a 1600 Corsair as well , all those old cars seem to rust well though...

I spent more time trying to treat and control rust than driving them though , especially as they were quite old when I got them ..
 
Makes you appreciate modern cars, bikes and vans. Less or no rust, efficient and clean engines and gadgets - saying that, I did see a bright red Mk1 escort today and had a little tingle!
 
Makes you appreciate modern cars, bikes and vans. Less or no rust, efficient and clean engines and gadgets - saying that, I did see a bright red Mk1 escort today and had a little tingle!

It's not the rust that put's them in the scrapyard now. It's because the become beyond economic repair when their sophisticated electronics are a fortune to replace.
Some of the higher marques ; if all the air bags are deployed in an accident , coupled with the damage makes most of them beyond economic repair.
In the day , most could look after their own car, a trained mechanic is unlikely to get home now if he/she were to break down. But yes the are on the whole more reliable and nicer to drive.

The rust with the Mercs, could they be made out of old Transits ? :)
There is always a cost.
 
You're always assured parts available on flea bay because of this reason alone - we truly are a throw away society but also a buy second hand and fix it ourself society - I'm definitely in that last catagory but saying that because of what we do as a trade, we probably all are.
My first car was the family Hillman imp, turquoise in colour. I knew every inch of that car. Stupidly scrapped it when it had such a bad oil leak that it came out faster than I could put it in - I strapped a baking tray underneath strained it and put the oil back in. The centre told me it wasn't worth repairing and then I found a white Peugeot 205 diesel and the rest was history - modern car took its place!
 
I liked the Hillman Imp. One of the ,I think, only car in it's day that you needed a micrometer to do the tappets. They were great in the snow too.
I still have an old 405 estate, it's been tucked away for a few years now , but one day... :)
I have a VW Sharan , I know there is an engine in there somewhere , one day I will find it , the next I might even be able to get at it.
 
It's like the unknown in a modern engine bay but so so pretty! Trouble is a man cannot open the bonnet and just look at the engine any more - it's like being castrated if you get the context!
 
Slave cylinders IN the clutch , Lovely. Dual mass lovely , £800 average for the kit. Unless as you say , Ebay,
Technology costs lol.
 
Sometimes you get a keeper and sometimes it's a lemon - 'you pays your money, you takes your chance' - always buy the extended warranty!
 

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