Driver's License... What Vehicle did you use?

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
Was that the one with a push button transmission?

 

[bmg88201]

67 VW beetle, toughest damn thing I ever owned. I punished that car as a teenager and it ran and ran and ran.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

^^^^^
Was that the one with a push button transmission?

No. They had done away with the push button shifter idea by '68.

 

[masscity]

I passed with a 1956 DeSoto 276 ci hemi push button. I could be wrong about the engine. My Dad said that was the best car he ever owned.

 

[Sigarms]

Took my one boy down the local DMV to get his unconditional license (no restrictions due to his age).

Went in with the 2002 Honda accord.

He passed the first time.

Funny thing, he didn't even have to drive a vehicle with someone in the car with him. Heck, he didn't even have to drive a car. Go figure...

He did record 60 hours of driving with us in different conditions, and he's actually not a bad driver IMO, and I can only assume that he didn't have to drive because all of his hours were documented, but I'm not certain if I'd be taking parents at their word and documentation.

 

[chiefcook]

1963 Plymouth Fury

 

[California]

1969 ford bronco with a 3 speed transmission, the day I turned 16, drove myself there and back

Were you a Californian back then? That's straight out of American Graffiti!

I don't remember if I did identical. Probably.

 

[Hay Dude]

Reg license: ‘79 F-350
CDL: Pete Tandem with a 30k air brake trailer

 

[MoKelly]

Reg license: ‘79 F-350
CDL: Pete Tandem with a 30k air brake trailer

I bet the parallel parking test was challenging!!!

 

[grsthegreat]

I bet the parallel parking test was challenging!!!

Brings up an interesting question. I pulled a UPS truck out of a ditch last winter. Female driver. She said she got stuck trying to back up and rear camera wasn’t working. She said female drivers don’t have to prove backing skills to drive for UPS, But the male drivers do. I hope this is not true.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Brings up an interesting question. I pulled a UPS truck out of a ditch last winter. Female driver. She said she got stuck trying to back up and rear camera wasn’t working. She said female drivers don’t have to prove backing skills to drive for UPS, But the male drivers do. I hope this is not true.

I'm sure she was joking.

 

[the old grind]

'64 Catalina 4-door HT.

 

[71bronco]

1974 Ford LTD station wagon. It was still in the wood crate and not easy to parallel park.

 

[Tomtint]

1985 Jaguar XJS V12... in 1/2" of snow.

 

[5030]

If you are referring to my initial drivers license, my dad's Mercury Marauder way back then. My CDL was in a conventional Western Star long nose and at 48 foot covered wagon with 8 axles.

 

[IndyJay]

My CDL was in a conventional Western Star long nose and at 48 foot covered wagon with 8 axles.

Is that similar to the Conestoga? How many oxen?

 

[5030]

Is that similar to the Conestoga? How many oxen?

Kind of, sorta..... 500 oxen under the hood (3406 Caterpillar cranked up to maximum allowable (factory) power without voiding the warranty.

 

[setxjeff]

1965 mercury comet 3 on the tree in 1972

 

[ultrarunner]

72 Olds Cutlass Supreme…

 

[MossRoad]

Your driver’s manual?