71bronco
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'74 Ford Country Squire station wagon with wood sides. It was a beast to parallel park but I passed the first time.
Jeff
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Name the car you passed your drivers license in?
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QRTRHRS
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I had posted this on a different thread but here it goes again.
A friend was born the same day and year as I was. His parents farm had an access road over a mile long. He got his permit and took (and passed) his test on our birthday.
I think that it was like four or so months later that I took my first test which I failed because my grandfather's 56 Olds stalled three times else I was perfect. My older brother took me the following week. We got about a mile away from grandpop's house, pulled over and set the idle up to where it should have been.
I passed! Before we got home, we set the idle back down. When we got to grandpop's, he came out to see if I had passed. When he heard the car idling, he said hum, went and got a screwdriver and set it down to where it was gasping, lol!
When the state where I was way back when came out with a "chauffers" license to drive a truck, I sent in a few extra bucks over what the standard license cost.
When I got my military license in Germany, no on road test but I had to memorize ~136 road signs.
When the CDL came out, I had parked the big rig, got a degree in electronics, was working high tech. I figured that I was set until the plant closed. Took a free CDL course. To reinforce my knowledge, I hammered away at the many online questions. When I took the written test, I did every one except the "S". I breezed through in like a half an hour. The instructor wanted to know how I cheated. The head trainer sent me over to Old Dominion. More training for doubles.
LOL, the school used a school bus for both "P" and "S". I wanted the "P" but did not want to bother with the "S". Fast forward some 15-20 years. I decided to take SS and supplement by driving a school bus so I had to take that course anyway.
A friend was born the same day and year as I was. His parents farm had an access road over a mile long. He got his permit and took (and passed) his test on our birthday.
I think that it was like four or so months later that I took my first test which I failed because my grandfather's 56 Olds stalled three times else I was perfect. My older brother took me the following week. We got about a mile away from grandpop's house, pulled over and set the idle up to where it should have been.
I passed! Before we got home, we set the idle back down. When we got to grandpop's, he came out to see if I had passed. When he heard the car idling, he said hum, went and got a screwdriver and set it down to where it was gasping, lol!
When the state where I was way back when came out with a "chauffers" license to drive a truck, I sent in a few extra bucks over what the standard license cost.
When I got my military license in Germany, no on road test but I had to memorize ~136 road signs.
When the CDL came out, I had parked the big rig, got a degree in electronics, was working high tech. I figured that I was set until the plant closed. Took a free CDL course. To reinforce my knowledge, I hammered away at the many online questions. When I took the written test, I did every one except the "S". I breezed through in like a half an hour. The instructor wanted to know how I cheated. The head trainer sent me over to Old Dominion. More training for doubles.
LOL, the school used a school bus for both "P" and "S". I wanted the "P" but did not want to bother with the "S". Fast forward some 15-20 years. I decided to take SS and supplement by driving a school bus so I had to take that course anyway.
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'73 Honda Civic. I first took the test in my dad's car because it was an automatic while the Civic was a manual. The inspector failed me by one point because he didn't like teenagers in fast cars. Dad's car was a '67 GTO. Second time I passed easily. I drove a lot on my learners permit so I had a lot of experience.
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I had forgot about the chauffeurs license. You just paid a few bucks and they handed it to you. Got one in 84. I should have kept it up and been grandfathered in when they set up cdls.
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Took drivers test about 1971 age 16 in Dads 1964 Ford Galaxy 6 cylinder no power anything and three on the tree, it was January or February and lots of snow that year so the streets were extra narrow, they had me do a Y turn and the car barely fit crossways between the snow banks so I backed up until the rear bumper hit the snow bank the tester asked didn’t you see that snow bank and I said sure I saw it but the street is to narrow to do a Y turn without hitting the snow bank, I thought he was going to fail me for that but thankfully he passed me.
Too many Kubotas
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About 38 nanoseconds after they opened (on my birthday) there I was in my well worn '65 MGB. Had driven several other cars for a few years already, so passing the test was no big deal.
No, this isn't the same car. Had a relapse later and got this one, in the same color. Not sure the test would've ended well if I had access to bit over 300 hp at the time.
No, this isn't the same car. Had a relapse later and got this one, in the same color. Not sure the test would've ended well if I had access to bit over 300 hp at the time.
QRTRHRS
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It must have been 74' or 75' as that was when I was driving a new Diamond Reo tri-axle. I moved to another state which was a bit more formal. I forget but they may have called it a commercial license. They did recognize my license so no skills test but I did have to take a written.
