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What car did you learn to drive in? Bet it's not this one.

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Pariah

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Whatever it was, I bet it wasn't comparable to a Ferrari 458 Italia:

When 'L' stands for lucky beggar: Learner plate spotted on Ferrari supercar


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Dad obviously has money, and even more obviously balls of steel.
 
There are bunch of kids like that in my hometown. I see an orange Lambo running around with an L on it all the time, few Ferraris and Audi R8s.
 
In this and 0-60 in 3 days 4 hours 16 min. 25 sec.

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Monster HP...!
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MagnusTheBrewer said:
I like it! I buy a new one today if they were still around.
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Yea it was kinda cool and ours was a 3spd on the tree too... Man that was a learning exp for sure... Most of the time with that little 199cui 6cyl you had to put it in low to get off a wad of gum...:thumbsup: Tough little car though had a late model big Pontiac hit the right rear corner it kinda buckled up the rear quarter and cracked the tail light but the trunk still opened and shut just fine the Pontiac was a total loss (hit my grandfather doing 65mph)... The other driver was in the hospital for like 3 months my grandfather drove home and was a bit sore for like 2 days... His insurance wanted to total the car so he let them and they paid he bought it back for like $100 and drove it for another 3 years...😀
 
Bartman39 said:
Yea it was kinda cool and ours was a 3spd on the tree too... Man that was a learning exp for sure... Most of the time with that little 199cui 6cyl you had to put it in low to get off a wad of gum...:thumbsup: Tough little car though had a late model big Pontiac hit the right rear corner it kinda buckled up the rear quarter and cracked the tail light but the trunk still opened and shut just fine the Pontiac was a total loss (hit my grandfather doing 65mph)... The other driver was in the hospital for like 3 months my grandfather drove home and was a bit sore for like 2 days... His insurance wanted to total the car so he let them and they paid he bought it back for like $100 and drove it for another 3 years...😀
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I like it because it's so basic. You have access to everything under the hood, it's obvious what everything does and, when something breaks, you can fix it yourself.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
I like it because it's so basic. You have access to everything under the hood, it's obvious what everything does and, when something breaks, you can fix it yourself.
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Yes very simple and a single barrel carb too... But watch yourself if you lean over to far changing plugs you`ll fall in and hit the ground... Cant do that with most of these new cars... But did look under the hood of the new Chevy trucks and Camaro`s and there is a big gap between the radiator and the front of the engine with nothing but ground showing...:thumbsup:
 
Honda Civic Hybrid and Toyo Corolla.

Hybrid was a bad idea to me, the response of a full gas-only car felt significantly different and better to me as a learning car.
 
Didn't look as sexy as a Ferrari but still had a 4 bbl 440 in it and embarrassed alot of kids in their shiny new sports cars 😉

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Who would have expected that to have 400 HP? Back in the late 90s when other kids my age thought their 225 HP Mustang GT was fast :awe:

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1968 so it just missed all the emissions detuning that came in 71-72 :awe:
 
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exdeath said:
Didn't look as sexy as a Ferrari but still had a 4 bbl 440 in it and embarassed alot of kids in their shiny new sports cars 😉

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Who would have expected that to have 400 HP? Back in the late 90s when other kids my age thought their 225 HP Mustang GT was fast :awe:
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Nah, they were just backing off, scared as shit at that thing!..
 
BUTCH1 said:
Nah, they were just backing off, scared as shit at that thing!..
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I don't know what was more embarrassing: being the one driving that brick or being the one in a shiny new car watching that monster roll right past you and not being able to do anything about it 😀
 
exdeath said:
Didn't look as sexy as a Ferrari but still had a 4 bbl 440 in it and embarrassed alot of kids in their shiny new sports cars 😉

1968_Chrysler_TownCountry_front.jpg


Who would have expected that to have 400 HP? Back in the late 90s when other kids my age thought their 225 HP Mustang GT was fast :awe:

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1968 so it just missed all the emissions detuning that came in 71-72 :awe:
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Exdeath... That first pic is the true definition of a "sleeper"...:biggrin: (the original Man-Van)

A buddy of mine back then their family car was a Pontiac stationwagon with a 428 and I swear you could tromp it and watch the fuel gauge move (uh down) of course gas back then was like .25-.30 cents per gallon of the real stuff...
 
I learned on my mom's 1997 Lexus ES 300. Not exactly the easiest car to learn on either. Sensitive steering and massive blind spots. The driving school I went to had a more respectable old arse Taurus.
 
Mine was a 2 door 1973 SAAB 99LE with a 4 speed manual transmission. It was beige with beige cloth interior...but it had heated front seats which was a godsend in upstate NY in Dec/Jan/Feb. It was a little over 10 years old and had a little under 100,000 miles on it. I think I had only seen a Ferrari in person once when we went on vacation in Ft Lauderdale, FL one winter.
 
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