Where's the first place you drove alone after you got your license?

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Conky

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May 9, 2001
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I'm a car guy so of course I remember! :D

Not too eventful... I drove around this lake near our house. Probably a 2 mile trip but I can remember it like it was yesterday and I am getting to be an old dude, lol.
 

ColdFusion718

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I picked up some friends for this school dance that took place on a boat. That was October 24th 1996. The day I felt like a man.
 

hjo3

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Umm, lessee, drove a couple of my friends from one guy's house to another. Of course, 16 year olds can't legally do that in my state anymore.
 

Xyclone

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To the gym. First time I drive someone (which was illegal because you can't for the first 6 months) - some friends to go out to lunch.
 

doze

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probably to the grocery store or to pick my sister up from somewhere.
 

OOBradm

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May 21, 2001
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I specifically remember three of my friends were hanging out at my friends house about 2 miles from my house. I didnt tell my friends I got my license and just drove over there without telling them. I showed up at the door and they were all wondering how i got there. I told them I drove myself. what a good feeling :)
 

IEC

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The first and most regular place... the post office to mail out my FS/FT packages ;)
 

Colt45

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I drove alone before i had my license.. haha.

I think the first time was to take in cans for money. :p
 

judasmachine

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The first time I drove alone, was from Amarillo, TX to Syracuse, KS. I was going to pick up my brother who had just broke up with his g/f. It was kind of weird, and scary, but I loved every minute of it. I think it was about a 3 or 4 hour drive on a bunch of deserted back highways.
 

alimoalem

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i don't recall, but i do know my parents taught my how to drive stick 5 months into my permit but they both worked so i didn't get to drive the stick car really til after i got my license. i would usually just go out and drive the car at night when my parents came back from work to practice once i got my license...maybe that's the first thing i did, practice
 

I Saw OJ

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Originally posted by: suse920
straight to my girlfriend's house and then just cruised around, went to the mall, went to dinner. I pretty much broke the main junior license law an hour after i got it. Legally i wasnt suppose to drive another person for six months.

Same

Went and picked up my buddy and we went to the mall. Broke that stupid law within about a half hour of getting my license.
 

TanisHalfElven

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Originally posted by: Accipiter22
I remember getting my license when I was 16 and driving home with my mom in the car. But the first place I drove alone was to my best friend Brian's house. He lived 2.3 miles away from me and we used to ride bikes back & forth between our homes. I remember driving all by myself to his house one afternoon, and pull up his long hill of a driveway, then pulling around to the front of his house and getting out and I felt bigger than life. It was such a great feeling to be able to go where I wanted in a car, without supervision.

ever heard of a bus.
that also allows you to go where you want without supervision.
 

compuwiz1

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It was a royal blue 1973 Chevrolet Caprice wagon, with a 400ci small block. I asked my Dad if I could borrow the car, to which he agreed. I then went across town, picked up my girlfriend, and we made some time in the back of the car, thanks to the fold down backseat. :shocked:
 

randomint

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Originally posted by: Colt45
I drove alone before i had my license.. haha.

I think the first time was to take in cans for money. :p

ha ha same here. i drove alone LONG before i got my license ... didn't go on the highways but pretty much anywhere else and more frequently that you'd think
 

jjones

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Oct 9, 2001
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I have no idea. Getting my license was no big deal since I was already driving around quite a bit before that.