Happy birthday Britishgirl!

[appleton]

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Happy Birthday. Hope you have had and are continuning to have a great day!

[Romulus111VADT]

Happy Birthday!

I did my 17th birthday 40 years ago.....lol

[appleton]

Hehe

Britishgirl you can start taking driving lessons at this age. 17th was the age I couldn't wait to reach the most

[Romulus111VADT]

At 17, I was already heading to the military....egad, that was in 1967.....by 1971....I was dodging bullets. Funniest part is, I learned to drive a jeep before I ever drove a car....lmao. I had my military drivers license long before I ever got my civilian license.

[Luke]

Happy Birthday Britishgirl! I've already finished Driver's Ed; just need to wait till November to get my license.

[appleton]

Drive a jeep before a car? Wasn't that tricky?

Here we have to be 17 before we can take driving lessons. However you can drive on private land at any age

[Romulus111VADT]

[quote=matt]
Drive a jeep before a car? Wasn't that tricky?

Here we have to be 17 before we can take driving lessons. However you can drive on private land at any age
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Nay, not really, just getting use to the stick shift was a bit tricky. The 6x6 M35 Military Truck "duce and a half" was a real bugger to learn. That darn thing had more granny gears than I knew existed....forward and reverse....lol. Thank God, I never had to drive any in Nam. Just had to move a couple....lmao

[appleton]

Stick shift (Manual) is more common here then in the US.

Very few people I know drive a auto.

[Romulus111VADT]

[quote=matt]
Stick shift (Manual) is more common here then in the US.

Very few people I know drive a auto.
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That's really the smart way to teach any new driver, with a stick shift. I'm guessing that probably half the US doesn't know how to drive a stick. Comes in real handy to keep people from borrowing your car...lol. My wife owns a 2005 Toyota Corolla LE and it's an automatic. My 1999 Chevy Silverado 4 X 4 is also an automatic. But only because it was the only one ready for me to take immediate delivery. Anything with a stick had to be ordered....lol.

Funny part about my wife's car is that it came with all the bells and whistles. Power windows and door locks, AM-FM-Cassette-CD-Radio, Tilt steering wheel, reclining bucket seats, air conditioner, 4 wheel disc anti-lock brakes, map lights, vanity mirrors behind the sun visors, hell it's even got a plug in for her cell phone and a caddy. But the one thing it lacks is- cruise control, it's not standard on Toyota Corollas...lmao

[appleton]

Anything with a stick had to be ordered....lol.

Heh, Not high enough demand for them I guess

Everything but cruise control, but wheres the traction control?