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WHAT CAR & YEAR DID YOU PASS YOUR TEST IN?

Post by fil » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:20 pm

my 1983 mk2 1.1 fiesta in 97 :lol:
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Post by david7m » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:26 pm

Used the instructors deisel Pug 205 in July 1997 (I was 17), but my first car was inherited from my brother, a 1988 MKII 950cc white Fiesta ;)

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Post by ChipHazzard » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:29 pm

My instructor's escort if my memory serve's me correctly back in 88 (I was 17) and my 1st car was a L reg 1.3 Viva HC that cost me £150
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Post by MarkB » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:36 pm

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Post by mikeyquattro » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:58 pm

instructors metro in '92.
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Post by david7m » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:15 pm

mikeyquattro wrote: My first car is a '72 VW camper. I've still got it!!!!
We had some great holidays when kids in campers, is it a split screen?

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Post by fil » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:52 pm

david7m wrote:Used the instructors deisel Pug 205 in July 1997 (I was 17), but my first car was inherited from my brother, a 1988 MKII 950cc white Fiesta ;)

Fil, what you got now? (add to your signature?!?!?!!?)

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Post by derdle » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:53 pm

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Post by confusionhunter » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:41 pm

1993... my mums 1.0 polo breadvan....
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Post by waitey1 » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:02 pm

1963 Dads Mark1 Cortina, Then Ford Pop E93A (sit up and beg sort) cost £25 might have had more fun in that car than all that followed.
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Post by shineydave » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:04 pm

1979 in a corolla. first car was a HB viva with a Brabham conversion, 1159cc of unadulterated power. it had bucket rear seats and 6.5" wide crossply tyres
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Post by SteveH » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:38 pm

1993 also... I think it was a Nissan Micra. First car was a 1.4 Renault 5 "GTL" what ever that means... cost me £550; which I sold 30,000 miles later for £550.
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Post by mikeyquattro » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:48 pm

david7m wrote:
We had some great holidays when kids in campers, is it a split screen?

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No Dave, it's a bay window.
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Post by PhilT » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:17 am

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Post by harperboy » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:06 pm

Hopefully sometime soon in instructor 1.4td yaris. Supprisingly quite nice to drive.
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