Just wondering what kind of cars people learnt to drive in or owned before they got their magnas?

I learnt in an auto Falcon, manual Holden Nova, and then a manual Toyota Tercel...which ended up being my car when I got my P's. God I hated that car, but it kinda grew on me. 4WD is great. It was pretty good being able to have lots of fun but stay below the speed limit at the same time. It didnt use any fuel either. Too bad I cant say that about my Magna.

What names do you have for your magnas?

In my family we have 'stinga'. My bro's tercel is the T-Stinga, dads F250 is the F-Stinga (has a ring to it, my fav), mums VRX Lancer is the L-Stinga and mine is the M-Stinga. Anyone else got something strange like that? I think it started from some 70's car movie....not sure.

well i learnt firstly in an auto VX commy (parents car). then it was the driving schools 1.5L lancer and then another schools hyundai excel DOHC. the lancer was a shocker. the gear stick would just pop outta gear every now and then haha.

well, there are a few names for my car. Red Drifter is the funniest. the handbrake was put to work to get this title. then its the red bomber (mates red MX6 turbo is called the raped red bomber haha). then, beast is one that comes up. thats bout it me thinks.

brendan

I learned in a Toyota Hilux manual, god its a heap of ****.

Name for my car? *****! e.g. STOP SHUDDERING YOU *****! :rant:

learnt in an auto ef fairmont parents, drivin school was a pos hyundai accent, silly car that was

learned in a 99 camry

call <--- my wife... my GF's the mistress and she wasnt happy about that at first... i argue that it's usually the mistress that gets all the attention and lovin . dun think she minds anymore .... :bowrofl:

I was 15 and the very first car I ever drove was a V8 XC coupe, auto. All of the cars I drove b4 my licence were friends cars, drove a 2 door valiant, cant remember the model, and a HZ holden about the place, when I met my hubby he taught me first in an XY sedan, and then he bought a V8 XB ute and I drove that, when I actually got my licence we had a 6 cyl, HQ holden, after kids we had gotten an XD station wagon, then I got sick of trying to haul that steering wheel and I went and bought my mitsubishi colt sedan, there was a car ya couldnt kill, and oh boy did I try lol By the time the 3rd bub arrived there was no room in the backseat and I traded up to the TP, had it now for 5 years.

Next car purchase will be back to the V8's and probably back to an XB, possibly even an XY, depends on what we can find.

Ahhhhhh, reminicising of the good old days, dont ya just love it. :D

my four learning cars.

Dads 88 magna manual
Dads ex-gfs ?? Excel manual
Gf's 83 Nissan Prairie
Instructors 00 Honda Civic (Had over 200,000 on it)

All fun, nothing wrong except the excels engine was so quiet i couldnt hear if i was revving enough, or over-revving, and the prairie was basically on 3 cylinders.

i drove my brother's car around when i was with parents... that was a DOHC Hyundai excel

My driving instructors car was a 99 camry



my car is called the Magstain... cos my mates and i have always called gen1s: magstains.

i learnt in a 95 mazda bravo manual 4WD
and a 96 ford fairmont
soon as i got my p's i cruizd round in my TP manual elante lol

well lets see..., i have driver all of these up until i got my P's while on L's

My dad's old XF X-Pack (manual, havn't drove a manual since, can't stand ford manuals, awful)
My dad's next car (an EB falcon)
mum's car (EL falcon)
cars at DECA (falcons, again the same horrid manual gearbox)
My first car (Chrysler Centura), it's an *old* mid sized car, around the same size as a first gen magna, about the same weight, but with a hemi 6 motor that makes 125Kw (at the motor, not wheels)
And then along came the TP, which i've had for 2 years with few anonyances

Learnt in an Auto EA falcon, AU Fairmont, TJ Verada and the driving schools Laser. Before i got my TF i drove a VK commo and a TP Magna.

I learned to drive in a diesel Corolla, a Mk1 Golf, and Dad's Hilux Surf.

I took my test in a CC Lancer.

The cars that we've still got are all named.

The Phoenix, which is the Golf
The Red Rollerskate, the Surf
and the Grey Ghost, which is the Magna.

I got my fitst car at 14 a isuzu piazza turbo, i spent heaps of money and time into that and i got my l's on with that car... Good fun. 6.9sec 0-100 (according to RSM and stopwatch) then when i got my p's i got rid of it and got a TR, then i traded that in on a starion, then i got defected in that so i got a mazda 929 to get me around, then i sold both cars and got me a TJ magna then i traded that in and got the TH manual i have now.. ohh and there was a HQ kingswood in there before the piazza 2.. but i was only 13 :P it was a 202 auto ... lol i also did a bit of driving on my L's in my mums done up TH :)