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[Andy B]

As we are now veering off topic[how unusual ]first car was 1601 UB a '59 Consul and first bike KBM 89G a Honda CD175,had too many cars to remember them all.

That was my first bike too  .... SEK 845N .... I've still got the receipt for it somewhere 

[Andy B]

I passed my test in September 1986 in my Dad's British Racing Green .... wait for it...... drum roll..... Morris Marina Pickup!                   

My first car was a Renault 5 GTL OCA502V 

I'm sure you'd qualify for therapy on the NHS .....   

[Lizzie Zoom]

Anyone bothered to check if their first cars are still in existence?

Sadly G318 SNA (1.3L Ford escort - 3dr estate in various shades of red) was bean tins a few decades ago. 

After passing my test in November 1970 in a BSM mini, I bought my first car; 1960 A40 reg. 1721 JW.  The car was scrapped by me when I got my brand new red L reg, 1972, Ford Escort, but the registration now lives on fixed to a 2019 1318cc Honda!!

[Rangie]

Anyone bothered to check if their first cars are still in existence?

Sadly G318 SNA (1.3L Ford escort - 3dr estate in various shades of red) was bean tins a few decades ago. 

After passing my test in November 1970 in a BSM mini, I bought my first car; 1960 A40 reg. 1721 JW.  The car was scrapped by me when I got my brand new red L reg, 1972, Ford Escort, but the registration now lives on fixed to a 2019 1318cc Honda!!

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What a coincidence Lizzie, my first car Austin A40 5016 VW then a Ford Escort 1100L  brand new ! UYF 340M in Monza blue.

[biggriffin]

First moped was a FS1e,, first car was a mini850 van, sliding windows,..

[Doctor Gollum]

Anyone bothered to check if their first cars are still in existence?

Sadly G318 SNA (1.3L Ford escort - 3dr estate in various shades of red) was bean tins a few decades ago. 

Mine was scrapped after being stolen/recovered and spending two months in an insurance compound, in winter with the windows down

Nowadays, it would have been fixed before the assessor got a look in. Oppsy oppsers.

[Rangie]

Wouldn't think my old A40 exists anywhere now, the floor was pretty rotten so part of it was made up of a welded in Hillman imp bonnet ! 😃

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

As we are now veering off topic[how unusual ]first car was 1601 UB a '59 Consul and first bike KBM 89G a Honda CD175,had too many cars to remember them all.

That was my first bike too  .... SEK 845N .... I've still got the receipt for it somewhere 

Well I owned a CB175 which had 2 carbs......so there......

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I also owned a blue CB400/4 of 1977 vintage.......with 4 carbs.

[Andy B]

As we are now veering off topic[how unusual ]first car was 1601 UB a '59 Consul and first bike KBM 89G a Honda CD175,had too many cars to remember them all.

That was my first bike too  .... SEK 845N .... I've still got the receipt for it somewhere 

Well I owned a CB175 which had 2 carbs......so there......

Alright .... don't rub it in!   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

As we are now veering off topic[how unusual ]first car was 1601 UB a '59 Consul and first bike KBM 89G a Honda CD175,had too many cars to remember them all.

That was my first bike too  .... SEK 845N .... I've still got the receipt for it somewhere 

Well I owned a CB175 which had 2 carbs......so there......

Alright .... don't rub it in!   

........and it had a rev counter.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Can't remember if the CB 175 came with electric start. The antiquated CD175 certainly did not.

[terry paget]

I passed my test in 1956, in an A40 Somerset. Not a big car, it had pretensions of being a 6 seater, able to accommodate three in the front, so had a remote control gear change beneath the steering column and an umbrella handle style hand brake beneath the dashboard. Neither made driving any easier. On the test I drove using hand signals, even though the car had semaphore indicators.

In 1958 I took my motorcycle test on a Cotton 250cc Villiers twin, again using hand signals, no choice in those days. I was sent round and round a city block while the examiner wandered about, until suddenly he sprang from behind a parked car, hand raised, for the emergency stop test. I suppose it's much the same today.

The Highway Code in the 1950s had a section for drivers of horse drawn vehicles. I don't think they needed a licence to do so, but it described how they should signal, using the whip.
 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The motorcycxle test stayed the same until some time in the 80,s or possibly early 90,s. Nowadays the examiner follows you around the test course on his bike, communicating via helmet intercom.
Nowhere near as easy as it used to be.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The motorcycxle test stayed the same until some time in the 80,s or possibly early 90,s. Nowadays the examiner follows you around the test course on his bike, communicating via helmet intercom.
Nowhere near as easy as it used to be.

Passed my bike test in 77 on an RD 250.

None of this nancy boy restricted 125cc  crap that came later.