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Title: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 15 August 2011, 19:33:19

I passed both Bike & Car in 1988....
Yes I was 17 years old  ;D :P :y

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: TheBoy on 15 August 2011, 19:42:27

'88 for car, can't remember bike, mid 90's?

Passed car first time, failed bike due to foot down on u-turn

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: STMO123 on 15 August 2011, 19:45:56

1971 :-[

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Post by: Debs. on 15 August 2011, 19:46:26

1976: motorbike.......1978: car.......1983: car-test in California......1988: PPL......1991: Instrument and twin-engine ratings......1993: CPL/ATPL

.....`bet I couldn`t pass a modern car test; `how things have changed! :-[

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: johnnycboy on 15 August 2011, 19:48:38

Car 1990 first time, was advised to gin up on my highway code, apparently I was shite ::)

Bike test passed 2001 no faults (100%) although I did cock up and really should have got a fault, but I blamed it on the headset ::)

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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 15 August 2011, 19:49:03

 ::)

I see people remember them clearly..

mine was last century somewhere else approx 25-30 years ago..  ;D

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 15 August 2011, 19:57:50

1977 Bike.....Yamaha RD250
1979 Car......Alfa Sud 1.5ti

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Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 15 August 2011, 19:59:42

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1971 :-[

Jesus. You're even more decrepit than I thought. :)

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Post by: aaronjb on 15 August 2011, 19:59:47

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1976: motorbike.......1978: car.......1983: car-test in California......1988: PPL......1991: Instrument and twin-engine ratings......1993: CPL/ATPL

.....`bet I couldn`t pass a modern car test; `how things have changed! :-[

I was only just being born then..  :-[ ;D

1995, I believe, in October.

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 15 August 2011, 20:02:09

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1976: motorbike.......1978: car.......1983: car-test in California......1988: PPL......1991: Instrument and twin-engine ratings......1993: CPL/ATPL

.....`bet I couldn`t pass a modern car test; `how things have changed! :-[

Impressive.... :-* :-* :-*

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Richie London on 15 August 2011, 20:02:12

1983. 2nd time, first test i swerved to avoid hitting a butterfly and drove over a pile of sand so failed. my first priority was making sure i never hit that butterfly  ;)

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Post by: LaserLance on 15 August 2011, 20:03:43

Car test ....1983......Class1 HGV.....1989......Bike test 1996 via direct access

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Post by: Figureman52 on 15 August 2011, 20:03:59

Car 1st time 1980 (Instructors Datsun)

Bike 2nd time 1981 (My RD250)

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Post by: hercules on 15 August 2011, 20:06:31

1991 first time

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Post by: Richie London on 15 August 2011, 20:07:32

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1931 :-[

didnt think they have tests in them days then steve

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Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 15 August 2011, 20:08:41

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1983. 2nd time, first test i swerved to avoid hitting a butterfly and drove over a pile of sand so failed. my first priority was making sure i never hit that butterfly  ;)

If you say so Richie....... ::) ::) ::) :)

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 15 August 2011, 20:10:53

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1971 :-[

I was but a twinkle in the milk mans eye then!

1990 for me on the car test.

Bikes are not for me so no test on them!

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Debs. on 15 August 2011, 20:11:10

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I was only just being born then..

 :'( I`d like to say I was precocious; passing my test when aged just 18 months of age.......but I wasn`t! :-[
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39qdhbkTko4[/media]

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Post by: dbug on 15 August 2011, 20:14:03

Hate to admit it but passed mine in 1963 :-[

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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 15 August 2011, 20:14:22

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1983. 2nd time, first test i swerved to avoid hitting a butterfly and drove over a pile of sand so failed. my first priority was making sure i never hit that butterfly  ;)

 :y :y :y :y

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Post by: Entwood on 15 August 2011, 20:14:47

Car 1969
Bike 1971
LGV 2007
PCV 2007

Yup ... officialy KOS :(


:)

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Post by: Gaffers on 15 August 2011, 20:14:59

Car 1995 - 2nd time after being shafted by BSM.  After getting lessons with dad for 2 hours every night for 3 weeks I got a minor for going too slow in a 60.  I still have the pass sheet as a trophy :y


AFV 432 (Tank)  2005

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 15 August 2011, 20:24:00

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1976: motorbike.......1978: car.......1983: car-test in California......1988: PPL......1991: Instrument and twin-engine ratings......1993: CPL/ATPL

.....`bet I couldn`t pass a modern car test; `how things have changed! :-[

hey debs. y'all lived in the state of CA? :)

Ps i passed my test August 2002 :)

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Post by: Radar on 15 August 2011, 20:24:18

1990 (car), don't do bikes

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Debs. on 15 August 2011, 20:31:48

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1976: motorbike.......1978: car.......1983: car-test in California......1988: PPL......1991: Instrument and twin-engine ratings......1993: CPL/ATPL

.....`bet I couldn`t pass a modern car test; `how things have changed! :-[

hey debs. y'all lived in the state of CA? :)

Ps i passed my test August 2002 :)

The dear old-lady whom taught me the Californian DMV road-rules; used to append the word "C*cksucker" when saying the word "Yield" as we approached intersections......even today (all these years later) her voice is still in my head when I see a 'Give Way' sign! ;D

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Post by: Andy B on 15 August 2011, 20:35:13

Car .... Aug 1979
Bike ....Nov  1980
Passed both first time  :y

and if others are including tank licences ...
FTL .....About 10 yrs ago
MEWP .. A few weeks ago   ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 15 August 2011, 20:37:24

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1976: motorbike.......1978: car.......1983: car-test in California......1988: PPL......1991: Instrument and twin-engine ratings......1993: CPL/ATPL

.....`bet I couldn`t pass a modern car test; `how things have changed! :-[

hey debs. y'all lived in the state of CA? :)

Ps i passed my test August 2002 :)

The dear old-lady whom taught me the Californian DMV road-rules; used to append the word "C*cksucker" when saying the word "Yield" as we approached intersections......even today (all these years later) her voice is still in my head when I see a 'Give Way' sign! ;D

haha ''cocksucker'' instead of ''yield''. hmmmm you sure she was a proper instructor???  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Debs. on 15 August 2011, 20:42:28

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.....you sure she was a proper instructor???

No, she sure wasn`t; she was an old hippie (and Mom of a work colleague) with anger issues.......She regularly bellowed "Yield C*cksucker" at anyone whom crossed her vehicular path at intersections! ;D ;D

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 15 August 2011, 20:50:30

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.....you sure she was a proper instructor???

No, she sure wasn`t; she was an old hippie (and Mom of a work colleague) with anger issues.......She regularly bellowed "Yield C*cksucker" at anyone whom crossed her vehicular path at intersections! ;D ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D i think iknow the sort !!!!  ;D ;D ;D

so did you live in america land?

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Post by: smithpa7 on 15 August 2011, 21:24:08

Car test 1st May 1980. Bike test later the same year. 17 years old for both.....gosh I feel old :( :( ;D ;D

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Rods2 on 15 August 2011, 22:06:19

Bike 1975 Honda CB250-K2, Car 1980 BSM Austin Metro, both first time.

I bought a Reliant Plastic Pig to practice driving a car on my bike licence, if you can drive this is a gale you can drive anything.  ::) A week after passing my test the plastic pig had gone to be replaced with a Ford Granada 2.5 Estate.  :y :y :y

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Vamps on 15 August 2011, 22:21:42

1973 Bike, age 16 on a Honda CB250K4 in Portsmouth.

1974 Car, age 17 in a Hillman Avenger 1500 in Bishop Auckland.

1980  HGV Class 1, age 21, in a 1963 crash gearbox Commer with a kerb cropper single axle trailer, in Darlington.

1980 PSV, any single Decker, age 21 in a 1965? Bedford Duple, in Darlington, one week after HGV.

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Post by: Cliffo B on 15 August 2011, 22:24:10

M/bike 1957 Car 1960

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Post by: geoffr70 on 15 August 2011, 22:26:47

B 2001
BE a week later
C 2005
EFAD (fire engine) 2011

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: albitz on 15 August 2011, 22:40:19

Car - 1978 in a Viva.Passed first time. Didnt have any lessons.
Bike - finally got round to "doing it legal" in 1998. Passed first time.

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Del Boy on 15 August 2011, 22:51:48

Car - 1986 - First Time - Everyone said I would fail because I was driving my 3.0 Auto Granada around for quite sometime before  ;D
Bike - Never have taken the test, to unsafe for my liking.

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: danzigfan on 15 August 2011, 22:52:11

1998 first, 18 years old - first job first money first car, no bike - certain death for "no limiter" I was

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Post by: twiglet on 15 August 2011, 22:54:17

Car, 1993, aged 17. Passed first time in my dad's 1988 MkII VW Golf (which he still has!!)
Bike, 1996, aged 20. Passed 2nd time (failed 1st time because examiner said I continued on when and oncoming Range Rover swung out to pass a car parked on their side of the road, and the gap wasn't wide enough for him to follow me through safely... he was in a bloody car though!!)  ::) :-X

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Post by: Kevin Wood on 15 August 2011, 23:00:09

Car test in 1988

.. and for Debs.. "Zero engine" rating in about 1992 IIRC. ;D

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Post by: e4cat on 15 August 2011, 23:02:36

Bike 1956 1st time
car 1958    :
 hgv 1968 :
because I had to. :) :)

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 15 August 2011, 23:27:15

Car 1986 - Morris Marina pick-up with dodgy sycromesh
Bike 1987 - Yamaha RXS100
Western Australia car - 1997
LGV C - 1999 - Mercedes 1617
LGV C&E - 2001 ERF wagon & drag
Vietnam car and bike - 2009

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Andy B on 15 August 2011, 23:42:04

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Vietnam car and bike - 2009

Does that count? Even Clarkson managed to pass it  ;D ;D ;D  ;) ;)

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Post by: jereboam on 16 August 2011, 02:18:19

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Car 1969
Bike 1971
LGV 2007
PCV 2007

Yup ... officialy KOS :(


:)

Car 1967, or thereabouts, at the fifth attempt.

Never been on a motorised 2-wheeler of any sort, and don't intend to start now.

But I'd absolutely love to learn to drive a bus!  I assume it costs quite a lot to learn, so I'm unlikely to ever achieve that ambition.  However, if I ever win the lottery, I'd advise you all to keep well away from Suffolk. :) :) :)

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Post by: Auto Addict on 16 August 2011, 05:58:06

1958, passed first time.

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Post by: metalhip on 16 August 2011, 08:03:45

Bike (2nd attempt) in '67
Car (1st time) in '71

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Lazydocker on 16 August 2011, 08:24:48

Car 1996, Failed the first test through non attendance (instructor got the time wrong >:( >:(), 2nd test failed for not stopping on a hill and using the handbrake (I just slowed sufficiently that I didn't need to stop which the examiner admitted was what he would do >:(), passed the third one with no advisories. Should add, the test I failed he marked that as a major fault and gave me no minors at all ::)

HGV C 2000/1, 2nd time

Bike 2001, 1st time, 1 minor.

IMV (Unit and trailer used internally on Docks) 2005, no Faults

RTG (Rubber Tyred Gantry Crane) 2008, no faults.

Cycle Proficiency...... ;D ;D ;D

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Post by: Debs. on 16 August 2011, 08:33:27

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Car test in 1988

.. and for Debs.. "Zero engine" rating in about 1992 IIRC. ;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D...... :y

The "Winch-Ascent" rating! :P

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Post by: MutantCav on 16 August 2011, 08:37:58

Car test 1985...HGV 2000

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Post by: trainmanone on 16 August 2011, 08:44:21

car test 1986 ............train 1992 :y

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Post by: Shelby on 16 August 2011, 08:45:36

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Car 1995 - 2nd time after being shafted by BSM.  After getting lessons with dad for 2 hours every night for 3 weeks I got a minor for going too slow in a 60.  I still have the pass sheet as a trophy :y


AFV 432 (Tank)  2005

Thats pushing poetic license to the extreme  ;D

1989, 2nd time in the car for me.
I would of got my HGV in 2006 but the boss men in the Army said I didn't need it as I could drive 7.5 tons on my car license, gits.

Would like to get my bike license but I never seem to have the money to do it  :'(

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Post by: Debs. on 16 August 2011, 09:05:56

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car test 1986 ............train 1992 :y

 :P Aren`t you supposed to train first? ;D

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Post by: rob in gib on 16 August 2011, 09:21:06

Car test 1993 passed second atempt

Ambulance and blue light test 2001

Yacht skipper and power boat ticket 2010

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Post by: 51M0N on 16 August 2011, 09:24:50

2005
lost it in 2009
got it back Feb this year  ::)

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Post by: russ0205 on 16 August 2011, 10:25:02

1981 for bike 1982 for car second time

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 August 2011, 12:34:53

1979 bike first time
1983 car second time

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Post by: bob.dent on 16 August 2011, 12:37:12

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1971 :-[

Ditto

break me Steve, I can't possibly be as old as you!! :D

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Post by: sujole on 16 August 2011, 13:19:03

1973 car (austin 1100)
1974 bike (honda cd175)

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Post by: Seth on 16 August 2011, 13:26:20

Car:  1976 at second attempt - using father's Mk2 Cortina. :D

Bus (All types):  1980 at first attempt - on a 1960 Bristol Lodekka double-decker with rear platform doors. ;D 

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Post by: zirk on 16 August 2011, 13:33:03

What Test!, something else the Governments brought out to make money on now!

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Post by: 2woody on 16 August 2011, 14:51:14

1987 car

2003 "H" class

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Post by: Kevin Wood on 16 August 2011, 15:00:21

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Car test in 1988

.. and for Debs.. "Zero engine" rating in about 1992 IIRC. ;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D...... :y

The "Winch-Ascent" rating! :P

Yes, and the "let the guy on the other end of the rope put up with the noise and the smell of petrol" rating too. :y

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Post by: neilr on 16 August 2011, 15:00:24

1978 in a manual honda civic

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Post by: amba on 16 August 2011, 15:10:59

Car 1976 in a Vauxhall Viva

Motorbike 1975 Yamaha RD 250

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Post by: redelitev6 on 16 August 2011, 18:15:46

 Bike test 1977- Suzuki 120 , Car test 1978- Austin Maxi (don't all laugh) it wasn't actually a bad car !

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Post by: taytuz on 16 August 2011, 18:41:39

Bike test 1988-CB125
Car Test 1995 3rd time-Nissan Almera

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Post by: Omega_Dan on 16 August 2011, 19:07:03

Car Test June 2002 in a V reg peugeot 206 1.9D

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Post by: rbrueford on 16 August 2011, 19:10:20

Car test 2000 in a gutless Corsa if i recall correctly (and then went out 20 minutes later and bought a 2.5 Renault Gtx land barge thing for £250 to get me back from barracks lol)
Hgv/Pcv 2002 in an equally gutless Optare manual so i'm one of the proper bus/coach drivers that can drive a manual bus lol (not that First Group have any in Bristol!!)

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Post by: LaserLance on 16 August 2011, 19:35:20

Car test 1978- Austin Maxi (don't all laugh) it wasn't actually a bad car ! Ahem....I have to own up ive had 2, one  was a G reg 1500 in green my 1st ever car and my dads Preg 1750hl in in beige ::) ::) ::)

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Post by: TheBoy on 16 August 2011, 19:43:02

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1958, passed first time.

By my calculations, that made you 97 years old when you took your test. Well done.

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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 16 August 2011, 19:48:46

1978 (Viva HA Van) 2nd attempt (Allthough was a worse test and thought I had failed again)

Whish I had taken bike test in earlier years and mybe even HGV :-/

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: cam2502 on 16 August 2011, 20:04:42

1989, i was 19, soon as i passed i bought a vauxhall.............chevette :-/
ah well, i still loved it :)

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Post by: mantagte on 16 August 2011, 20:05:21

1986 car ford fiesta
1990 bike cb 250 n
1995 hgv ford???
2000 psv leyland ln

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Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 16 August 2011, 20:46:00

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Bike test 1977- Suzuki 120 , Car test 1978- Austin Maxi (don't all laugh) it wasn't actually a bad car !

Affectionately known as the Bloop.... :y

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Post by: moog on 16 August 2011, 20:50:03

13 may 1987 in a toyota starlet in a nice shade of snot green.
Same day as my mrs birthday even though i'd never clapped eyes on her before i passed my test.
No excuses for forgetting that day! so im told. ::)

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Post by: Andy B on 16 August 2011, 20:54:03

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Car test 1978- Austin Maxi (don't all laugh) it wasn't actually a bad car ! Ahem....I have to own up ive had 2, one  was a G reg 1500 in green my 1st ever car and my dads Preg 1750hl in in beige ::) ::) ::)

My brother was given one by my FIL to be. If only they had been as reliable & rust free as they were innovative. It must've been one of the first 5 speed hatchbacks on the road.

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Post by: Elite Pete on 16 August 2011, 22:28:57

Bike test in 82 and car test in 83 :)

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Post by: LJay on 20 August 2011, 13:44:01

Car test 1996 - passed first time, just, with 11 minor faults!  Despite my driving instructor saying that I wasn't ready and shouldn't expect to pass.

No bike test as apparently I have too many responsibilities to be riding a motorbike! :(

If I ever had the money I'd love to drive HGV too.

I've also contemplated doing the advanced driving course. :y

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Post by: tunnie on 20 August 2011, 13:46:27

car test in 2001, bike test in 2009

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Post by: blackviper90210 on 20 August 2011, 14:15:51

Car 1989
HGV3 1990
HGV1 1992
PCV 1993
M/Bike 2003 (Cyprus)

All the above passed first time!   :y

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Martian on 20 August 2011, 15:52:38

Passed both bike & car first time in 1982.
Bike test (the original) was 10 days after I turned 17, and car test (drive anything up to 7.5 tonne, including trailers) was 4 weeks after that.

First car at 17 was a 1977 3 litre Granada Ghia with manual box, insurance was £200 for the year TPFT, and I got £20 back when I notified the insurance I had passed my test.
I suspect these days if a 17 year old on a provisional license wanted to insure something similar they would be laughed off the phone, so it doesn't surprise me that there are so many out there without insurance.

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Post by: Debs. on 20 August 2011, 18:05:02

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I've also contemplated doing the advanced driving course.

Absolutely no reason not-to, Ljay......and several insurance companies offer significant reductions for 'advanced-pass' motorists! :y

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Post by: LJay on 20 August 2011, 18:29:12

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I've also contemplated doing the advanced driving course.

Absolutely no reason not-to, Ljay......and several insurance companies offer significant reductions for 'advanced-pass' motorists! :y

Other than having to keep my bad habits in check and having to learn to be less offensive and more defensive you mean! ::) :-X ;D

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Post by: Auto Addict on 20 August 2011, 18:35:48

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Car test 1996 - passed first time, just, with 11 minor faults!  Despite my driving instructor saying that I wasn't ready and shouldn't expect to pass.

No bike test as apparently I have too many responsibilities to be riding a motorbike! :(

If I ever had the money I'd love to drive HGV too.

I've also contemplated doing the advanced driving course. :y

The RoSPA test is tougher, and unlike the advanced driving test (which once passed is for life), it has to be re-sat every 3 years.

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Post by: Shackeng on 20 August 2011, 19:09:07

Car 1956, in a 1955 Ford Popular
Bike 1956 RAF Triumph TRW, 500cc sidevalve twin. http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/Triumph_TRW_1955.jpg
1956 RAF truck licence on a 3.5ton Magirus Deutz, air-cooled diesel. These were superb vehicles, and I even used one to tow a Beverley a/c once, using the optional low ratio box, and IIRC, 4wd.

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Post by: tigers_gonads on 20 August 2011, 21:32:30

1987
Car / Suzuki Alto  :-[
4th time lucky  :-[

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Post by: Jimbob on 20 August 2011, 21:36:32

Car - December 1995 for me....and still using the old paper license I got at the time  :y

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Post by: Bionic on 21 August 2011, 07:01:21

Can barely remember them but both were passed first time when I joined the forces in 1965. Took the 'tick' and ability test to be able to drive in Germany in Jan 1966 and passed them first go too....
Trust DLK to bring back memories covered in cobwebs..rotten sod ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Post by: hoofing it on 21 August 2011, 09:30:30

Theres alot of passes in the 1990's here so most of us are at the big 40 or just either side of it with the exception of old fuddy duddy stmo who seems to be [size=8]1931[/size]1971 who needs to piss himself every 20 miles :P :P :P.
Oh I passed 20/6/1990 first time/hgv2 1998

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Post by: sandune on 21 August 2011, 12:29:37

 1964 army,was stationed at Perhan Down /Tidworth.Was a red book which was replaced some time in the '70's :y

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Nick W on 21 August 2011, 14:05:23

Car test: 11 July 1988. Used my mum's mk2 Cavalier as the instructor's had just been written off for the second time in a year! Remember the date as it was the day before my 18th birthday, although it was the second test I took.

Bike test: no, far too much of a wuss, and I've picked up too many fatal bike crashes.

HGV test: tempted, haven't spent the money yet.

Cycling proficiency anyone? We did it in the road outside the school(and they still do it in the same place, although with more hi-viz) when I was 9. Wish I'd never brought it up now, feel really old.

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Post by: Andy B on 21 August 2011, 14:10:59

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Cycling proficiency anyone? We did it in the road outside the school(and they still do it in the same place, although with more hi-viz) when I was 9. Wish I'd never brought it up now, feel really old.

I did!  ;) About the same age too which would've made 1971  :-? :-?  ;D

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Debs. on 21 August 2011, 15:46:52

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Cycling proficiency anyone? We did it in the road outside the school(and they still do it in the same place, although with more hi-viz) when I was 9. Wish I'd never brought it up now, feel really old.

I did!  ;) About the same age too which would've made 1971  :-? :-?  ;D

When I was a tiddler; I always wanted to join the Tufty Club.......

........but that naughty Willy the Weasel led me a`stray!  ::)

http://www.tuftyclub.org.uk/

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: LJay on 21 August 2011, 15:51:33

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Cycling proficiency anyone? We did it in the road outside the school(and they still do it in the same place, although with more hi-viz) when I was 9. Wish I'd never brought it up now, feel really old.

I did!  ;) About the same age too which would've made 1971  :-? :-?  ;D

I didn't do it, didn't learn to ride a bike till high school! :(  And, as those of you who know how clumsy I am can imagine, it's not something I'm too good at! ::) ;D

I think the cycling proficiency lessons round here just teach kids how to look the other way whilst cycling in front of cars. I reckon the advice is.....if you don't look at the driver, they can't hit you! >:(

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: aaronjb on 21 August 2011, 15:54:14

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Cycling proficiency anyone? We did it in the road outside the school(and they still do it in the same place, although with more hi-viz) when I was 9. Wish I'd never brought it up now, feel really old.

Forgot about that one - some time around 1988 I imagine.. taught to ride the right distance from the kerb, not on footpaths, and so on.. did it in the school playground with lots of cones and white lines IIRC!

That whole 'not riding on footpaths' thing seems to have gone the way of the dodo, though, from what I see these days.

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: DaveA on 21 August 2011, 19:28:57

Past bike 1961, Car 1971 both First time :y

Past gliding proficiency test 1960 ::) ::) ::) 

P.S 
    Past my bike test in Loughborough, on way home stopped under a bridge, ripped the L plates off the bike and tore then up into little pieces and throw them into the air, watched them fall to the ground, when a voice behind me said " past your test have you" turned round and it was a copper, made me pick every last piece up. 

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Shackeng on 21 August 2011, 20:18:30

Oh how I love the English language. ::) ::) ::) :y

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Debs. on 21 August 2011, 20:39:25

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Oh how I love the English language. ::) ::) ::) :y

I love Onomatopoeia it gives me a kick! :P

......and let me tell you, and speak-well (by way of vocal-explanation) of Tautologies! ::)

 
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Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: 999gsi on 21 August 2011, 21:47:27

did my driving test in 1989,in my dads c reg cavalier 1.6l,as he was a supervisor at the local test center,they had to get a top bod in from the dot to take me out,i passed with flying colours(thanks dad)went out and bought a y reg cavalier 1.6gl saloon 2 weeks later.spending four years of saving up was quite emotional..did my bike test in 2000 having bought a honda vfr 400 just prior...now done a further 5 tests in advanced driving, police and ambulance.......think thats enough......

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Ratty on 22 August 2011, 07:27:44

Bike: Failed 1977, Apparently doing a sideways skid wasn't classed as an "emergency stop"

Car: 1979,

HGV Class 1: 1988

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: ZacVegas on 22 August 2011, 20:23:04

Car 1990  HGV Class 2 & 1 2006 all first time :y

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: BlueBridge on 23 August 2011, 01:07:30

A very wet December lunchtime in 88, passed 1st time, with just 1 stall 30 seconds away from returning to test station. Emergencey stop was done for real, when a dog ran out in front of me 8-)

Title: Re: What year did you pass your driving Test or Tests?
Post by: Brikhead on 23 August 2011, 10:52:44

1995 for me, I'm only a baby compared to some of the folks on here, I was 19 and had just gotten off a ban...
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I passed at the second attempt, I failed the first test due to "being too confident"!