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[Lakelife62]

A combination. My grandfather taught me how to drive a stick shift. We practiced on an ancient Falcon, which he gave to me once I got my dl. We were also mandated to take driving lessons and I did take those from a teacher who used a T-Bird. I thought I was the cat's meow in that car.

Fast forward to a job I had respossesing cars....I could drive anything. Even a car with all the seats removed.

[foxywoods]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

I enjoy driving, but would avoid Manhattan. 

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I dated a guy who drove us into Manhattan one day to visit his sister who had a nice apartment.afterwards we just cruised around the city in his station wagon. this was in the mid-70s. He had a PA system installed and we would talk to the crowds crossing the midtown streets. They would look around not knowing where the voice was coming from. It was kind of amusing but I was 17. He was a bit too old for me at 24. He should not have been dating teenagers!

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

When my kid's had their permits their Dad took them but when the visited my sister she took them to a local cemetery,  Her reasoning was, " they can't hurt anyone."

[Mz iMac]

@Lakelife62 

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@Lakelife62 wrote:

Fast forward to a job I had respossesing cars....I could drive anything. Even a car with all the seats removed.

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[shoesnbags]

When I was in high school (mid 60s) there was no driver's ed class.  We lived in the city and mostly used public transportation.  When we moved to the suburbs my mom and I took classes with a private company at the same time.  I don't remember any problems, so I guess it must have been a pretty good experience.  But I think it was a lot harder for her to learn at 41 than it was for me at 17.

[Lakelife62]

Manhattan is one of the few cities where the streets are built and named to actually make sense. If you subtract out the double parked trucks, bicycle and scooter riders, people on foot and honking, blaring traffic, it's pretty easy to navigate.

[foxywoods]

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@Lakelife62 wrote:

A combination. My grandfather taught me how to drive a stick shift. We practiced on an ancient Falcon, which he gave to me once I got my dl. We were also mandated to take driving lessons and I did take those from a teacher who used a T-Bird. I thought I was the cat's meow in that car.

Fast forward to a job I had respossesing cars....I could drive anything. Even a car with all the seats removed.

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Reposssed cars get towed. One got towed one night in my apartment complex . Woke me up out of a deep sleep. Looked ou the window and they were hoisting it up onto the flatbed.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

I went to Driving School. We had classroom training in high school, and then for six weeks we did behinfd the wheel at a privte driving school. 

I also practiced with my dad, as my mom was too nervous to do it...lol......

[Lakelife62]

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@foxywoods wrote:

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@Lakelife62 wrote:

A combination. My grandfather taught me how to drive a stick shift. We practiced on an ancient Falcon, which he gave to me once I got my dl. We were also mandated to take driving lessons and I did take those from a teacher who used a T-Bird. I thought I was the cat's meow in that car.

Fast forward to a job I had respossesing cars....I could drive anything. Even a car with all the seats removed.

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Reposssed cars get towed. One got towed one night in my apartment complex . Woke me up out of a deep sleep. Looked ou the window and they were hoisting it up onto the flatbed.

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Now they do. Not back then. You called a tow truck if the personn wouldn't give you the keys or continually tried to hide the car.

The liability of a face to face repossession today would be through the roof.

[Desertdi]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@Lakelife62 

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@Lakelife62 wrote:

Fast forward to a job I had respossesing cars....I could drive anything. Even a car with all the seats removed.

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@Mz iMac @Lakelife62 

I once had a boyfriend whose car had a webbed lawn chair for a driver's seat....      di