When did you go for your P's

[Coogs289]

Thought it would be good to find out when people went for their license (straight away or not for a while) and how did they learnt (e.g the old man)?

Cheers, Anthony

P.S What did you drive? Also, auto or manual?

P.P.S We're talking P's, for now... (poll is for P's only, hopefully, somehow, a poll for L's can eventually be made)

[BigCav]

i went for my l's probably a month or 2 after i could, tbh at the time was a little scared untill i had the chance to flog some paddock bashers around and then i was all good.

learner car was mainly a 2000 model diesel manual toyota hilux, stall proof lol but slow as , great for learning as u can really see the traffic around u etc.

occasionally drove a 1990 excel manual and a 1997 mercedes c180 auto.



i feel i learnt alot more about driving tho when i was on my p's in my own car, a 1990 xf panel van, its not untill your p's that u really learn to drive i recon

[MITCHAY]

I went for it as soon as I could. I was counting down the days in fact :

[Scott]

Took Dad out for one lesson, then drove my instructor to my test. Passed on the first go, speeding and a compression lock up to boot lol.

[charlie200]

Bought a car and drive around the streets by myself,no one to teach me so that was the only way for me to learn.
Drove to the R.T.A and passed second time so i was happy considering i had no instructor lessons at all.

[cheek]

im hoping to get my Ls on the day so i can drive up to kustoms

[Lightning Strike XR6]

Whoops answered the poll before i read the post.

I got my l's straight away and will do the same for p's.

Been learning in dad's 08 BF MKII SR and now in my BA XR6

[cheek]

my dad isnt gonna let me learn in his 08 BF MKII SR :(:(:( so im stuck with either my mums civic pos or dad caravelle pos :( (until il get my car)

[dave351cid]

i went and got my ''P"s on my seventeenth birthday, got my "L"s exactly 3 months before as soon as i was legal.
when i went for my "P"s i drove my own XW falcon 3 speed manual. (when i turned up at the police station to get my "L"s cop made the comment "didnt i see you driving that car last week." he knew he had, i was taking it home from buying it with dad following behind.

cant actually remember learning to drive. i grew up on a farm and was steering cars/trucks/tractors from the time i could stand on the seat and see over the dash, just progressed from there as my legs grew.
i guess the first things i really drove by myself would have been the fergy TEA20 tractor and an old bedford bread van we had as a padock basher.

with 2 older brothers, an older sister, mum and dad, i had plenty of teachers.

[Cookie-XR8]

cant actually remember learning to drive. i grew up on a farm and was steering cars/trucks/tractors from the time i could stand on the seat and see over the dash, just progressed from there as my legs grew.

X2 but i used to drive a 68 benz around the padock

[Peuty]

I was taught by Tibetan mountain pygmies when I was still in my mothers womb.

[Coogs289]

all i've ever driven/riden is a holden rodeo and a quad bike (both on a farm)

[Ross-b]

got my ls in 06
ps in 07
now sitting on my greens

learned in dads 2000 model v6 rodeo
and occasionally mums au2
did the test in dads rodeo then bought an 89 telstar. drove a lil different i must say
now im sitting snug in my bf xt
still have the telstar 2300 if anyone wants a car that will do 8.2l/100ks

[Iggypoppin']

daddy taught me once in his commodore, then he lost his licence so i learnt in his mates XB GT(auto), a Brocky V8 VL(manual) and finally a ford mondeo. 11 lessons with the instructor, then a VORT, 96% and im a licenced driver.

[bigdude1011]

Got it 2 days after I turned the correct age. I'm learning in the family Avalon, as well as N16 Pulsars owned by two different driving schools.

[Coogs289]

Originally Posted by bigdude1011

Got it 2 days after I turned the correct age. I'm learning in the family Avalon, as well as N16 Pulsars owned by two different driving schools.

I was waiting for somone to say driving schools. That's what I was wondering. How many people 'use this service'?

[bigdude1011]

Mum and Dad sent me there

[Iggypoppin']

i turned 16 and got my Ls the next day, Ps 7 months later, been on them since then, as i took points for my dad. had a ball learning hehe. read<-----other thread similar title.

[Boss 302]

I was what you would call a late "bloomer" , I did not need a licence until I was much older.

[GTP 290]

My ma and pa taught me in our... wait for it.... 1989 toyota tarago manual. No lessons at all, got my licence first go.

[XR6_190]

Got my Ls about 4 months after I was eligible, first car I drove was my dad's ZH Fairlane 500 302, then a mix of my mum's Suzuki Swift Auto and the driving schools Nissan Pulsar 5 speed

Got my Ps straight after my 18th Birthday, (June 2004) and was driving my first car (an '89 Excel 5 speed, that 'wasn't as bad as you might expect') two days after my 18th. then I got my AUII Futura about 6 months later

Then I got my HR in December 2007 driving an old non Turbo UD.

[balthazarr]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I went for it as soon as I could. I was counting down the days in fact :

Yep, same here.

Back when I first got my licence, SA allowed you to get your L's at 16, P's at 16.5, and your full licence at 19 or 3 years after you got your P's (I think).

I remember standing in line on my 16th birthday, waiting to sit my test for my Learner's Permit, and then standing in line again when I was exactly 16.5 to get my P's.

Aaah... the freedom of having your own licence and not relying on friends or, worse, the folks, for a lift.

As to how... first time behind the wheel was with my uncle in a Kmart car park. I ended up being one of the first to get my licence via log book, rather than test, so had 6 lessons with an instructor to go through the items in the log.

I wanted to learn in a manual, but the instructor said because no one else I knew had a manual, there was no point in learning in a manual with him, because I'd have no opportunity to practice. I bought my first manual car a few months ago, and I really wish I'd learned earlier - it's hard to break 15+ years of habit (driving an auto).

[Dezza]

On my L's I drove around in both an 89' Rodeo diesel non-turbo (100kph is a challenge!) and a 93' EBII wagon, both of which were manual. I had driving lessons for about a week or 2 before getting my p-plates, which was less than a week after my birthday. The driving lessons are handy because they teach you the little tricks that they look for in the actual driving test. I passed first go. About 2 months later, I got the EA

[seduced_xr]

14 in an almost brand spanker au fairmont 4 speed auto in a paddock. nothing funner then a gravel paddock , got seduced_xr now which is slowly dying and looking to replace it now with something similar thats less cursed

[XRSIKS]

Got my L's at 16, in High school....

Got my P's at 21... :P Glad it worked out that way, as if i had my license at 17 - 18, i would have been one of them statistics.

[smciner1]

I got my Learners when I was 16. Did the first of my Learner Driving in Dad's Escort RS 2000 until I got my Escort Ghia. I did a few Lessons with the RACV Driving School to get everything right before going for my Licence, which I got a week after I turned 18.

[Burnout]

Originally Posted by Peuty

I was taught by Tibetan mountain pygmies when I was still in my mothers womb.

Wow.............. Peuty & I went to the same Monastery.

It was before "P" plate laws - took 5 minute driving test. All done & dusted.

[Creampuff]

before P plates!!!! I thought you got yours before engines...haha.
Serously, I was driving on the roads at 14.(parents were O/S and I used the car.)
Got licence offically at 17 like everyone else.

[RG]

Got my L's when I was 16 1/2 due to being an apparent illegal alien lol. I was born in NSW and a NSW birth extract was not good enough, took me 6 months to get a new certificate from NSW :

Got the L's and learnt in first a JB Holden Camira SL/X (If you can drive one of them you can drive anything lol) and a nice XD Falcon before moving on to a VR Acclaim and eventually my first car, a VL wagon :

Got my P's the day after my birthday, passed on the first go and then went cruising :

Before anyone says anything, I know there are a lot of Holden's there. I was a late learner lol.

[Fev]

got my L's when i was 16, learnt in a 100 series V6 landcruiser - put off getting my P's for another year because i didnt wanna drive the landcruiser lol