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View Poll Results: When did you go for your license? | |||
Absolutely Straight Away | 103 | 66.45% | |
1-6 months after you could | 29 | 18.71% | |
7-12 months after you could | 5 | 3.23% | |
13-24 months after you could | 8 | 5.16% | |
24 months + | 9 | 5.81% | |
Don't drive | 1 | 0.65% | |
Voters: 155. You may not vote on this poll |
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16-03-2009, 09:40 AM | #31 | ||
Resident AFF detailer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Melbourne, VIC
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got my L's a litle late, about 6 months after I turned 16......went for P's 12 days after 18th birthday..
Did my learning in a manual '94 Ford Telstar (instructor guy), plus the family EB Falcon (auto) and NC Fairlane (auto). The Falcon was later downtraded to a manual Daewoo Lanos, and then uptraded to an ED Falcon, so drove both of those as well. Went for my P's in the ED, so had an auto license only on my P's......no big deal though.
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16-03-2009, 09:44 AM | #32 | ||
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HK holden ( yes I know i should bow my head in shame ) wagon 3 on the tree crash box
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16-03-2009, 11:52 AM | #33 | ||
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My birthday was a saturday, so QLD transport wasn't open till monday after that. Got my L's on the monday, messed around for 12 months
Got my P's as soon as I could, had 3 lessons with an instructor so he could tell me what to look for, then I went for them and I have my manual license The freedom of having your P's sure is great! Spending over $100 a week in fuel, though :( |
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16-03-2009, 11:52 AM | #34 | ||
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: at work
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P's on my birthday got them first go then drove back to school.
Learnt to drive with mum except for dad taking me out to teach me how to 'control a slid etc' 9 hours of driving in 2 days and 4 new tyres - had a blast, now thinking about it.....im very happy he did this but not to sure it was a safe exercise at the time :P Love to both my parents
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16-03-2009, 01:35 PM | #35 | ||
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Banksia
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got my P's second go (only because i rolled .5mm over the white line at traffic lights : : )
had them for a year (back in 1993) and was driving a hyundai scoupe, nissan patrol turbo diesel 4wd, a mates LX SS torana and another mates RX3 13b J port (my mates were the ones that taught me my bad habits : ) dad sent me to Oran Park about a month before i got my P's to do a defensive drivers course. I think everyone learning should do one, they're so much more than being able to fang the car around in the wet and dry. it's saved me many a time on sydney's roads. yeah i was also driving around before i got my L's but in paddock bashers and Go Karts.
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16-03-2009, 01:44 PM | #36 | ||
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: brisvegas
Posts: 1,806
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went for mine as soon as legal,back in the days when your license was made of paper
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16-03-2009, 02:11 PM | #37 | |||
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16-03-2009, 02:17 PM | #38 | ||
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Gold Coast
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Got my L's the day I turned 16yr 6mths. Spent 9 months on my L's before I went for my licence, failed first time, passed 2 weeks later.
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16-03-2009, 02:26 PM | #39 | ||
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: brisbane
Posts: 2,039
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Went for mine at 26, will be 32 in 2 weeks and still not lost 1 point..wooooot :
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16-03-2009, 02:53 PM | #40 | ||
Ford Owner
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gold Coast
Posts: 297
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I sat the theory and practical all on the same day all within 1 hour and passed with a full open license and avoided the L's and P's thingy by just a week or so, i was 15 then.
After that i lost it and had to re sit the theory but since i had done it before the L's and P's i got the full license back again. Then paid for an international license, drove on that in Aussie for 6 years then paid $15 and sat theory to get aussie open license & motorcycle license. |
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16-03-2009, 03:15 PM | #41 | ||
Youth worker
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ipswich QLD
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First time behind the wheel, at age of 5. It went so well that next time behind the wheel I was 14! I almost ran over my Dads legs the first time!
Funny thing is Im a bit of a car nut, and yet it took me over 7 months to go for my L's. And I only did that because NSW were bringing in the 3 year P's thing they do now! Passed L's first time, and P's. Way too easy!!!
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16-03-2009, 03:20 PM | #42 | ||
Tribal Elder
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Yarrambat
Posts: 2,278
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Pre "p" plate for me. Used to be an apprentice and it was my job to road test all the new and used cars, at 17 !!!
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16-03-2009, 03:46 PM | #43 | ||
Professional Mouse Jockey
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SE Vic
Posts: 3,185
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Went for my Ps (and got them) on my 18th birthday although not really by choice. I was going to wait until about a week later because if I failed it wouldn't make for a good present. But I passed so all was good.
I learnt with my mates dad since he had a manual car. Oh and he was a driving instructor lol. Did about a years worth of lessons (1 per week). I did drive with my old man a couple of times but we only had automatic cars in the family and I wanted a manual license. Ended up with an auto (302 powered XA coupe) for my first car, and in fact have never owned a manual to this day 12 years and 6 cars later. Not deliberately, thats just the way it has worked out. I'm getting a manual for my next car, whatever that may be.
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16-03-2009, 03:58 PM | #44 | ||
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kiama
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got my p's about 3 weeks after i was 17 in my parents old manual diesel nissan patrol. great slow old car, cant stall, hill starts were brilliant in it, and the three point turn took 5 turns because it was so big. wanted to go for my p's straight away but the driving instructor said i wasnt good enough. went for a couple of drives with my dad, took the test, passed with flying colours, and the driving instructor was sitting right behind us. couldnt help but laugh at him when i showed him the p plates. silly old bugger!!
1st car was an auto xb 302 fairmont, great car to learn in, and shock horror it was a v8 and im still alive!! |
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16-03-2009, 04:04 PM | #45 | ||
Teh Baest
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hills Area, NSW
Posts: 649
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I got my P's when i was 23
I enjoyed being driven around by the boys and the mrs on nights out Then got a job... so yeah.. needed the transport 100%, first go 3 days before i started my job I actually contracted to buy my car (the AU) a few days before i got my licence Got my licence in the morning, withdrew the $7k, put it in a bag, hopped on a train to bankstown and purchased my car, then drove her home
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16-03-2009, 04:21 PM | #46 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Nov 2008
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I got my L's pretty much as soon as i turned 16 but then the excitement of it all soon wore off. Only just got my P's last year at 19 beacause my L's we're going to expire. Learnt in a 1993 daihatsu charade manual. Best thing about waiting so long though was being able to save for a new car, mates are all still in shitboxes now and jealous of the bf...
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16-03-2009, 04:24 PM | #47 | |||
Cane Farmer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Tom Price, WA
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A lot longer then it should have for me.
Just got onto my opens now and I'm 21.
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16-03-2009, 04:29 PM | #48 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Miranda, NSW
Posts: 6,771
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I remember in New Zealand you could get a full unrestricted car license at 15 years of age...Not sure if things have tightened up since.
I turned 15 in December 1977 and had my full license in May 1978 :
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16-03-2009, 04:45 PM | #49 | ||
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Got my L's when i was 16 P's when i was 17 and now on full/open licence. Lost 6 points in one go being young and dumb on my P's, had to renew my P's for 1 whole day because i was 1 day short of 24mths on my P's so then i could move onto a full licence the next day.
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16-03-2009, 05:01 PM | #50 | ||
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Location: East Side, SA
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got my L's day i turned 16
passed my P's test 4 months after got my P's as soon as it hit 6 months Learnt in dads AU II XR6 and 1999 magna |
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16-03-2009, 05:31 PM | #51 | ||
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Posts: 220
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Got mine 2 days after I turned 18.
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16-03-2009, 06:32 PM | #52 | ||
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Posts: 81
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I went for my p plates in 1974 in a manuel VW beatle.
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16-03-2009, 08:37 PM | #53 | ||
Regular Member
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Location: QLD
Posts: 394
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the day i legally could. p's and L's. got first go. in manuals and autos.
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16-03-2009, 10:24 PM | #54 | |||
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16-03-2009, 10:29 PM | #55 | ||
Regular Member
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Location: Adelaide SA
Posts: 454
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got my L's on my 16th birthday,
did my P's test exactly 6 months later the very first day could, ditched maths at the end of the day to do the test and then got the instructor to drop me off at the transport office, the irony being i had to catch the bus home as no one could come and get me Got my P2's exactly a year later the very first day i could and i went out to the carpark of the transport office and set my P plates on fire Plan on getting my full licence on my 19th birthday at the end of the year! |
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17-03-2009, 01:33 AM | #56 | ||
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Werribee, Melbourne
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i got my l's about 2 months after i turned 16 and i got my p's exactly 1 week after my 18th because of the line of people going for them back in may last year or i would of done it on my 18th
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17-03-2009, 02:37 AM | #57 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gold Coast
Posts: 161
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I got my L's the day after my 16th birthday, got my P1's on my 17th birthday, and P2's the day after my 18th.
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17-03-2009, 09:11 AM | #58 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Northern Tablelands
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i officialy got my l's when i was 16.9,let them expire as i had no need of a licence at the time,,got them again just before my 18th bd,was on them for 3 months,had one lesson with an intructor went for my p's a week later and passed 1st go. i to had a paper licence,red writting for p plate then black for unrestricted.
i was driving trucks unlicenced since i was 14 and motor bikes about the same.i officialy learnt in a 83 gemini 5 speed and a toyota corolla auto. got my mr licence in 94, passed 1st go then my riders in 95,passed 1st go,i was the first person to ever get 100% on the riders theory test in the blue mountains at the time,,i was stoked about it for weeks.
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17-03-2009, 11:23 AM | #59 | |||
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17-03-2009, 07:53 PM | #60 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Adelaide
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Ok, Who voted for "I don't drive" ?
Got my "L"s the day I turned 16, got my "P"s the day I turned 16.5. I drove around for 11 hours after school the day I got my "P"s. : |
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