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103 | 66.45% |
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29 | 18.71% |
| 7-12 months after you could |
  
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5 | 3.23% |
| 13-24 months after you could |
  
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8 | 5.16% |
| 24 months + |
  
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9 | 5.81% |
| Don't drive |
  
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1 | 0.65% |
| Voters: 155. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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15-03-2009, 10:19 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2009
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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)
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15-03-2009, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Brisbane
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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.
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15-03-2009, 10:40 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: hills.. western sydney
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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.
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15-03-2009, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: adelaide
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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.
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15-03-2009, 11:44 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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My ma and pa taught me in our... wait for it.... 1989 toyota tarago manual. No lessons at all, got my licence first go.
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16-03-2009, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Nth Brisbane
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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.
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16-03-2009, 09:05 AM
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Back to Le Frenchy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Back home.....
Posts: 13,346
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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.
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16-03-2009, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cattai, Sydney
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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
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16-03-2009, 09:40 AM
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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
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Salamander Bay
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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
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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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
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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, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Gold Coast
Posts: 2,779
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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
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: brisbane
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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
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gold Coast
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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
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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
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Yarrambat
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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
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SE Vic
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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
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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
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hills Area, NSW
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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, 10:24 PM
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16-03-2009, 04:21 PM
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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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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
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Miranda, NSW
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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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17-03-2009, 07:53 PM
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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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16-03-2009, 04:45 PM
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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
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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Got mine 2 days after I turned 18.
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16-03-2009, 06:32 PM
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I went for my p plates in 1974 in a manuel VW beatle.
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