Kids and Cars

pjs · 04-01-2010, 02:58 PM

I've just let my daughter who's nine, steer my car around a private car park for a short distance (sat on my lap). So history will always say that the first car she got her hands on was a 300bhp bmw. (probably no big deal in 10 years time when a 320d is that powerful)

My earliest hands on car memory was changng gear in my dads Volvo 340 on the way to school.

So what do you e90 members remember of your earliest memory of 'driving' a car then???? And have your kids tried your BMW yet?

Dr Dave · 04-01-2010, 03:01 PM

Good idea! I'll let my 10yrs old have a steer sometime. I used to love changing gear in my old mans car all those years back! [No crude comments Willhomena!]

SiKkBaSs · 04-01-2010, 03:07 PM

That's kinda cool. My first drive was in a G reg Ford Granada 2.0L petrol. Fastest car in school.

themetz · 04-01-2010, 03:09 PM

A big old Merc Estate with my uncle - I was 11 or 12 and DROVE it back from the pub on a fishing trip we were on - it was an automatic and in we were in the middle of nowhere. The pub was literally at the top of the road in relation to the house we were staying in!!!

Dr Dave - mentioning the changing gear for the old man brought back forgotten memories of doing the gear changes for my old man when I was a nipper! now..... now....... now......

ed335d · 04-01-2010, 04:10 PM

Bentley Mulsanne, in a field when I was about 10

willhollin · 04-01-2010, 04:14 PM

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Bentley Mulsanne, in a field when I was about 10

We are not talking about your first gay experience Ed.

ed335d · 04-01-2010, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by willhollin

We are not talking about your first gay experience Ed.

That was four years earlier

pjs · 04-01-2010, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ed335d

Bentley Mulsanne, in a field when I was about 10

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Originally Posted by willhollin

We are not talking about your first gay experience Ed.

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Originally Posted by ed335d

That was four years earlier

Get a room you two!

ed335d · 04-01-2010, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pjs

Get a room you two!

Care to join us?

Matt2008 · 04-01-2010, 04:32 PM

Did the sitting on lap thing in a brown/tan Allegro

Quality motor!

mowflow · 04-01-2010, 04:59 PM

Me and my next door neighbour used to sit in his dads Citroen CX in the driveway pretending we were Knight Rider. One day we got hold of the keys as he wanted to show me the suspension going up and down. We ended up driving it into the garage door.

RockIt · 04-01-2010, 07:25 PM

On me Dad's knee steering a Volvo around a field in Cornwall! The feeling of power and control became deeply embedded! (Although my father still has the ability to make me feel 7 years old again

)

Dr Dave · 04-02-2010, 06:49 AM

Field cars when we were teenagers were great fun. We used to make jumps out of earth and jump the car off them! So, so dangerous!!!!!

R80TER · 04-02-2010, 07:44 AM

mine first drive was in my grandads 1986 525i BMW! it was brand new and i was 7!

prt71 · 04-02-2010, 07:49 AM

A Simca on an airfield, I was about 8 so 1979!!

TMP · 04-02-2010, 03:18 PM

E reg (86?) Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 L.

Dad let me drive it in some yorkshire county estate where we were going fishing. I kangeroo'd for most of it, my Grandad went balasitic in the back

Thought that cavalier was such a fast car!

MOB · 04-02-2010, 04:16 PM

Mini pickup when I was about 10

Geoffo · 04-06-2010, 09:47 AM

My Dad's Worseley 1300 (1969 model) , when I was about 9..

peterg1965 · 04-06-2010, 10:57 AM

My Dad's 1976 Ford Cortina estate (MkIII I think it would be), it must have been about 1978, i would have been 12/13. I nagged him for ages until he finally relented and let me have a very short drive in a field in Kent! It was an awful bronze colour, but i loved that car at the time!

iamjim · 04-08-2010, 08:39 AM

My uncles renault 15, drove it around a campsite and knocked over copious amounts of tents.

TomF32 · 04-08-2010, 09:12 AM

My Granda's Ford Ferguson TVO when i was 9ish, then stepped up a gear to a Massey Ferguson 135, then settled into a luxurious Ford 4600.

Couldn't wait till I was 16 to get my tractor license!

A real driving pedigree behind me!

lol

wbbb · 04-11-2010, 04:14 PM

Sitting on my dad's knee steering a Mk IV ford escort around a camp site in Hampshire. Back when the summers were roasting hot

All I ever wanted then was my own Ford Escort lol

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pjs Colonel 274 Rep 2,774 Posts Drives: i8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NORTH iTrader: (1)	Kids and Cars I've just let my daughter who's nine, steer my car around a private car park for a short distance (sat on my lap). So history will always say that the first car she got her hands on was a 300bhp bmw. (probably no big deal in 10 years time when a 320d is that powerful) My earliest hands on car memory was changng gear in my dads Volvo 340 on the way to school. So what do you e90 members remember of your earliest memory of 'driving' a car then???? And have your kids tried your BMW yet?
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Dr Dave Zummerzet Zyder Drinker! 112 Rep 5,541 Posts Drives: '06 330D Le Mans Blue Join Date: May 2009 Location: Somerset iTrader: (3) Garage List 2006 330d M Sport [0.00]	Good idea! I'll let my 10yrs old have a steer sometime. I used to love changing gear in my old mans car all those years back! [No crude comments Willhomena!] __________________
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SiKkBaSs GTR'in it 169 Rep 4,434 Posts Drives: Nissan GTR Black Edition Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kensington, London iTrader: (2) Garage List 2006 325i [0.00]	That's kinda cool. My first drive was in a G reg Ford Granada 2.0L petrol. Fastest car in school.
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themetz smokin' kipper 39 Rep 1,467 Posts Drives: Audi RS5 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK iTrader: (2)	A big old Merc Estate with my uncle - I was 11 or 12 and DROVE it back from the pub on a fishing trip we were on - it was an automatic and in we were in the middle of nowhere. The pub was literally at the top of the road in relation to the house we were staying in!!! Dr Dave - mentioning the changing gear for the old man brought back forgotten memories of doing the gear changes for my old man when I was a nipper! now..... now....... now...... __________________ Current Audi RS5. Previously enjoyed E92 335i M Sport; E92 M3; E92 335i M Sport; E46 330ci M Sport
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ed335d Major General 141 Rep 6,912 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Surrey, UK iTrader: (3)	Bentley Mulsanne, in a field when I was about 10 __________________ E92 M3, Jerez Black, Fox Red Novillo, 19'' M Double Spoke, folding mirrors, lumbar support, front seat heating, PDC, USB, DAB, EDC, Bluetooth, Logic 7, High Gloss Shadowline, big smile
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Matt2008 Private First Class 19 Rep 181 Posts Drives: E46 M3 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cambs iTrader: (0)	Did the sitting on lap thing in a brown/tan Allegro Quality motor! __________________
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mowflow Colonel 62 Rep 2,472 Posts Drives: Golf 7R Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Glasgow iTrader: (2)	Me and my next door neighbour used to sit in his dads Citroen CX in the driveway pretending we were Knight Rider. One day we got hold of the keys as he wanted to show me the suspension going up and down. We ended up driving it into the garage door.
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RockIt Lieutenant Colonel 95 Rep 1,720 Posts Drives: Mercedes C350 Coupe Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Curry Capital of Yorkshire! iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 Mercedes C350 ... [0.00] 2008 Audi TTS [0.00] 2006 E92 330i SE [0.00]	On me Dad's knee steering a Volvo around a field in Cornwall! The feeling of power and control became deeply embedded! (Although my father still has the ability to make me feel 7 years old again ) __________________ RockIt!
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Dr Dave Zummerzet Zyder Drinker! 112 Rep 5,541 Posts Drives: '06 330D Le Mans Blue Join Date: May 2009 Location: Somerset iTrader: (3) Garage List 2006 330d M Sport [0.00]	Field cars when we were teenagers were great fun. We used to make jumps out of earth and jump the car off them! So, so dangerous!!!!! __________________
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R80TER Lieutenant 26 Rep 564 Posts Drives: e90 320D ED Join Date: May 2009 Location: Royal Berkshire iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 E90 330D M Sport [10.00]	mine first drive was in my grandads 1986 525i BMW! it was brand new and i was 7! __________________ Its all about the mpg!
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prt71 First Lieutenant 7 Rep 328 Posts Drives: f30 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: leics iTrader: (0)	A Simca on an airfield, I was about 8 so 1979!!
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TMP Brigadier General 349 Rep 3,022 Posts Drives: M6 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cheshire iTrader: (0)	E reg (86?) Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 L. Dad let me drive it in some yorkshire county estate where we were going fishing. I kangeroo'd for most of it, my Grandad went balasitic in the back Thought that cavalier was such a fast car! __________________ M2 Arrived! Family 5er
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MOB Major 56 Rep 1,413 Posts Drives: Alpine White M2 LCI Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northants UK iTrader: (4)	Mini pickup when I was about 10 __________________
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peterg1965 Brigadier General 164 Rep 4,190 Posts Drives: F30 335d M Sport, F15 X5 40d Join Date: May 2007 Location: The place of dark satanic mills, UK iTrader: (0)	My Dad's 1976 Ford Cortina estate (MkIII I think it would be), it must have been about 1978, i would have been 12/13. I nagged him for ages until he finally relented and let me have a very short drive in a field in Kent! It was an awful bronze colour, but i loved that car at the time!
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iamjim Lieutenant 157 Rep 430 Posts Drives: BMW M3 F80 CP \| DCT \| SO \| CB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Basingstoke / St Johann im Pongau iTrader: (0)	My uncles renault 15, drove it around a campsite and knocked over copious amounts of tents.
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TomF32 First Lieutenant 39 Rep 319 Posts Drives: BMW/640d/M-Sport Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ireland iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 e90 [0.00]	My Granda's Ford Ferguson TVO when i was 9ish, then stepped up a gear to a Massey Ferguson 135, then settled into a luxurious Ford 4600. Couldn't wait till I was 16 to get my tractor license! A real driving pedigree behind me! lol
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wbbb Private 7 Rep 56 Posts Drives: VW Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Berks iTrader: (0)	Sitting on my dad's knee steering a Mk IV ford escort around a camp site in Hampshire. Back when the summers were roasting hot All I ever wanted then was my own Ford Escort lol
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