does anyone here have a driver's licence or own a car?

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kazzabeth
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Joined: Jan 29, 2012
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Location: Brisbane,Qld

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:50 am Post subject: does anyone here have a driver's licence or own a car?

I do have drivers licence have had it for 30 years this year but dont have a car at the moment

auntblabby
Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief
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Joined: Feb 13, 2010
Posts: 18155
Location: the island of loveable toy humans

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:43 am Post subject:

hiya kazzabeth welcome to our club i've been licensed since i was 19 or so. i got mine 3 years after my "peers" in high school, after i graduated. the state DSHS paid for my driver's ed. my parents couldn't tolerate being in the car with me behind the wheel, it wrecked their nerves. to be fair, i'd feel the same way- i could not be a driver's ed instructor for anybody else. i would look like one of those cartoon characters who stuck their finger in a wall socket, with steam coming out of my ears, bug-eyes, frizzled hair and that thousand-yard stare. IMHO, driver's ed instructors truly have nerves of steel. anyways, i've had a series of used jalopies and utilitarian vehicles over the decades, never anything fancy, just point a-to-b transportation. i've test-driven [for fun] cars that i wished i could afford to own [caddies, mercedes, etc.] but never owned such. i've always lusted for cars that had a magic carpet-style ride over rough roads, that were library-quiet and cushy, with superb sound systems and other creature comforts, like a living room on wheels. maybe in the next life.

Bun
Bunnymen
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Joined: Jan 09, 2012
Posts: 3250

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:54 am Post subject:

I 'own' my mum's car, and I don't drive it. Whoopee Do.

Tim_Tex
Professor Hineybottom
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Age: 33
Posts: 41865
Location: Houston, Texas

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:08 am Post subject:

I have had my license for 11 years this April, and I own a 2002 Ford Focus. _________________ <<<=== This is not the devil, this is the Red Guy from Cow and Chicken.

auntblabby
Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief
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Joined: Feb 13, 2010
Posts: 18155
Location: the island of loveable toy humans

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:21 am Post subject:

^^^ foci are great cars they ride and handle exceptionally well, and are solid. ford spent a lot of $$$ on the suspension and it shows.

johnsmcjohn
ad hominem
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Joined: Jun 02, 2011
Posts: 1213
Location: Las Vegas

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:26 am Post subject:

I've had a license for more than a decade, but at the moment I don't have a car. Can't afford the upkeep and insurance expense.

infinitenull
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Joined: Jan 01, 2012
Posts: 466
Location: Home in the desert

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:05 am Post subject:

I grew up in my mom's parts trucks as a kid. One of my original obsessions is cars... I got my drivers license just after my 16th birthday on my second try. I have a car, a Mazda Miata, and I race that car too (against the clock, not wheel to wheel) probably one of the most NT things I do actually... its a social event, lots of stimuli and yet I enjoy that stimuli, and requires some physical skill... I am not the best, but its fun to do anyway. Makes me feel like I am outgoing and can be casually social because it surrounds one of my life-long special interests. I love to drive, I avoid crowded roads whenever I can because stop and go traffic is overwhelming, but taking the long way to get somewhere typically means a better drive anyway so it works out! _________________ er um... w.. eh... y.. you cant hear me um like.................. stammer on the internet ha ha ha

Brainfre3ze_93
Broken
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Joined: Jun 06, 2010
Age: 24
Posts: 13510
Location: In a desert

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:57 am Post subject:

I've both a car and a licence. I had my licence since I was 19, and my car own car for close to two years. I wish wish my car insurance wasn't so high. _________________ " Tetris: The game that teaches you that mistakes pile up, and achievements disappear. "

AnnettaMarie
Phoenix
Phoenix

Joined: Jan 10, 2012
Age: 25
Posts: 1238
Location: Issaquah, WA

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:06 am Post subject:

My dad gave me his old '97 Chevy Lumina. It needs new brakes and a few other tune ups. I don't know how to drive, though. I didn't need to know in the city, but now that I'm out here in the country, I plan on learning this late spring and early summer. _________________ I'm a crab in a lobster world.

Burzum
Indeed
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Joined: Apr 27, 2011
Posts: 1205

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:28 am Post subject:

Yes and yes.

MusicIsLife2Me
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Joined: Jan 19, 2012
Posts: 380
Location: In a musical wonderland ♬ ♭ ♫ ♩

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:29 am Post subject:

Yes I have my license and a car, but my car needs work done and did not pass inspection. I can't drive it at the moment It's hard to have a car and license and know all you can do in the meantime is look at both lol. _________________ Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

1000Knives
It's not difficult if you know how.
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Joined: Jul 09, 2011
Age: 22
Posts: 4563
Location: CT, USA

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:46 am Post subject:

Yep, license and cars. I have a 1984 Supra, with a blown motor, and a 1985 Buick LeSabre station wagon with a blown trans. Also have a 1986 Civic I gotta get a title for. Cars is one of my special interests, I do lots of car mechanical work, and actually really enjoy driving recreationally. My NVLD makes driving, especially driving under pressure hard, but if there's no pressure and no other cars on a nice backroad, life is perfect in that moment. License I got in my first try, probably just by the grace of God, really, I should have failed it, I did terrible, but the guy passed me anyway. Right now, since all my cars are inoperable, I have to drive my mom's 1997 Galant, which isn't a bad car, but it's not a Supra. Here's pics of my 2 cars I got now, besides my Civic. I'd like to eventually get into auto racing, but I don't know if things will pan out that way. Cars are sweet, though. _________________ Too kawaii to live... Too sugoi to die!