What was the very first vehicle you drove?

8wheels · 21 July 2011 20:56

I think they are Bedford RL’s

tetris418 · 21 July 2011 21:19

First vehicle i ever drove Ford 4550 at Llandow aerodrome early 80’s with my Caterpillar cap on, The best days ever !!

papermonkey · 21 July 2011 22:43

A little blue tricycle…

megatron · 21 July 2011 22:59

First car i drove was a vauxhall vectra and the first truck i had a go in was a r500 topline scania only last week

russjp · 22 July 2011 04:34

MK 3 Ford Cortina around my mates dads scrapyard in the mid 80`s, it was ace, we put massive wide wheels on it and gave it a dodgy purple paintjob

trubrit · 22 July 2011 04:40

8wheels:
I had a trip down memory lane today, I delivered to AMG at North Weald and it occurred to me that the last time I drove here was about 30 years ago. As a small boy the prospect of being able to drive something ws quite exciting. Especially one of these.

AEC Regent RT

I passed my HGV 1 at North Weald 32 years ago…but I must admit during my younger years
I yearned to be a bus driver

truckerspal · 22 July 2011 05:20

This!

jls_driver_sos · 22 July 2011 05:28

A cart made from Pram wheels, apple box, 2 x planks of wood and some string around our Prefab estate in Harold Hill, aaahh, dodging the white Dog s##t

shuttlespanker · 22 July 2011 08:02

first vehicle, 1980 Renault TF231 artic, with trailer around the yard

first one after passing test, Merc 1820 rigid

limeyphil · 22 July 2011 08:58

a 1 horse power horse and cart, shouting “rag bone, rag bone”.
then we got tarmac. eeeeebyyyyyygummm.

antos · 23 July 2011 15:50

1st Moped Yammy FS1E

1st Car Ford ■■■■■■ 1.3 (J plate 70’s) circa 1980

1st Truck Iveco (A649DNN iirc) in F.B.ATKINS yard (shunting in yard)

passed HGV2 IN DAF 2100 quite a few years back

squiddy · 23 July 2011 16:43

First car … pea green VW polo Mk 1 with 100k miles that my dad found and brought for me out of my grandparents savings because he had read that they were safe in ‘Which’ magazine. Safe cos they only had an 800cc engine. Not so safe when they break down in the middle of a motorway roundabout. Bless ya Dad you did what you thought was right.

First truck was a 7.5t DAF 45 owned by my ex girlfriends dads scaffold company. I was so keen to impress that I loaded about 5 tonnes of tubes and planks on to it and creaked back to the yard at 30 mph. Had no idea of weight limits or tacho laws or how to handle a vehicle larger than a transit. On one hand I am glad of ‘grandfather rights’ cos I wouldnt have got my current job without it. But really everyone should have to take a test to drive anything bigger than a van. Just cos you have held a car licence for x amount of years doesn’t mean you can jump in to a truck and know how to drive it.

bigvern1 · 23 July 2011 16:56

An Austin 1100, that my mate nicked when we were 13. I thanked him, by smashing into a Fiat x19 at 3 in the morning, when I crashed in the snow on a bend. Sorry to all involved. I am not proud.

dunno_then · 23 July 2011 17:41

This!

dieseldave · 23 July 2011 19:07

First ever vehicle… a small four-wheeler diesel dumper on a building site at approx 13yo.

First farm tractor… International 434

First legal moped… Puch

First legal motorcycle on the road… BSA Starfire

First legal car on the road… Triumph Herald 12/50

First truck… Ford “D” series custom cab 7.5t.

HGV 1 trained in… Ford “D” series artic

First HGV trucking job (HGV 3) … Bedford TK

squiddy · 23 July 2011 19:12

dieseldave:
First ever vehicle… a small four-wheeler diesel dumper on a building site at approx 13yo.

First farm tractor… International 434

First legal moped… Puch

First legal motorcycle on the road… BSA Starfire

First legal car on the road… Triumph Herald 12/50

First truck… Ford “D” series custom cab 7.5t.

HGV 1 trained in… Ford “D” series artic

First HGV trucking job (HGV 3) … Bedford TK

I notice you say ‘first legal’ blah blah on the road. Confess to us!

big_joe · 23 July 2011 19:20

Learnt to drive one of these when I was eight, a Ford 3000 tractor, but the one I had wasn’t as tidy as this, more of a rust bucket

First truck I sat in was one of these, brand new at the factory in Sandbach

After passing my test went round in a LandRover 88, Diesel, the true gutless wonder

First truck I drove round a yard was another Foden, decided there and then they were a heap

Past my HGV class 1 in one of these

espresso · 23 July 2011 19:25

My Dads Ford Granada, on Southport beach, just like Toowise.

suedehead · 23 July 2011 19:35

Can remember driving an MG Magnet on Wroughton airfield,the old man was sat next to me on the bench seat , i must have been about 8.
Datsun “Cherry” taking driving lessons,which iirc were about £3 per hour Passed my test and bought a Hillman Avenger and what a pile of pooh that was.

orys · 23 July 2011 21:31

First vehicle ever:

I was on holidays in the countryside and they let me drive it, I somehow engaged field gear (it’s something like cruise control) and did not knew how to stop bloody thing. That was scary.

Then it was a go-kart, my cousin used to race them when he was about 13. I was given a spin around the track, but my legs were too long and I could not use gear box.

Then it was my dad’s car, identical to that one:

As for first commercial vehicle, I had a chance to drive our scout’s team Nysa 223:

First vehicle I was paid to drive was Polonez Truck: