'68 VW bug. It was a year old at the time.
Yes it was was a stick, there were no automatics.

1965 Chevy C10 w/ 283 and 3 on the tree. 1954 Ford NAA tractor. The tractor slipped out of 4th gear often enough to keep you on your toes.

1965 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser.

Amazingly, a 1964 Dodge Polara. It left enough of an impression on me that I own one to this day.

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1986 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight.

That's funny, mine was a 1984 Oldsmobile Eighty-eight. It was a big ole rear wheel drive 5.0 liter in the days before ABS. That back seat though...plenty of room for "socializing."

The first car I bought [stupidly] was a 1987 Cadillac Sedan DeVILE with the cursed HT4100 V8 engine. 50 miles after I bought it I blew the engine from coolant leaking into the engine.

I drove my dad's 1985 GMC Sierra in my uncle's fields starting around 15 before getting my learner's permit at 15 1/2 in Missouri. I took my driving test in my mom's 1989 Quad4 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais, that was a fun little car.

1968 Ford F100, 3 on the tree.

‘64 Plymouth Sports Fury. Push button tranny.

'70 Pontiac 455 Bonneville

 
1959 in Texas, I took Driver's Ed in a 1956 DeSoto, and took my DL driving test in the same car (3 on the tree, of course). Back then in TX, you could get a learner's permit at age 13 and full permit at age 14, if you took Driver's Ed. I was fully licensed at 14, in 1960.

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1981 Honda Civic with a manual transmission

That. Then, when my brother destroyed his Rabbit, my parents gave him the Civic and bought an ‘85 Honda Accord hatchback, also a stick. Clutch was waaaaay different from the Civic, so it took some getting used to. That car was so much nicer than the Civic in every way.

Hand-me-down 1974 Dodge Dart from my older brother...225 slant 6. And then I totaled it circa '80.

1989 Firebird Formula WS6. I bought the car later from my mom, I loved that thing, sold it to help fund my wedding to my ex-wife, damn hindsight.

Look at my email address, you can tell how much I liked that car.

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The first car I bought [stupidly] was a 1987 Cadillac Sedan DeVILE with the cursed HT4100 V8 engine. 50 miles after I bought it I blew the engine from coolant leaking into the engine

I'll see you a HTI and raise you a V8-6-4.

A black 1983 Fleetwood Brougham. It took us on a trip from MN out to CA and back even after it miraculously added an extra 20,000 miles between Santa Fe and Phoenix.

It was a huge beast and a bitch to parallel park.

Dad's car. It looked just like this one.

'74 Plymouth Satellite, 318 and automatic and a wondrous thing to me, air conditioning!

My first vehicle....1987 Jeep Wrangler, 5 speed manual

79 Toyota Corolla. 5-speed. That and a little on the new family Dodge Caravan but when it was the only choice for such a vehicle.

I go the Corolla and put many parts on it to keep it running. There was a time I went through a few starters as the remanufactured ones I would get seemed to all fail.

I would park somewhere I could push start it myself. Push from the driver's door, jump in and pop the clutch. Good thing it was a small car.

One of these.

Dirt bikes, go carts, golf carts and tractors all before I was 14...

I took my driving test in moms Ford Bronco I think it was an 80 or 81, automatic. But my first car was a Chevy chevette 1976 manual transmission.

In Driver's Ed, it was a 1973 Dodge Coronet. A former police car. That thing would haul ass.

At home, I learned manual shifting on a 1968 VW Squareback.