riggs
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Posted on piston heads but think Ill get a better response here!
My dad's a driving instructor, in the 90's he had a stink with the AA up in Dundee, starting with a Polo then swapping to the Rover 114, he left shortly before they swapped to Ford.
Does anyone have any photos of any old ADI cars? AA / BSM even any independents, would love to put a gallery together of them, ideally would love to restore a polo/114 to the original driving school spec with stickers, have recently found an old M plate white polo coupe which I'm sure is the model my dad had, color etc, been of the road since 2002 though!
any help appreciated, even if it's a photo from the old theory test books!
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We have an independent instructor in Peterborough who is still using a Peugeot 306 to teach in!
I learnt with the AA in a metallic red 114, also had a few lessons with a local guy who used a mk3 escort complete with tartan rug on the back seat
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MiataMark
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Mar 11, 2016 10:05:27 GMT
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I took my first lessons in a BSM MK1 Escort, day before my first test they changed to MK2 Escorts, indicators swapped from right to left side of steering column etc, funnily enough I failed. Nearly drove into a wall on the test as I wasn't used the the steering feel. Of course now I'd just jump into anything and drive off.
Passed my test a few months later after unlearning all the bad habits I picked up driving with my Dad during the summer.
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1990 Mazda MX-52012 BMW 118i (170bhp) - white appliance 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 2003 Land Rover Discovery II TD52007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon JTDm
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riggs
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Mar 11, 2016 10:35:59 GMT
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306 is bloody good going, there's one local to me with a 2002 micra!
Midnight red Rover 114 - one of my favourites that my dad had! Funnily enough he had a mk3 escort before the AA, my brother (2 year old at the time) tried to start it / turn the radio on and it jumped into the wall in-front smashing the lights, have a photo of his old AX aswell!
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v8ian
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Mar 11, 2016 12:34:29 GMT
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I took my first lessons in a BSM MK1 Escort, day before my first test they changed to MK2 Escorts, indicators swapped from right to left side of steering column etc, funnily enough I failed. Nearly drove into a wall on the test as I wasn't used the the steering feel. Of course now I'd just jump into anything and drive off. Passed my test a few months later after unlearning all the bad habits I picked up driving with my Dad during the summer. Me too, Red BSM Mk1 escort, Just googeled BSM Escort pics, OOOPs,  Try it, adult content!!!!  |
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Geordie
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Mar 11, 2016 19:19:05 GMT
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I learned in a black D plate mk4 Escort 1.4
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Mar 11, 2016 19:37:08 GMT
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I only had one proper lesson in an 81 Datsun Sunny i think.
Passed my test in my own MK2 Escort,probably lucky as opposite lock during the emergency stop wouldn't normally pass ! I relaxed then though and drove like an old hand the rest of the test and he passed me.
Later i became an instructor briefly in a Hyundai Pony,don't have any pics of it though sadly.
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fogey
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Mar 11, 2016 19:56:12 GMT
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I was taught by an eccentric Scotsman in a Mini - part of the lesson always seemed to include driving to the corner shop to buy his ciggies . . . . . .
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vertex
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Mar 11, 2016 20:59:10 GMT
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Back in 1990 a Bsm metro for my first attempt Then a pug 205 (name escapes me who the school was)  |
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Mar 11, 2016 21:02:53 GMT
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Passed my test in my instructors 1300 Toledo. Wasn't very old but was going in the next day for an engine rebuild & the oil warning light was on continually through the test!
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mikeymk
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Mar 11, 2016 23:13:19 GMT
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Intensive course done in a 2yo G-reg Pug 205 TD
Was a good car for the job, but whilst it was with the RAC, the car was plain red.
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bazzateer
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Mar 12, 2016 10:34:43 GMT
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Started learning in a Colt Lancer (sadly not the Turbo!) and passed the test in a Colt Tredia (preferred the Lancer).
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Try it, adult content!!!!
