I may be unique in that I learned to drive at 8 years old.!

It was mostly farm land,canals and nothing much else,so my dad would drive a couple of miles outside my little hometown(1800 okies) and let me take over. I was a very big kid(see hip gallery) so it was no problem for me. This,of course led me to learn how to hot-wire a car and I actually stole my dad's car quite a bit when I was 9--10 years old and picked up my friends and tooled around. The cops knew I could drive and one time when my dad got drunk and passed out in his car downtown,a cop came to get me where I was playing and said I better go drive my dad home. I was 11. Ahhh--those were the days. Crazy,huh? Anyone else learn early?

 

i too was taught how to drive at the age of 8

 

I Guess I Would Have Started Around That Age, Driving Everything On

The Farm That Had Wheels And A Motor...

But The Thing That To This Day Makes Me Proud, Was My Project To Strip

Down A Four Cylinder Motor In An Old Truck, And Rebuild It With New

Rings, Bearings Etc, All At The Age Of 10...

Whats More It Ran Well For Many Years....



Cheers Glen.

 

I wish that I had learned to drive at a young age. My brother was driving since he was about 8, also. My dad got drunk and sick at my uncles house and my brother had to drive him home! If it was far, he probably would of been pulled over, but my uncles house is just up the road a little ways so he made it alright. The truck he drove was even a stick, I believe.

 

I did not learn to drive until I was about 13. I think I was a slow learner....my sister who is 3 years younger than I, drove before I did. She was always more adventurous than I when it came to driving be it sports car or motorcycle or tractor.

I did not try to drive a car until I was 16.

Sounds as if you had a lot of fun driving as a young fellow . Do you still like to drive?

 

Do you still like to dabble and tinker and fix things?

I have mechanical friends and they all can not help themselves, they see something not working and their eyes literally start to twinkle and their hands itch.

 

When You Live On A Farm, There Is Always Something Leaking, Squeaking,

Or Just Plain Broken..

And Before Somebody Responds With A Smart Ass Reply, When I Say

Leaking, Squeeking, And Broken, I Am Refering To Pumps, Machinery Etc.

This Description Does NOT Apply To GLEN.....



Cheers Glen.

 

that don't make you unique, it makes you country. Mom learned when she was six to work the tractor, too.

 

OK.Not so unique after all.

 

Sometimes in today's society, I think if you grow up country, that does in many ways make people unique.

So many kids today will not have any opportunity to experience some of the simple things that make living in the country a unique experience.

 

i don't think i drove until i was 9.

well, that's a car. tractor, maybe slightly sooner. lawnmower, well that doesn't even count.