Passed first time in a driving school Metro, in Chester in April 1986. I'd done most of my practising between lessons in the family Volvo 245 estate, so changing between that and the BSM Metro was a good introduction to spatial awareness!
First car owned was a 1973 Hillman Hunter (1725cc, 4-speed-plus-overdrive gearbox, monstrous wobble somewhere in the drivetrain between 65 and 68 mph) in many different shades of beige (I think it was supposed to be "bronze") that I bought for 130 quid from a small ad in the paper, ran for a year and 10,000 miles, and sold on to a guy in a pub for the same price I paid for it. I don't know if he was in any fit state to drive it home, but it was no longer my problem by then...
