moggy as a 1st car!!

Post by **caz** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:52 pm

i have a 1963 morris minor and it's my 1st car. im still learning to drive and i have nearly got it road worthy. did any of you have a morris as a first car? thank you caz x

Post by **stevey** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:13 pm

yes My first car and only car is a minor I got it the day I passed my test (friday night) and couldnt get insurance until the place opened on Monday. Was itching to get on the road. Ill have had it 4 years this september!!!

Good luck and happy tinkering!!!

Post by **caz** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:15 pm

cheers! hows was it to drive? well done 4 passing ur test! caz x

Post by **stevey** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:42 pm

Thanks well passed it first time round really chuffed. Was brillant to drive light steering and all those characteristics (exhaust note etc)youll learn to love. I would drive anything else!!!!

Post by **eamonn** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:54 pm

One of the things you will find when driving a Moggy is that nearly everyone in the supermarket car-park learnt to drive in one, or had one as their first car!

Post by **alex_holden** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:02 pm

Sort of. I bought my Land Rover when I was 16 but immediately started a ground-up restoration on it, and didn't drive it on the road until my 21st birthday. I think the first car I drove was probably my mum's Fiat Uno. The first car I both owned and drove was a 1967 Morris Minor that I bought when I was 19 as a temporary runabout. I drove it all over the place for a few months, then ended up selling it when it failed its MOT with some serious underbody rot.

Post by **caz** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:02 pm

lol my next door neighbour said he learnt in one when i brought it home. i love them they have so much character!

Post by **grahamt7** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:08 pm

I passed my test some considerable years ago....and I'm still learning in my Morris Minor!!!

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Post by **Onne** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:22 pm

My Morris was my first car. Also my second and fourth

Post by **Peetee** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:30 pm

Well, I learned to drive in one and although my dad had a Rover 2200TC at the time I wasn't allowed to drive that so I suppose a Mog was 'my' first car.

Post by **ndevans** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:37 pm

Although I learnt to drive in a Nissan Micra, the first car I was insured for was the 1969 Traveller which I still have. It was the only car I could drive for that crucial first few thousand miles after passing my test. I took the Institute of Advanced Motorists test in it & passed first time. I was even complimented on being up to speed & making progress on sections of road where the examiner had been with others in BMW's, Jags etc tottering along gingerly.
The good thing about the Minor as a first car is that it forces you to use the gearbox properly, & you learn to exercise caution when braking.

Post by **Jay-Minor** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:46 pm

caz wrote:i have a 1963 morris minor and it's my 1st car. im still learning to drive and i have nearly got it road worthy. did any of you have a morris as a first car? thank you caz x

yes mine was............. back in 1972

Post by **chrisd87** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:03 pm

The 1970 Minor was (is) my first car. I like it so much I now have another!

Post by **Gareth** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:05 pm

Yup, Phyllis was my first car.

Couldn't bear to part with her, either

Post by **mal** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:41 pm

My first car was a 1955 Austin A30 which I learned to drive in and also took my test....
My second car was a Moggy.. ( far superior to the A30

) I owned several Moggys during the early 70's and then went onto Spitfires, Stags and various MG's before returning to a Moggy 2 1/2 yrs ago and never looked back since

I wouldn't part with my Moggy now.... although during last year I was offered an Austin A35 at a reasonable price and bought it to use alongside the Moggy.... both great cars to drive but the Moggy wins hands down

Mal

Post by **d_harris** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:10 pm

First car I was insured on, although it was shared with my mother. 1964 trav, which sadly died from the dreaded tinworm and was broken for parts - some of which have been used on my Resto trav, and some of which went to Africa with Rayofleamington when he did the plymouth-banjoul challenge.

The next car I have driven is my current daily driver - fiesta (Booooring) and for a little while that was it - that was really mums car but I drove it when I came back from uni. Then came the convertible last summer, which was partially funded from the sale of bits from the old trav and is a family car.

Then, I bought my first car, on the 30th Dec 05 its "the beast" in my signature. Can't wait to get to drive it. And recently I was given the fiesta so that I had a car to get to work in.

In short, minor travs were the first car I was insured to drive on, and the first car I bought. Although a convertible and a fiesta have featured. This has all been in the 4 and a half years since I passed my test.

Post by **Vaseline** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:11 pm

Do you think a Moggy would be an adequate choice for a nervous learner driver? I've heard people say that they help you to be a better driver but I'm concerned that a nervous driver might need something a little 'easier'?

Post by **alex_holden** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:35 pm

I think a Moggy would make a great learner car - they're very easy to drive. The only slight difficulty might be if you're also taking lessons in a modern car, as the "feel" is a bit different and switching from one to the other might get confusing.

Post by **minor_hickup** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:02 pm

The pic in my signature is my car, I've had it for almost two years and its my first. I wouldn't have had anything else in retrospect. Just remember to underestimate the brakes and get some spanners!

Post by **Naadeslaus** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:18 am

My first car was my 1953 LCV.And i got it for 15 years ago,when i was 13 years old

,and still have it.And i gonna have it till the day i die

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