Morris Minor Owners Club

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!!!

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

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!!!!

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!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Yup, Phyllis was my first car. Couldn't bear to part with her, either

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

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.

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'?

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.

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!

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