If you drove to school, do you remember

[Imogene]

the first car you drove to school?

I drove a 1962 Mercury Comet sedan, three speed on the column, aka “three on the tree”.

Like this but had a red interior.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I was a pedestrian, that relied on the kindness of strangers.

 

[hollydolly]

Drove to school?... not a chance, not one of us could have afforded driving lessons much less a car.... ....only one pupil drove to school when I was there.. and he was the headmasters' son

 

[hawkdon]

Drove dad's 52 Bel Air Chevy that he'd purchased
new, I drove it in 57.....

 

[Wombat]

I never drove to school because I left at 16, too young to hold a licence

 

[QuietByNature]

Walked to all the different schools I went to.
Took transit to college.
Had a car given to me by an uncle when I turned 16 but it sat in my dad's backyard for 2 years. Sold it to a neighbor. Didn’t get my license until I was 30

 

[hollydolly]

I never drove to school because I left at 16, too young to hold a licence

I was 15 when I left school... made to leave..

 

[KSav]

Drove to school?... not a chance, not one of us could have afforded driving lessons much less a car.... ....only one pupil drove to school when I was there.. and he was the headmasters' son

Same here. I walked or took the bus from kindergarten through high school graduation.

 

[BJintheUK]

I was 15 when I left school... made to leave..

In my case I chose to leave as soon as I was legally able to, which was when I was 15 1/2.

 

[Della]

I had to run to catch it every day. Bless the driver's patient heart.

 

[Dr.Colosso]

First a bicycle and with 16 a moped, which was very luxurous, so I had a load of bikers from school who didn't want to pedal, hanging on my arm.

 

[hollydolly]

In my case I chose to leave as soon as I was legally able to, which was when I was 15 1/2.

my father couldn't wait to get his hands on my wage packet... .. I wouldn't have been allowed to stay on at school...

 

[jujube]

My senior year (1965), my dad bought a 1955 Dodge station wagon for $100 from a neighbor. It had a Police Interceptor engine in it and guzzled gas like there was no tomorrow. Gas was 25 cents a gallon.

I had the car because my mom had gone back to work and someone had to pick up the younger kids and get them to dance lessons, Girl Scouts, etc after school. That was me, but I had one hour before I had to pick them up so I "cruised" with my friends.

The guys loved to look at the engine.

 

[hollydolly]

Same here. I walked or took the bus from kindergarten through high school graduation.

same.. same... and never once was me or my siblings taken to school by car. My father would have been absolutely horrified if we'd even suggested it..

 

[Dr.Colosso]

My senior year (1965), my dad bought a 1955 Dodge station wagon for $100 from a neighbor. It had a Police Interceptor engine in it and guzzled gas like there was no tomorrow. Gas was 25 cents a gallon.

I had the car because my mom had gone back to work and someone had to pick up the younger kids and get them to dance lessons, Girl Scouts, etc after school. That was me, but I had one hour before I had to pick them up so I "cruised" with my friends.

The guys loved to look at the engine.

My sister got a 2cv when she was 19. My dad made it from 2 2cv's he got at the dump. A fabulous car it was, also called a duck. Truck drivers would at times throw bread on the street: feed the ducks. You could roll up the roof.

 

[MarkinPhx]

1971 orange Datsun station wagon. I started driving in to high school late in my sophomore year. I called it the pumpkinmobile.

 

[Imogene]

I guess I should qualify myself.

I lived very rural when I was growing up. You either rode the bus, or you drove to school. Almost all of the Farm kids had some sort of beater. They drove to school because, when school let out, they had to get right home and start farm chores. Riding the school bus could mean an extra 30 to 60 minutes before they got home from school.

When I was 16, I moved out of my school district and I did not want to change schools. That’s how I ended up driving to school every day for my junior & senior years.

I slid in the ditch one winter in my junior year with that Comet lol lol Itwas a pretty big ditch that I had to crawl out of. In those days, you could get out of your car without getting run over. somebody would stop and help you without trying to abduct you; at least in my area of NE Ohio.

Much has changed since the early-mid 60s.

 

[Trade]

A Green 1952 Dodge Wayfarer that I bought from a little old lady who lived in a trailer park for $65. It had 3 on the column with fluid drive so you could let the clutch all the way out when the car was stopped and it gear and it wouldn't stall. It burned oil like crazy. I'd always keep a couple of quarts of the cheapest I could buy in the trunk.

When I'd stop for gas I would go ahead and add one quart without even checking the oil level. Then I'd check it to see if I needed to add another one. I got it all the way up to 84 miles per hour once. That was all she would do. When I did the back window was completely blacked out from the oil smoke. That old straight 6 only got 12 miles per gallon but it kept on running. I ended up selling it for $100. The only car I ever made a profit on.

 

[oldman]

I bought a 1955 Olds Super 88. I spent more money fixing it up than what I paid for it.

 

[C50]

First car I drove to school was a rusted out Buick Lasabre, I bought the car when I was 15. I had no license but started driving it right away, I got away with it for a while but eventually the principal found out and told me if I drove it to school again he would call the sherrif.