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Truckinn!


Javi

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North Carolina law lets me get a learner's permit at 14 1/2. Which I'm conveniently coming up on in a few months. So I'll be learning to drive on what I think are the country's worst roads (generally, NCs are terrible drivers). Good experience, right? :P Only problem is that I don't have a car. My dad won't let me drive his truck, and I'm not gonna drive my mom's 10-year-old Odyssey. So I was car-less up until yesterday.

 

My dad was talking to my neighbor - a really nice old man who does a lot of community service. He has five cars/trucks, and they only use two. My dad was joking about taking one of them, and our neighbor said that he could actually take his old truck - free - and fix it up. It runs great still, it just needs to be cleaned up, really. Paint and all that. Once I'm able to drive, we might ask him for it and I'll have a sweeet old truck that I can pimp out. I forgot the model/make...it was F100 or something like that. Pretty decent-looking truck, though.

 

So I'm excited. ^_^

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Whats wrong with a ten year old odyssey?

 

I drive a suburban thats 20 years old, its a little Jaloppy, and its just fine. Matter of fact, it was my moms, and I learned to drive in it. ;) Minivans got guts too.......... :P

 

Don't deny yourself the chance to learn to drive just because a car is a little aged.

 

But yeah, mmmmm old f-100 yum yum!

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Whats wrong with a ten year old odyssey?

 

I drive a suburban thats 20 years old, its a little Jaloppy, and its just fine. Matter of fact, it was my moms, and I learned to drive in it. ;) Minivans got guts too.......... :P

 

Don't deny yourself the chance to learn to drive just because a car is a little aged.

 

But yeah, mmmmm old f-100 yum yum!

 

Oh, hah, the age isn't what bugs me. The fact that it's a van does. I want a van sometime, but I know my first car has to...erm...my first car has to be a truck. :P By the way, I admire that minivan. Oldest car I've ever seen working well was a neighbor's fifteen year old Honda. Can't believe your van's still got it at 20! O.o

 

 

Epic win. It's nice that your neighbor gave your family that truck. It was a very kind gesture.

 

Yeah; well, he's always been a nice guy. Nicest neighbor we've ever had. By the way, I don't actually have the truck yet

- he said he'd let me have it when I started learning to drive, which is a good four or five months away.

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Its a dandy old truck. Grew up in the thing practically what with all the hockey games my mom took my older brothers to... lol

 

its been through a lot in its life..... 102_1446.jpg_thumb.jpg Keeping your equipment well maintained under the hood is key.

 

You've gotten a vehicle that will be easy to work on! :D

 

learn to drive in the van so that you can hop right into that truck when you get licensed! :D Woot!

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WHAT THE CARP OVER HERE YOU HAVE TO BE OVER 17

 

But seriously wow. That seems so young to me. It'll be four years until I'd be able to start learning. But congrats. I hope you enjoy learning to drive whenever you start.

 

-BRICKEENS IN CAPS-

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Its a dandy old truck. Grew up in the thing practically what with all the hockey games my mom took my older brothers to... lol

 

its been through a lot in its life..... 102_1446.jpg_thumb.jpg Keeping your equipment well maintained under the hood is key.

 

You've gotten a vehicle that will be easy to work on! :D

 

learn to drive in the van so that you can hop right into that truck when you get licensed! :D Woot!

 

Hah, wow. That van looks 2 years old, maybe newer. :blink: And it still runs well, too? Really great car you got there. Doesn't look half bad either.

 

Heh, this is my mom's van:

 

ourcar.jpg_thumb.jpg

 

Pretty black boxes are there to obscure personal information. :P Real easy to drive, but I'd hate to be caught in it. 15+minivan=no. Great car to learn in, though.

 

And yep. Unless the truck is stick-shift...

 

WHAT THE CARP OVER HERE YOU HAVE TO BE OVER 17

 

But seriously wow. That seems so young to me. It'll be four years until I'd be able to start learning. But congrats. I hope you enjoy learning to drive whenever you start.

 

-BRICKEENS IN CAPS-

 

We can only have a full license by 16 1/2. Learner's permits are limited, but the stuff you can do goes up each year. Like when I first start driving, there has to be a parent/guardian, no one else can be in the car, and you can only drive during daylight hours. Then you get extra conveniences every year (after driver's ed and a test) until you reach the full legal driving age.

 

:P Can you tell I've looked into this a lot?

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