I learnt to drive and passed my licence test on mum's Grecian white/blue inerior 253/trimatic HG wagon. I'd already bought my first car by then (16) and was close to getting it re-registered and on the road. It was a $400 Mazda R100 that I wasn't sure dad really appreciated what a weapon the "small cars" could be until I took him for a white knuckle bast around the block... Went from that to a 273 VE VIP Val next and then through about a car every three months or so for the next few years as I bought and sold my way up.