Three replies and all passed first time aged 17. 
I never felt the need or desire to drive until my mid 20s and I never enjoyed any of my driving lessons even though the instructor was an attractive, young woman.
Halfway through the course she took delivery of a new car. I was the first to use it. Unfortunately I hesitated on entering a roundabout and we got rear-ended by another car.
She took it very well considering.
I was always crazy about cars from an early age. Couldn't wait for my 17th birthday, i was so bloody excited.
Seems young Growler has inherited my petrol headed desires.
He's studying the highway code already in anticipation for 20 months time.
He has a very fine glass cabineted collection of rally car models that he's been collecting for several years now, and a day hardly passes by without a large envelope full of car brochures dropping through the letterbox, quickly followed by telephone calls from the manufacturers PR dept enquiring if we'd like a test drive.
Porsche Ltd? That'll do nicely thanks.
Mrs Growler is at the end of her tether with us two apparently
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