English speaking driving instructor in Pécs

    Any way of finding english speaking driving instructor in Pécs?
asking for me
   

    -@A J Neute

IDK, you'd have to ask locally.

        Any way of finding english speaking driving instructor in Pécs?asking for me        -@A J NeuteIDK, you'd have to ask locally.        -@Marilyn Tassy

Strange to ask you in that way.    Overly familiar, wrong title for thread and unlikely you'd know.   Trolling perhaps?

No-one knows anything about Pecs including the people who live there.  It's quite some backwater.

I've always though of Pecs as a place where odd things happen.  It like that in Graz, Austria which is not that far away.

Like weird murders or crazy stuff or strange people.

Now I've set that up, I thought I'd mention Arnold Schwarzenegger comes from Graz.

The prosecution rests m'lud.

   
        Any way of finding english speaking driving instructor in Pécs?asking for me        -@A J NeuteIDK, you'd have to ask locally.        -@Marilyn Tassy

Strange to ask you in that way.    Overly familiar, wrong title for thread and unlikely you'd know.   Trolling perhaps?

No-one knows anything about Pecs including the people who live there.  It's quite some backwater.

I've always though of Pecs as a place where odd things happen.  It like that in Graz, Austria which is not that far away.

Like weird murders or crazy stuff or strange people.

Now I've set that up, I thought I'd mention Arnold Schwarzenegger comes from Graz.

The prosecution rests m'lud.
   

    -@fluffy2560

I've asked for the title to be changed!

                Any way of finding english speaking driving instructor in Pécs?asking for me        -@A J NeuteIDK, you'd have to ask locally.        -@Marilyn TassyStrange to ask you in that way.    Overly familiar, wrong title for thread and unlikely you'd know.   Trolling perhaps?No-one knows anything about Pecs including the people who live there.  It's quite some backwater.I've always though of Pecs as a place where odd things happen.  It like that in Graz, Austria which is not that far away. Like weird murders or crazy stuff or strange people.Now I've set that up, I thought I'd mention Arnold Schwarzenegger comes from Graz.The prosecution rests m'lud.        -@fluffy2560

I've asked for the title to be changed!
   

    -@SimCityAT

Thanks Mr. SimCity...

I did find it a bit rude to use a silly low grade casino nickname but it takes all sorts in this world.

Almost didn't address it at all but I've learned to face bullies head on no matter .

Schawarzenegger... No wonder many surnames were changed when people immigated to the US and other countrties, such a mouthfull of letters to pronounce.

I am glad I have a few, "ex-pat online friends" for the times i do open myself up for ridiucle.

I figure anyone who can't find their own driving instuctor with the help of the internet should probably not be driving at all.

Thanks Mr. SimCity...
I did find it a bit rude to use a silly low grade casino nickname but it takes all sorts in this world.
Almost didn't address it at all but I've learned to face bullies head on no matter .
Schawarzenegger... No wonder many surnames were changed when people immigated to the US and other countrties, such a mouthfull of letters to pronounce.
I am glad I have a few, "ex-pat online friends" for the times i do open myself up for ridiucle.
I figure anyone who can't find their own driving instuctor with the help of the internet should probably not be driving at all.
   

    -@Marilyn Tassy

I agree, nice one SimCityAT.

I think you were being trolled Marilyn.   We'll see if the OP says anything to defend themselves.  Yes, explain yourself please OP.  There has to be some accountability.

We have an English speaking driving instructor in my village.  Also does German and I think Russian.  Not that I need to use that person.  I got my license in the late 70s and it should have been valid until 2030 except for stupid Brexit.  I might end up losing my truck entitlements at some point due to the "onerous" tests needed.

All this is irrelevant and not much use to anyone in Pecs-cum-Podunk, Hungary.

I haven't driven in about 5 years!

Wow, hard to think so much time as passed.

I used to drive a bit in Hungary when we lived in lake Velence but I don't think my nerves could take driving in Budapest. ( Our clutch sucks anyways, my husband says he is the only one who will not burn it up)

I like driving fast, or I used to rather.

Stop and go driving drives me batty.

I don't think I could deal with the aggressive drivers here.

I know on Maui you were a rude person if you ever used your horn, even on a narrow one way road and the driver in front of you made a full stop to chat with someone on the st.

You just waited and  gave a shaka. No problem, no where to go in a hurry bro...

My fave driving was just like in a movie, going 110MPH on a dersert highway with no traffic around and the radio blasting away...

That's not going to happen here in Hungary.

A US driving license needs to be redone every 8 years as far as I remember.

Everytime I go to the states I renew it just to keep it updated.

I have a couple years to go before I'd have to lose it and retake the driving test.

The worst thing ever was being a passenger in my son's car. OH,most of the time I had to keep my eyes closed and pray.

He drives fast and make tight turns,my husband taught him but he didn't listen very well.

I'm surpized and grateful he never had an accident.

His old Japanese GF who we lived with was even worst.

She would follow so close behind a car on the freeway at high speeds that any unexpected thing would of put us in their back seat.

I once had a few beers at a casino and my DIL was with us.

We went to get something to eat while my husband stayed back to play.

I asked her to drive because I had those few beers.

WOW, I got sober in a second!

They drive on the left side in Japan and she was pulling out into traffic and into the far lane, not the first lane closest to the car.

I drove back, no longer had my buzz on!

I'm a fairly good and safe driver, not afriad to go slow if conditions call for it.

I won't drive in snow, did it once in NM and felt uncomfortable doing so.Of course it was an ungroomed highway and everyone was going over 65MPH. Not me, I pulled off and took the slow side sts to be safe.

NM has allot of insane drivers.Anything goes. I once had to pull over on an onramp because the car in front of me decided to drive backwards!

Not going to argue with drivers who have shotguns in their windows!

My husband used to have 11 endorsments on his HU driving license.

He let it go a cuple years ago. At his age they wuld be testing him about every year with that grade license.

Just a hassle for him since I don't think he is going to drive a big-rig or city bus anytime soon.

He tok it upon himslef in the 70's in NYC to teach all his HU friends how to drive.

One of them had some big funky large  convertable American car.

They'd all pile in, 6 to 8 guys and he would teach them one at a time.

In fact in the early 70's his NY state driving license didn't even have a picture on it!

That's the old America, really free back then, no homeland security stuff with real ID etc.

Too bad that's never ging to return, the days where people were responsable for themselves, now the gov. all want to step in a play big daddy ( big brother more like it)

I am glad though I knew how to drive a manual transmission before I met my husband. I'd hate to get lessons from him. He can be rough at times with instructions.

I know when we got to NY my little Opel died and he bought a huge American car with a 3 speed transmission, it might of even been a double clutch for all I know. I never drove that or learned a 3 speed on the colum.

My sister learned a 18 speed tranny when her husband bought his own big rig truck in the late 60's.

His father bought it for him to start a trucking business with.

I rode in the cab with him once, crazy high can see the whole world from up there.

I know it was brand new and cost over $100,000 in the 60's He drove it once or twice with  haul and decided trucking wasn't in his blood.

My sister was something though learning that tranny and driving the truck.

My GF from Puerto Rico went to truck driving school and graduated. They are much easier to drive these days, all automatic.Still, props to her.

They used to have a amusment thing in Ca. where for a large fee you could get an hour or so lesson in driving a race car by yourself and then go on the track. My sister did that once, must of been fun.

husband used to have 11 endorsements on his HU driving license.
He let it go a couple years ago. At his age they wuld be testing him about every year with that grade license.
Just a hassle for him since I don't think he is going to drive a big-rig or city bus anytime soon.
He took it upon himself in the 70's in NYC to teach all his HU friends how to drive.
One of them had some big funky large  convertible American car.
They'd all pile in, 6 to 8 guys and he would teach them one at a time.
In fact in the early 70's his NY state driving license didn't even have a picture on it!
....
I am glad though I knew how to drive a manual transmission before I met my husband. I'd hate to get lessons from him. He can be rough at times with instructions.
I know when we got to NY my little Opel died and he bought a huge American car with a 3 speed transmission, it might of even been a double clutch for all I know. I never drove that or learned a 3 speed on the colum.
My sister learned a 18 speed tranny when her husband bought his own big rig truck in the late 60's.

    -@Marilyn Tassy

That's my problem.  I'll be 70 in  7 years and they'll be after me every five minutes to check if I'm OK to drive. At the moment, on my HU license for my truck endorsements, it's every 2 years.  In the UK a 3 tonne truck can be driven on a car license and when I was younger, it was automatic to get a 7.5 tonne license as well. If you had a trailer, that could be up to 750kg, making 8.25 tonnes in total. 

If it wasn't for Brexit, I'd have been OK until 70, with no tests or interference from "the man".   Now I have to report in for blood pressure (BP) and eyesight testing. I know I can see and my BP is well controlled.  I think it's too much nanny state looking over your shoulder. Now where did I leave my white stick.

I suppose that truck had 3 ranges and 6 gears making 18 in total. Fully loaded, you'd have been in low, the swapped up slowly skipping gears as you made it up to speed. Once at cruise speed, you'd be high and top most gear.   Looking my hobby car, that's got a four speed auto box with high and low ratio so I suppose it's got 8 gears.  I've only driven it in low once when I was stuck in some snow on a bit of a hill.  Worked a treat.  That was in Scotland.

I am not even sure how I turned my daily driver into a hobby car. It's got around my current office I know about a particular make of car - same as my hobby car. Now I've had two people in the past week looking for help and advice in finding spare parts.  Luckily I've got a stupidly extensive knowledge of that kind of car and all the original manuals on my laptop. I was able to look everything up.  I thought I was here for something else, not car repairs.! But I suppose I got to talk about my car and their cars so there's an upside.

    husband used to have 11 endorsements on his HU driving license.He let it go a couple years ago. At his age they wuld be testing him about every year with that grade license.Just a hassle for him since I don't think he is going to drive a big-rig or city bus anytime soon.He took it upon himself in the 70's in NYC to teach all his HU friends how to drive.One of them had some big funky large  convertible American car.They'd all pile in, 6 to 8 guys and he would teach them one at a time.In fact in the early 70's his NY state driving license didn't even have a picture on it!....I am glad though I knew how to drive a manual transmission before I met my husband. I'd hate to get lessons from him. He can be rough at times with instructions.I know when we got to NY my little Opel died and he bought a huge American car with a 3 speed transmission, it might of even been a double clutch for all I know. I never drove that or learned a 3 speed on the colum. My sister learned a 18 speed tranny when her husband bought his own big rig truck in the late 60's.    -@Marilyn Tassy

That's my problem.  I'll be 70 in  7 years and they'll be after me every five minutes to check if I'm OK to drive. At the moment, on my HU license for my truck endorsements, it's every 2 years.  In the UK a 3 tonne truck can be driven on a car license and when I was younger, it was automatic to get a 7.5 tonne license as well. If you had a trailer, that could be up to 750kg, making 8.25 tonnes in total. 

If it wasn't for Brexit, I'd have been OK until 70, with no tests or interference from "the man".   Now I have to report in for blood pressure (BP) and eyesight testing. I know I can see and my BP is well controlled.  I think it's too much nanny state looking over your shoulder. Now where did I leave my white stick.

I suppose that truck had 3 ranges and 6 gears making 18 in total. Fully loaded, you'd have been in low, the swapped up slowly skipping gears as you made it up to speed. Once at cruise speed, you'd be high and top most gear.   Looking my hobby car, that's got a four speed auto box with high and low ratio so I suppose it's got 8 gears.  I've only driven it in low once when I was stuck in some snow on a bit of a hill.  Worked a treat.  That was in Scotland.

I am not even sure how I turned my daily driver into a hobby car. It's got around my current office I know about a particular make of car - same as my hobby car. Now I've had two people in the past week looking for help and advice in finding spare parts.  Luckily I've got a stupidly extensive knowledge of that kind of car and all the original manuals on my laptop. I was able to look everything up.  I thought I was here for something else, not car repairs.! But I suppose I got to talk about my car and their cars so there's an upside.
   

    -@fluffy2560

A learner who failed their driving theory test 59 times before passing has been praised for their "amazing commitment".

They spent about 60 hours and nearly £1,400 before finally making the grade at a centre in Redditch, Worcestershire.

A learner who failed their driving theory test 59 times before passing has been praised for their "amazing commitment".

They spent about 60 hours and nearly £1,400 before finally making the grade at a centre in Redditch, Worcestershire.
   
    -@SimCityAT

That seems like a mental health problem.  Like panic at taking a test or exam doing one's head in.

My husband had to take driving classes for about 6 months after a full day as a machinist on his feet for 10 hours per day.

He was only 18 at the time. I suppose he had more energy then he needed.

He had to drive a double clutch old 1940's type utility truck made in Hungary on Csepel Island with an instuctor with him.

40 hours on that truck .

They had one on dsisplay near the Parlament building on the Revolution day.

It was also used in 1956 when people hopped on and went to the armoury.

He almost checked if the doors were open to sit inside once again.

I can't imagine a 128lb. 18 year old MOD sitting behind the whell of that truck without any power steering and some strict old instructor telling him just to drive while he napped in the passenger seat.

I'm not a car expert, I'm just glad if the car runs and has working brakes but I've had a few cars I wish I still owned.

My Saab 900, 5 on the floor and my Alfa  Romeo,1973 Belina.

Those were fun to drive.

My husband's fave car was his 1971 Dodge Challenger.

Classic cars now.

I know up in Washington state they love their Saabs.

Mine had the tranny blow out at 300,000 miles.

I wanted to redo the tranny but the cst was more then the car was worth on paper.

Placed an add for it and a guy from Washinton state came to Vegas to buy it. He towed it to his home and promised the car would have yet another life.

My cousin in Vegas rebuilt a Lotus, sold it and now has rebuilt a Fiat sedan from the 1970s.

He does it for a hobby.

He's in his late 70's and enjoys messing around with cars.

I wish I had been in touch with him when my Saab needed work.

A car that is so,"OLd lady" but was super nice to drive fr me was my son's old  Diesel Merceds 4 door Sedan.

Slow to start with but soon picked up speed. Was a perfect touring sedan.

Idiot that he was he changed the oil and forgot to put back the screw to the oil pan!! Blew it up on the highway! Bummer.

My sister cracked me up. She bought a red Saab. A P-100? Like the Saint used to drive in that tv show from the 60's.

What made me laugh was when I sat in the passenger side she told me to not put my full weight on the floorboards.

She had a cokie sheat on the floor , otherwise the ground was showing. The bottom had rusted out!

Talk about living dangerously!

Her go to car was usually a VW Bug but she found that Saab for a steal and bought it.

Not sure who the real winner was, the seller or her?

She was nutty with those VW's. She had a guy put in a racing engine and tranny, had custm wheels etc. put on a old VW frame. She used duct tape to keep the headlights on but could out race any car on the st.

She was crazy with that car. It had a Porshe engine and tranny.

At least she was an orginal.

She would of really enjoyed seeing the car projects our cousin does.

I've personally had enough f car projects over the years.

My husband does all car repairs if he can.

No matter how many junk yards he must search of if he must make his own parts, he will not use a mechanic unless he reaches a dead end.

He once took a good month to do a brake job on my Volvo.

He redid the rotars in his machine shop, changed out every working part in the brake system.IDK what he did turned this and that, lines etc.

Since he had a shop to work in he worked on the brakes between maching jobs.

I was never so glad in my life to get a car back after that long month of waiting.

It's nice to be handy but there comes a point in time where it gets old doing your own repairs.

A learner who failed their driving theory test 59 times before passing has been praised for their "amazing commitment".They spent about 60 hours and nearly £1,400 before finally making the grade at a centre in Redditch, Worcestershire.        -@SimCityATThat seems like a mental health problem.  Like panic at taking a test or exam doing one's head in.        -@fluffy2560

Sounds crazy. He might of needed reading lessons and not driving lessons.

59 times!

I got my first of only 2 tickets for minor traffic violations in over 45 years on the very day I passed my driving exam.

To this day I feel the cop had it in for me.

I entered an intersection at a 4 way crossing just as the light turned yellow.

He said I ran a red light, no it was still yellow but tell it to the judge.

My second ticket was on my first day of work in Hawaii.

I was running late, a 90 mins drive each way to work over rainy roads with many tight turns.

The car in front of me was so slow and time was ticking away.

I had a chance to pass, put my bSaab in gear and took off and passed clean.

Next thing I know I got a sucker ticket.

The cops were waiting in that area, the only place to pass safely.

Yes, I was set up.

Had one or two parking tickets in my life but who hasn't?

I suppose next time I renew my driving license I'll have to bring a pair of glasses with me just in case...

Last test I was told to wear glasses for driving.

I have since had cataract surgery and see fine again.

Still my driving card says to wear glasses.

When I retest, I'll try first without them.

They still are fairly cool in the US if you see the right person.

The women who tested me told me she'd give me a renewal but to make sure I got glasses in the future and she had to put needs driving glasses on my card.

Cool, that they trust you to not be a fool and try driving without being able to see well at night.

I doubt they'd cut such slack here in Hungray.

I was reminiscing about my old Alfa Berlina 2000.

Saw some short videos's online about them. What a fun car that was to drive.

Loved the sound of the car, double carbs.

I've seen it up for sale and it's going for over $26,000 these days.

Not too shabby for a 50 year old car.

      Cool, that they trust you to not be a fool and try driving without being able to see well at night.

    I doubt they'd cut such slack here in Hungray.

    I was reminiscing about my old Alfa Berlina 2000.

    Saw some short videos's online about them. What a fun car that was to drive.

    Loved the sound of the car, double carbs.

    I've seen it up for sale and it's going for over $26,000 these days.

    Not too shabby for a 50 year old car.

        -@Marilyn Tassy

I had real difficulties posting the reply below - caused my browser to hang up.  The formatting has been lost somewhat.....but finally made it....

I've got these glasses endorsement on my HU license. In the UK, if you don't wear your glasses, you'd probably be invalidating your license and insurance too.  Any old excuse not to pay out from insurance companies.  My eyesight has got better over the years but it's now getting worse again. I don't need glasses for reading but I need them for distance.  I have accidentally forgotten my glasses on rare occasions.  Now they are around my neck on a string. I have to take them off to read, even though I have varifocals.

My hobby car is ancient now but it's interesting how it fell in price considerably, then passed a kind of threshold of bottoming out on price and has now started to creep up again. I've seen one at a very high price but it's all bling on it - fat wheels, pain job etc.  They call my car a survivor  - just about the same as was made, not all supposedly gussied up with airs and graces.  I think this is the way classic cars should be - like factory new.

Way back when, I was helping a Hungarian-Canadian friend I worked with and with his classic Jaguar car.  He had it restored BUT he also "improved it" by installing power steering and airco.  So it looked the same on the outside but it wasn't factory. I had to wonder about adding embellishments - I mean, had it lost some of it's provenance as an antique?  Still thinking about those changes. I can see the logic but unclear if it was the right thing to do.

Gosh I wish my brain could remember the type, year and model of a classic American car my female cousin donated to a museum in Conn.

I want to say it was a Morgan but that's a small UK car..

An American car that is no lnger in production, co, went defunk. From the 1930's or 40's.

Big thing with a convertable top.

She rode it in a parade then gave it to the museum.

Super nice of her and generous.

Somewhere in my files I'm sure I have a photo of it.

Her father restored it to perfection.

It was worth a pretty penny, not sure why she just gave it away. Think they put a plaque out dedicating the gift from her father. In his memory I suppose.

Nice to be in the posistion to just donate a classic car.

Wish I could remember the type of car it was. I'll have to ask my cuz what sort it was.

I ALMOST was the proud owner of a Triumph TR4-A.

I didn't like the stings attached to getting it.

An old BF I had just broken up with bought it, Drove it where I worked and said it was all mine IF I took him back.

Silly me, some people would of gone for it, gotten the car title and then said Adios.

I did take it for a spin, such fun but no thanks...

My sister who drove so many VW's and that old Saab P-100 was given a car by her well to do boyfriend.  ( He was an insurance adjuster dealing with auto accident claims)

A new custom painted BMW. ( Painted custom pink)

She told him to forget it as they also had just broken up.

Nice guy though, he partly paid for her burial expenses years later.

I guess our mom raised girls that were more into diamonds then cars? Just kidding, can't buy love as they say!

I need to go back to shool... A Volvo P 1800.

I'd like to see a Saab 100, We used to have a Saab 99 but never heard of a 100 model.

Had so many different cars over the years, it's hard to remember them all.

    I need to go back to shool... A Volvo P 1800.I'd like to see a Saab 100, We used to have a Saab 99 but never heard of a 100 model.Had so many different cars over the years, it's hard to remember them all.        -@Marilyn Tassy

I had a Saab 9000 back in the 1990s.  It was a bit weird as I think the Swedish government had given the HU government a bunch of similar cars to use by officials.  I got some funny looks driving my that car around. It looked the business and it was fast but quite old fashioned as well.  In the end, I sold it as it was getting expensive to maintain and used a lot of fuel.  It did look good. The previous owner was some guy who worked at Greek horse racing courses or gambling places. I sold it to a Canadian guy. No idea what happened to it after that. Probably scrapped and rusting or made into other cars.

I remember watching The Saint (Roger Moore) driving a Volvo P1800.   I cannot believe that show was airing in the 60s. I could have sworn I was older than that when I saw it.  Anyway, I wasn't that impressed with the P1800 back then.

I was interested though in the Mini Mokes driven in The Prisoner with Patrick McGoohan - thought they looked like fun cars to zip about it.  Nowadays a bit dangerous - no roll bars etc. 

McGoohan was a better actor than Roger Moore - more of a character actor.  Moore always played the same person - himself - just in different situations.   Renée Zellweger is the same.

My Saab 900 was great on petrol and our Saab 99 was too.

We had them both at once, plus a few other cars at the same time.

My husband was buying cars for people in Hungary, he purchased 2 Mercedes a Ford Mustang and an Audi which we decided to keep once it arrived in Hungary.

Looked like a car lot in front of our house for awhile!

I loved dring my Saab 900.

I drove the Saab 99 to my gym often.

One day some older man asked me where my car was made, Mexico?

Crazy, not sure he was that dumb or just being rude.

All I know is that car wouldn't die. Strong, was running on 3 injectors and with water going into the oil line. We fixed all the isses but even with them the car kept on going.

We took it to Hawaii with us, ugly but strong, took my 900 there also.

My sisters forced me to watch all those old spy shows from the UK with them.

I enjoyed them. Emma Peel was our hero.

    My Saab 900 was great on petrol and our Saab 99 was too.We had them both at once, plus a few other cars at the same time.My husband was buying cars for people in Hungary, he purchased 2 Mercedes a Ford Mustang and an Audi which we decided to keep once it arrived in Hungary.Looked like a car lot in front of our house for awhile!I loved dring my Saab 900.I drove the Saab 99 to my gym often.One day some older man asked me where my car was made, Mexico?Crazy, not sure he was that dumb or just being rude.All I know is that car wouldn't die. Strong, was running on 3 injectors and with water going into the oil line. We fixed all the isses but even with them the car kept on going.We took it to Hawaii with us, ugly but strong, took my 900 there also.My sisters forced me to watch all those old spy shows from the UK with them.I enjoyed them. Emma Peel was our hero.        -@Marilyn Tassy

The later Saabs were dumbed down.  The Opel Vectra chassis was used in the later Saabs and I think a Renault engine.  So it became a bit of a mainstream car but with that all important Saab badge.

My brother had a Saab but when it got long in the tooth, he swapped it for a high end VW. I don't even know if they make Saabs now.  Probably owned by China or India.  Less a Saab but more a Memsaab.   (haha, see what i did there).

Emma Peel was super cool.  A bit abstract some of that stuff. Similar vein to The Prisoner.  A bit groovy 60s.  The later Avengers certainly doesn't cut it in the same way.

But you say the "forced" you to watch it. Surely not if it was enjoyable?  I suppose they were bigger and made the decisions which channel to watch. 

Big sisters and brothers, got to love them.  Miss my eldest brother (RIP) a lot.  I also miss my dear old Dad now.  My Mum I miss of course, but - I don't like to say it but I'm being honest - I don't know if I miss her to the same extent.  I'll shut up now before it gets to me. It is Xmas so I should think about them in the coming weeks.

If anyone had 2 bossy older sisters then they know what being, "forced" means.

Even if you liked something, they use it against you and say they disliked it.

Best to not tell them your true feelings .

I got tricked so many times into seeing horror movies on a Saturday afternoon.

They told our mother we were seeing one film but in reality went into another theather and dragged me along.

All those nightmares I used to have. Mom never could figure out why I would wake up screaming.

Don't dare tell her or you'd get it double next time.

My Saab mecahnic said my 900 which was a 1984 model was one of the better types. After around 1987 they had some issues.

I know even with our 2 Saabs the water pumps were super sensitive.

My brother in his defense was just out of airplane mechanic school so not to dis him.

I once asked him to look at a minor issue under the hood of my Saab. I figured as Saab was known for making airplanes my car would be nothing for him.

He opened the hood, looked inside and said WTF?

Closed it up without touching anyhting!

Sad to say Saab is now a dead car as they say.

Really a shame, I would love to buy another one but it's more of a hobby car these days I'd think.

My 900 was one of my fave cars, it felt so sporty yet it was so practical, great for moving, the back seats went flat and it was like a station wagon inside.

You could drive long distances and set up a bed in the back with shared driving time. No need to get a hotel room with 2 drivers.

    If anyone had 2 bossy older sisters then they know what being, "forced" means.
Even if you liked something, they use it against you and say they disliked it.
Best to not tell them your true feelings .
I got tricked so many times into seeing horror movies on a Saturday afternoon.
They told our mother we were seeing one film but in reality went into another theather and dragged me along.
All those nightmares I used to have. Mom never could figure out why I would wake up screaming.
Don't dare tell her or you'd get it double next time.
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My 900 was one of my fave cars, it felt so sporty yet it was so practical, great for moving, the back seats went flat and it was like a station wagon inside.
You could drive long distances and set up a bed in the back with shared driving time. No need to get a hotel room with 2 drivers.

    -@Marilyn Tassy

I'm not very impressed by your sisters' behaviour.  I know it was a long time ago.   I'd have clamped down on any of that immediately if I'd known.

My two oldest used to fight but the second one used to pick on the eldest and the eldest used to get the blame because of play acting by the second younger one.  It unravelled for the second one who was bullying the older one when I happened to see in the rear view mirror the younger one pinching the elder one.  That was it!  The bully got a really tough talking too.  That stopped it.  One thing about my kids is an angry talking to, usually ended up with tears on their part. It was scary for them and I think it was enough.  We didn't need any more discussion. Usually I got them to promise to stop it.   Of course, they did other things to each other.

I know about the seats going down in the Saab 900.  One of the original hatchbacks.  My Saab 9000 was a sedan so it wasn't like we could lie down in it.  It didn't stop Mrs Fluffy and I snogging in the back seat somewhere up in the Buda hills! 

Snogging is such a funny word, UK for, "Making out".

That's a cute story though.

Yes, for the longest time I was the youngest in the family including all my 19 or more cousins.

I was usually left out of the fun. No one wanted to drag the baby along with them.

In the last few years I've reconnected with several older cousins.

They actually are great people, just were mean little buggers as children.

Mostly all male cousins so my sisters had to step up and be tough to play with them.

Not sure why my mother didn't take much notice of them abusing me so much. She was always too busy clenaing, ironing etc. to pay us much mind.

Dad, well, he was the most self centered person we ever knew. Typical father of the 1950's went to work and after that, his job was done.

I know later when  my sisters were on their own they tried to make it up to me.

My eldest sister was working her way through collage while living at home.

Her very first paycheck she surpised me with a brand new cool MOD dress and nice new white go-go boots.

How many 17 year olds would do that with their first paycheck? Not many I'd guess.

They both used to argue during my holiday break and summer as to which one could,"get" me. Have me spend several weeks with them.

I suppose I was a helpful little siter and not much trouble.

I would clean up their homes and do little errands for them, it was fun really.

One lived on the beach up in Goleta , near Santa Barbara and the other in funkc fun places in Hollywood or on a horse ranch.

Access to 7 retired race horses, a swimming pool and 40 acres of open land to ride on.

Funny though one sister would offer me pot which I turned down and the other would have me go door to door with her to spread the good news with the Jehovah's Witnesses.

I often wasn't sure if I wanted to be an  angel or devil between the two of them.

Probably landed somewhere in between the two.

Just going back to the start, you want to have a driving license (why, you do not have it?). Second, what is your age (after 60 I would say, just forget about it). You do not speak German?. Bottom line if in good health (and good age) things should not be too difficult.

Easy in Hungary I would say (although for some it might be difficult), enough money, a good mind, good view and a supporting partner.

    Just going back to the start, you want to have a driving license (why, you do not have it?). Second, what is your age (after 60 I would say, just forget about it). You do not speak German?. Bottom line if in good health (and good age) things should not be too difficult. Easy in Hungary I would say (although for some it might be difficult), enough money, a good mind, good view and a supporting partner.        -@cdw057

I have a driving license in good order.

Not an EU one. A US one.

I can't be bothered, I don't want to drive here anyways.

My husband does all the driving and if God forbid he can't drive any longer we really don't care that much.

I rather enjoy not having to watch traffic when driving.

I'm able to drive in an emergency, legal or not.

We live in the city and it's plain insane to drive in this heavy traffic. I can walk faster.

My husband likes taking the bus more then I do.

I force him to walk for his health but when weather is too bad or we are carrying something heavy we hop on the bus.

Everything we need is just a few bus stops from us.

We only use our car to pick up heavy itmes like bottles of water.

I bought my first car at 18 by myself, used and funky. ( It had belonged to Rodney Dangerfield, the American comedian, bought it near the Burbank film studios, a 1959 Rambler)

I had no driving license at the time but had gone through drivers training classes and did road time in High School.

They used to give a 6 week driving class to students when they used to spend money on real education and teaching practical skills in school.

They recruited mostly the male football, PE coaches as drivng instructors.

Real brazen jock types.

4 students would be assigned to each driving teacher while doing road work.

We each got about 15 mins a few times per week in the car.

We had driving simulators in the classroom.

We learned all the rules of driving and had tests etc.

My coach was a real sporty ,tough ,crazy man. Whenever it was my turn to take the wheel on the road he first had the car pull over. He got his football helmet out of the trunk/boot and put it on before I took off.

He thought he was funny, said I had a lead foot and drove too fast.

He was ready for a crash.

Jerk. My mother at the time told me she couldn't and wouldn't buy or help me drive at 17 so I had no real desire to drive earlier.

Well, when I bought my first car, I also had my first job and apt. Paid for everything myself.

I was going to get my driving license legally but thought after a year of not driving in school I'd better practice a bit first to get my road skills in top order.

I'd take my car out driving at night when there was less traffic. No license, no insurance and no cares.

Have to have confidence in yourself.

I wouldn't like trying to drive in Budapest traffic but in a pinch , I'd do it.

My old neighbr in Ca. started driving when she was 12 in Texas.

We had a friend, a HIppie chick aged 14 who was close to my sister and BIL, she was just one year older then I was at the time.

She already had an 18 year old boyfriend and was driving her VW bug all over the place, it's not even legal to drive in Ca. at 14 . Your parents have to sign for you to drive at 15. Perhaps they have raised the age limtis now,IDK.

My son didn't want to drive until he met his ex-wife. He was like 23 at the time.

I was glad he learned, I was sick of being his taxi at all hours.