Hello guys and welcome to Mattsbeamer.
So, the year was 1994, and I used to belong to the sea cadets called TS Spartan. It was a club where you learnt about becoming a sailor in the navy.
Obviously, it wasn’t my long term ambition, but it was a club which helped me interact with other children, learn special survival skills, and other helpful things. The reason I stay with this club, is because they had a marching band. I was the bass Drummer, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
You are probably thinking, how on earth does this, relate to the topic.
Well, being in the band meant that we got to go to band competitions, and we always won, but to fund this we had to do a special fate, to raise money for the club.
They had many special ways of making money, like selling cakes, biscuits and navy related things, but what I remember the most was the bottom half of the field being blocked off. I was very intrigued, and I noticed there was a brand new L reg 1993/1994 Vauxhall Corsa B, just sitting there.
I know this is not a picture of a Corsa B. Its just that I don't have a photo of a Corsa B in my image folder. It is a Corsa A, or as we called them in England, the Vauxhall Nova.
It was finished in bright red, with hubcaps, the black bumpers and the driving school livery on it. When the fate, opened up to the public, a big queue formed at the bottom of the field. My mother told me, that I was able to drive this car around the field.
I was so excited.
I queued for a while, and finally it was my go. I jumped into this brand new car, which I had never seen in real life before, and I remember thinking it was a very smart little car, and did a great job replacing the Nova. Thou, now a days I prefer the Nova.
Anyway the driving instructor told me what to do, and I never stalled. He said he was very impressed considering it was my first time.
I got to go around the field in figure of 8s, and getting to drive quicker. He even taught me how to do handbrake turns,and how to do a wheel spin, which upset the organizers of the event.
It was such a fun experience, which I will never forget.
When was the first time you drove a car, and what was the car? Comment down below :D
Have a great day.