Yep, lived there when I was younger (my father was in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and was posted to the British Embassy in Washington for three three-year tours (and to the UN in New York for one year) and I accompanied the family for two of those tours (and the New York year) from the ages of 5 to 8, and 13-17 (plus another six months while I was at Uni and the family were back in Virgina for the third tour)
So at the age of 15yrs 8mnths I got my Learners Permit and at 16 I got my driving licence. My dad (bless him) had bought a car when he got to the US (when I was 13) and it became my car as soon as I passed the test, a 1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring (315cubic inch V8, about 5.5litres I think!) which looks pretty much like a Roadrunner or GTO as they were all built on the same basic hardware ... Daisy Duke had a yellow 1971 Satellite in Dukes of Hazard when she wasn't driving her jeep. (actually according to this page she had either a Road Runner, a Satellite or a Charger depending on where shooting was happening!
As I recall, he shifted over to a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle!
So at the age of 15yrs 8mnths I got my Learners Permit and at 16 I got my driving licence. My dad (bless him) had bought a car when he got to the US (when I was 13) and it became my car as soon as I passed the test, a 1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring (315cubic inch V8, about 5.5litres I think!) which looks pretty much like a Roadrunner or GTO as they were all built on the same basic hardware ... Daisy Duke had a yellow 1971 Satellite in Dukes of Hazard when she wasn't driving her jeep. (actually according to this page she had either a Road Runner, a Satellite or a Charger depending on where shooting was happening!
As I recall, he shifted over to a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle!
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