It's a day that we don't forget. A right of passage. The day we become licensed drivers. 

I still remember the warm day in May of '98 when I pulled up to take my drivers test. 

The first thing the examiner said to me was "Wow, what a cool car!"

I took my road test in a 1987 AMC Eagle and I passed on my first try!

I definitely did not define this vehicle as cool then or now.

I actually think my parents bought the car just to embarrass me.

My friends and I would laugh at how ridiculous this car looked but I actually didn't care very much because I was lucky enough to be able to have a vehicle to drive whenever I wanted. A bonus that not all of my friends had. 

It definitely turned heads wherever I went but it had some advantages too. This was pre-cell phone days so my friends could always find which party I was at because they could see my car parked and it had four-wheel drive so it got me out of a lot of sticky situations on crappy winter roads.

What vehicle were you driving the day you passed your drivers test?

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~ Lauren