[ProtectOurFreedom]

I learned to drive in 1962 VW bug. My Dad bought it as a third family car after our '66 Pontiac Bonneville and '69 Ford Torino. The VW had massive oversteer. One time I put it into a serious fishtail on a winding country road near St. Louis when I had all of 6 months of driving experience under my belt. Must have fishtailed left and right 5 or 6 times, but felt like all eternity. I've never been so scared in my entire life.

[LFOD]

I too learned to operate a vehicle in a '61' Beetle. My father "forced" me to learn to drive a stick shift - I understood why in later years.
My first time behind the wheel scared Dad more than it did me.

Also - a few years later, a girl I dated had a VW station wagon which had a cylinder head that loosened itself about every third day. I suppose my reason for being there was to crawl underneath with a wrench to cinch things back down until the next time.