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You retired from driving? What was your first vehicle you drove or owned?
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<blockquote data-quote="Been In Brown Too Long" data-source="post: 3538463" data-attributes="member: 32249"><p>A: What did you train on? I was still a preloader. They needed utility drivers just before peak season. "You know how to drive a stick?" </p><p></p><p>"Sure!" I said. Didn't want to miss my shot. I had never driven a stick! They point me to a 26' rental, go deliver that bulk. Hand me the keys and a map, official UPS training back in the day. Grinding gears as I left, took the load around the block a few times as I taught myself to drive a stick on that beast. Ended up driving that thing daily for the rest of that peak season. </p><p></p><p>My first run in an actual UPS vehicle was in a p400. The ones with the pointy front end, the dashboard that could have 25 stops on it, and the bulkhead door with the perfect height if you are 5' tall! How many times I smashed my head on the top frame of that door.</p><p></p><p>B: First vehicle you owned? 1972 Pontiac Ventura II. It was Pontiac's version of the Nova. Beautiful orange flake color. 350ci. Actually bought it when I was 14, couldn't pass it up. Hard 2 years waiting to hit the road with it. </p><p></p><p>C: Coolest vehicle you have owned? My 1978 Vette. Silver Anniversary Edition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Been In Brown Too Long, post: 3538463, member: 32249"] A: What did you train on? I was still a preloader. They needed utility drivers just before peak season. "You know how to drive a stick?" "Sure!" I said. Didn't want to miss my shot. I had never driven a stick! They point me to a 26' rental, go deliver that bulk. Hand me the keys and a map, official UPS training back in the day. Grinding gears as I left, took the load around the block a few times as I taught myself to drive a stick on that beast. Ended up driving that thing daily for the rest of that peak season. My first run in an actual UPS vehicle was in a p400. The ones with the pointy front end, the dashboard that could have 25 stops on it, and the bulkhead door with the perfect height if you are 5' tall! How many times I smashed my head on the top frame of that door. B: First vehicle you owned? 1972 Pontiac Ventura II. It was Pontiac's version of the Nova. Beautiful orange flake color. 350ci. Actually bought it when I was 14, couldn't pass it up. Hard 2 years waiting to hit the road with it. C: Coolest vehicle you have owned? My 1978 Vette. Silver Anniversary Edition. [/QUOTE]
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