The first car I ever drove was my parents' 1993 Dodge Grand Caravan (dark green with gray interior, SE trim) on the same day I got my learner's permit in 2002. I shifted it out of park and promptly jumped the curb. Most of my subsequent learning was in a 1990 Honda Accord coupe (beige with burgundy interior and a sunroof, EX trim - an excellent car that I will remember fondly forever) that had been bought new by my grandfather and then passed to us after his death.

At driving school, they had a selection of a few cars for basic training in the parking lot; I gravitated towards the oldest one and only Chrysler product: a Dodge Spirit. The on-the-road portion of the course was taught in a generic late '90s Chevrolet Malibu.