# A museum where you can drive the cars **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-museum-where-you-can-drive-the-cars/178635 "2021-08-10T01:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-museum-where-you-can-drive-the-cars/178635/1 "2021-08-10T01:03:44Z")
_The Great British Car Journey_ - a museum where you can drive the cars. Stephen Beard reports for _Marketplace_, 4 minutes : [https://download.stream.publicradio.org/marketplace/segments/2021/08/09/mp\_20210809\_seg\_PM\_Dad's\_Car\_64.mp3?srcoid=web&listeningSessionID=0CD\_382\_221\_\_18a98ffd06dc223312dc969c6bdcf95dbcca210e](https://download.stream.publicradio.org/marketplace/segments/2021/08/09/mp_20210809_seg_PM_Dad's_Car_64.mp3?srcoid=web&listeningSessionID=0CD_382_221__18a98ffd06dc223312dc969c6bdcf95dbcca210e) ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-museum-where-you-can-drive-the-cars/178635/2 "2021-08-10T03:03:54Z")
The car’s are driven with an instructor along on a 6mi closed course, Looks like a good mix of classic’s including a few Mini’s and a Reliant Robin. > **[Drive Dads Car](https://www.greatbritishcarjourney.com/drive-dads-car)** > > The Classic Car Driving Experience ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-museum-where-you-can-drive-the-cars/178635/3 "2021-08-10T04:21:20Z")
I was fascinated by the snippet and did some Googling (funny how that became a verb…)… Below is the link to their Web page… > **[Brits grow nostalgic over fossil-fueled cars - Marketplace](https://www.marketplace.org/2021/08/09/facing-the-electric-vehicle-era-brits-grow-nostalgic-about-fossil-fueled-cars/)** > > One of the hottest new attractions this summer is a car museum that offers visitors the chance to relive their petrol-driven past. Below is a YouTube Video… [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/c/acf12e76b017736e2e93423e1b734e76a8272daa.jpeg "IDRIVEACLASSIC reviews: Great British Car Journey + Drive It Day 2021") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5juKw9jeAo) I really just want to get behind the wheel of my very first car, the 1954 Dodge Meadowbrook… And below is my old posting of a “drive” down memory lane. > [@Tell us about your First Car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tell-us-about-your-first-car/177791): > > My first car was a 1954 Dodge Meadowbrook, 2-door, Club Coupé. I bought it from my neighbor, who bought it new with almost every available option (and it came with all its original paperwork, sales slips, window stickers, etc…). The special option was the “Red Ram” Hemi V8 engine (not the huge hemi, but a “baby hemi,” 241 cu in, rated at 140 HP. It came with a three-speed, column shifter, with a Hydrostatic clutch (Fluid Clutch…) that worked like a torque-converter. You could let the clutch … Happy trails… ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-museum-where-you-can-drive-the-cars/178635/4 "2021-08-10T12:09:37Z")
Most American visiters could only look at the cars… Most are likely equipped with manual transmissions so they won’t able to drive them. I applaud the museum for doing this. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-museum-where-you-can-drive-the-cars/178635/5 "2021-08-10T16:55:02Z")
Sounds like a fantastic idea and the price of 105 pounds for 2 of the classics is not that bad. I’d love to give the Reliant Robin a go but would probably get shown the exit door to the premises and told to never come back again. Yeah, I’d just have to yank the steering wheel just to see… ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-museum-where-you-can-drive-the-cars/178635/6 "2021-08-10T23:32:12Z")
Interesting idea, but I don’t think such a thing is possible in the USA. Too many liability worries. Personally, while I appreciate old cars, I’m happy to just look at them, don’t feel a need to drive them, other than the two I own of course ;). ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-museum-where-you-can-drive-the-cars/178635/7 "2021-08-11T01:07:44Z")
I have no interest in driving old cars… Drove enough of them when I was younger. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-museum-where-you-can-drive-the-cars/178635/8 "2021-08-11T03:00:07Z")
I’d choose the Bentley Eight, Sunbeam Rapier, and Jaguar XJS.