In NC in 75 you had to execute a three point turn. Took me five times to get my license. Dad had a 70 Buick LeSabre. Darn car was just too big. After four failures, we borrowed my uncle’s Nova.
A year later Dad gave me that Buick.
I never understood that, the drivers ed instructors took pains to tell you that it wasn’t a legal maneuver to execute but you still had to do it successfully in order to get a license. I’m all for people understanding how to maneuver their cars, goodness knows we’re seeing the downside of people not knowing now especially with parallel parking, but that was just weird to me.
At the time I took the test, my car was a ‘63 Impala. I borrowed a Volkswagen for the test. Later I moved to a place with street parking, and finally got the parallel thing down pat.