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Your first car?

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  • ttaylor68913
    ttaylor68913 Posts: 320 Member
    and 85 Cadillac fleetwood d'elegance, all the bells and whistles of the time (sun roof, leather seats, auto dimming head lights, power everything)....... totaled it a week before my sr year of high school hitting a dear
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    I took over payments on it from my dad.. loved that car an the horn sounded like a train.... i cried when i cleaned it out after i wrecked it :(
  • jp619
    jp619 Posts: 20
    1970 Ford Maverick, black and orange which happened to be our high school colors...it was a tank!
  • PepeGreggerton
    PepeGreggerton Posts: 986 Member
    1987 Buick Skylark
  • Victoria2448
    Victoria2448 Posts: 559 Member
    My first car was a beautiful '65 Mustang. I had dreamed since I was 8 years old of owning one.....I still have it!

    A few years ago I did a total ground up rotisserie resto on it...every nut and bolt brand new, beefed up the engine and some other areas.

    Love this car!
    Picture in my profile...

    Sweet ride!!! :)

    Thank you, it's a sleeper for sure. :smile:
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    1981 Pontiac Grand Prix, 2 tone maroon over beige...pimpin \m/
  • poshcouture
    poshcouture Posts: 610
    Mine was a beat up 1980-something Ford Tempo purchased for $1400, that quit a block from the dealership. I believe my father put in another $1400 worth of repairs before he decided to make better use of it - he took it to the junkyard.
  • steflbrown
    steflbrown Posts: 168
    1997 Pontiac Grand Am also known as "The Green Hornet" to my family... my brother still drives it!
  • ClarkMer
    ClarkMer Posts: 206 Member
    1984 Buick Century. My brother bought it used for $500 and then passed it down to me when he got a newer car. I had to junk it when the hood wouldn't even open anymore!
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    1984 Pontiac Fiero (aka "The Go Kart...with attitude"). It was 15 years old when I got it, but it looked and drove more like a car that was 25 years old. The best thing about it was the stereo system (new stereo, old car).
  • gtchs
    gtchs Posts: 116 Member
    1984 Mercury Capri RS (essentially a Mustang GT with a Mercury label)
    I bought it at age 15. it was a fun and fast (at the time) car.
  • Carnivorekat
    Carnivorekat Posts: 370 Member
    mine was a 1973 Triumph Toledo - a fab little car, my sister had it after me but I wish I never got rid of it, was nicknamed the brown bomber as it used to move when we drove fast !!
  • jheffe
    jheffe Posts: 34 Member
    a brand new 1972 chevy Vega....bought new at $2700.00..my monthly payment were $77.00
  • _LilPowerHouse
    _LilPowerHouse Posts: 365 Member
    72 Ford Maverick
  • Typhanee83
    Typhanee83 Posts: 309 Member
    1990 Geo Storm. I learned my stick driving skillz on that piecer. Just sold it about 6 months ago. She did me good while she lasted.
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,638 Member
    1977 Fiat 128. uses, $700.00 .... mom said it would be a great car .... caught fire while I was driving it .... i think she was trying to kill me.


    it looked like this, but not as nice :laugh: :laugh:
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  • SofaKingRad
    SofaKingRad Posts: 1,592 Member
    1985 Ford Ranger. That was baby blue! It rocked.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    86 Mercury Cougar V6. Drove it into the ground delivering pizza with it.
  • fruitloops313
    fruitloops313 Posts: 48 Member
    mine was a 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger, followed by a Chevy Nova SS........wish I had either one of them now
  • ZombieChaser
    ZombieChaser Posts: 1,555 Member
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    This, but in army green ;) her name was Lola hehe
  • pamperedhen
    pamperedhen Posts: 446 Member
    Mustang!!:drinker: Stick shift baby!!!!
  • Candi8099
    Candi8099 Posts: 178 Member
    My first car was a 1978 Chevy Nova! (haha)

    Bought it for $400, sold it for $400 a couple years later.

    This pic is NOT my car....or maybe it is, I'm in WI & it has IL plates lol

    :smokin:

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  • KarensCanDoIt
    KarensCanDoIt Posts: 190 Member
    early 80's Chevy Cavalier hatchback
  • _HeyMommy_
    _HeyMommy_ Posts: 323 Member
    84 Pontiac Fiero..... :0)
  • Bronx_Montgomery
    Bronx_Montgomery Posts: 2,284 Member
    My first car was my 1999 Chevy Malibu. I bought it on my 18th birthday and finally this same time last year I had to let her go. I had 220,000 plus miles on it and NEVER had any issues with it till last may. It was the saddest day in my life. I LOVED that car. Her name was Malibu Stacy (Simpsons reference)

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  • devilwhiterose
    devilwhiterose Posts: 1,157 Member
    88 Chevy Celebrity.

    I have MANY good memories in that thing. :bigsmile:
  • luvJOJO
    luvJOJO Posts: 1,881 Member
    1994 Red Chevy Camaro....best car ever!!!
  • melg126
    melg126 Posts: 378
    87 Chrysler Lebaron... my dad bought it for me for like $500. I loved it and drove it until it died.
  • sfburdett
    sfburdett Posts: 83 Member
    Lancia Delta, cost more to insure than to buy and was in the garage more than it was on the road! Happy days.
  • lisapr123
    lisapr123 Posts: 863 Member
    The year was 1994 and she was a 1980 Oldsmobile Delta 88 and we named her Big Bertha.

    Best $1000 my brother and I ever spent. I think she had 250k miles on it when I crashed her.

    The only problem she ever gave me is high expectations on all vehicles.
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    I got my first car for $1,000...it was a 1991 Ford Tempo & it was a pile of feces on 4 wheels that only last me 1 year.

    Now the car I got after that was the best car I've ever had...it was a 1989 Olds Cutlass Calais. I loved that ride...my ex-husband & I drove it out to NV from PA. We were 30 miles from Reno on that trip, when he totaled it. :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:
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