What was your first car?

longhaul64
longhaul64 Posts: 124
Got a conversation started with one of my MFP mentors about first cars. Mine was a 1975 Chevy Nova with Kelly Super Charger tires
on Crager mag wheels, Glasspack mufflers, and a four in rear lift kit. Paid for it myself with the money from my job bagging groceries.
I forgot to mention it had a awesome stereo with a 8 track player! :) For those of you that don't know what a 8 track is, refer to google. :)
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  • thomassd1969
    thomassd1969 Posts: 564 Member
    73 blue super beetle- wish I still had it
  • jad54
    jad54 Posts: 192
    1991 Toyota Camry - thing was ballerific!
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,419 Member
    1968 Mustang, metallic blue with black racing stripes on the hood. Looked good, but it was like driving a tank :smile:



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  • Ildiko17
    Ildiko17 Posts: 30 Member
    Mitsubishi Mirage Coupe....so I loved to sing "Baby take a ride in my coupe" (Salt-n-Pepa song)
  • vsyates
    vsyates Posts: 373 Member
    72 green super beetle -- I also wish I still had it :smile:
  • jenniet04
    jenniet04 Posts: 1,054 Member
    1981 Ford Fairmont, my dad bought it for me - cheap. It was awful! Two tone blue and there was an oil leak INSIDE the car from the after market gauges mounted on the dash.
  • Te2005
    Te2005 Posts: 173 Member
    Mine was a light blue 89 pontiac 6000 le named "rusty". It was a pile, but I loved that thing and actually cried the day I got rid of it!
  • jankleberry
    jankleberry Posts: 508
    This bad boy

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  • Flyer615
    Flyer615 Posts: 173 Member
    '71 Chevy Blazer
  • kymillion
    kymillion Posts: 791 Member
    it was 1996 I bought myself a 1989 nissan sentra ... * awww poor baby she was a stick I learned that day how to drive and she lasted me 3 years ..long story and then I got a volvo.. :) lol.
  • lgwmab
    lgwmab Posts: 274 Member
    Mine was a light blue 89 pontiac 6000 le named "rusty". It was a pile, but I loved that thing and actually cried the day I got rid of it!

    Believe it or not, my fiancee purchased a 1990 Pontiac 600 LE a few months ago! To go to and from work, his nice truck was to much on gas, and other people kept hitting his car with the semi truck doors. ( The car just took a crap, but he will fix it.)
  • HURLEYX3RO
    HURLEYX3RO Posts: 269
    1998 Chevy Monte Carlo Z34

    GIVEN to me by my parents

    No A/C (which sucked bc I live in Houston, TX)

    but was my love!

    Candy Apple Red, Rear Spoiler, Side Skirts, Front bumper ground effect, and had a tough growl.

    I miss that car.
  • runnercheryl
    runnercheryl Posts: 1,314 Member
    I had a K-Reg Ford Escort. 1992, apparently.

    I bought it when I was learning to drive the first time around, but I never passed my test. I used it once or twice as shelter when I had to sleep rough, but when I moved away I sold it. Still, as a shelter it proved its worth - it cost me £300 and I sold it for similar.

    Nearly half a decade later, I learnt to drive again. I bought a 1998 R-Reg Vauxhall Corsa. This time, I actually passed. It's a great little car, had 30k mileage when I bought it three years ago. It's up to almost 50k now - has had a few small issues, and the transmission is going so it takes longer to change gear (automatic), but it should last a few more years. If it's still going when I can afford something new, I'll donate it to a local teenager learning to drive. It's cheap to run and to insure, as far as UK cars go.
  • mae1020
    mae1020 Posts: 234 Member
    A red 2 door 1992 Toyota Tercel.
  • TheNewDodge
    TheNewDodge Posts: 607 Member
    1986 red Ford Ranger - 4X4, extended cab
  • JessieArt
    JessieArt Posts: 275 Member
    1968 Mustang, metallic blue with black racing stripes on the hood. Looked good, but it was like driving a tank :smile:

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    Nice! Mine was a 1969 Lime Gold Mustang 302 V8. Varoooom Baby!
  • jad54
    jad54 Posts: 192
    1998 Chevy Monte Carlo Z34

    GIVEN to me by my parents

    No A/C (which sucked bc I live in Houston, TX)

    but was my love!

    Candy Apple Red, Rear Spoiler, Side Skirts, Front bumper ground effect, and had a tough growl.

    I miss that car.

    No a/c in HOUSTON? F that noise. My a/c gets turned on when the temp hits 65. Much respect!
  • sabrina32576
    sabrina32576 Posts: 253 Member
    Jeep Wrangler.
  • dward2011
    dward2011 Posts: 416 Member
    1985 Ford Thunderbird. Midnight Blue with crimson interior. All electric too. (I turned 16 in the mid 90s.... but I loved it!)
  • sammys1girly
    sammys1girly Posts: 1,045 Member
    '88 black vw Jetta
  • Cyngen
    Cyngen Posts: 557 Member
    1962 Comet. Wow, now i feel old LOL
  • SarahofTwins
    SarahofTwins Posts: 1,169 Member
    '97 Eclipse...my first love but then my true love I lost was my 350z roadster. Good times. :drinker:
  • MD1978
    MD1978 Posts: 477 Member
    80-something Ford LTD - I used to duck down when I entered the college parking lot so no one would see me :laugh:
  • lgwmab
    lgwmab Posts: 274 Member
    I was 18 years old, yes, 18. I saved money from my first job, flipping burgers at Hardee's and it cost me $600! It was a 1985 Chevy Impala, light blue, minor rust, a nice rust hole under the gas peal, but a crossbeam kept enough support. The car had snow tires on the rear when we bought it, and WOULD NOT pass emmisions, I had to redo all the wires, the O2 sensor, and catalytic converter! So I put in about another $1,000 of work into it. near the end I had some problems, had to keep my foot on the gas to keep it running, when first starting it, a leak in the radiator. As far as the cassette stereo, well it was possesed. It would turn on when it wanted, and then shut off, so I had a boombox in my car for the stereo. I miss that car! ( I even waxed it) My second car was a 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix, 4 door, and I now own a 2003 Chevy Impala, I love my Impala, in fact, my old man has a 1965 Chevy Impala SS ragtop, it eeds restoration, but I have dibs on that car! thelma and Louise here I come, yes, it is red!
  • Diary_Queen
    Diary_Queen Posts: 1,314 Member
    a 1955 Oldsmobile Delta 88. she was beautiful!!!!
  • Salvi30
    Salvi30 Posts: 196 Member
    1997 Eddie Bauer Ford Bronco. I miss her. =(
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    2001 Volkswagen Beetle. Bought it used, all on my own, and had it paid for by the time I was a freshman in college. That car took me everywhere, and could parallel park like no one's business.

    It also had a tape deck. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I kinda miss my cassette tapes melting in the car console during the summer. So much fun to try and pry the welded plastic off the car parts.
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    First car given to me was a 1999 Nissan Pathfinder. First one I bought myself was a 2001 Subaru WRX.
  • aqua_zumba_fan
    aqua_zumba_fan Posts: 383 Member
    I'm 32, have never had a car and never plan to :p
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    A '91 Toyota Camry... keep in mind that I was born in '92 so by the time I got this car it was pretty old!