nostalgia: first car?

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  • LordByproduct
    LordByproduct Posts: 117
    mine was a 1978 VW Rabbit (Wolfsburg). like the one below, but mine was light blue. got it in HS.

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    I can relate VW's are great first cars. mine was an 1982 Scirroco and i LOVED that car. i even would like one still. so much fun to drive.reliable as hell, FAST, and it got 30 MPG.
  • BAFilek
    BAFilek Posts: 139 Member
    Cash paid for my 1974 red Firebird, bought in 1981 :)
  • KrisThomas1964
    KrisThomas1964 Posts: 150
    Our first car i would have another tomorrow
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  • snarky
    snarky Posts: 262 Member
    A shout out to the VW Rabbit.... My first boyfriend drove that car. He turned out to be a real jerk, but we did have fun in that car. :blushing:

    I was stylin' a green Porsche 914 in 1988. I crashed it into a light pole after being hit on the driver's side. WAAAAAAAH!

    http://auto.howstuffworks.com/porsche-914-history.htm
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
    alot of Porsche snobs consider the 914 to be a VW, so VW sorta was your first car. :happy:

    i actually liked the 914 was i was 16 years old and tried to get my dad to let me buy one. mostly because it said Porsche on it though. he didn't go for it. i did see one a couple of years later that was fully restored and decked out and it looked kinda cool.
  • snarky
    snarky Posts: 262 Member
    alot of Porsche snobs consider the 914 to be a VW, so VW sorta was your first car. :happy:

    i actually liked the 914 was i was 16 years old and tried to get my dad to let me buy one. mostly because it said Porsche on it though. he didn't go for it. i did see one a couple of years later that was fully restored and decked out and it looked kinda cool.

    I KNOW!!! Didn't care. Why do you think that I could afford it? :laugh:

    It was a fun car. Popping the targa top off... wrestling it into the trunk... driving around in my "convertible"... dressin' cute... blasting ska music or the Jam aahhh... such fun and so young!

    They do look pretty great restored. I have a professional mentor that was in a 914 club. I kept my secret about the light pole for several months before I disclosed what I had done to mine. :cry: Thought it was best that that wasn't one of my first impressions.
  • Aello11
    Aello11 Posts: 312 Member
    a 71 buick skylark that I got for $75 --- loved that car
  • 4aFitTina
    4aFitTina Posts: 88
    1997 Ford Ranger in a blueish/purple color
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    1994 Chevy Cavalier
  • jg627
    jg627 Posts: 1,221 Member
    My first car was an 80something ford escort. I didn't have it very long. The engine blew out and it went up in flames. The fire department showed up and put the flames out. There wasn't much left of it at that point, just a burnt offering to pagan gods.
  • JSheehy1965
    JSheehy1965 Posts: 404
    1981 pale blue Vauxhall Chevette hatchback. Loved it. It fitted so much stuff in the back, the windscreen wipers were really squeaky and there was a spring in the driver's seat that caused me to have to have a couple of folded blankets on the seat to stop the spring from jabbing my butt. I. Loved. That. Car.
  • lilmisfit
    lilmisfit Posts: 860 Member
    It was a burgundy 1975 Camaro with Keystone Classic rims! It was beautiful!!!
  • Sabresgal63
    Sabresgal63 Posts: 641 Member
    1965 white 2 door Chevy Impala with a stock 327 engine......man that car could fly. My next one was a 1969 Maroon 2 door Plymouth Sport Fury III...............those were beautiful cars.......not like the crap they build today:bigsmile:
  • Sabresgal63
    Sabresgal63 Posts: 641 Member
    1971 Chevy Vega 2-door sedan, turquoise blue. Probably the most awful vehicle on the planet, but I loved it, porous aluminum block and all. Totalled it in an ice storm on my way back to college after winter break. I was supposed to bring it back to the dealer the following week to have the block replaced under warranty. I was devastated.:sad:

    I had a 74 and it was burnt orange........ha! it never ran......damn points........lol!
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
    A 2002 Chevy Malibu V6 - That thing was BEAST and I miss it so much.
  • JenLovesFall
    JenLovesFall Posts: 107
    first car i drove was my mom's '86 Nissan Pulsar NX when I turned 16 in '88...my first car that was mine was an '87 Firebird in '90



    Nice! The first car I purchased was a champagne 2000 Firebird - I LOVED that car!!!
  • JenLovesFall
    JenLovesFall Posts: 107
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    This was my baby. I miss her so much!
  • French_Hater
    French_Hater Posts: 5
    A 1975 MG Midget

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    I loved that car. Alas, it didn't run and was far outside of my abilities to restore at the ripe age of 16. I have no idea if I'll get another one or not..

    i wouldn't, thats a terrible and ugly car
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    Three speed on the column even..







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  • KenDubya74
    KenDubya74 Posts: 196 Member
    1977 Silver Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
  • sundog10
    sundog10 Posts: 1,517 Member
    a green huge 1967 Dodge Polara. I loved that car and still drive big cars to this day.
  • BTheGreatest
    BTheGreatest Posts: 145
    1995 Honda Civic!!
  • dmf711
    dmf711 Posts: 141 Member
    1994 Ford Explorer, affectionately known as The Exploder. That thing had 190,000 and still was running when I traded her in for Chewy, my 2004 Ford Escape. I actually shed one lonely Armour All tear when I left her behind at the dealership.
  • Feisty_Red
    Feisty_Red Posts: 982 Member
    89 ford mustang convertible.. Those were good times ;)
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    22 and have yet to be able to afford a car :( oh student loans... but the bike is good exercise!
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    1986 Merkur xr4ti. Bought it off my brother for $500, put $150 repairs into it, then sold it a year later for $800. :drinker:

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  • 05saleengirl
    05saleengirl Posts: 549
    Mine was a black 1990 geo storm 5speed with a sun roof. I loved that little car!

    i know. it's weird how much we all remember our first cars fondly, even though they were usually used hand-me-downs full of rust. i think it's because those cars meant real FREEDOM for the first time in our lives.

    Eactly!! The freedom of it!! My next car after the geo was a grand am, and it was a LOT nicer, but it just wasn't the same as my first ride!
  • 05saleengirl
    05saleengirl Posts: 549
    '65 Mustang that my grandpa had driven since it was new. I got it when I turned 16, in 1973.

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    My second car was a '69 Mustang, which is still the favorite car I ever had.

    Nice!! I envy the 69' you have!!!
  • 05saleengirl
    05saleengirl Posts: 549
    Black and gold 78 Trans Am. That was a fun car!

    My moms first brand new car was a Black and gold 78 trans am with a gold fire bird on the hood. That's how her and my dad met...they both had trans ams!
  • seamatt
    seamatt Posts: 199 Member
    Mk 1 1983 Ford Fiesta

    As it was an 80's car I did it up with fury zebra skin seat covers and fluffy dice......it rocked

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