What was your first car?

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  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    1980 (I think it was) chevy citation.....man that was a POS.
    A Citation was my third car..not sure what year, but I'm thinking '81, but it had that sideways tape deck and the only song on any cassette it would play without jamming or popping back out was "The End" by the Doors. You could take the keys out after you started it. The windows fell out of the track all the time and accelerator would stick and just go to the floor on it own (I swear that car was possessed by demons). :laugh:
  • dan323
    dan323 Posts: 271 Member
    The first car I bought for myself was a 1977 Ford Granada in 1982 when I got out of the Army. My Dad taught me to drive in a 1966 3 speed,straight 6 cylinder Mustang.
  • elledeery
    elledeery Posts: 866
    I was a late bloomer with the driving so I got my license back in March of 2009 and one month later bought my first car, a 2010 Mazda 3 :)
  • JamieG8991
    JamieG8991 Posts: 1,203 Member
    1989 Mazda 323
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    No picture, but a purple Ford KA. I doubt you have them in the US, they're tiny cars!
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    '88 Lincoln Continental. I had to refill the power steering fluid every time I wanted to drive it because it leaked.
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Mine was a 1968 AMC Javelin. I bought it a year before I could get my license and used to run it back and forth in the driveway. The day I turned 16 I took it out for the first time and ran out of gas two blocks from my house. :laugh:
  • MicroHez
    MicroHez Posts: 125 Member
    I had 3 cars in the 1st 2 months I got my license. And no, I wasn't THAT reckless.

    I learned to drive in an '87 Camry and I drove that for 2 weeks until my folks decided they would be more comfortable with me driving the '94 Taurus. A month and half later, I got rear ended and the car was totaled. So, after that, my folks bought an '02 Taurus for me to drive. I have been driving the same '02 Taurus ever since. In theory, I consider the 02 my "1st car" because I got my license in Aug '02 and got the new Taurus in Oct '02.
  • xF7x
    xF7x Posts: 143
    Chevy vega..... not as bad *kitten* as this one.... but the same liine...

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  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    1994 Chevy Cavalier
  • yamsteroo
    yamsteroo Posts: 480 Member
    I'm jealous of all your USA folk - your cars looked so much cooler than what we had to offer in the UK back when I was young. Mind you, at £6.35 per Imperial gallon for petrol, i don't think many people in the UK could afford to keep them moving!

    My first was an Audi 100 Avant which my dad gave me when he bought a new car. I promptly wrote it off on a switchback country road and he never bought me another - lesson learnt!
  • mrowrmeowmrowr
    mrowrmeowmrowr Posts: 288 Member
    Still driving my tan Taurus.
    So unfortunate that they look much better than they run! POS...though I put a ton of miles on it.

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  • krhn
    krhn Posts: 781 Member
    My first car is my current car, but before any of you start thinking I'm behind times its a Volkswagen Polo 2010

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    I have picture in my profile pics.
  • ac7ss
    ac7ss Posts: 15
    My first car, in 1984, was a blue '62 VW Beetle, with a Baja kit. The Baja kit was how my dad fixed it after it was totaled for the 4th time (before I got it.) I had to park it on a curb so I could 'pop' start it. The exhaust manifold was literally held on by beer cans and bailing wire. (We looked for colorful beer cans.)

    It could and did float.

    I went in the Navy after High School and returned it to my dad. within 2 months of it getting sold, it was totaled again, this time for the final. (I visited it in the junk yard when I came home on leave.)
  • biddy81
    biddy81 Posts: 122 Member
    My first car, in 1984, was a blue '62 VW Beetle, with a Baja kit. The Baja kit was how my dad fixed it after it was totaled for the 4th time (before I got it.) I had to park it on a curb so I could 'pop' start it. The exhaust manifold was literally held on by beer cans and bailing wire. (We looked for colorful beer cans.)

    It could and did float.

    I went in the Navy after High School and returned it to my dad. within 2 months of it getting sold, it was totaled again, this time for the final. (I visited it in the junk yard when I came home on leave.)

    My dad's told me stories about one of his many VW Beetles he had. He always had to park it on a hill (he lived in western Washington, so those weren't hard to find) so he could start it that way. He taught himself how to do all the engine repairs, so he stuck with Bugs for a long time - hence my first (and soon to be current, I hope!) car. :smile:
  • Kekibird
    Kekibird Posts: 1,122 Member
    Got my license in 1996 and my car was a 1965 Ford Mustang.
  • BigMech
    BigMech Posts: 472 Member
    Mine was a 1979 Mercury Cougar XR7 that I bought for $1,000 when I was 17. I drove it through high school and college, putting over 115,000 miles on top of the 100,000 it had when I got it. It had the 351M and 3 speed FMX.

    I painted it midnight blue metallic. Rebuilt the tranny with a shift kit with a blew up the planetary gear. I put on 400 heads, edelbrock manifold, holley 4 barrel, and a crane cam. Was a fun car, even if it was a big beast. The bottom end of the motor held together through all those miles even with the mods, tough as nails!

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  • skrullerull
    skrullerull Posts: 40 Member
    1985 Volvo 740GLE =)
  • irishscootz
    irishscootz Posts: 97
    1977 Chevy Camero, White

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  • Ladyslippers
    Ladyslippers Posts: 186 Member
    1974 mint green AMC Gremlin. Held together with band-aids, duct tape, and bondo. Affectionately known as "The Pickle."
  • serena569
    serena569 Posts: 427 Member
    I had a totally uncool 1970-something Datsun 710 Wagon. It was so uncool that my next car - a Pinto - was a huge upgrade.
  • juliemouse83
    juliemouse83 Posts: 6,663 Member
    My first one was a 67 Chrysler Newport, like the one below:
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    I still have a thing about old Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth products. :heart:
  • Jenn728
    Jenn728 Posts: 683 Member
    1985 Mazda 626 in the color Rust! :laugh:
  • _Witsy_
    _Witsy_ Posts: 609 Member
    Drove my grandmothers 1981 Chevy Citation when I first got my license...and that winter bought myself a 89 Ford Probe. lol.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    1981 Datsun pickup - silver. I loved that truck. Too beat up to worry about, took it off roading, etc...
  • SarahBeth0625
    SarahBeth0625 Posts: 685 Member
    Well, I didn't get my license until I was 23... a combination of me being frugal and walking/biking/taking bus to college and me being afraid to drive. :smile:

    But my first car was a 1997 Nissan Sentra. I got it when it was 6 years old. The car is still driving around -- I know because my brother has it! It has no power but it's good in the snow and gets decent gas mileage.
  • cazzer69
    cazzer69 Posts: 162 Member
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    Opel Manta GTE, pretty much the same as this one,
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
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    Nice! Wish I had that now.

    It was one of my daddy's, for some reason, I reminded him of woodstock in snoopy, so I got the yellow one.
  • Allie_71
    Allie_71 Posts: 1,063 Member
    This car is in way better shape than mine was, but it was still my first car and favourite. 1988 Scirocco. When I bought it it was 3 years old but I loved it so hard :)

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  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Found this pic online since I don't have an original pic.

    Plymouth Satellite Sebring 1971
    Was my Dad's car....I was dragging Main street all night long!!

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