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hans007

Lifer
Feb 1, 2000
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$7500 + tax + about $400 in repairs for a catback and a new muffler. so about $8600

Its a 2001 nissan altima gxe limited. Except that it has a salvaged title since it was rear ended in a wannabe insurance scam. Other than the busted muffler and catback its a great car.
 
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tigerbait

Diamond Member
Jan 8, 2001
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parents handed me down an '89 Mazda 929... was worth about $6k back they gave it to me in 98
 
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Cyberian

Diamond Member
Jun 17, 2000
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<< $150 for a 1948 Kaiser in 1955.

Yeah, I know.. I'm old. >>


$115 for a 1953 Studebaker in 1961.

You're making me feel like a teenybopper. >>



Punk kid [/jk}

1948 Kaiser Black >>


Guess Mr. Kaiser had a bunch of steel left over after the war.
You remember the Kaised-Frazier and the Henry J? Not a lot of them left!
 
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Maggotry

Platinum Member
Dec 5, 2001
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My first car was a '78 Chevy Caprice Classic given to me by my mother. I just had to pay to have it registered in my name.
 
N8Magic

N8Magic

Lifer
Dec 12, 2000
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$0.00 for my first car which was given to me by my parents. I later got $200.00 trade for it 3 years later.

It was a 1989 Hyundai Excel 5-spd... the car was one of the most solid cars i've owned mechanically, but the body rusted to crap. My second car was a 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 which was a complete POS, I traded it in last month for a shiny new 2002 VW Golf GLS TDI. It was $26900.50 after trade and tax.

The VW is the best car i've owned.
 
Kadarin

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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My parents bought me my first car, back in '87.. was my '83 Mustang, which I owned for over 10 years (and got it to run 12.8 at 109mph) while going through three engines..
 
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Jerboy

Banned
Oct 27, 2001
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<< Free from my mom...but its worth about $800... '88 Chevy Corsica 296,000km... >>



$800 car....
 
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erub

Diamond Member
Jun 21, 2000
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$0.00 my dad gave me his '93 Dodge Intrepid in Dec. 1999. It only had like 55000 miles on it, even though it was 7 years old. It was rear-ended by a guy in Oct 2000, and my mom weasled $8500 out of the insurance company, who totaled it. There was no way in hell it was worth that much, but she was able to get it from them b/c she gave up our right to sue for injury. To this day I dont know why they didn't fix it, it would have cost them a lot less than $8500 to get it fixed. I miss that car :(

$0.00 for a '95 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme SL coupe, a hand me down from my sister (not fair!, but you know how it is) ;). Driving that today.

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trmiv

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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$2500. I was a customized 69 VW Beetle (when those were cool). I bought it with money from an insurance settlement from some dude that hit me with a truck while riding my bicycle.
 
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Cyberian

Diamond Member
Jun 17, 2000
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<< $0.00 for my first car which was given to me by my parents. I later got $200.00 trade for it 3 years later.

It was a 1989 Hyundai Excel 5-spd... the car was one of the most solid cars i've owned mechanically, but the body rusted to crap. My second car was a 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 which was a complete POS, I traded it in last month for a shiny new 2002 VW Golf GLS TDI. It was $26900.50 after trade and tax.

The VW is the best car i've owned. >>

Considering the other two cars you had, it's not too surprising that the brand new VW would be your favorite! :)
 
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arigato

Senior member
Sep 19, 2001
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My first car was an '84 Colt that I inherited from my sister which was purchased used for her. Probably couldn't have cost more than $800.
 
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Blayze

Diamond Member
Feb 22, 2000
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1995 V6 Camaro (yeah I know a V6 not a true Camaro)

My Parents/Grandparents bought it for me new, yes I was spoiled... Free things like this might be why Im a huge slacker in life now, oh well. :)
 
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cmdavid

Diamond Member
May 23, 2001
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My first car was a '94 Nissan Silvia that I got when i turned 16 in '98. I dont know how much it cost, but used cars in Japan were pretty cheap, so it was probably under 2K if not under 1K. Mileage was somewhere in the 50k's kilometers.. so very low still.... man i miss that car.. had the K's engine (thats the turbo model) .... that car was faaaaastttt.....
 
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AaronP

Diamond Member
Feb 27, 2000
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$2000! an 85 Buick Century that an old man had. He died, and his son sold the car to my dad for 2000 bucks. I drove that car for 7 years!
 
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CraigRT

Lifer
Jun 16, 2000
31,440
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$300CAD

that's like $200 US

1988 LeBaron GTS

250+ KMs on it.. had it for almost 2 years.. then my next car cost $25K...... :D
 
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