What was the price of your 1st car

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Armitage

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1976 Dodge Colt, 5 speed, power - nuthin. Was a fun little car. I think I paid $500 for it in 1985
 

Dacalo

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My first car was a 89' Ford Tempo, a complete POS for $3,995 but I was thankful since my parents got it for me.

My real first car that I actually bought for myself is a 05 Infinite G35 coupe :D
 

magnux

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1986 Camaro 2.8L - $1000 (parents bought it)

then, I bought a 2000 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am for $26k in late 1999. ;)
 

AbAbber2k

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First car I bought myself was an '00 Hyundai Accent that I bought in '02 for $8,500 new. Still drivin it with only 10k miles on it. Before that I drove an '87 Pontiac 6000 that belonged to my mom.
 

FoBoT

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depends on which one you count as first

in high school, my dad bought a 70's Datsun 510 station wagon for me to drive, he paid $275 for it

on my own, in 1987 i bought a 1984 Chevy Citation for about $3500

that doesn't count motorcycles, but you said car so i guess that is ok
 

archcommus

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1992 Mercury Sable, dad gave it to me for nothing, still driving it, about 130,000 miles. :thumbsup:
 

FlashG

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Old f@rt here
1960 Pontiac Catalina Convertable $800 HS grad present
1966 new Mustang Convert $2600
 

Zenmervolt

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Free to me. 1988 Honda Accord LX-i. Parents bought it for themselves in 1990. Handed it down to me with 162,000 miles in 1998 (145,000 miles of those were my parents'). I drove it until 2003 when we sold it with 217,000 miles on it (still ran perfectly, but was rusting out). They got $1,500 for it, the same as what the dealer offered them in 1998 to trade it in on mom's new Maxima SE.

The first car I bought myself was a 1976 Porsche 914 2.0. $3,500. Unsecured bank loan. Paid off in 2004. (3 years.) Traded with my 924S in late 2004 in an even trade for my '89 944.

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