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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