What was your first car?

[olds]

First (project) car
First car that ran

 

[CallMeJoe]

1963 Ford Econoline van, electric green with an in-line 6 and a 4-speed factory column shifter.

I totaled it trying to drive on a fresh sheet of ice, on Offutt AFB in Omaha (Jan 19, 1974). Plowed my squadron deputy commander's Dodge while he was getting tanked in the O Club. Needless to say, I was immediately removed from second-shift lead, and was retreaded out of my AFCS as soon as he found an excuse. I went from radio repairman to construction equipment trainee (with a lot of manual labor).

 

[mordantmonkey]

1986 mercury grand marquis
bought for $500 from my HS chemistry teacher
you've got to love big plush bench seats when you're in high school.

 

[mb]

Make: Mercedes-Benz
Model: 300SD Turbo-Diesel
Year: 1985
Color: Light blue

The engine was so loud you could hear it coming from a mile away.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Geo Storm
Teal Green (no I am not gay)
Ran fine until the O2 sensor, water pump, and all four struts broke in one day.

 

[ajemm]

1982 Toyota Corolla SR5 bought used in 1987.
I'm guessing gas was a little over $1 a gallon. I remember I could fill it up and get change back from $15.

 

[alkemyst]

1966 Mustang GT in 1988.

 

[radioouman]

1988 Plymouth Reliant wagon in 1995.
Not a bad car really. Gas was about $1 and it would get a max of 27 mpg on the highway.

 

[Randum]

1990 Audi 100

 

[Kelemvor]

1992 Geo Storm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo_Storm

 

[Eli]

1980 Chevy C10

 

[ballmode]

1991 Toyota Celica Automatic - Got it in 2002, gas was 1.35

Graduated high school and got a 1995 Acura Integra GSR, gas was about 1.75 a gallon... manual tranny

It's 2008, I graduated college and looking for my next car... Thinking Honda S2000

 

[seanc85]

1985 Monte Carlo SS
Still have it, not being driven lately though

 

[duragezic]

My first car was when I was 16 for $2500 (parents bought it for me)

1993 Mazda 626 LX
i4, automatic
I don't remember the price of gas then


I still drive it. It's been a pretty good car and should be okay for a few more months till I graduate and get something tight. Just in the past year or so though I've noticed much more rust recently then over years before that.

That reminds of me one particular friend who is a little younger than me who has had 6 cars (that I remember, might've missed 1), I forget exactly but it went like: smashed, broke down, broke down, totalled, stolen (in Detroit for a weekend and it got stolen of course)... wow

 

[Gerardjg]

1965 VW Bug

 

[MotionMan]

Make: Ford
Model: Torino
Year: 1970's (bought used by my parents in the 1980's a few years before I got my license)
Color: black hardtop over orange

It had black interior, bench seats and an AM only radio. However, under the hood it was a monster.

Also, if it is still around, I would not sit in the back seat if I were you

MotionMan

 

[ch33zw1z]

'82 Chevette "Scooter". $200 bucks + a new clutch and I had a car. 56,000 original miles, 4 speed, tossed in a cd player and speakers Drove it 3 years, until the under body rusted to the point of no return.

 

[KoolDrew]

2000 Pontiac Sunfire

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Make: Chevrolet
Model: Impala LS
Year: 2003
Color: Black
Gas: ~$2.50

 

[imthebadguy]

First (Junior Yr HS): 2002 Ford Focus (Totaled it 3 wks after I got it for my 16th birthday)
Second (3 wks after first): 2002 Ford Escape
Third (Senior Yr HS) 2003 Ford Explorer
Fourth (Soph Yr. College): 2005 Ford Taurus
Now: MTA Subway Pass (Relocated to New York City)......

 

[George P Burdell]

94 Honda Civic Coupe

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: Squisher
1964 F85 Oldsmobile

Just like this only hunter green

OMG! My folks got a brand new 65 f85 when I was a kid.
'59 chev apache panel, my first car.
I damn near froze my nads off in that thing, cold winter+ rusted out doors+ bad heater = unhappy

God I wish I'd kept that car

second car, 1970 challenger 340 S

 

[rh71]

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/rh71/rodeo1.jpg

Worked damn hard for it - 7 days a week while in HS... parents paid half.

Still baby it and use it occasionally.

 

[nineball9]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
1968 Chrysler 300
Hide-away headlights!
383 CI
Had left hand nuts on the rear wheels

lol - The 1st car I owned was a 1963 Chrysler Newport which I bought from my mother in 1970 or 1971. It too had left hand lug nuts on the left side of the vehicle (Chryslers did not have left handed lug nuts on both rear wheels). I went to buy new tires one day and the guy in the tire shop could not remove the wheels. He told me I'd have to take it somewhere and have them welded off and get new drums. Knowing better, I told him they were left-handed threads and to reverse his impact wrench. I was lucky he didn't strip the lug nuts.

The '63 Newport also had a push-button transmission - no shift lever on the floor or on the steering wheel column. I took it to the local car wash - the old kind where you got out and someone drive the vehicle through the car wash. Apparently, the car wash attendant had never seen a push button transmission. I watched as he tried the turn signals and finally rolled down the window and yelled "how do you put this thing in gear?"

 

[wetcat007]

2001 Mazda Protege ES