What was your first car?

[fLum0x]

Make: Honda
Model: Civic
Year: 1992
Color: Teal
Gas Price at the time: 89c / gallon


The AC didn't work and the heater was either completely off or completely on. That hog got 31 miles a gallon.

 

[hanoverphist]

early 70s dodge challenger with a 383 in it, 4 door with bad shocks. it would tick and lurch when i made left turns too fast. it had 3 windows in it total, windshield, back and one side window. back then gas was 69 cent a gal. i bitched when it went up to .89

edit: guess i should add that it never got registered or licensed... i drove it for a year like that until i got a datsun 210 hatchback that had gotten broadsided. it was licensed tho, so a definite step up. i got the dodge my freshman year in 1983.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Make: Mitsu
Model: Galant ES
Year: 2003
Color: silver
Gas: 1.89/gal

 

[E equals MC2]

Mazda 6i 2003

Man I remember no one had the brand new 6 when I first bought it in 2003.... it would turn everyone's heads... I remember no cars had such aggressive design. Maybe only the Altima (when 3D clear tail / headlight casing was just starting to become popular).

 

[Juno]

make: toyota
model: corolla
year: 1989
color: light blue
gas price: hell if i know...it was back in '02

it broke down about 6 months later so i got myself a '00 nissan maxima before buying a '04 nissan xterra.

 

[pstylesss]

Make: Dodge
Model: RAM 1500
Year: 1994
Color: Black
Gas Price: Whatever it was in '06

 

[tfinch2]

92 Chevrolet Beretta
Color: Grey
Gas Price: Less than $1.00

It was totaled about 2 months later, which was not my fault.

 

[pyonir]

1988 Chevy Celebrity (i think this was in...oh...1994-5). Maroon. Engine already had a knock in it when we got it...and it gave me nothing but problems (including dying on me on my way to school (high school) when it was about 0 degrees out with a -20 to -30 windchill). Ahh the memories.

 

[pontifex]

92 Mercury Topaz

 

[moks78]

Ford Escort...don't know the model year. It was like in the 70's.

 

[FoBoT]

the first car i bought with my own money after leaving my parents home was:

1984 Chevy Citation 4-door hatchback, maroon

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: pontifex
92 Mercury Topaz

I had a 92 Merc Topaz.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

1980 Plymouth Champ.
1.6L I-4 that made 77HP when it was new with a 3 speed automatic transmission. Had more triple diamonds on it than mopar Ms. I couldn't keep up with my sister's '71 VW Beetle below 60MPH.

 

[spacejamz]

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1977 Toyota Corona that my parents bought in 1985 for $900. Sold it two years later for $700.

gas was $0.89 gallon for unleaded IIRC

 

[Tweak155]

96 Contour
Green
Gas: $1.14

 

[Kabrinski]

Make: Pontiac
Model: Grand Prix
Year: 1992
Color: Tealish green
Gas Price at the time: Can't remember off hand. Was in mid '01. I think about $1.40-$1.50. Could be wrong.

Will never buy another Pontiac because of that car.

 

[ViviTheMage]

94 dodge shadow

 

[Dirigible]

1969 MG Midget. Orange and black. No idea how much gas cost. More things wrong than I could list.

 

[compman25]

1966 Ford Ranchero
289 Hi-Po
Gas was cheap

 

[lein]

Make: Nissan
Model: Altima
Year: 1996
Color: Maroon
Gas Price at the time: ~1.00

 

[joesmoke]

A Light blue late 80's Chrysler 5th Ave was passed down to me because the brakes didn't work well enough for my father's needs. I called it the Blue Whale. Fortunately the last mopar product i ever owned...

Gas was cheap enough that I didn't even think about it... prolly around $1/gal

 

[sutahz]

The car my parents bought for us kids to drive:
~91 ford escort, passenger door completely smashed in

That I bought
1987 300ZX

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: joesmoke
A Light blue late 80's Chrysler 5th Ave was passed down to me because the brakes didn't work well enough for my father's needs. I called it the Blue Whale. Fortunately the last mopar product i ever owned...

Gas was cheap enough that I didn't even think about it... prolly around $1/gal

so your dad didnt mind you driving a car that wouldnt stop good enough for him? lol, that cracks me up.

 

[Baked]

Make: Toyota
Model: Corolla DX
Year: '89
Color: White
Gas: Let's just say $12 fills up the tank back in '98.

Very reliable commuter car. Broke down once due to snapped timing belt while exiting freeway. Then somebody totalled it at the middle of the night. Don't park your car near street corners.

 

[Lonyo]

Make: Fiat
Model: Punto
Year: 1998
Colour: White (don't ever get one)
Petrol: Probably $6.50 or so (in the UK) in 2006.

2nd anniversary coming up in about 3 weeks \o/