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When'd you get your first car?
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secretanchitman
Diamond Member
1992 Toyota Previa...loved that car. i was 18.
MovingTarget
Diamond Member
1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL in 2000. 2.5L i4 (throttle body injection). I kept it for a few years before getting a station wagon handed down to me. I still miss that car.
1996 - A 1984 Chevy Celebrity Station Wagon. Thus beginning my love affair with the sportswagon. Although this thing was hardly a 'sporty' wagon at all.
It had quite a few battle scars as well, it was my brothers first car and it had seen it's fair share of bumps and bruises like getting plowed into while pulling into our house, ripping the bumper off! Tack on the deer I hit with it that impacted the drivers side rear panel, the family of mice i found in the folding 'third-row' compartment and my idiot friends that who kicked it with their football cleats after practice, it was definitely 'unique' looking. Still not bad for a car that could haul the o-line home from practice, not to mention it hauled its fair share of beer.
I think it just up and died one day driving to school. I was close enough where I just walked the remaining way and picked it up some weekend and towed it straight to the junkyard.
One of these days I vow to buy another wagon a bit more sporty. Besides a van you really cant beat how practical they are. That and they can take a lot of abuse.
It had quite a few battle scars as well, it was my brothers first car and it had seen it's fair share of bumps and bruises like getting plowed into while pulling into our house, ripping the bumper off! Tack on the deer I hit with it that impacted the drivers side rear panel, the family of mice i found in the folding 'third-row' compartment and my idiot friends that who kicked it with their football cleats after practice, it was definitely 'unique' looking. Still not bad for a car that could haul the o-line home from practice, not to mention it hauled its fair share of beer.
I think it just up and died one day driving to school. I was close enough where I just walked the remaining way and picked it up some weekend and towed it straight to the junkyard.
One of these days I vow to buy another wagon a bit more sporty. Besides a van you really cant beat how practical they are. That and they can take a lot of abuse.
TehMac
Diamond Member
Word of advice: Ask your parents for a really expensive car, then go down in price.
Recommendations:
Mazda Mx5-RX8
Used Mustang GT/Modded V6 (but GTs are better--look for older generation if you want to, they're only 20bhp slower than the current [2009] GTs).
Old M3 (Highly doubtful, insurance can be beastly, but look for one).
Z3 M Coupe (Highly recommended, my friend might get this, it is practical, extremely fast, and very maneuverable).
Try and get an RX7, those things are beasts.
Learn manual, it gets you props. Unless you're female, in which case I'd still say, learn manual, it's better.
As to your question, my first car was (and is) a 1999 Mustang, modded V6, dual exhaust, CAI, chipped (~250bhp, haven't dynoed, don't quite believe it), new tires (decent), 5-spd manual, Steeda short shifter, and soon, some Koni shocks to help with body roll. 😀
Haha, that's sort of how I feel about my car. It's sort of a sleeper, but because its exhaust is nosiy, people think it's sort of fast. Depends. I beat an STi 0-60. :Q
I'm not sure your story makes sense, but nice on getting a Dodge Coronet. That's fuckin awesome, lol! :thumbsup:
Recommendations:
Mazda Mx5-RX8
Used Mustang GT/Modded V6 (but GTs are better--look for older generation if you want to, they're only 20bhp slower than the current [2009] GTs).
Old M3 (Highly doubtful, insurance can be beastly, but look for one).
Z3 M Coupe (Highly recommended, my friend might get this, it is practical, extremely fast, and very maneuverable).
Try and get an RX7, those things are beasts.
Learn manual, it gets you props. Unless you're female, in which case I'd still say, learn manual, it's better.
As to your question, my first car was (and is) a 1999 Mustang, modded V6, dual exhaust, CAI, chipped (~250bhp, haven't dynoed, don't quite believe it), new tires (decent), 5-spd manual, Steeda short shifter, and soon, some Koni shocks to help with body roll. 😀
Haha, that's sort of how I feel about my car. It's sort of a sleeper, but because its exhaust is nosiy, people think it's sort of fast. Depends. I beat an STi 0-60. :Q
I'm not sure your story makes sense, but nice on getting a Dodge Coronet. That's fuckin awesome, lol! :thumbsup:
xanis
Lifer
My first (and current) car was a '00 Cavalier 2dr with a 2.2L I4 and 3-speed auto. Got it when I was 16. The thing is slow as molasses and looks like total ass, but it's rock solid and gets reasonably good gas mileage. It's got about 81K on the odo right now, and I plan on driving it into the ground seeing as how I won't have any money for a car for a long while.
1961 Pontiac Catalina. A coworker of my mom gave it to me. He said it had to have the battery jumped every time to get it started and it could barely hit 40 at top end. Put an $8 set of brushes in the generator, jumped it one more time and it hit 130 mph before I ran out of pedal. 😉 Battery charged up quite nicely too. 😀
Only setback was it ran on premium fuel and that cost 29¢ a gallon. :laugh:
Only setback was it ran on premium fuel and that cost 29¢ a gallon. :laugh:
VinylxScratches
Golden Member
2002 Dodge Neon SE back in 2003. I still have it and will drive it to the ground.
DivideBYZero
Lifer
In 1991 I was given my mum's 1982 Mini. Fantastic car to gain driving experience in formative years, even if it only had 42Hp.
I rolled it while driving it on a yet to be opened motorway, but as the sides were so square it just rolled onto its side and stayed there! Me and a friend pushed it back onto its wheels and towed it home. Good times!
I rolled it while driving it on a yet to be opened motorway, but as the sides were so square it just rolled onto its side and stayed there! Me and a friend pushed it back onto its wheels and towed it home. Good times!
Raduque
Lifer
When I was 15 I had an 81 F-250 regular cab with the I-6 and the 4 speed with a granny low 1st, 2wd only. It had big old huge tires, more ground clearance than my current F150 4x4, and an appetite for batteries bigger than a digital camera on dollar store AAs (Never could track down that short), one speaker from an old desk stereo, and no gas pedal (just the arm the pedal would mount to). My dad bought it for me for $800 and later sold it to a friend for a thousand when we moved from Alaska.
I still miss that big gray thing.
The Boston Dangler
Lifer
i inherited my mom's 1984 olds delta 88 royale brougham. an absolute piece of shit.
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