What was your first car and what have you driven since?

[ander]

First car was a 1995 Mercury Villager LS...and sometimes I honestly miss it...

 

[Captain4]

First car - 1986 VW Jetta - drove it until 186,000 miles when an inattentive driver ran into me and totaled it.
Second car - 1990 VW Passat - drove it until i realized it was a piece of junk, i.e., a wheel fell off when i was driving on the highway and the battery kept dying every two days
Third car - 1998 VW Jetta - still driving it. good car, but i'm a little paranoid after the last one. probably no more vw's for me

 

[Captain4]

KokomoGST -

I think there's a trend towards the imports because American cars seem to be getting worse. I guess no one wants to drive a Ford and die in a burning rollover wreck.

 

[carmeo]

97 Accord Sold
94 Metro Sold
88 MR2 Sold
00 Civic Si Driving
79 Civic Driving

The accord is the only automatics that I ever had. The metro is 1 liter and 40 mpg in city. MR2 is the most fun car I ever drive. My SI is really fast, I wonder if it runs on rice? And 79 civic is my mistress, Shhh....

 

[NFS4]

<< Is it just me or is there a trend toward away from domestic cars to the imports (even if they're imports made in the US)? >>


Haha, yep.

First: 1987 Pontiac Sundbird
Current: 1995 Toyota Camry LE

Sunbird was a POS that spent half of it's life in the shop, the Camry has been bullet-proof.

 

[phatcow]

FIRST : 1991 Maxima
Second : 2000 maxima
Third : 2006 Maxima *IN 5 yEARS*

 

[carmeo]

<< Third : 2006 Maxima *IN 5 yEARS* >>



Don't you want something else in 5 years?

 

[Ornery]

"...a trend toward away from domestic cars to the imports"

There's been a trend by American consumers to buy either Japanese econoboxes or American clones of them. I repair my own cars, so I'll stick with old domestics... I don't own any metric tools!

 

[Jingoh]

1st car was a 1980 Green Honda Civic stationwagon. (Hey, I had fun in that stationwagon!)
2nd car 1980 Maroon Honda Civic (the first one got totalled!)
3rd car 1992 Black Honda CrxSi (I was moving up, had a $2000 dollar stereo!)
4th car 1992 Maroon Honda Accord (had a kid, no room in the CRX)
5th car 1969 Chevy Pickup
6th car 1995 Toyota Tercel (got divorced)
7th car 1996 Toyota Tacoma Xtended Cab (got custody of my kids)

 

[Fatdog]

1st: 69 Buick GS-400
2nd: 79 Chevy K30 Cheyenne 4x4
3rd: 87 GMC K20 Sierra Classic 4x4
Current: 02 Dodge Dakota SLT-plus quad-cab 4x4 5.9L

 

[BlackSoul]

1st: 1976 Cutlass Supreme with a 455 Rocket (Damn, I loved that car. Nothing I have owned has compared to it. )
2nd: 1982 Blazer (still have: plow truck)
3rd: 1988 Bronco (first new car)
4th: 1987 Buick Grand National (nice car, but didn't have the "uumph" of the Cutlass)
5th: 1994 Cutlass Supreme
6th: 1999 Dodge Intrepid

Disclaimer: I have not or will not EVER own a Jap. car!

 

[Time2Kill]

1st and still current winter car: 94 GMC Sierra short box step side
2nd and brand new of last week: 2002 35th Anniv. Camaro SS z28

 

[SammyBoy]

im getting my licence in 2 months. Dont have car aspirations yet (poor poor sam).

But, Im gonna love driving my dads 95 red dodge Ram, and I really wanna buy like an 84 monte carlo SS, and maybe Ill get my grammas 94 camry if she ever gets too senile to drive

 

[JC]

-'72 AMC Hornet 6-258( I was 14, it was free )
-'70 Dodge Dart Swinger 6-225($400)
-'71 VW Super Beetle 1600cc (free, thanks Dad)
-'67 Pontiac GTO 400 ( $350, the only car I really miss )
-'67 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS 350
-'88 Mazda B2200 pickup (only new vehicle ever)
-'64 Chevrolet C10 pickup short fleetside 283, later 454
-'70 Olds Cutlass Supreme 455 ($50)
-'66 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa, Crown V8 conversion, mid-engine 283, Duntov 30-30 solid cam, 4 speed, 3.89 posi, metallic brakes, fast steering, what a blast! and FREE (thanks Dad)
-'55 Chevrolet 210 2-door, 348 V8 with 3-2 barrels
-'64 Buick Skylark ($225)

And what do I have now?
-'68 Ford F100 pickup 390 ( $165, daily driver)
-'68 Plymouth Road Runner 383 ( $700, eternal project )

 

[Time2Kill]

<< Disclaimer: I have not or will not EVER own a Jap. car! >>



Ditto

 

[mrcpa]

1972 Datsun 510
1980 VW Scirocco
1983 Toyota Celica
1989 Dodge Caravan
1999 Chevy Venture

 

[CraigRT]

<< Disclaimer: I have not or will not EVER own a Jap. car! >>



That's too bad... Don't buy one now then because you'll never go back...

 

[StageLeft]

89 Accord
93 Sentra is the car I bought a month back

If it holds up adequately and things go as planned myself and Mrs. Skoorb will buy something nice and new next time

 

[phatcow]

<< Don't you want something else in 5 years? >>



prolly not... i like my maximas...


according to my friends tho, i should be liking the younger people cars, being that im in the last teen year (19). but hey. i like sedans....

 

[DaveJ]

'79 Datsun wagon.... damn near indestructible
'95 Saturn SL1 (current)

I guess I'll get a new car one of these days... mine's paid for and I can't stand the thought of payments now!

Dave

 

[jcuadrado]

1st 82 Celica (sold)
2nd 82 Camaro Z28 (blew up engine, replaced then sold
3rd 86 Mitsubishi Starion ESIR totaled
4rd 86 Mitsubishi Starion ESIR (I liked the first one but this one was a lemon ended up wholesaling it)
5th 84 Ford Mustang GT Convertible (sweet car) mint
6th 93 Ford Probe GT
7th 2001 Volwagen Jetta VR6

 

[NateSLC]

1- 78 Datsun B210
2- 87 Olds Cutlass Cierra GT (Leather Buckets, Digital dash, fully loaded - Really should have been for a cool grandma).
3- 95 Nissan Sentra GXE
4- 2000 Nissan Sentra SE (w/Performance Package)

 

[Calcio]

1. 1984 GMC Jimmy
2. 1972 Chevy El camino
3. 1967 VW Fastback
4. 1996 VW Jetta
5. 1962 Chevy Nova (still Have)
6. 2000 Chevy Siverado (current)

 

[Bulldog7000]

1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass S
350 V8 bored out to something else

1991 Mercury Sable (abolut Junk)
3.0L V6
Tranny popped and sent it to the graveyard

1997 Dodge Intrepid Sport (current)
3.5L V6

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