Your first car?

[Electric Amish]

1969 Ford Bronco, 3-on-the-tree 302 that I paid $2300 for.

Sold it 7 years later for $2000.

I wish I had had the time/money/expertise to restore it....

It served me well. I got nearly 20mpg on that old 302

amish

 

[Zenmervolt]

My first car was a 1988 Honda Accord LX-i. It lasted 217,000 miles, but the undercarriage is rusting out (already had to patch one hole, other spots are very weak) and the headlights just jammed, I had to manually force them into the "up" position. I hate to do it, but I'm getting rid of the old girl. I really can't complain at all about the car, it's been amazingly reliable until the last 15,000 miles or so. I just wish that Japanese steel was of a higher quality in the 1980's.

ZV

 

[bGIveNs33]

'95 Mustang GT 5.0

And it's still going strong.... and no, my parents did not pay for it.

 

[Ferocious]

A 1969 Camaro SS -------- 350 4-speed (3.96 rear)

I traded it even up on a 2-year old Chevette back in the mid-80s. (Easily the worst car buying decision I ever made. )

 

[isekii]

1991 Toyota Corolla DX

 

[Ausm]

My first car was a '74 Monte Carlo had an hell of a time keeping tires on it Outran 4 state troopers with my 350 V8 with a quad holley double pumper carb....got about 5 miles/gallon in the city and about 6 on the highway

Ausm

 

[Derango]

First car I drove (my parents owned it but basicly let me have it for a while) was a 1995 Dodge Grand Caravan...my first card that I owned is my '03 Civic Coupe LX (Non riced (and never will be, while I own it at least) )

 

[ba2ng]

a Daihatsu FEROZA... (i just technically own half of it coz my dad paid for the other half)

the first car i really bought on my own was a 95 Honda CIVIC Esi.... (bought it brand new)




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i'm really an angel... the horn's just there to straighten up the halo

 

[RossMAN]

Beau - It's nice to see a fellow I-Mark owner here on AT, I'm sure there's a few more out there

Zenmervolt - I was infactuated with the 88 Accord LX-i. I had a paper delivery job in downtown Portland, OR for about a year. The boss had this beautiful black 1988 Honda Accord LX-i manual, there was just something about it that called my name ... it had a lot of miles and he drove it really hard, yet when he said he was selling it for $6k I tried everything possible to scrounge up the dough. Looking back I'm glad that I wasn't able to get the $6k because it would have died a year later. That was one sweet ride.

 

[CraigRT]

1988 LeBaron GTS
man, i miss that car.. was so comfy, never let me down.. aww...
had about 290,000 kms when I traded it in.. was running great.

 

[Thump553]

Actually was my wife's car-1968 Opel Kadett stationwagon, white with red leather interior, cost $265 very, very used. Was a real Opel (German) but in sad shape-the steering was messed up so that you could turn the wheel 1/2 turn either way before anything happened. The rubber boot around the floor shifter had rotted away, and you could see the ground rush by through the hole in the floor (we wrapped a rag around it in the winter). Was very, very light and the midwest crosswinds used to send this car sailing from lane to lane. Just before it finally died, it blew a seal and lost all its oil. I filled it up again, and put in at least a quart every day (40 miles) for 2-3 weeks. Every square inch under the hood would be covered with oil or have a standing pool of oil, but the dang thing kept running. We ended up putting 100k in miles on this car while we owned it, with next to no repair costs.

It was a POS and a death trap for sure, but a great car with a great soul.

 

[GasX]

1991 Nissan Sentra

which I traded in for a

1967 Ford Mustang

which I traded in for a

2000 Chevy Blazer (mine was blue)

which I traded in for a

1998 Ford Contour SVT

 

[LordUnum]

A (then) brand-new '96 Hyundai Elantra. Still in the family and still going strong after 100k miles. Transmission had to be done for $1000 after I got through with it...

but other than that, a sweet little car.

 

[chizow]

1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GST (Minden Silver, Black Leath/Top)....

which is now sitting in a scrapyard somewhere

Waiting on the 2003 Audi A4 Cabrio 1.8T's b4 my next buy.

It was the first car I paid for and financed....also drove an '85 Chevy Blazer (through HS) and a '91 Ford Bronco II (through college).

Chiz

 

[Radiohead]

Purchased 6 months ago, a 5 speed 96 Nissan Maxima SE.
It just sits in the garage sadly. Ironiclly I take public transit to work instead of driving since it's a lot easier.

 

[CubicZirconia]

1984 Buick Century.

 

[Supermercado]

Red 1989 Chevy Cavalier coupe. Don't have any pics anywhere.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

89 Celica GT. Gift from aunt and uncle. Twas in rusty shape but it was getting fixed up. It 0wned.

Then my uncle borrowed it (my parents allowed him), ran it for 5K with no oil, parked it under a highway bridge when it died, and a chunk of ice caved the roof in.



- M4H

 

[DnetMHZ]

1987 Camaro LT

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Zenmervolt - I was infactuated with the 88 Accord LX-i. I had a paper delivery job in downtown Portland, OR for about a year. The boss had this beautiful black 1988 Honda Accord LX-i manual, there was just something about it that called my name ... it had a lot of miles and he drove it really hard, yet when he said he was selling it for $6k I tried everything possible to scrounge up the dough. Looking back I'm glad that I wasn't able to get the $6k because it would have died a year later. That was one sweet ride.

I love the styling. Unlike most 1980's cars from Japan, the Accord's interior doesn't look like it's from the 1980's, no silver plastic or orange LED displays, and it handles itself quite well for a family car (though it feels completely disconnected from the road when I compare it to the replacement). The extreior is just beautiful though, timeless I think. Something about a sedan with retractible headlights. You know, I haven't yet owned a car that didn't have retracting headlights. 8)

ZV

 

[sohcrates]

'82 Cutlass Supreme...2 door, vinyl top.....

BROUGHAM edition!!! (at least, i think it was, because the "brougham" decal fell off and left the imprint of the word "brougham" in the car)

 

[iam4u2nv]

I had a 1971 Chevy Nova
Red with black interior. Oh the memories of that car. Had a 307 V-8 and was quick as heck. I totalled it. I then got a 71 Chevelle with a 454 and Dual Quads. I totalled it too. Hmmm I totalled a lot of cars...
sad really.

 

[geno]

'91 Dodge Shadow America (4dr)

awesome car, sold it to my buddy who smashed it up a while after...

 

I can't remember my first car, i do remember my second car though, a 1971 Honda 600, It had a two cylinder air cooled 600 cc motorcycle engine in it with a sequential 4 speed, 10 inch tires and chain drive.
I think it had 30 HP, weighed a thousand pounds and was really, really small.

 

[radioouman]

1986 Plymouth Reliant wagon that I bought in 1999 for $900 with 101,000 miles. My Dad donated it in 2000 with 118,000 miles. I'd rather have that car than the Saturn that I'm driving today.