Tell us about your first car! - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

ranbar2 · 02-23-2005, 09:42 AM

1968 Firebird purchased in 1977 for $1,000. Navy blue with white vinyl roof. 350 engine. Hydromatic transmission. Goodrich Radial T/A's. Blew the head gasket tring to keep up with a 911. My first painful experience with Porsche...until getting the bill for my 30K service. lol Sorry, no sex stories....I don't kiss and tell. I'll only say that the logistics were WAY better than a boxster!!

Perfectlap · 02-23-2005, 10:11 AM

84 Honda Accord purchased for $2500. Sold for $600

chad4835 · 03-04-2005, 08:56 PM

My first car was a 1981 Nissan 280ZX Turbo. It was not in the best condition, but I really loved that car. It had a 140k on it when I got it and was showing its age. I am still amazed at all of the equipment it had even by today's standards - leather, t-tops, climate control, allum. wheels. Unfortunately I did not have the funds to keep up with the repairs at the time and it could have used some body work and new paint. 15 years later, I consider my recent purchase of a Boxster as the first real replacement for my beloved Z.

wild1poet2 · 01-08-2006, 02:51 PM

Love reading this thread. Mine was a '60 VW bug that had been totaled in '70 and my dad's customer gave it to us. I rebuilt a motor for it. I forget the displacement but remember it had a whopping 36bhp!!! Those were air cooled flat fours with push rods back then. They were easy to push start. Even with a date sitting inside. lol

Anybody recall the scene in "Sleeper" when Woody Allen finds a 200 year old VW in a cave??

JonnyBGood · 02-23-2005, 10:12 AM

1987 Pontiac Firebird. 305 cid V8. 4bbl carb. Much too much power for a young kid of 16

I now spend my days ********************ing that these young kids drive too fast. They zoom by me and get to the exit 2 seconds before me. I might as well hitch my pants up, start yelling at kids to turn their music down...

As for what jfmiller was saying, try having sex in the front seat of a firebird with bucket seats!

RandallNeighbour · 02-23-2005, 10:24 AM

jonnybgood, I feel the same way you do! I was making old-man-noises the other day, saying something like:

"That kid needs to quit dropping his cash into that boom box on wheels, get a haircut and stop with the tattoo collection he currently has!"

Yup, time to wear the sansabelt slacks up around my armpits and tell everyone what life was like "in the old days."

Now back to your first car! Who else will contribute?

BuffaloBoxster · 02-23-2005, 10:50 AM

1987 Plymouth Duster. I paid $2200 for it in 1992. fine car for a 17 year old kid learning to drive. It looked fast, but wasn't. Hatchback versatility. I had it until I was 22 when I sold it for $400 to buy my Integra GS-R.

kajita · 02-23-2005, 11:13 AM

got it brand new, white w/ black interior, 5 speed. i think it was $14,700 out the door back then, it wasnt cheap. it was a blast. had it until 92'.

Thumper · 02-23-2005, 11:35 AM

The first car I bought was a 1957 Chevy 210 2dr post for $300 from my brother's friend when I was 14. The first car that I had that I used for an extended period of time was a 1968 Chevelle that I paid $800 for when I was 16. That car looked good, ran good (327 4spd) and was my high school "love machine". My biggest problem was leaky air shocks that would leak until the rear fenders would rub on my wide rear tires (had the skinny ones on the front like a drag car). That car was stolen the week after I graduated high school. So I bought a 71 Trans Am with 30k miles for $2,200 to go to college.

Jeannot · 02-23-2005, 01:30 PM

A renault 4 :-)
I attached a picture so you guys can realize what sort of disaster we are talking about...

Sammy · 11-20-2006, 10:03 AM

The first car I bought myself (parents bought me my first car when I turned 16) was a 1991 Infiniti Q45 with 100ksomething miles on it. I kept that car until it reached 192k miles. It had a ton of power and the interior was great, but boy was the exterior ugly.

When I turned 16, my parents bought me a 1986 Chevy Cavalier, gray exterior with an all red interior. It was awesome because it was a two door and had a sunroof. Talk about sporty!!!

The LARGE 2.0 4 cylinder was a screamer with approximately 15-20 HP and the 60 torque rating was measured in inch-pounds.

airboxster · 01-08-2006, 06:03 PM

My first car was a 67 Austin Mini, British Racing Green. Paid $500 for it in 70. My dad though I was nuts. Chevy guy. Learned to drive a stick after picking it up. Kept it two years. A mechanical and electrical mess but lots of fun and many great memories. Moved on to VW bugs... 66, 71, and 76. Easier to fix and swop motors.

mjw930 · 01-08-2006, 06:53 PM

My first car was a 1973 Chevy Nova that I inherited from my Mom. Next was a 1976 Olds Cutlass 442 (not the real ones with the power, this was in the middle of the emissions learning curve, the 350 only made about 145 HP). Although this was my car I didn't buy it (Graduation gift for choosing a state school (Rutgers) rather than Princeton or Wake Forest, saved Dad a ton of $$$$ so the least he could do was buy me a car

)

The first car I actually bought and paid for myself was a 1979 VW Scirocco. After the lowering, Koni's, Widened rims, Goodyear Wingfoots, "secret" sway bars and body stiffening, "enhanced" fuel injection, headers, Ansa exhaust, shaved heads and degreed cams it was a terror at the local autocross. I was beating "prepared" 911's brought in on trailers

Hard to believe that was over 25 years ago......

TriGem2k · 01-08-2006, 07:15 PM

First car.....2001 Porsche Boxster bought in September of 2001.

01-08-2006, 07:19 PM

My first car was a Fiat 128. It was so boxy, people would say they didn't know if I was coming or going! Very underpowered. I put a great sound system in it!

I swapped with a friend for a semester in college. He took it to school down south in Mississippi. I went to school at Illinois. One day he told me it was stolen. Till this day, I think he lied to me, sold the car, and bought an engagement ring for his girlfriend.

I was fully insured, so it all worked out in the end. The friendship was not so lucky!

ephidaboost · 01-30-2006, 03:36 PM

Mine was an '89 Honda CRX HF hatchback with over 250,000 miles on it. Drove it past 300,000 miles before I sold it (and it stil ran like a champ). 62 HP I4, 0-60 in about 14 seconds no drag car folks. I had a hard time keeping up with the gas trucks, and school busses hauled ass in my opinion at the time. There were TWO good things about this car though. The gas mileage was incredible (30-40), and you could lay the front seats back and turn the whole car into a fair sized bed, as long as you had some padding handy and nothing in the back. Made for some good nights in the park, but... far from comfortable

Porschev · 01-30-2006, 04:08 PM

I saw my first car, in the James Bond movie, and I dreamed, if I have a chance to buy a car in my life, it will be that BMW Z3. And I try not to cheat on my dreams, and this is how got this piece of engineering art.
My next dream, is probably Z8 and 911.

porscheguy · 01-30-2006, 04:08 PM

1980 trans am, t-tops with a moded pontiac 400 pushin around 400 rwhp. still have it

natecooper · 01-30-2006, 05:17 PM

'99 Saturn SC1, Blue on the outside, Grey on the inside (just like my Boxster). 4 Cylinders of Mid-American fun, 0-60: Yes. Bought it brand new at 17, parents didn't help me with one cent because they wanted me to learn how to own a car. I didn't understand that until later, now I thank them. One of the proudest moments of my life was selling it to a single mom/Katrina victim 4 months ago for $1. I still have the dollar. My only regret is I don't have any really good pictures of the car.