Tell us about your first car!

[airboxster]

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]

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]

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

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]

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]

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]

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

[natecooper]

'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.

[gRed04]

Originally Posted by natecooper

'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.

Your parents should be proud. Responsibility and compassion, a great combination.

[limoncello]

1965 VW beetle (in 1970). Charcoal gray. I put oversized wheels/tires on the rear - it looked pretty cool, I thought at the time anyway. Top speed 72 mph down a steep hill. Spent a lot of fun hours "racing" (scooting?) around town, also took it on woods/trails in red clay and learned about handling in "low friction environments". Great little car, good memories, Ferdinand Porsche design.

Got rear ended, and came out with a 1964 Malibu station wagon, 6 cyl., 2 speed auto. What a dog! Girls would run the other way. Moved up to a used Triumph 6 months later.

40 years later, I still like German, still like boxer engines, and anywhere sort of towards the rear of the car is fine for engine location.

[sooner]

1960 Renault Dauphine with suicide doors and a trunk in the front with a drain plug (portable ice chest) and rear engine (radiator in front).