Tell us about your first car!

[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).

[bosxter7]

Mine was and is my 97 black on black boxster, I got it when I was 17. Its nice but some times I would rather have the van cause its slower and I can take my motorcycle to the track with it

[edevlin]

See if this link works to a page of mine on my first car and such:

http://people2.hsc.edu/faculty-staff/edevlin/edsweb01/boxster.htm

Ed