What was your first car?

[itsnotanova]

I had 4 cars before I could legally drive. Two Bugs, a karmann ghia and a 914. None of them ran either.

[Duezzer]

74 Plymouth Fury III - Bought off my grand mother when my grand father passed away back in 1984

Had the 360ci with a 2 bbl on her

Green with vinyl roof and AM Radio

Could take the whole baseball team to practice.

[Finnegan]

1971 Fiat 850 Spider Sport. BR green convertible. One of the tiniest cars ever made. Rear engine, rear drive. Wood dashboard, shift knob and steering wheel. But the clincher was the toggle switches! Bought it for 800 in 1983; sold it for 1000 in 1987.

[JayG]

66 Dodge Dart 4 dr.
170 CI slant 6 auto trans. It was tegh small er of teh 6 cyl available for teh car
No ac, no power steering, no power windows/locks, AM radio
It was my Dad's commuter car and I got it when he got a new commuter car, a Fiat 128 base model.

Damn slant 6 engines, then never die

[78F350]

My first was made in Germany and had a frunk and a soft top. I guess that kind of stuck with me over the years. My dad bought it new in '71 after his Ghia started to rust out. I got it in the late 70s. I sold it to my step-dad in the late 80s and he did a complete nut-and-bolt restoration. A few years ago we sold it out of the family to a collector in Montana.
High School Yearbook photo:

[911monty]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

I had 4 cars before I could legally drive. Two Bugs, a karmann ghia and a 914. None of them ran either.

HAHAHHHAHHHAHHHHAHAHAH! The Force is deep in this one! Thanks

[RedTele58]

1962 VW Beetle. Black w/ red interior. Sunroof.

Paid $150 for it not running. From my McDonalds paycheck I had to pay Dad for parts/materials for him to rebuild it (Dad is an A & P mechanic)

That car in 1974 started me down a slippery slope of German cars from which I've never recovered.

[tommy583]

1979 SAAB 900. Yellow car with lots of brown rust. 5 speed manual, of course only 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th worked. 3rd stopped working after a while. All of the rubber door seals were shot. We took it on a road trip in the winter and had to stuff gum in the gap to keep from freezing. Fun times. #poorpeopleproblems.

[Luckyed]

Funny....mine was a 1972 Super Beetle.
Paid $500 for it in 1978.
Had it for 3 years.

[hancock1701]

1999 Honda Prelude. Black. 5 Speed Manual. Paid $5800 in 2010. That's also the car I learned how to drive manual in. Loved it then, still do. Love the styling, only wish it had more power. I did a bunch of repairs because the previous owner messed up so many things.

[Benitom]

79 Camaro - the only car I regret getting rid of. Now that I have a big boy job I could have restored it. Other than the hole in floor board on the passenger side, car was super clean and all original. Needed a new engine. It was a boat, but fun to drive got a lot of compliments

[Run]

Mid 80's Baby Blue Mercury Lynx Top speed wait for it 50 miles an hour on a good day.

[Retroman1969]

In 1985 my first was a hand-me-down 1975 Pontiac Grand Prix.

I loved that car! Hood seemed a mile long, and the 400-4bbl ran like a cheetah! Made a big mistake though. The engine lost oil pressure one day and instead of rebuilding it for $650, I bought a "modern" car to replace it.
A 1980 Pontiac Phoenix.

Holy crap was this thing a step down! I'm convinced it was the worst car ever made. It would shake apart if you drove it over 55mph, the engine stalled a lot when the alternator wasn't catching on fire, acceleration was only a suggestion, and it had the habit of shedding its left front wheel at speed (this happened 4 times before dumping this nightmare!). The ball joints were held in with cotter pins instead of bolts.
Switched to VWs shortly thereafter while dreaming of eventual Porsche ownership.

[PaulDash]

This, a white on black 1986 Porsche 944 NA.



As I knew nothing about buying cars, I had to get an engine rebuild after 200 kilometers of ownership!

[flouese]

1973 Fiat 850 Sports Spider

[Slate 01]

Originally Posted by Finnegan

1971 Fiat 850 Spider Sport. BR green convertible. One of the tiniest cars ever made. Rear engine, rear drive. Wood dashboard, shift knob and steering wheel. But the clincher was the toggle switches! Bought it for 800 in 1983; sold it for 1000 in 1987.

My dad had a lime green one of those. He taught me to drive stick in it when I was 13

[WillH]

1970 Chevy No-va, two door death coupe.
Cherry bomb exhaust, air shocks and flat black paint. 1600$ in 1986. Wish I had a pic.
Wrapped it around a tree. Battery passed through the rad. Rear drivers side wheel left the seen. Passenger door fell off. They had to pull it from the side to get it out from around the tree. The front end was actually at a 90 degree angle to the rear. All remaining wheels jammed up into the wheel wells. My chest put the steering wheel into the dash.
Needless to say it didn't buff out

[Ben006]

I started with a SEAT Ibiza TDI 1.4L 70hp ! A BEAST ! ^^
Then a Renault Twingo RS (133hp), a Twingo GT (100hp 1.2L turbo), an Eunos Roadster (a miata imported from japan, 115hp), then the boxster !

The Roadster is what really got me started in the automotive field !

[BYprodriver]

My younger brother's 1st car was a 1967 Cougar with a big hole in the passenger front floor board. My Dad liked them so that's what he bought. If you hit a puddle while driving water would splash the driver a little & front passenger ALOT. My brother soon found floor mats heavy enough to prevent much water intrusion. I think my dad paid $700 for it.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by Ben006

I started with a SEAT Ibiza TDI 1.4L 70hp ! A BEAST ! ^^
Then a Renault Twingo RS (133hp), a Twingo GT (100hp 1.2L turbo), an Eunos Roadster (a miata imported from japan, 115hp), then the boxster !

The Roadster is what really got me started in the automotive field !

I thought eunos was a castrated male! :chicken: