What Was the FIRST Car You Ever Owned?

[CO Liberal]

We ask this from time to time - it's interesting to see what people started out driving.

My first car was a 1958 Hillman Minx that I bought in 1970 for $80. It looked like the one in the background in the picture below, only mine was red with a white top.


Source: http://mclellansautomotive.com/

[sniffa]

1. 1980 pontiac 6000

i was the car's 2nd owner ever in 1999. i got the car from a LiL oLd Lady and it had just under 50,000 miLes. i think i ran into the ground at about 200K and 1.5 years Later.

[oxymoron]

2. '63 Beetle

[CO Liberal]

13. My Dad Had a '63 Beetle

It was white with red vinyl seats. I used that car to take my date to the Senior Prom in 1971, after my Hillman died.

[mopinko]

21. another here bug

turquoise, in '74. went from that to a '66 olds 98. sold it cause i couldn't afford a new set of tires for it. my friend put tires on, and drove it for 2 years without investing a dime in it! (except gas, of course. what a boat)

[Dr Fate]

3. Primer grey 1976 Chevy Nova with red interior- it kicked as too...

I once maxed it out on the speedometer when I was "young & irresponsible"...

Great ride- wish I still had it...

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. 1996 Dodge Intrepid

Waaaaaaaaaaay back when I was 24. Still have it, albiet with 175,000 miles and ticking.

[elfwitch]

5. Well that depends on what you mean by owned

The first car I drove semi-regularly was a 1971 Chevy Malibu.
The first car I drove exclusively was a 1989 Yugo.
The first car I bought and paid for with my own money was a 1989 Nissan Sentra.
The first NEW car I ever owned was a 2001 Toyota Echo.

[Gothic Sponge]

6. A 1979 Chevy Monza

No power steering and power brakes.

[TX-RAT]

7. 66- SS 396 - Caprice Classic

It would burn about 1 quart of oil every 100 miles. Damn thing looked like an insect fogger going down the road.

[Raven]

8. An orange Matadore!

That was a 1974 Rambler...how embarrassing!

[CO Liberal]

17. You Mean Like This?

Source: http://www.amxfiles.com/

[Raven]

23. Dear God! That's my car!!!

I turned it in for a little white MGB in 1980. I think that was the last year MGB's were made.

[TheDebbieDee]

9. 1978 Chevy Chevette............

Lime Green, 2-door hatchback with lugguage rack on top.
I bought it used in 1984 and it broke down EVERY payday.

[fudge stripe cookays]

43. Ha ha sister!

Check out my post #29. Been there!

[fudge stripe cookays]

44. Rrrrrr....make that post #27!

Why won't this thing let me edit? I just posted it.

[texas1928]

10. 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser

The moon roof popped out cause my friends pushed it out. and the back glass did not roll up anymore. but it said 120 on the dash and it would do it.

[tnlefty]

11. A well used canary yellow VW beetle that I bought in 1978

my mom wrecked it that same year.

[curse10]

12. 1974 VW super beetle!

I loved that car!

[BlackVelvetElvis]

20. Same here.

Mine was yellow.

[curse10]

25. black, with a rolls royce fiberglass kit

:-)

[Romulus]

14. 1986 Nissan Sentra "Sport Coupe"

That I proceeded to wrap around a tree a week later, near the Great Dismal Swamp in 1991 . . .

[HuckleB]

15. 1972 Ford Mustang Mach I

[Canuckistanian]

16. 1969 Ford Falcon Futura

Bought it from my aunt in 1980 in exchange for a bottle of Kaluha.
The car was from California with not a scratch or trace of rust on it.

[democratreformed]

18. '78 Mustang Cobra

302 with a four-speed in the floor.
Black with orange stripes.

[GOPisEvil]

19. 1980 Datsun 210 hatchback.

Sorta looked like this, but more orange-y.



Thanks to www.chill.org, for the picture!

[bushisanidiot]

22. '65 Mustang

had to sell because i needed the money.

damn..

[happynewyear]

24. 1968 VW with a sunroof

I called it my "Blue Wonder" being it had been torn down, rebuilt and in about 50 accidents. Sold it for a nice amount of $ and bought a 1982 Toyota Corolla. I liked the VW better I must admit.

:dem:

[BigMcLargehuge]

26. 1975 Chevy Monza

the two door with trunk. 3 speed Automatic. Manual Steering and brakes. Flu-shit brown with a torn tan vinyl half roof. Went almost 55 on the highway but shook like it had Parkinson's disease.

Bumped it into a giant Chrysler, bent the hood and cracked the fiberglass facia.

Totalled.

[fudge stripe cookays]

27. 1979 Chevy Chevette

This is actually a 78, but not much difference, and it's the same color.

What a hunk of junk. I named him Aloysius. HE finally gave out in 1987 in Deont, and mom traded him in and bought me an AWESOME 85 Nissan Stanza with power windows, power sunroof, killer stereo system, the works. Aloysius was not mourned, sad to say.

You know, I've read that "Chevrolet" is actually French for "piece of shit."

[proud patriot]

28. 1967 lavender VW bug

it was sweet . The only reason I'm not
still driving it is because I became a
mom and my husband got into this safety
kick .

[F.Gordon]

29. 1964 Triumph TR4a

What a car!!

Would cruise in the summer...put two huge "home" speakers in the backseat (if you'd call it that) that were hooked to my 8-Track Player.

The "adventures" I had in that car. Whoa!! The memories....

[trof]

30. Morris Minor 1000 convertible

About a '53, I think. Paid $400 for it in 1960 and sold it 3 years later for the same price.
I think it got about 100 mpg, or almost.;-)
It was the only one on the campus of the U. of Ala. and attracted a lot of attention.

[notadmblnd]

31. 1967 Ford Thunderbird

of course that was in 1977. I bought it for $100.00 from a guy my step dad worked with. I had to cover the engine with a blanket on cold winter nights if I wanted it to start in the morning. but It still was a cool car.

[chiburb]

32. 1964 Rambler American....n/t

[HEyHEY]

34. My buddy has that car

all restored

[HEyHEY]

33. 1985 jeep cherokee

[demosincebirth]

35. '49 ford

Big back seat!

[CO Liberal]

37. I've Always Wanted a '49 Ford

The family down the street had one when I was very small. I remember riding in it back in the '50s. And I liked the way it looked.


Source: http://www.1motormart.com/

[ronnykmarshall]

36. 1973 Camero

It was an early graduation present from my dad.

I totalled it the last day of school my junior year.

[Quahog]

38. 1968 AMX

American Motors' answer to the pony car phenom, this was the hot-rod version of the Javelin. 390 V-8, no back seat, nearly impossible to beat on the straightaways but utterly useless in corners due to the fact that it was totally front-heavy. Nearly killed myself in that thing on several occasions.

[DS1]

39. 4 Dr Renault LeCar with fully retractable sunroof

Like that but with more doors...

With the sunroof all the way back, you could easily get some ~weird~ looks while traveling down the highway at 65 mph with everyone in the car standing right up through the roof wearing sunglasses and keeping perfectly straight faces.

[Baclava]

40. Can I have mine back?

I remember it like it was yesterday - a 1964 Chevy Impala - paid $200 for it when it was 10 years old. Drove it till it fell apart...
409-cu. in. V-8 developing 425 bhp at 6000 rpm, a 11:1 compression ratio, dual 4-barrel carburetors. Ahhhh the good old days.

Now they want $20,000 for a referb of it....who knew?

[Parrcrow]

41. 1978 AMC Concorde

[Red State Rebel]

42. 1967 Dodge Dart

Bought it from my mom for $400.00 :)

[mia]

45. 1964 Mustang - white with red interior

I had it for 10 years, and the only thing wrong with it in the end was the fuel gauge.