Remember your first...

[pagerbear]

...car? Mine was an orange Vega with a 3-speed stick. Yes, 3--in those days "4 on the floor" was exciting!

God, I'm old.

[Armand]

1. A 1989 Chevy Celebrity Station Wagon...

in 2000. It already had 210,000 miles on it.

I paid the junkyard last summer to take it away.

[IconoclastIlene]

5. Datsun B210

circa 1974....rusted out..

pontiac fiero next...a wonderful turkey..lots of fun.

I gotta mommy wagon now.

Next.....er, college tuition..

[henslee]

2. My friend had a silver one with a red interior...

He used to give me a ride to school. Unfortunately, I was the fourth passenger and had to sit in the back, in the middle, on the hump.... which used to get real hot. ouch.

[unblock]

3. 1985 nissan sentra, brand spankin' new for $6,700

lasted me 10 years.

think about that, $6,700 for 10 years of car use, starting from brand new.

my, times have changed in less than 20 years....

[DS1]

4. early 80s Renault LeCar

[muffin_man]

6. 84 firebird

horrible paint job and in the shop 8 out of 10 months I had it. So first I actually got to use was the 92 mazada truck I got after dumpin the bird. Put 190k on it myself from 17-24!

[DarkPhenyx]

7. burnt orange Matador.

with a busted water pump that I replaced my senior - college summer.

[Gman]

8. '55 Chevy Pickup

[rfkrocks]

9. Volare 1976

this car went through parts like crazy-it was like the car in the stephen king book carrie only on pot-instead of killing you it destroy starters by the dozens. Interior decor was very new york mob style.

[Blue-Jay]

10. 1972 Dodge Challenger

Damn, that thing was FAST!

[Beaker]

23. the car I learned to drive in- was a 1972 Dodge Charger SE 440/4bbl...

Damn, that thing was FAST!

[NewHampster]

11. 1969 Opel Wagon

But I learned to drive in my moms Valiant with push button auto on the dash.

got y'all beat ;)

[pintobean]

12. 63 Galaxy 500

2 door, 3 on the tree with a straight 6.

[Qanisqineq]

13. Oldsmobile Firenza

1973, I think. Black and red. This was back in the late eighties, early nineties.

[Liberal Christian]

14. Red 1966 Beetle that I co-owned with my brother

First car on my own was a 1966 Ford Falcon with a 3-on-the-tree that I bought in 1974.

[ConcernedCanuk]

15. 59 Dodge, flathead 6 pushbutton - blew the motor after 2k

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Salesman had to have it PUSHED around the block 3 times before it started, blue smoke like crazy, told me that it was "breaking in" (this was 1969)

Took 5 quarts of oil to get it from Kingston to Toronto

enuf already

was NOT a good "first car" !

[baby_bear]

16. I had one of those, ConcernedCanuck

I inherited it from my older sister who got it from our father.

I remember that it had a huge engine and it ate oil as fast as it ate gasoline.

I had it for about a year when I was 16.

Good memory. What a car! It was faster than my boyfriend's Camaro.

s_m

[ConcernedCanuk]

18. I had to to some "searching" - when you said the car was "fast" - -

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because MINE was the slowest old sow I ever owned !

but mine was a 6 cylinder,
and from my search I find that mine had 135 horsepower (hp) NEW
- so I was probly running only about 60hp !

However, my search found the following optionsfor 1959:

V8 326 cubic inches - 255 horsepower
V8 361 cubic inches - 295 horsepower
V8 361 cubic inches - 305 horsepower
V8 383 cubic inches - 320 horsepower
V8 383 cubic inches - 345 horsepower

so -

There's a good chance YOUR car had about 200 more Horespower than mine !

here's some pics I found on the web, mine was nowhere near that nice, it was as ugly as it was slow !

[baby_bear]

20. Mine definitely had a V8 383 engine

...but I don't know what the HP was. However, in looking at the photos you posted, I think mine must have been newer because it didn't have anything fancy on it like those "fins" on that yellow one. Mine didn't look classy at all. It was utterly plain. I don't even remember any chrome on it! Only the engine was impressive. Maybe it was a 1960 model.

s_m

[BlackVelvetElvis]

17. '74 Beetle

God. I loved that car.

[camero]

19. 1972 Green Chevy Chevelle

Worked as a janitor at my school during the summer and bought it for $500. Alot of pep for a 6 cylinder.

[afraid_of_the_dark]

21. A rusted out Honda...

With a leaky sunroof. God, I miss that car!

[Beaker]

22. Maroon 1967 Mustang Fastback.

bought in 1977 for $500, refurbished by yours truly, then totalled by yours truly.

[Bertha Venation]

24. 1972 Toyota Corona Mark II

A gift from my Grandma -- although she didn't mean it as a gift. She "sold" it to my stepfather for me, but as far as I know, he never paid her anything more than the $100 he put down. Asshole.

Closest image I could find. Mine was wake the hell up! yellow, and didn't have rear-view mirrors on the front fenders.

[Bertha Venation]

26. And: I saw a red Ford Pinto on the road today . . .

LMAO when I saw its "HISTORIC VEHICLE" tags. :7

[southpaw]

25. 1976 Mercury Cougar XR-7

(this was in 1982)

It had leather seats and a RUSH sticker on the rear windshield

(Geddy, Alex and Neal... not OxyMoran)