What was your first car?

• Ironman92

  

  Automatik;1167210 wrote:98 Honda Civic EX, Milano Red
  
  It was in amazing shape when I got rid of it. I still regret selling it.

  
  We bought my daughter a 1998 EX.....154,000 and runs GREAT
• Ironman92

  

  justincredible;1166869 wrote:1987 Plymouth Reliant. My grandpa gave it to me for helping him farm/pump oil wells over the summers. It was originally my great grandmothers car.
  
  

  
  Bitchin.....but all that is needed
• said_aouita

  

  Ironman92;1167355 wrote:Bitchin.....but all that is needed

  What's the odds he picked up chicks often, cruisin in that '87 Reliant bad boy?
• Ironman92

  

  said_aouita;1167389 wrote:What's the odds he picked up chicks often, cruisin in that '87 Reliant bad boy?

  
  He likes chicks?
• Ironman92

  

  My friend had one of those awesome 80's Reliants....when he floored it...it didn't go any faster but just made a different noise.
• Con_Alma

  1973 Chevy Nova
• pmoney25

  

  1988 Ford ThunderBird AKA Black Thunder. That car was a beast
• Fred Flintstone

  
  
  1979 Olds Cutlass Supreme
• j_crazy

  

  1984 ford ranger. Biggest POS I ever drove.
• Glory Days

  

  First car (in 1999). 1996 Dodge Stratus
  
  First car I owned. 2006 Dodge Charger
  
• thePITman

  

  My first car was some old Jeep. Could accelerate 0-60 in about 15 seconds.
• McFly1955

  

  1992 buick regal (maroon)--- lasted 2-3 years, transmission went out, sold to some guy at my dad's work for $250 as is.
• said_aouita

  

  Was considering making a new thread but decided just post here.
  
  Anyone ever miss out on purchasing a cool car? Something they could kick themselves for later?
  
  The one I missed out the most, an International Scout 4wd two door. Former USPS truck, so steering wheel was on right side. Looked like a regular scout, didn't have that silly (one-sided) sliding door. The 4WD worked fine, ran like a champ. Some rust, dents here and there.
  Coulda' got it for like $600 bucks. Stupid of me....
  
  Still think these old trucks are cool.
  
  Closest thing I could find similar.
  
  
• ManO'War

  

  Belly35;1167342 wrote:I'm presently the owner of a yellow 1984 Pontiac Fiero I bought it for my youngest daughter first car now I have it back

  I loved that car...it just broke down a lot.
• GoPens

  

  First car was my parents 72 Toyota aqua colored station wagon. Ugly but lots of fun in that car. Also had a CB with a PA system.
  First vehicle I owned was a 90 Ford Ranger pickup. Had it for 15 years--never had a bit of trouble.
• Hamler Bulldogs

  

  1969 Impala 2 door rust bucket with 180,000 miles,it didn't make it to 182,000. lol
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  
  
  1996 Pontiac Bonneville. Had some fun times in that.
• HitsRus

  

  1967 Mercury Cougar
• bigorangebuck22

  1978 Grand Prix...lost my virginity in the back seat. Good times good times
• OSH

  

  1994 Chevy S-10. Dad bought it new, drove it until my brother got his license. My brother drove it a year and I got it. I was definitely the roughest on the truck. She lived a good life.
  
  I went away to college and got a 1999 Dodge Stratus. Still driving her. She's got over 133,000 miles now. Basically was brand new in 2004 when I started driving it (used to be my grandma's grocery getter). Then in college, it'd sit for many months of the year because I didn't drive much. Definitely put a lot of miles on it in the summers of 2007 & 2008. And have put even more miles on it since then.
• hasbeen

  

  1999 oldsmobile alero. Both sisters drove it before me. It gets me places. About it.
• Speedofsand

  

  Drove parents 'Starsky & Hutch' Torino and gold '65 Galaxie conv. until I got my red & black '73 Maverick 302. Went through a lot of flea market speakers in that car.
• Curly J

  

  said_aouita;1168018 wrote:Was considering making a new thread but decided just post here.
  
  Anyone ever miss out on purchasing a cool car? Something they could kick themselves for later?
  

  I'll bite. Those old IH were tough. As far as cars I've had a couple I missed on/passed and regret.
  
  1. 67 RS Camaro. My Aunt bought this car new. I told her when I was 12 I wanted to buy this car from her when I turned 16. She said "Honey if this car is still running when you're 16 I'll give it to you"...my Uncle sold it while on a trip to Tennessee when I was 14. I believe I saw that same car 4 years later while I was in the same town where he sold it. It was parked like it was broken down/out of gas on the side of the road.
  
  2. 69 Cougar XR7 Convertible. Red on White with white pin striping. Saw this at a car lot when I was 16. I didn't have the money to buy it so I tried to see if Dad would buy it and I'd pay him back. It was kinda rough, but I loved it. He wasn't having it. He said "Son, somebody has already run the dog shit outta this." They only wanted $750.00 for it, but he wasn't having it. Saw a car pretty much identical to it a year or so later at that same lot, but a different name, for $4500.00.
  
  3 69 Ford Torino. White with a black hood. I saw this car in a persons yard that I went to Church with, but waited for a while to ask him about it. I finally asked him about it one day and He referred to it as a Cobra Jet. (I'm not sure if it was a true Cobra Jet or not, but it did have the Cobra emblems near the front wheels and it had the Talladega paint job so it might have been a 'clone'). He said someone is already making payments to him to buy it. Day late and a dollar short. Makes me wish I would have saved my money then instead of spending it on my waste of a girlfriend...but then again she did put out.
• Little Danny

  

  said_aouita;1168018 wrote:Was considering making a new thread but decided just post here.
  
  Anyone ever miss out on purchasing a cool car? Something they could kick themselves for later?
  

  When I was 16, I was close to landing me a powder blue 1964 Chevy Impala SS. It looked very similar to the one below. It belonged to a buddy of my dad's who kept it in mint condition. I was in the process of buying it when our family was shipped overseas (my dad was in the AF). When I came back to the states a couple years later he sold it to one of his nephews. The funny thing about that car was shortly thereafter the gansta rap craze became big and guys like Ice CUbe and Dr. Dre were rollin around in those six fours.
  
  
• said_aouita

  

  Little Danny;1168741 wrote:When I was 16, I was close to landing me a powder blue 1964 Chevy Impala SS.

  Wow! Imagine if ya coulda still had that today.
  
  Speaking of an Impala, shortly after college a friend and I rented a farm house off of "farmer Dick" who is one of those old time farmers who thinks if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
  Inside the garage at Dicks farm sat his late brothers 1964 Impala (4 door) with less than 30k miles. Dicks brother bought the car new and after driving it home one winter evening (Dicks brother) died in his sleep. Car sat for years in the barn. Some rust but interior was perfect. Still original tires, everything. My buddies parents bought the car, changes the belts, tires and brakes and drove it for years.
  
  Also to note- Farmer Dicks daily driver is a 3/4 ton step-side (early 70's) Chevy pick up that's 4x4. He now has a large diesel tank in the bed and uses it to fuel his tractors out in the field. Hardly any rust, maybe a few small dents and rough paint. Really cool old truck.
  
  Like this but the Chevy orange/red color.
  
  
  
  I've known a few farmers around Champaign county, who sat on "barn finds" for a rainy day....