What was your first car?

Fixed to Ruin

Come wit it now!
Feb 28, 2007
23,720
25,599
Grande Prairie, AB
2002 Pontiac Grand Am

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famicommander

Registered User
Aug 12, 2011
2,937
1,290
1976 Toyota Chinook camper.

(this was only about 8-10 years ago -- I'm 26)

Rear wheel drive, no power steering, no antilock brakes, blind spots the size of Texas, couldn't see out the back, manual transmission

I wrecked it (not my fault) some years back but it was a cool thing to have a bed on wheels in my teens/early 20s

Also, since I learned to drive on that beast I can pretty much drive and park anything
 

Buffaloed

webmaster
Feb 27, 2002
43,324
23,585
Niagara Falls
'71 Toyota Hilux - I remember cars rusted out a lot faster in those days, particularly Fords and anything from Japan. The Ford Rustang was a popular model.
 

ChiGuySez

Cody Parkey GOAT
Oct 4, 2006
8,444
30
Ford Pinto 4 on the floor. Dont laugh... it didnt explode. Took out a Triumph Spitfire (toy car) and a 302 Chevelle. Rear axle lasted 2 years before I destroyed it from too many launches.
 

WeWantTacos

they said aw-reety an' they was aw-righty
Apr 6, 2012
2,118
1,679
Brett Hallway
1966 Pontiac Tempest. My great-grandparents bought it new, grandparents inherited it, gave it to my father and he eventually gave it to me when I got my license. Still have it.
 
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worstfaceoffmanever

These Snacks Are Odd
Jun 2, 2007
12,948
4
Fargo, ND
1990 Jeep Cherokee Laredo in dark blue that my late grandfather bought me in a police auction. My father and I spent a whole summer cleaning it up. He put a ton of Bondo along the driver's side where the previous owner had run it off the road, and then we sanded and repainted it.

It had an issue with one of the timing gears that made it squeal when it idled, no A/C, and it shook so badly it felt like it might fall apart above 55 mph, but that car meant the world to me when I was a teenager.
 

ProstheticConscience

Check dein Limit
Apr 30, 2010
18,459
10,107
Canuck Nation
1975 Volvo 164E.

My mom's old car; got it for a pre-graduation present in 1990. It was that old Volvo green that only some Swedish weirdo thought looked good in the 70's. My mom barely drove as she hated (and continues to hate) driving, so it had all of 55000 miles on it when I got it. It did have the 3 liter straight 6 engine, and its age combined with my lead foot meant it had a rough life after I got hold of it. The year before I wrecked it, it was towed so many times it thought it was a boat.

My mom replaced it was a 1991 Toyota Camry, which she still has. It's named Mavis.
 

Kelly

Registered User
Nov 12, 2012
14,890
7,466
2000 Honda Accord.

Solid it for 500$ to some dude who said he was importing it to the middle East.

Who knows what kind of shenanigans it's up to now.
 
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ChiGuySez

Cody Parkey GOAT
Oct 4, 2006
8,444
30
1986 Mercedes 300E.....hand me down from my mom in 1999.
My German roommate said it's the same model they use as taxis in Germany.
I can verify Mercedes are used for taxis in Germany. Dont know the model# but it was unreal considering Ive experienced Checker Marathons in the 70s/80s and an assortment of vehicles in various states of disrepair in Mexico.

The taxi driver in Germany also said he spoke 7 languages. In the US, you're lucky if they even speak English.
 

Flannelman

Quiet, Gnashgab.
Dec 3, 2006
13,880
3,148
'86 GMC 2wd half-ton, jet black. $2700. No radio. Would cruise around listening to it purr for hours on end.
 

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