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What was your first car?

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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #60 on: August 18, 2018, 08:22:16 PM
Mine was a 85 Chevy s-10, and our sons is the same thing but a 00,
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #61 on: August 18, 2018, 09:19:20 PM
I got my drivers licence in 2002 and the first years I drove in one of my parents cars, a 1988 Peugeot 405.

The first car I bought for myself was in 2008. It was this 1995 Chrysler Neon (in the US it was sold as a Dodge Neon and as a Plymouth Neon):



Even though I liked the car because it was very unusual here in the Netherlands I sold it after about half a year because it didn't have AC and cruise control, which I really wanted because I used the car for long distances. The replacement was again a Chrysler Neon, a 2001 model this time with AC and cruise control:



I have had this 2001 Chrysler Neon for six years and drove 100.000 km (60.000 miles) with it. It never let me down and never had any unusual repairs. It was a very reliable and cheap car to own. While in the US this model is as common as a VW Golf is in Europe, the Neon was a very uncommon car over here in the Netherlands. Which was exactly why I wanted it.

In 2013 I couldn't resist buying this Volvo S70. I use it mainly for sundays and vacation. It is very comfortable for long trips to for example Sweden and Norway. I want to keep this car for a long time and therefore don't want it to be used daily. Since I own it, I have driven about 45.000 km (28.000 miles) with it.



In 2014 we sold the Chrysler Neon and replaced it with a Volvo V70 for the everyday use (in the middle of the picture).



We've had the V70 for about 100.000 km (60.000 miles). Even though it was very comfortable and -as a station wagon- very useful, it was very problematic. In the last 1-2 years we had it, it let us down many times and cost us a lot of money in all kinds of repairs. We should have got rid of it way earlier than we did. In early 2018 we finally called it a day and replaced the V70 with this Volvo 850:



So far so good, and a lot of parts from the V70 also fit on the 850. Since the darn V70 already has so many new parts we kept it as a donor for the 850 :D
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #62 on: August 18, 2018, 09:29:46 PM
First car: 1994 Ford Mustang 3.8L V6 Conv.


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So not a bad choice for a first car.



A very nice First car indeed! :tu:
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #63 on: August 18, 2018, 09:42:49 PM
Mine was a 85 Chevy s-10, and our sons is the same thing but a 00,
JR

Nice father > son tradition! :cheers:
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #64 on: August 19, 2018, 12:59:47 AM
Mine was a 85 Chevy s-10, and our sons is the same thing but a 00,
JR

Nice father > son tradition! :cheers:
I tried, he wants to trade it for a foreign, then mustang, but now it’s a Jeep, hey I got no beef with the Jeep! I’m sure I’d be helping raise it :whistle:
JR
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #65 on: August 19, 2018, 01:31:12 AM
Mine was a 85 Chevy s-10, and our sons is the same thing but a 00,
JR

Nice father > son tradition! :cheers:
I tried, he wants to trade it for a foreign, then mustang, but now it’s a Jeep, hey I got no beef with the Jeep! I’m sure I’d be helping raise it :whistle:
JR

I'd love an S-10 :tu:
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #66 on: August 19, 2018, 02:28:00 AM
Mine was a 85 Chevy s-10, and our sons is the same thing but a 00,
JR

Nice father > son tradition! :cheers:
I tried, he wants to trade it for a foreign, then mustang, but now it’s a Jeep, hey I got no beef with the Jeep! I’m sure I’d be helping raise it :whistle:
JR

I'd love an S-10 :tu:

My fourth vehicle was an S-10.
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us Offline italophil

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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #67 on: August 19, 2018, 02:40:57 AM
1990 Fiat Uno Turbo.
It had a crazy turbo lag, a rear axel that felt wobbly and just not made for going fast, and it didn't have any modern safety features like ABS or Airbags. But, it was fun to drive and could go close to 120mph on the Autobahn.

A moving truck backed into it; I still miss it.  :(


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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #68 on: August 19, 2018, 03:55:01 AM
1990 Fiat Uno Turbo.
......it was fun to drive and could go close to 120mph on the Autobahn.

Sweet!
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #69 on: August 19, 2018, 04:51:44 PM
'66 VW Beetle. I'll have you know it had a 1300 cc engine and could do 60 mph downhill with a stiff tailwind.
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #70 on: August 19, 2018, 05:35:57 PM
'66 VW Beetle. I'll have you know it had a 1300 cc engine and could do 60 mph downhill with a stiff tailwind.

But you didn't have to worry about oil and it was easy to push off if the 6V battery failed.  Of course driving at night in the fog was fun....
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #71 on: August 19, 2018, 06:25:59 PM
Mine was one of these bought at auction. Only interesting car I've ever owned. I was 17 and loving it. The suspension was unbelievably good and it drove so nicely. Unfortunately being an old Citroen, I paid almost as much in parts in the first month of ownership as I'd paid for it in the first place.  :D



Since then I've owned the most dreary selection of lower end cars from Peugeot, Nissan and Honda, I'm still far from being able to consider something fun. My dad was always the one with the nice cars, my favourite being a Saab 95 Turbo.
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #72 on: August 19, 2018, 06:54:04 PM
My first car was a 1975 VW Rabbit

Looked like this except it was rusty  ;)




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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #73 on: August 19, 2018, 07:47:02 PM
My first car was a 1975 VW Rabbit

Looked like this except it was rusty  ;)


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Those are fun little cars, easy to work on and cheap in parts as well


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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #74 on: August 19, 2018, 08:41:49 PM
Mine was a 1970 Chevy Malibu with a 350 (5.7l), a fun car that I loved to drive. Now I have come full circle, after a lot of pickup trucks in between, to a 2017 Malibu with 1.5l (so much better mileage!). The photo is from 1978ish.  :salute:


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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #75 on: August 19, 2018, 09:07:19 PM
My first car was a Vauxhall nova in black like pic below 
It had a 1.2 little engine a real rust bucket

Car in pic is not my car but just for example  :tu:
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #76 on: August 20, 2018, 03:17:40 AM
'66 VW Beetle. I'll have you know it had a 1300 cc engine and could do 60 mph downhill with a stiff tailwind.

But you didn't have to worry about oil and it was easy to push off if the 6V battery failed.  Of course driving at night in the fog was fun....
Yup, last year of the 6V Bugs. Temps below 25F usually meant a push start. We were newly married and my wife still remembers that scenario (not fondly).

When our eldest daughter was about 2 my wife was driving to the store with her in the car. Stopped at a stop sign and when she let out the clutch to start out again the clutch plate disintegrated. No go. Our daughter's comment was "Bad Herbie".
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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #77 on: August 20, 2018, 01:15:18 PM
'66 VW Beetle. I'll have you know it had a 1300 cc engine and could do 60 mph downhill with a stiff tailwind.

But you didn't have to worry about oil and it was easy to push off if the 6V battery failed.  Of course driving at night in the fog was fun....
Yup, last year of the 6V Bugs. Temps below 25F usually meant a push start. We were newly married and my wife still remembers that scenario (not fondly).

When our eldest daughter was about 2 my wife was driving to the store with her in the car. Stopped at a stop sign and when she let out the clutch to start out again the clutch plate disintegrated. No go. Our daughter's comment was "Bad Herbie".

Now that is Funny! :like:


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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #78 on: August 22, 2018, 12:58:13 PM
Some of you had some pretty cool cars!

I thought my Firebird was a cool car, especially for my first, but some of the machines you guys had really outclass my old Pontiac!

So far though, Pontiac is still the brand I have had the most, at three.  I have had two Jeeps and two VW's, and a GM, which was in reality a rebranded Suzuki.  My next one will likely be a Ford, so Pontiac still rules, and will probably gain ground (despite being out of business) since I hope someday to get a Solstice.



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Re: What was your first car?
Reply #79 on: August 23, 2018, 12:55:42 PM
Some of you had some pretty cool cars!

I thought my Firebird was a cool car, especially for my first, but some of the machines you guys had really outclass my old Pontiac!

So far though, Pontiac is still the brand I have had the most, at three.  I have had two Jeeps and two VW's, and a GM, which was in reality a rebranded Suzuki.  My next one will likely be a Ford, so Pontiac still rules, and will probably gain ground (despite being out of business) since I hope someday to get a Solstice.

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Well if you open the question up like this it is really a whole different question.

I have had a lot of cars and they are really just a tool, for me and always have been. I make a living pretty much from a vehicle and love each one too but I also always need to look to a car being practical in my daily life and rarely have had them just for fun but not always.
So my first car was a hand me down and it got me on the road.

The first car that I bought entirely by my own initiative was a whole different deal!

http://car-from-uk.com/carphotos/full/1359159461205455.jpg

Since then I have had mostly Toyota I think and I have 4 cars now and 2 are Toyota.
They just are the easiest to keep on the road in my experience overall.

I have had 4 Previas alone and each went over 300k miles easily too!

I loved those Beans!

https://file.kbb.com/kbb/vehicleimage/housenew/480x360/1995/1995-toyota-previa-front_ttpre951.jpg
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