OT off-season thread: What was your first car?

[Matt39]

Figured this good be a fun topic. 1991 Pontiac Safari station wagon. Bench seat in the front. 
 

 

[Bronx]

1985 Cutlass Supreme.

[Sout0266]

1990 Ford bronco.  Silver and blue.  Blue interior 

[New York Mick]

Do you need the answer to my security question?

[greasyt]

'81 Buick Skylark..........

[Long Island Leprechaun]

Yeah I'm old. 1970 Opel Kadett. Stick.

[NorthCoastJetsFan]

I'm older.

!966 red Ford Mustang.

1 minute ago, Long Island Leprechaun said:

Yeah I'm old. 1970 Opel Kadett. Stick.

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[Integrity28]

23 minutes ago, Bronx said:

1985 Cutlass Supreme.

Mine was an 86, but same. Great car. Easily could put 250k miles on that engine and it wouldn’t flinch. Might be the best motor GM ever built.

[Integrity28]

Technically, my first car was a primer blue pinto wagon that my dad traded a 12-pack for. The guy built it from 2 wrecked pintos and it was a mosaic of parts and death trap.

Only drive it for a few weeks. It was an abomination.

[Larz]

77 LeSabre. Got it out of the newspaper. $750 I think. Needed it for a summer job. Ran until the fall and died. 

[ganggreen305]

1990 Ford Probe.  I thought it was the coolest car.  LOL

 

 

[Bronx]

5 minutes ago, Integrity28 said:

Mine was an 86, but same. Great car. Easily could put 250k miles on that engine and it wouldn’t flinch. Might be the best motor GM ever built.

I had a 2003 Ford Ecoline van and those engines were the best! Ford later transitioned into the trashy Transits. 

https://millionmilevan.com/

[The Crusher]

1972 Ford pinto II. Same color, shut up! It was a hand me down from my Aunt!

 

 

[Matt39]

Fun fact the wagon was a hand me down from my grandma and she had the bench seat in the front custom made because she couldn’t take it anymore with her Parliaments falling in between the seats.

[Flightattendant]

94 Pontiac Grand am.

 

Thing was bulletproof.

[Bronx]

Not my first, but this was a beauty...

1981 Chevy C20 Cheyenne 

[HighPitch]

great thread idea!

72 mustange green on green

[kevinc855]

Honda Civic 

[LockeJET]

Brand new at 16. 1989 Honda Accord

[Lith]

44 minutes ago, greasyt said:

'81 Buick Skylark..........

I also had a Skylark as my first car.

39 minutes ago, NorthCoastJetsFan said:

I'm older.

!966 red Ford Mustang.

I

But I am as old as this guy - it was a 1966 Skylark convertible.

[Bronx]

17 minutes ago, The Crusher said:

1972 Ford pinto II. Same color, shut up! It was a hand me down from my Aunt!

 

 

1972...hello old man! 

[dbatesman]

I used to think a car was just a way of getting from point “A” to point “B”—and, on weekends, point “C”—but that was the old me. That man died the moment I laid eyes on the 1987 Toyota Tercel!

[chirorob]

Started driving Sept of 1991.  My 1st car was a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Hatchback.

No AC, 0-60 in about 3 minutes.   My folks got it for me, and I loved it, that's the correct color and everything.

[PFSIKH]

1978 Black Dodge Diplomat with red leather seats.

[IndianaJet]

 

 

 1986 Chrysler Laser which I bought in 1994 for about $500

I didn't realize until about 2 years later that the weird little aftermarket toggle switch next to the steering wheel connected to a Knight Rider type light in the front grill.  Probably spent countless hours driving around in that car with that stupid light on without knowing.

[Bungaman]

1971 Toyota Celica, light blue. Can't even find a good picture of it. Stated driving it in '74. Might have lasted had I taken even minimal care of it - told it to someone for $300, not working, in '80. I learned my lesson when I was walking or biking somewhere for the next couple of years when the guy who bought and fixed it up would pass me by on the street. I'm still a knucklehead, but at least I maintain my cars and other equipment now ...

[nj meadowlands]

'98 Grand Cherokee. Had it until I sold it during COVID summer (yes, I got money for it).

[ZachEY]

1 hour ago, New York Mick said:

Do you need the answer to my security question?

Childhood best friend?

[David Harris]

  1996 Saturn.  Stick, no power steering so you actually were moving the tires with the wheel, parallel parking was a workout.

[slats]

In a surprise to no one, 1971’s…

[Matt39]

31 minutes ago, nj meadowlands said:

'98 Grand Cherokee. Had it until I sold it during COVID summer (yes, I got money for it).

Did you put it on bringatrailer? That’s a great car.

[nj meadowlands]

2 minutes ago, Matt39 said:

Did you put it on bringatrailer? That’s a great car.

Nope... just NJ craigslist.  Got a lot of responses immediately.  Helped that I replaced the transmission ~5 years ago.  Those straight six motors will go forever.

[BroadwayRay]

1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Bought it from my college friend's dad for $200. Great ride but what a gas guzzler. Totaled it on a rainy night on the Koscuiuszko Bridge in 1982.

[Beerfish]

This thing with a different colour scheme (two tone white and teal).

My second car was my fav though despite it breaking down at the worst times.  It was a 1975 Dodge Dart sport

[Alka]

1965 Plymouth Valient.

No power brakes, no power windows, no air conditioning, no power steering.  the trunk lock didn't work, so if you hit the back of the back seat hard enough, the trunk lid opened up. The car battery sat on a stand under the hood, and one time I went over a big bump, and the battery fell off its stand and fell onto the fan propeller.  I think there was no FM radio, just AM radio as well.