What was your first car when you were 16?

[tx-bmw]

There is a post on the 3-series board that got me thinking...

"Im 16 and i want to get a 335i how much will the insurance be"

When I was 16 and working in a semi-fast food type establishment making $3.75 hour, my first car was a used Chevrolet Spectrum... my dad made me earn and save 1/4 of the price first then he matched it and I had to finance the other half. My first car payment was $106/month.

Here is a link to what my first car looked like for your car enthusiasts: (oh, I didn't have the TURBO model... lol)
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/FEG/noframes/2990.shtml

Yes it turned out to be a crappy car... and the last American made model I ever bought... but it did teach me the valuable lesson of work ethic and appreciating things more later on after many years of hard work and college.

Any thoughts?

[TeamM3]

search you must, young Jedi

[77vetteguy]

mine was my 1977 corvette. bought it for $800 from a junk yard and fixed it up. had it till a few months ago when some kid hit it........

[pintnight]

I didn't own, well, make my first car payment on a loan until I was 22 years old! The car I had before were my parents. :thumbup:

[teh_jev]

search you must, young Jedi
I was hoping you would have posted that search.gif that you have.

[awilliams684]

1984 toyota camry 5 spd

gift from my neighbor for cutting her lawn and helping with yard work all those years...


i paid for everything though, while my parents had money they made me earn what I had and I thank them for it everyday.

[Danstrolie]

My bimmer is my first car. Got it at 19.
Te first car I drove though was a Peugeot 307. It's my mum's car and I was on the insurance. Insurance on dad's bimmer was too much.

[Double-S]

A 1994 red Mazda RX7.

I seriously miss that car.

http://www.micromanx.com/goble/rx7/pictures/pic1.jpg

[dnickels]

'91 Cherokee Laredo.

[geebeemer]

Uhm, didn't get crap from my parents after high school. Nada.

Scraped to survive coming out of high school till I got together enough to buy a Mazda 808 (http://www.cardomain.com/MakeModel/Mazda/808).

Still one of my favorite cars. ;)

[Double-S]

Uhm, didn't get crap from my parents after high school. Nada.


I know exactly how you feel, I also got nada from my parents.

It all came from my grandparents.

[GBauer]

1986 red Dodge Colt coupe' (just like you M coupe people but more awesome!). 4 speeds of 1.2L, 94hp (about 27 at the wheels...) fun! Nobody can touch the bad-assness of my car!

http://www.unixfool.com/images/colt.jpg

I was the first kid I knew that had a CD player in his car. Too bad it was at such and angle that it skipped every time I went over a peddle in the road...


Regardless, you had to be a pretty big man to drive that car and still pull women!

[geebeemer]

I know exactly how you feel, I also got nada from my parents.

It all came from my grandparents.Will your grandparents adopt me?

:p

[SailinSand]

1986 red Dodge Colt coupe' (just like you M coupe people but more awesome!). 4 speeds of 1.2L, 94hp (about 27 at the wheels...) fun! Nobody can touch the bad-assness of my car!

I was the first kid I knew that had a CD player in his car. Too bad it was at such and angle that it skipped every time I went over a peddle in the road...


Regardless, you had to be a pretty big man to drive that car and still pull women!

You rocked that sh!t! :thumbup:
:rofl:

[Shabba]

I, too, had to help purchase my first car. It was a Ranggon red 1965 Mustang Convertible. 289 with a 3 deuce setup, red pony interior, automatic (which sucked and blew out within 6 months of restoring it), ralleye wheels...damn fine car. We bought it from a guy in Atlanta and I had to purchase it with my money I had saved over the years. I think I paid $3k for it and my parents paid to have it painted and, for the most part, restored. I got tired of the auto and within a year or so, sold it (at a huge profit) and bought a '66 mustang with a 289 (used the same 3 deuce carb setup on it)...much faster and more fun to drive.:thumbup:

Mind you this all took place in 1991 when the car market was soft enough that we could buy old 'stangs for reasonable prices.

[Faucker]

1979 Buick Regal 4.9.......aka...TANK
That thing went through hell and back:thumbup:

[SailinSand]

I, too, had to help purchase my first car. It was a Ranggon red 1965 Mustang Convertible. 289 with a 3 deuce setup, red pony interior, automatic (which sucked and blew out within 6 months of restoring it), ralleye wheels...damn fine car. We bought it from a guy in Atlanta and I had to purchase it with my money I had saved over the years. I think I paid $3k for it and my parents paid to have it painted and, for the most part, restored. I got tired of the auto and within a year or so, sold it (at a huge profit) and bought a '66 mustang with a 289 (used the same 3 deuce carb setup on it)...much faster and more fun to drive.:thumbup:

Mind you this all took place in 1991 when the car market was soft enough that we could buy old 'stangs for reasonable prices.
What a classic! :thumbup:
Sounds beautiful...any pix?

[GBauer]

You rocked that sh!t! :thumbup:
:rofl:

damn st8t, girlie! You know you want to take a ride wit da big pimp... :p

i went from that to a sh!t-brown S-10 my friends called "terd"... another classic!

From there, it was off to a couple of white grandman-mobiles: a 1994 Mercury Sable that loved to blow head gaskets and on to a 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme! Big pimpin'!

Then I started to get to real cars and bought a 2003 maxima.


And now I'm on my p3n0r-mobile.



My god! I need to go and buy a real car fast!

[spanky62239]

my first car was a 98 neon...so sad i know...after about three months i traded it for an fc rx7. then i bought a firedbird...then i bought a 91 mr2 got it painted then traded it for a clean 93 240 with 2k on top...then i traded that for a miata and then i bought my e30...so 7 cars in 2 years...i have a problem

[dtkw]

I got my first car when I was 18, it was a 78 BMW 320i which was fun to drive. Before that, it's a 2 wheel leg power with zero emmission.

[Patrick]

1971 Lada 2101 Touring. Jägermeister Orange, non-SP, Headlight Package, Badge delete, 13" steel wheels.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=79927&d=1152258758


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[PhillyNate]

1978 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ. It had a big ole 301 cubic inch 4.9 liter V8 (and a quadrajet) with only 150 about horsepower. I paid $900.00 for it. Oh did I mention it was sky blue in color.

[spanky62239]

that **** is trooper style haha

[Dave 330i]

Not again...
'63 Ford Galaxie 500. I wish I had a picture of it.

[Test_Engineer]

1979 Chevy Chevette
rear wheel drive and 4 speed manual trans!

http://galaxy99.net/Chevette/79Chevette.JPG

[TXE39]

1977 Mercedes-Benz 300D. Still in the family AFAIK...looks like this,

http://i24.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/07/97/5ec1_3.JPG

[Gigabyte71]

1976 Pontiac Grand Prix. It was blue though.

[Cliff]

I was mostly driving my mom's car when I turned 16:

http://www.coates3.com/modules/gallery2/d/18677-2/DSCF1806.jpg (http://www.coates3.com/modules/gallery2/d/18676-1/DSCF1806.jpg)

A 1971 Celica ST. I don't think hers had a vinyl roof, but it was pale yellow like this car.

[Gigabyte71]

I was mostly driving my mom's car when I turned 16:

http://www.coates3.com/modules/gallery2/d/18677-2/DSCF1806.jpg (http://www.coates3.com/modules/gallery2/d/18676-1/DSCF1806.jpg)

A 1971 Celica ST. I don't think hers had a vinyl roof, but it was pale yellow like this car.


Oh man...moms car.....lol...didnt want to bring that up. 1978 AMC Concord. 4 Dr though.

[GeneArch]

1972 Ford Courier....

I promptly began the modding if the engine with a carb, cam & headers. When the engine blew shortly thereafter, it was replaced with a 302 Small Block, C5 trans and a narrowed 9" rear end.

Some serious stories there.... :rofl:

[02 330Ci]

At 15 I bought a 1970 Ford LTD, paid $200 for it, had to replace the gas tank cuz previous owner had backed over a stump and tore a big hole in it.
I worked at the high school to pay for it. It had a 351C engine 2 barrel carb and it looked very similar to this pic, though it was red.
158080

[MMMM_ERT]

I didn't have a car at 16, my parents made me walk to school in the snow with two broken legs....

[TXE39]

Oh man...moms car.....lol...didnt want to bring that up. 1978 AMC Concord. 4 Dr though.

Man...I was the opposite...whatever I do to con the parentals into letting me take Mom's car. 1995 Merc S500...or Dad's when I was 17, a 1996 Range Rover 4.0 SE...like these,

http://photos.liquidmotors.com/Processed/Lexus_of_Palm_Beach/WDBGA51E4SA245852-6411731/WDBGA51E4SA245852_072_SM.jpg

http://images.autotrader.com/images/2008/8/19/250/198/8286558147.250198678.IM1.MAIN.565x421_A.561x421.jp g

[big-tex]

92' Ford F-250 220k on the speedo, 5 sp stick shift with granny low, kinda nice, only 3 gears to 80 mph.. haha had a 460 (7.5L) drank gas like it was goin outta style.

Parents gave it to me at 15, my dad had owned it since october of 1992, and now its his agian, and in need of some resto. work that I will pay for when I get outta skool.

I had 2 wrecks in that thing, all body damage, nothing major. Now I have the car is my sig. and yep my folks bought it too. hahaha I'm an only child and my mommy likes to help me out.

[rehostman]

I didn't own, well, make my first car payment on a loan until I was 22 years old! The car I had before were my parents. :thumbup:

Ditto for me. My first car was a 1983 Honda Prelude that I got in June of 1984.

[Digitally]

Oh man...moms car.....lol...didnt want to bring that up. 1978 AMC Concord. 4 Dr though.Try dad's car... with the wood paneling
http://www.summerlandcarsales.com/images/89%20Voyager.JPG

except it was blue like these, and the paint decided to come off...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/247865070_ad24f41791.jpg?v=0http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Flats/6183/images/Waltz/van0498.jpg

[Clarke]

65 Saab 96.3cyl.,2 stroke,4 on the tree and freewheeling.http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=158174&d=1219824148 (http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=158174&d=1219824148)http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=158173&d=1219824148

[vocalthought]

1980 Toyota Corolla Wagon. Something that looks like this

[TrickTizzle]

My first car was a 2001 325i...Insurance was like 5.5k/year....

[complex403]

93 Toyota Camry

[riod007]

MY X3 Pictured Below was my first ever car


But I learned in a 2004 ranger rover supercharged still missing that car.

[Coconutpete]

1988 Plymouth sundance - exactly like this one except it was black and had a lot more scratches. Bought it for $1200.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/nhopper/pictures/Sundance.jpg

[TXE39]

But I learned in a 2004 ranger rover supercharged still missing that car.

A Supercharged '04? With the BMW 4.4 motor? Cool...who is doing superchargers for these models? I wouldn't mind doing that on mine.

[riod007]

A Supercharged '04? With the BMW 4.4 motor? Cool...who is doing superchargers for these models? I wouldn't mind doing that on mine.

i think my dad used some form of pro charger


but im not sure

[Bill325Ci]

This is what my first car looked like, minus the hood scoop. Bought it brand new for $3,200.

[want_a_7]

1978 Camaro, 3 speed manual V6. Just ike this but candy apple red. What a POS, it was in the shop more that on the road. $2,000.00 back then for an 11 year old car.

[biglovemp]

this was my first car when i was 15 but i never insured or registered it. It got stolen before my 16th birthday (it was my 15th birthday present)... I was soo upset. I had worked and saved up a lot of money. I had bought a full sound system for it, and a full racebeat suspension, steering wheel and rims...

http://echotrek.com/images/1982rx7.jpg

But on my 16th birthday, i gave myself my own present...:D and got this....At least i was able to use the soudn system on this car though.
1986 Honda Prelude Si, 5spd (this thing was pretty fast):D
http://www.hardinautosales.com/autos/165.jpg

[a572mike]

1982 Mercury Capri that didn't run... In the mean time while I was putting an engine in it, I drove a K-Car. Every kid should have to drive a K-Car at least once. Especially all of those spoiled little f@#$ers who get late model Mercs or BMW's for first vehicles when they are 16.

[SkyDog]

A '68 VW bus that had spent the previous decade serving as a tool shed. I needed a ride and my girlfriend's dad told me that I could have it if I could make it run. It looked a lot like the attached picture, but the non-rusted parts were white instead of blue.

[DJ_INHALE]

didnt get my DL till I was 18..... old school nissan too

[nowonder]

1982 Toyota Celica GT (no hatch back for me!) complete with 96hp carbonated engine.
and only 80k miles on the odo.

--nw

[NC BMW Driver]

1965 Chevrolet Corvair. My father gave it to me (I was responsible for all insurance, gas and maintenance) because it was worth less than it cost to transport me back and forth to college. He had it since new and this was 1974.
Actually a pretty reliable car.

[mack11]

I am 15 years old guy i'm not 16 at time, i have Honda Accord. :angel: