What was your first car? Here is mine!

[Jimmy540i.com]

Please post your 1<u>st</u> motor vehicle!

Mine was:

1991 Mercedes Benz 190e (W201) - 2.5-16 Evolution II
<img src="http://www.jimmy540i.com/evo2.jpg">

Just wondering what's yours? =)

Regards,
JIMMY

[TimmyTimmy]

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/3/web/327000-327999/327379_1_full.jpg http://fp.images.autos.msn.com/merismus/Summary/q434795a.jpg

Not that exact one but you get the idea. 1.5L 68 hp I4! :bigpimp:

[teh_jev]

1989 Nissan Sentra. This is the same model, but mine was an titanium silver/iron oxide mix in the paint job w/ a grey vinyl interior. AM/FM cassette player, 2 6 1/4" speakers in the front door, 4 HIGHLY worn out tires. I put tint on the windows, changed the oil like twice to make my dad happy. He bought it for me as my first car and it had more miles on it than the space shuttle. I remember being sooooooo pissed b/c my friends were getting brand new cars. His concept "you will drive a POS as your first car, if you don't F it up after a year, we'll consider an upgrade. You F it up then it's on you, but I'm not spending 50k on a car you are just going to wreck." The man was right, although I have had 0 tickets/at fault accidents in 14 years of driving, I fuxored that first car all to hell learning how to drive. Oh, and pop spent all of maybe 500$ on that car too.

[doubletee]

<img src="http://www.maverick.to/pics/shaw_simpson_72_grabber.jpg">

1972 Maverick Grabber. Mine was a very light blue with the black hood inset. 302 cid.

[TeamM3]

Please post your 1<u>st</u> motor vehicle!

Mine was:

1991 Mercedes Benz 190e (W210) - 2.5-16 Evolution II
,
JIMMY


damn, you suck :mad:


1970 Datsun 510 Station Wagon, burnt orange color :eek:

it was a rather strange sight to see it 4-wheel drifting WRC-style on twisty dirt roads :eeps:


http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B21654.jpg

[nowonder]

http://www.bramclassauto.com/vimages/v19_4f_DCP_7479.JPG

The 1982 toyota celica GT. (The GT had a trunk, not a hatch, but I couldn't find apic of one). Yes, it was even white.

--nw

[Dr. Phil]

Mine had the subdued pin striping (ala no "Spirit of 76" decal)..... :bigpimp:
http://www.dodgedart.org/cars/76spirit.jpg

[LDV330i]

This was the beginning of my german car fever. My very first car, 80 Ford Fiesta Ghia (actual picture of my car) made in Cologne, Germany. The Ghia (luxury) package brought such amenities as cloth seat inserts, cover for the glovebox and hatch area.:) It had upsized tires, 155/80-12. :rolleyes:, 4 speed manual, and 1.6L carburated engine rated at 65HP. People always kept confusing with a VW Rabbit. :dunno:

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25519

[ff]

1982 Nutlass Supreme (not a pic of mine). It was a great cruisin' car!

http://www.icaco.hu/myolds/Zoli's%20Olds/Cutlass%20F41%2010.jpg

[Bill325Ci]

1967 Camaro RS, 327Ci Engine, 4 speed. Looked pretty much like this one - Maroon w/ Black Vinyl top.

http://selectmotors.net/images/camaro/1967/RS/m0.jpg

[Mr. Sparkle]

http://images.autotrader.com/images/2004/1/24/154/502/721005578.154502588.IM1.MAIN.565x421_A.562x421.jpg

[Plaz]

My whole history...

http://www.carolinarodshop.com/Images/cars_for_sale/68%20VW%20LF.JPG

http://www.aaca.org/waynepike/Anton%20Dietrich%2072%20VW.JPG

http://www.streetcarmike.com/cars/chevette_tandysubway.jpg

http://www.gellir.cc/amazon/images/Buick%20Skylark%201980.JPG

http://www.johann-sandra.com/us/images/crx1.jpg

http://www.fhmautomotive.co.nz/images/mazda/MX6.jpg

[ff]

My whole history...

http://www.johann-sandra.com/us/images/crx1.jpg

I had an 87 CR-X Si for a while. That was a great little car! :thumbup: 1600 pounds, peppy engine, flat handling, 35 MPG. Perfect. I had fun with that one.

[Plaz]

I had an 87 CR-X Si for a while. That was a great little car! :thumbup: 1600 pounds, peppy engine, flat handling, 35 MPG. Perfect. I had fun with that one.
Agreed. The torque steer wasn't even that bad.

It would practically lift off when hitting a puddle at high speed though. I eventually put AquaTreads on it.

Mine had no air conditioning, and that became a serious liability once I started commuting into NYC via car... August, stuck in Manhattan traffic, or in the Lincoln Tunnel, with no a/c, is most definitely a bad thing.

['Cane]

Not mine, but it looked just like this:
http://www.bildilla.com/MB_celica77_2.jpg

1977 Toyota Celica GT liftback.

[ed325i]

'84 Dodge Daytona Turbo. What a POS!

Ed

[Jetfire]

Nice car! :thumbup:

My first car was a 1987 Oldsmobile Calais sedan. Parents bought it used for me to get to my school-related stuff during senior year of HS. The first car I bought for myself was a 2000 Grand Prix GTP sedan, ordered and bought new a few months after I graduated college. I traded it towards a '99 M3, which I sold to get my Jeep and my '88 M3. It's funny that my "newest" car is probably the oldest one I've ever owned. The M3 was built in 3/87...I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Olds was built after that.

[vexed]

Same color but without the stripe.:yikes:

http://www.cyberlyle.org/76rabbit.jpg

[Akakubi]

Lada 2105, '85 model. 69hp, 4-speed manual, no radio, no A/C, no power steering, pretty much nothing in it.... and it was a fully loaded model. :D I could just chirp the rear tire in 1st if I dropped the clutch at redline.

<img src="http://bilder.mobile.de/images/autos/523108/11111111131048744-11805-1073986931.bild">

[Ranger]

1979 Mercedes 300td. Slowest, safest, and one of the best most durable cars. Miss that thing.

Chris

[ARCHER]

The safari wagon.

[Desertnate]

http://www.monkeyads.com/proofs/_26683_36415.jpg


Not this color...mine was a Garnet Red and I had the 16" Pontiac Alloy wheels

[racerdave]

Not mine, but a red version of this:


http://www.derbycitycorvair.org/DSC00001.JPG

[milski]

42 hp, RWD, rear engine. ;)

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25556

[The Roadstergal]

Completely reliable, easy to work on, cheap, handles like nothing else, great mileage. Loose like all stock NAs until I tightened up interior bolts, balanced the tires and added the rollbar.

<center><img src=http://members.roadfly.com/cargogal/miata4.jpg></center>

Frau Bleucher has issues, most of which I have fixed, but still a few German gremlins, doesn't handle as well, gets comparable mileage, slightly faster in a straight line, holds more people... Oh, heck, I've wanted an E30 for years. :eeps:

<center><img src=http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=21860></center>

[apar330i]

1967 Camaro RS, 327Ci Engine, 4 speed. Looked pretty much like this one - Maroon w/ Black Vinyl top.

http://selectmotors.net/images/camaro/1967/RS/m0.jpg
Do you wish you still had it? Not bad for a first car.

[Jon S.]

1967 Camaro RS, 327Ci Engine, 4 speed. Looked pretty much like this one - Maroon w/ Black Vinyl top.
Hey I had one of those too...

Mine was a 210 HP 327Ci with a 2-speed 'Powerglide'...

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25565

[blackbmw]

2003 325i :)

[blw_325i]

'84 Dodge Daytona Turbo. What a POS!

Ed

I agree! I had a 1986 non-Turbo and it was horrible. Looked just like the one in the photo, but with different wheels.

[Bill325Ci]

Do you wish you still had it? Not bad for a first car.
I regretted selling it almost from the first day I sold it, especially since about 3 years earlier I had the engine rebuilt and customized -- Isky cam, AFB carb, new rings, thrush glass packs, painted candy-apple red with chrome valve covers and chrome air clearer housing.

[julz]

Austin Healey Sprite- Blue Ragtop.
not the bug eye...not the 3000-the drivers door flew open when I went around a left hand turn too fast.
I was 16 ...I traded that in to a guy for a 55 Chevy 2 door post (that is now worth around 75 grand dammit.

[Artslinger]

My first car *not actual car* was my dads car he gave it to me when I was 16, first car I learned to drive. Sunbeam Series II Alpine, 4 speed.

[TLudwig]

1980 Ford Fairmont. Among my favorite features:

AM radio only, but it was broken anyways, so I got to enjoy the sound of that sweet little four banger.

No power steering

Leak in the gas tank about half way up, so I had to guess where half full was each time I gassed her up.

0-60 mph: I wouldn't know; I don't think I ever got her up that fast...

[HW]

'90 integra rs sedan. :D i really love that car. wish i had the gsr coupe though. :(

[Bill325Ci]

Do you wish you still had it? Not bad for a first car.
Since this thread is revived, and as a follow-up to my previous post, it's possible that you might still see that car in the Phoenix area. I sold it in Mesa in 1976. At least it's unlikely to rust.

[Clarke]

1965 3 cyl 2 stroke Saab 96<TABLE cellPadding=5 width="100%">*******><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 13px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" vAlign=top></TD><TD style="PADDING-TOP: 13px" vAlign=top align=right></TD></TR>********></TABLE>
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=33660&stc=1

[LarryN]

1968 Scout 800A

Very reasonable facsimile:
http://www.backcountrybinders.com/images/1967Scout800Brown0.JPG

[teh_jev]

1968 Scout 800A

Very reasonable facsimile:
http://www.backcountrybinders.com/images/1967Scout800Brown0.JPG:bigpimp:

[e.biemold]

Toyota Starlet 1.3 XLI

http://www.autoweek.nl/cbimages/toyota/star231_a.jpg

[Zaphod]

I had a '73 Nova that kind of looked like this. It was dark green with a 250 CI straight 6 that had a 1bbl carb.

http://www.oldengine.org/unfaq/leadfoot/nova.jpg

[·clyde·]

Not this color...mine was more of a sickly off white with a light greenish interior, column shift auto :yikes:

Idiot friend of the family I sold it to tried to make it look like a 4-4-2 by painting it red (on top of the not quite white paint) and putting white stripes (of a very wrong width) on the stock, non-ram air hood and putting 442 badges on it, but kept the single exhaust. :rolleyes:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/490000-490999/490602_1_full.jpg

[Toast]

1993 Toyota Camry V6 XLE in dark green :bigpimp:

http://www.lhmopars.com/Images/93camry.jpg
Not my exact car though.

[drmwvr]

Actually a SUV :eeps:

Imagine this in blue and white sans lightbar:

[HW]

bump :p

[Jetfire]

Jesus.

[hugh1850]

1987 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer 4x4 5 speed. w/Tahoe package.

1986-1993 - 2.8 L LL1 V6, TBI, 125 hp (93 kW)/150 ft·lbff (203 N·m) (VIN R) :yikes: what power.

[tbiggs27]

1987 Volkswagen Cabriolet....talk about a chick car! Silver with black top. It had a sweet roll bar though! Crashed it into a curb at 20 mph and totalled it (suspension bent). Imagine if I had been in an accident!

[Robsa]

1971 Toyota pick up that had been painted brown, by hand, using a brush.

[Rsavory]

1968 Mercedes 220d. No power steering, no a/c. 0-60 in about 3 minutes. Top speed of 90 on a downslope with the wind at your back. But it handled nicely, was built like a tank and got 36 mpg.

[Andrew*Debbie]

My first car was a 1956 Packard Clipper. Didn't run when I bought it. Didn't run when I sold it :)

My second car was a 1968 Fiat 850 Spyder. Car didn't run when I bought it. I rebuilt the transmission, painted it and drove it for 4 years. 817cc (49CI) 50HP. Smog exempt because the motor was so small.

[ffej]

Mazda B2000 PU - the ///M is the first car I've ever owned that has had a trunk that you can't see into

[LA525iT]

1992 Civic DX Hatchback, No A/C.

[AB]

1979 Ford Mustang, in Tijuana yellow.

[WildKarrde]

A piece of trash... yes... this exact car. I got it for free, it had been sitting in a yard, never started, never moved for 7 years. Took me 3 months to rebuild it to running condition. It died about 3-4 months later when the brakes totally failed on me... and I ran right out in the middle of an intersection.

http://clemsonscc.com/mediagallery/mediaobjects/disp/7/70a35fe5b7677981aa089acabf96869b.jpg

[Andrew*Debbie]

1965 3 cyl 2 stroke Saab 96

I had a later V4 powered Saab 96.

The car had 400,000 miles on it when I gave it away. It still ran great but the parts prices were insane. Something that cost $20 for my Fiat cost $300 on the Saab.

[lao270]

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2599/1956fordthunderbirdro8.th.jpg (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1956fordthunderbirdro8.jpg)

1956 Thunderbird Canary Yellow is what I learned to hotwire and drive before my license, boy did that piss off my Mom!

http://www.automotive-art.com/uploaded_images/art/1973_Pontiac_Firebird_Trans_Am_SD455-EW0021-medium.jpg

1973 HD SD455 Trans Am (but in primer) was my first! How am I still alive?

[LMC]

1964 Fiat 600D. 32 frisky Italian horses. At top speed (about 65 mph) the right door (suicide door with hinges at rear) would start this resonance thing and start to bend as it vibrated, so that I could see daylight as it vibrated open...

Great for finding parking places in downtown DC...could fit in places where a VW beetle could not.

[cwsqbm]

Hey I had one of those too...

Mine was a 210 HP 327Ci with a 2-speed 'Powerglide'...

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25565
After driving my parents' POS Dodge Omni, I bought my first car - '68 Camaro that had a solid body, good paint job, and everything mechanically wrong that you can imagine. I don't give up and now I have owned the car more than 505% of my life.

[jbblack]

Henry J was the first...

[DominguesE30]

My first car is (still got it) a bmw 1986 325e as shown in the pic below. Im 16 and my oldies got her for me. Slowly, Slowly fixing her up so it runs 100% and looks good. Bit of a money pit but what else is a 16/17 y.o gonna do with his pocket money. By da way Jimmy, I LOVE UR BMW NIGHTMARE SITE. Pwaaah u should of seen this red e36 i saw. The whole lot from 4 inch exaust tip to the bodykit to the wing. It even had ridiculous rims that where 98% chrome!!! with lil small holes in them.Some people these days.

Here she is: