What was your first car?

rsta

Something that i think every driver holds dear to their heart...

What was your first car?

Did you give them a name and how did you get on? how long where you together? Everyone has a story about their first car....?!

Well me, Im still on my first car I love her! My Ford Ka '98. I'm only with her 1 year so far and I'm not sellin her yet!

Blisterman

I've never had my own car.

dlofnep

Me neither Blister. I'm working on it as we speak

bennyx_o

A LHD Smart Car

hardCopy

Fiat Punto

Tiriel

Polo:D

ninty9er

Just got loan approval today so i'm lookin now, everyone will recomend their own car, but what don't you recommend.

I'm quite the car buff so wouldn't go for anything low spec, so polo and corsa are definately out in my budget range, know loadsa people who have punto trouble, but everything else looks horrible!!! urrrgggh:mad:

AMurphy

A Fiat 128 rustbucket. Apart from all the things wrong with it, it went like the clappers.

Ernie Ball

A LHD 1983 1.3l Honda Civic saloon which I bought in 1987 and drove until 1995 with nary a problem (until the timing belt broke in the last year).

The car was known as "The Jewel."

Mr Magnolia

What was your first car?

Vauxhall Corsa *sighs*, grand wee motor

Did you give them a name and how did you get on?

No and grand!

how long where you together?

3 yrs.

MrPudding

A very nicely restored 1972 MGB GT. Fcuking loved that car.

MrP

Squirrel

A '97 Micra, in two months.

Borzoi

A six year old Toyota Carina E, with about 90K on the clock. Terrific car, the only time it let me down was when the original battery died at around 105K. Nearly wrote it off the first time I drove it!

ando

my first motor was a focus. Slow as a snail but, ah I miss her:

Big Nelly

First car was 1.6 Nissan Primara

First insured on a 3L Turbo Diesel Izuzu Tropper

pontovic

The first car I drove was a hand me down 1995 ford fiesta from my brother. I shared it with my younger brother for 6 months, but then I started having to commute to work, so I got myself a 1997 polo 4 door. I sold that a month ago and now I have a 1999 vw Bora 1.6 comfortline, so thats 3 cars I've had in one year I do drive alot though.

fletch

'98 Ford Escort...had for over a yr & a half, just passed the 100,000mile mark and never had one single problem with it yet...happy days

drdre

i had a vw polo and now am 21 and got a 05 golf

fletch

drdre wrote:

i had a vw polo and now am 21 and got a 05 golf

You lucky b**tard....21 and drivin an '05 Golf!

Kinetic^

Rover 25 1.4

Got rid of it 20 months after getting it. Disaster of a car, never ever again. Hopefully picking up a 98 Lancer in August.

Until then I'm on my Moped.

prospect

First car I drove - Citroen BX
First Car I owned - Peugeot 306

Raytown Rocks

1988 Suzuki Swift...Ahhhh the memories

PaddyFagan

I had a 98 clio (Mark II), bought her at three months old - ex demo.

I kept her for five years, only one problem - cracked fuel line, not a big deal expect for the muppets in the garage who didn't put it back together right! (Ended up in the fast lane of the M50, going 70 mph when the engine cutout!)

Picking up my fourth car today, 1.6 FSI Golf Plus - spot the guy with the young kid!

Paddy

bazz26

The first car I learned to drive in was my dad's 1988 Nissan Bluebird 1.8. It was dog slow, had the aerodynamics and style of a stone but it was the bee's knees to me at the time.

My first car that I owned was a 1991 Nissan Sunny 1.4 with 90k on the clock. Grand little car. The car cost me £3,500 and the insurance was £2,000 TPFT :eek: .

I had the Sunny for 12 months, the only issues I had with it were that both front wheels needed new bareings and there was a problem with the heater. It would only blow cold air which was a slight problem in the cold winter mornings. The problem was with the leaver that switched the fan from cold to hot air. I carried a pair of pliers in the glove box to force the leaver from cold to hot in the winter.

Gary ITR

Company Van for me.... Had ten lessons, passed my test first time and was handed the keys to a VW Caddy 1.9 TDI

tapest

God, Ye must all be kids here...and I "hate ye to pieces"(you won't remember"Sylvester the cat" either), for making me feel old.

Hillman Avenger, with a wooden central console. By which I mean the console was not wood effect, but actually made by a carpenter...lol

Guess the age, anyone???..without looking it up
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Kinetic^

tapest wrote:

God, Ye must all be kids here...and I "hate ye to pieces"(you won't remember"Sylvester the cat" either), for making me feel old.

Hillman Avenger, with a wooden central console. By which I mean the console was not wood effect, but actually made by a carpenter...lol

Guess the age, anyone???..without looking it up
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I'm going to guess Nineteen Dickity two!!!

Henry Ford III

Ford Escort MkI 1300xl automatic It was slow and thirsty.

I then bought and restored a Renualt 4 van. Excellent yoke.

Fiat Uno 1.1. Grand wee car.

1987 - 1999 Co. cars. Mainly boring. I had an early Opel Tigra, which was "different".

1999 - date. Fords. All new. 1 Mondeo, and 6 or 7 Focuses. Employees scheme jobs Excellent motors all of them.

blastman

tapest wrote:

God, Ye must all be kids here...and I "hate ye to pieces"(you won't remember"Sylvester the cat" either), for making me feel old.

Hillman Avenger, with a wooden central console. By which I mean the console was not wood effect, but actually made by a carpenter...lol

Guess the age, anyone???..without looking it up
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We had two new Hillman Avengers when I was a kid, so I'm going to guess at around 1972 or thereabouts. By the way, it was Jinksy in Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks that used to say "I hate all meeces to pieces!"

The first car I owned was a Citroen AX GT. Bought it from a mate, it was his first car as well. He'd christened it Hector and the name stuck, although none of my cars since have had names that stuck. We were together about two years when the head gasket went and I thought it was time to turn Japanese.

BnA

First Car I owned : 1992 1.4 Ford Escort. Bought in 1999. Had it for about 2 years. It was an ok enough car. Solid, comfortable and fairly reliable.

First car I was insured on : My parents 1987 Toyota Carina. They bought it in 1992. Was an ex-squad car. I always liked that car.

What I learned to drive on : A 20 year old 1965 Fordson Super Dexta (That's a tractor for all ye Palers...) when I was 8 years old.

PowerHouseDan

My first car i bought is a Bmw and still have it... tis me baby...

Seanie M

A 1997 Citroen ZX Elyssee 1.4i. Brilliant car.

PaulieC

1986 Nissan Laurel, with 180k miles on the clock, bought off a taxi driver on the way home from a drunken day out. Cost 400 punts and I spent about 1k on it afterwards.
My favourite feature on it was the way I had to lock the steering to the right under braking to counter the pull to the left in order to keep it in a straight line. Kept it for about 6 months and then someone bought it off me for parts.

It even had a theme song, which was losely based on 'How Bizarre' by OMC

fjon

Seat Ibiza. Great little car, never gave me any trouble except for that time the clutch cable snapped

Kermitt

BnA wrote:

What I learned to drive on : A 20 year old 1965 Fordson Super Dexta (That's a tractor for all ye Palers...) when I was 8 years old.

SNAP!! Learned to drive on a 62 dexta in the bog with my uncle back the way. She had tyres from a round baler on the front!! I believe it was nicknamed daisy!!!

My first car was a 94 clio.. it fell to bits after 6 months fan belt, back shocks clutch which was always dodgy. was a bad buy.. Then bought a 98 VW polo.. a fantastic car and i was sorry to see it go... Now I gots a 02 Golf Comfortline.

richardson2525

First Car 1995 Honda Civic 1.5l saloon -great car drove for 6 months and sold with 1000 euro profit!
Only been driving for 2 years so heres what i've had in those two years!
Then got a Mercedes Benz 190E 2.0l for a couple of months before I gave it to a friend cause it was too much of a gas guzzler.
Then got a 1992 Nissan Sunny carvan cause it was so cheap to tax and insure (still have it as a backup car!)
Then got a 1991 Toyota Carina II 2.0l which I got cause wanted something with back seats again, drove it for about 3 months before selling it cause I found the car I always wanted as a kid.
It was a 1990 Nissan Bluebird ZX Turbo Executive which was my dream car before it was stolen after only one month of ownership.
Currently drive a 1995 Mazda 626 Estate 1.8l, which is fine although i'm thinking of going back to the sunny van cause it is such a great little car!

SouperComputer

When I was 14 I bought a 1978 Audi 80 off a Gard!

Great car, the dampers were non-existant so we'd be big-pimpin down the road! Used it to "misappropiate" sand for a soundproof room we were building, ah those were the days.

[true story] About a week before I sold it on, I stopped to get petrol and the lock in the cap broke. I had to borrow a crowbar from the guy behind the counter (dont ask!)to pull it off. Picture the scene: 14year old with crowbar in Finglas ripping the crap out of a "banger"

So, the gards pull into the petrol station while im doing this. Naturally I though I was fecked. They saw me, and the situation looked unfavourable for me to say the least.

Not quite, a bangarda litterally went into the shop, bought a bottle of instant coffee and the squad card drove off! [/true story]

My first legal car was a 93 Nissan Sunny.

dogg_r_69

Fisrt car on the road was a Opel Astra First car I bought was a 1983 Ford Escort for messing with

mike65

My first car to drive regularly was ahem...a Fiat 127 in spectacular orange. The first car I actually bought was a Citroen BX RD17.

Mike.

ciarsd

First car was a brand new Citroen Saxo.

Learned to drive in a whole host of cars, on and off the road but had my first insurance on my mothers old car - a Nissan Micra.

Now onto my 4th car - well I will be tomorrow all going to plan

Alun

Showing my age here ... first car I drove, and learnt to drive in was a 1964 Ford Anglia. First car I owned was a 1962 Mk I Ford Cortina. It cost me £125 to buy, and £100 to insure TPFT in 1977

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Haven't bought my first car yet, but am on the lookout for one at the moment seeing as the car loan came through!

It's either going to be a 1.4 civic, or a 1.4 or 1.6 mark iv golf

Max_Damage

1990 Micra, and I still have it.

scuba steve

Fiat Punto Sporting, only after getting it

byte

First car was a 1995 Opel 1.2L Corsa. It still is my car, 3 years later though it's due to be side-shifted in favour of something newer.

In fairness to it, it never let me down, and with a 6 speaker system, the sound wasn't bad either (though I did replace the rear speakers with something more ample)!

Just hope whatever car I buy next will be as bother-free as Kimi the Corsa!

rsta

byte wrote:

Kimi the Corsa!

cool name!

Well i probably should have put more cars on the poll options, loads of you have selected 'other'

and no one has had a starlet as their first car... i thought that wud have been one of the popular ones. i took my first lesson in a toyota starlet, it was the instructers car, it was a nice little car to drive, i dont think they make them anymore though?

Glad to read all your posts, lovin our cars !

rsta

Ooops! i see some did pick the starlet on the poll....

Anan1

A 1969 Lancia Fulvia Sport

tapest

Alun ..... a 1964 Ford Anglia.

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I hit one of them in the ar*e with a Honda 50cc in the middle of O'Connell street once..and once was enough..didn't even scratch the chrome bumper...I was carted off in ambulance.

Keyser Soze 5........Nineteen Dickity two

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Saying nought... Soze 5 sounds like he's 5 lol

blastman..........We had two new Hillman Avengers when I was a kid, so I'm going to guess at around 1972 or thereabouts. By the way, it was Jinksy in Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks that used to say "I hate all meeces to pieces!"

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Is he old enough to remember the exact cartoon quote and character names or is he a history student?? But there was no need to rub salt into the wounds"when I was a kid"..bl**dy cheek

Answer: 1973 reg was 7**7 ZH
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pontovic

My very first car was a stone runner. It went quite fast provided your feet could keep up. I think Fred Flintstone had one too

Interceptor

Ex-ESB Renault 4 van with kool kustom spray job and spotlights on the roof and carpet in the back for smoooching with gurls. Not that any ever got into it - they had more sense back then...

'cptr