How long did you keep your first car for?

Gone Drinking

I've had mine for three years, id say i'll keep it for another year anyway. But im interested to hear about how long others kept theirs before upgrading.

maidhc

7 years!

Swore i wouldn't keep this one as long but have it 4 years now and not a hope of changing it for a while.

First car = 1 year
second car = 1 year
Current car = 2 years so far

inforfun

10 months.
Hit a piece of concrete on the road that shouldnt have been there, lost control and folded the car nicely around a lamppost.
Just glad the car was big so i got out without a scratch. Car was totalled though.

Somehow i have always been under the impression that most people wreck their first car....

qz

Had the Golf 2 days shy of ten months, got the Alfa in May of this year and I test drove a nice 320i BMW today, and if insurance goes to plan, I'll get it .

I have a problem

.Longshanks.

A 1.3 1994 three door honda civic. Kept it 2.5 years (the longest i've had any car). Done a deal in a part exchange when when trading (privately) to another '03 civic at the time cos the seller wanted a little run-around for the wife. The '94 model i traded died about two weeks later

robtri

Still have my first car, never got rid of it....
1998 Opel Corsa B..... and I still love it.. won't get rid of it till it completely dies... never had the heart to get rid of it..
currently transit connect just over a year and gallant just over a year now..
time to get rid of gallant...

furtzy

8 months and sold it for a profit. 14 years and 7 cars later and I've never made a profit since!

topper75

6 years this 4th of July and the damn thing is unbreakable. Toyata Starlet. A real tough girl.

Not a cool car but gets me from A to B. I'm not materialistic and am happy to be debt free.

The only catch is space so an upgrade may be on the cards eventually. This is prob the best market to be looking.

RentDayBlues

1 month short of 3 years

Gumbo

Mar 2002-Jan 2004 : 1998 Civic (My first car that was my own - bought it from my mam who bought it new in 98)
Jan 2004 - July 2004 : 2002 Civic
July 2004 - July 2006 : 1997 Integra Type R
July 2006 - Aug 2007 : 1998 Lancer Evo 5
2 days in Aug 2007 : 2001 Mk4 GTi
Aug 2007 - Feb 2008 : 2002 BMW X5 4.4
Mar 2008 - April 2009 : 2005 Avensis D4D
May 2009 - Present : 2005 320d

Eoin

6 months only, but I was gutted to have to change it. It was an '89 mini city in a lovely shade of blue with the white stripes and roof and all that, but it was an absolute money pit and completely unreliable.

qz

Nice history kceire!

Wazdakka

About 18 months.
I loved that mondeo.
Then some git decided to rear end me with his white van at about 75Kph

Lord Derpington

Started off with a 1.2 1998 Fiat Punto Sx had it for about 14months.

Changed to my current car a 2002 1.4 Golf mk4 back in Feb

kceire wrote: »

Mar 2002-Jan 2004 : 1998 Civic (My first car that was my own - bought it from my mam who bought it new in 98)
Jan 2004 - July 2004 : 2002 Civic
July 2004 - July 2006 : 1997 Integra Type R
July 2006 - Aug 2007 : 1998 Lancer Evo 5
2 days in Aug 2007 : 2001 Mk5 GTi
Aug 2007 - Feb 2008 : 2002 BMW X5 4.4
Mar 2008 - April 2009 : 2005 Avensis D4D
May 2009 - Present : 2005 320d

Why the short time with the GTI , if you dont me asking?
Also you mean Mk4 surely if it was a golf.

legend365

Still have my frist car.

2 years and 9 months.

Gumbo

qz wrote: »

Nice history kceire!

it kinda peaked between 2004 and 2007
although i quite like the 320d performance, especially with the remap!

greenfly wrote: »

Started off with a 1.2 1998 Fiat Punto Sx had it for about 14months.

Changed to my current car a 2002 1.4 Golf mk4 back in Feb



Why the short time with the GTI , if you dont me asking?
Also you mean Mk4 surely if it was a golf.

yeah sorry, meant Mk4, post edited.

the only reason i had it for 2 days was because i took it as a trade in off the Evo 5. by taking the golf it meant the money i got for the evo was exactly what i paid for it, hence losing no money! it was mint with history loads of factory Ralliart extrat with 20k on the clock, sold it for 19k. i was looking at an X5 and got a great trade in off it and meant i actually gained on ti and said feck it, jusy go for it.

other than that there was nothing wrong with it, comfy, relatively quick although the standard 150bhp is very very underpowered imo.

Lord Derpington

kceire wrote: »

the only reason i had it for 2 days was because i took it as a trade in off the Evo 5. by taking the golf it meant the money i got for the evo was exactly what i paid for it, hence losing no money! it was mint with history loads of factory Ralliart extrat with 20k on the clock, sold it for 19k. i was looking at an X5 and got a great trade in off it and meant i actually gained on ti and said feck it, jusy go for it.

other than that there was nothing wrong with it, comfy, relatively quick although the standard 150bhp is very very underpowered imo.

Ah makes sence, nice car history. Good taste

martydunf

Still driving me first car, Mk 4 Golf TDi, and will have it 2 years in August. I'll be hanging on to it for another few years if my plans for a motorbike work out!:D

mthd

First car: sold it after about 9 months
second car met a tree about a year later

Gumbo

martydunf wrote: »

Still driving me first car, Mk 4 Golf TDi, and will have it 2 years in August. I'll be hanging on to it for another few years if my plans for a motorbike work out!:D

sounds good, theres 2 bikes on my wish list at the moment and if i find a small bag of money with enough for either of these i will buy one :

2005 KTM SMC 660 Supermoto

OR

2005 Kawasaki ZX6R

martydunf

kceire wrote: »

sounds good, theres 2 bikes on my wish list at the moment and if i find a small bag of money with enough for either of these i will buy one :

2005 KTM SMC 660 Supermoto

OR

2005 Kawasaki ZX6R

Nice! That Kawasaki looks savage! I'm thinking along similar lines as in a CBR600;)

polyfusion

About 8 hours.

Paid my Dad for it at 10pm one night, and wrote it off about 6am the next morning, after hitting black ice.

I'd been driving it for about 2 months before I paid him though, but that doesn't really count if we're talking ownership.

Spipov

1st car = 11 months 20 days
2nd car = 11 months 29 days
3rd car = 1 month old in 5 days

itsallaboutheL

92 opel ashtray... had it three months before it took exception to a wall

darcy.jonny

first car ford escourt 1.9 td 1997 had for about 8 months in 2002

fiat stilo brand new 2002 1.2 had this a few months and oppps baby alert

sizuki cultus gti 1991 1.6 ( engine from crashed civic fitted ) didnt pass nct for ovious reasons

renault 19 van 1.9 diesel 1990 ( blew the cam shaft after a few weeks )

ford courrier 2002 1.9 td (work job had for a while lost job)

toyota corolla 1990 1.3 ( gave it up hated it )

ford escort 1994 2.0 ( great car until it was robbed and never seen again)

mitsubishi l200 2.4 td 2003 ( great 4x4 but runging costs made me give it up)

peugeot partner 1.9 td 1997 ( just drove this until i founf something else cost me 100 euro lol)

fiat doblo 2006 1.3 multi jet dieseal ( got fed up this year didnt need a van no more and wanted something with more power and reliability )

two weeks ago 2003 hyundai s coupe 2.0 .................. watch this space for a new car very soon .

Berty

1997 Seat Ibiza back in 2002. Met Red, 15" Alloys, Big Exhaust, Tinted Windows(ripped off 3 days later, couldnt see a thing), Elec Sunroof.

It was a great first car except for the 998cc engine.

Had it just over a year. On the way to guys house to deliver car the gearbox started to make funny noises, the window window would come off in my hand, the elec sunroof would not move back(only up) and when I arrived the alarm would not arm. I made a chirp sound and took the cash.

Oh how things have changed over the years.

smcgiff

6 months - Rover 414i. While I only had the car a short while I did a lot of novelty miles with it and have fond memories.

Volvoboy

1St car was a '99 Almera

Then there was;

1990 Carina II
1997 Primera
1990 Carina II
1991 Carina II
1994 Carina E
1997 Carina E
1994 Pug 106
1995 Carina E
1991 Boxy Civic
1989 Carina II
1992 Carina E
2000 Primera
1994 Corona
1996 Carina E

Currently Driving a 1996 Carina

I've been Driving 3 years

L1011

8 months, I think?

bazz26

Kept my first car for 10 months, a 01 Nissan Sunny, bought it for £3,400 and sold it for £2,800.

Nforce

Still have my first car..a 1978 Mini with a 1275cc engine :cool:.Have it since I passed my test 21 years ago! Unfortunately it's beyond repair now due to terminal tin rot.
In the 21 years since then I've had...
1972 Vw Beetle 1200
1977 VW Beetle Cal Look 1641cc
1987 Renault 11 diesel
1980 VW Golf GTi 1.6
1984 VW Golf GTi 8v
1988 VW Golf GTi Cabrio
1996 VW Polo 6n
1997 VW Polo 6n
1996 VW Golf GTi 16V (with every extra in the book)
1997 VW Vento
2000 VW Bora TDi 110bhp
2001 VW Golf MKIV GTi 150bhp
2001 Audi A4 TDi 130bhp (mapped to 160bhp)
2001 BMW E46 320D SE

and several (at least 6 or 7)company vehicles too.

bijapos

First car was a Merc 300TD estate, 1980, 'milan brown' got it in Germany in 1991 for about €800, had it resprayed 'signal red', sold it to a friends mother in France 6 months later on the condition that when she sells it I get first refusal. She still has it.:). Could sleep in the back of it with my then girlfriend, openend up a whole continent to us. Great memories.

vectra

Got my first car on November 19th 1983
Wrapped it around a telegraph pole with the help of our good friend Arthur on December 17th.

Ford Granada Ghia

Oh
The walking for another 12 months, £360 fine .2 Endorsments on licence.. and paying for the car for another 2 years taught me a lesson

Novella

'07 Mitsubishi Colt. Got it on the third of January 2007 and still have it now, my Anabelle

smcgiff

Volvoboy wrote: »

1St car was a '99 Almera

Then there was;

1990 Carina II
1997 Primera
1990 Carina II
1991 Carina II
1994 Carina E
1997 Carina E
1994 Pug 106
1995 Carina E
1991 Boxy Civic
1989 Carina II
1992 Carina E
2000 Primera
1994 Corona
1996 Carina E

Currently Driving a 1996 Carina

I've been Driving 3 years

And you're called Volvoboy because?!?

Sleepy

1997 Civic, bought from adverts in March of 2006 with 73,000 miles on the clock. Just in the process of replacing it at the moment after it was written off for me last week. Had added 72,000 miles to the clock and she was still running great. Poor Gertie.

draward

A red VW polo new in 96 sold it in 08 sorry to see it go pased all nct with flying colours still going like a clock have a VW caddy now it wont last as long

darcy.jonny

Volvoboy wrote: »

1St car was a '99 Almera

Then there was;

1990 Carina II
1997 Primera
1990 Carina II
1991 Carina II
1994 Carina E
1997 Carina E
1994 Pug 106
1995 Carina E
1991 Boxy Civic
1989 Carina II
1992 Carina E
2000 Primera
1994 Corona
1996 Carina E

Currently Driving a 1996 Carina

I've been Driving 3 years

man u love the carina i take it .......... taxi man ?? or one in the making lol