First car you drove?

Fishtits

I'm guessing most posters would respond with something that is considered a classic.

Mine was a '67 Viva HB, a "DL90" (Stromberg carbed) version on the Bull Wall, apparently I had it in top gear before 25 mph and then managed to get all 1159cc of it bogged in the sand

Happy Days.

hiluxman

a silver renault 11 when i was 11

101sean

Learnt in a HB Viva around 1976, first proper drive was on own was my father's succession of company cars, P reg Hillman Avenger estate, Mk IV Cortina DKP633T and early Cavalier RDP351Y. First real regular everyday drive in 1980 was the local council's Bedford HA van (VKL386S, I'm really sad at remembering numbers!), pranged that several times:rolleyes: Bought first Land Rover not long after.

dutchcat

1955 MG MAGNETTE

Cocoon

This is the first car I drove......



Good ould days

unkel

'78 Ascona 1.9N 75BHP. My father bought it brand new and I guess I drove it in the early 80s

T83

Does it count if I didnt start the engine, but took the handbrake off and left it roll down the drive into the front of the house?? If so then the first car I drove was my Dad's Sapphire Cossie.

If that doesnt count then this post is about to get real boring... my Grandfathers Skoda Felicia with no power steering when I was 15

macplaxton

If it's playing around in the drive, then it's either an Austin 1300 estate or a Volvo 240 estate. If it's out on the road, then it's an Austin 81100*.









*and I'm not anywhere near as old as that statement would suggest.

stoneill

Fiat Uno - then progressed to a Daihatsu Charade 3 cylinder 0.998l.

JoeySully

first car I drove was a 1972 merk 220 I think.

like this one


It was LHD and I remember the HUGE steering wheel which was hard to see over even with a 2 cushions under me. Was a diesel too so very hard to stall. The pull button handbrake made hill take offs easy peasy and the Power steering was a must for a 10 year old
Defo one of the best cars to learn in.
Drove it around in circles for about half an hour then out on the road but managed to place it nicely on a bank when turning into the driveway. Whaaat ! I only knew how to turn one way

Sids Not

Seriously.........this was it

corktina

Triumph 1500

Dades

The old fella's Audi 100:



Reg was 405 DLI !

spooky donkey

my first car was an 88 Nissan Sunny and it was only 6 months old and my dad let me drive it cause it was only a rental and he did not give a sh1t about it. Then he let me drive his 78 K30 Corolla.
Funny my first car to be a sunny and now I drive an Almera for an every day car.

1948Wolseley

First car I drove on the grandparents' driveway was an '81 (I think; Carchaeologist, what year was KZG 432?) Opel Ascona 1.8 SR/E, first car I drove on the road was the driving instructors Mark 1 Focus.

mustang68

0.9 L 1988 Black Fiat Uno, it got killed horribly in a crash on the n11

bijapos

First I drove was a Carina A40, first on a road a Fiat Regatta or a Fiesta Mk 2.

Although a Massey Ferguson 35 was considered to be a proper car in Roscommon in the early 80's, did your shopping, went to Mass, school run etc was all done in an MF. So it should by rights be the 35 !:pac:

Anan1

My first time behind the wheel was in a Citroen 2CV van on the Curragh, my first time on the road was a 1978 Carina.

vincenzolorenzo

Renault R4L back when i was 12/13. Deadly little car!

carchaeologist

1948Wolseley wrote: »

what year was KZG 432?) .

Nov or dec '83
Mine first ever driven was a 1981 VW Jetta MK1 Diesel,first road car was a 1986 Opel Corsa.

Bitten & Hisses

1977 Toyota KE20. First car I drove on the road was a 1983 Sierra. First car I drove legally on the road was a 1994 Seat Ibiza.

colm_mcm

1982 Corolla DX diesel,

Saab Ed

Oh the shame ....Datsun 140Y ( Circa 1979 )



Well first car anyway. First vehicle aged 7 was one of these.....



Massey 135

Hermy

First car I ever drove was my Dads Opel Ascona C five door hatchback but I regularly drove his Hino HE 336 before I ever drove a car.
Twas very similar to this one...

kasper

mine was a simca 1301s 1976

patwicklow

my 1st car was a lancia trevi back in 1982 and it had eletric windows and at the time it was like wow yeah it was a real posh car at the time with all the gizzmos
they were very advanced only problem was they were prone to rust thats why there aint many about.

Merrion

1971 Series 2a Landrover 109 was my first owned car.
My driving instructor had a Metro.
The difference was....significant :-)

bmw535d

a red 1989 honda civic saloon 1.3 carb, that manual choke was so handy i never stalled because it was idiling at about 2000 rpm lol

i was 7. 3 cushions under my ass lol

gyppo

1968 Mk2 Cortina with a huge 1.3l engine!

TRNIALL

1966 Spitfire Mk 2 ,the ould fella was not impressed.Drove it around the forecourt in the Spawell Garage :eek: he went ballistic

DaveCol

My Dad's 1972 Rover 2000TC in about 1986

evolutionqy7

lol im still young my classic is a 96 Fiat Punto (learned to drive on)

94 Civic first car driven on the road

I Was VB

Volvo 740 GLE 2.3 Manual, loved the car and still do to this day. Can still remember the reg of it 89-D-18535, nice to have somthing like this when everybody on our road drove Opel Astra's and Ford Mondeo's.

Max_Damage

My parent's '93 Ford Sierra diesel:



Lovely car it was, pity it went to the great M50 in the sky in 2004.

Randyleprechaun

My dads 1980 Fiat 127. 650 IIM. Anyone know if theres any left anywhere

deckie27

first car was



also first vehicle

used to drive it alot, I remember tearing down the road flat out (about 25mph) when I was about 10

Lando Griffin

Opel Ascona 1.6.
Popped it into 1st boot to the floor and straight into wall.

cian1500ww

'86 Ford Fieta, had no brakes and only ever ran on 3 cylinders. Could drive it no bother which meant any decent car I sat into after that was a piece of cake to drive

no1beemerfan

Mine was a Citroen BX belonging to a farmer I worked for when I was 16. (In a field!) The 1st one on the road was a Citroen ZX belonging to the mother! Actually see the ZX now and again in Kildare so I must not have been too hard on it!

A bit off topic but I still have the 1st car I bought myself. (10 years ago now!). I passed my test in it and got my 1 and only speeding fine in it (before points came out) and also got my 1 and only lot of points in it too!!

Drummerboy08

The first car i drove (not very legal) was the oul fella's 72 Rover P6 2000TC. The lack of power steering and decent brakes didnt do too much to instill confidence in me!

Legally the first car I drove was a 98 Ibiza...

Run_to_da_hills

1969 VW Squareback Variant, old mans driving in camp site.

Legally 1975 Renault 5TL in 1986.

MorrisCooper

A red Citroen Dyane, all 602cc. I remember being driven very slowly through Phoenix Park till we realised that one of the two plug leads was loose so we had been driving on 301CC!!!

I passed my test in that car.

rugbyman

anglia estate,light green, CIY 588
rugbyman

peasant

This:


Kept pestering my father for (illegal) driving lessons.
One day we drove on a small, quiet backwater country road. He stopped on a steep hill, handed me the key and said ...now you drive :rolleyes:

(I did manage after a few mishaps ...but ever since then the weird location of the handbrake lever in the GS, on the dashboard!, is etched in my memory)

tomcat220t

The first car i drove was a fiat uno ,never forget it must have being the smallest car i ever drove,but back then the full 998cc felt such an engine many good nights , tought it was the dogs back then

thegen

Firstcar was an Austin 1100 in 1977. Old man let me drive the whole family from Dublin to Limerick. I was 12!!!!!!!!!

Teddy Daniels

i have acess to one 1 owner 50k if any one is interested
lovley car

kasper

50 grand for a micra ?

Tigger

i8'd assume he ment it hgad covered 50 thousand miles

Max_Damage

Already have 2 Micra K10's!

johnayo

1968 fiat 850. complete rotbox.