What was the first car you owned?

[Gothic Sponge]

My first car was a used 1979 Chevy Monza. The car was junk! No power brakes, No power steering, just no power! However, i fondly remember the days of driving up to "Inspiration Point." ;)

[Skittles]

1. '73 Dodge Charger

YES INDEED!

[tech3149]

21. 1963 Impala

If I knew how easy engine work was, I'd still have it.

[Shoeempress]

31. Nice. Did it have a Hemi?

[Skittles]

35. I was a young girl

like I gave a shit

[Shoeempress]

41. That is what makes them such desirable cars, i.e. go really fast.

[WoodrowFan]

2. 1976 red Chevy Camero with a 350

gawd, I still miss that car!!!!!!!!!! (don't miss the lousy mpg tho)

[JohnKleeb]

3. I don't know yet

[billybob537]

4. 67 dodge satelite convertable

[Sabriel]

5. '81 Aries K, light green

Good riddance. At various times, all of the door handles broke off, even though it wasn't very old. At one point, I could only get in through the rear passenger door.

[Swede]

6. 1966 Chevy Impala.

4 door,white, red interior. Ahh the memories.

[miss_kitty]

7. Many Hillman Minxes

I think 7 to make 4. A 1964, 2 61s, a 57 Estate wagon, 2 57 Sedans and a 58 Sedan

[TheMightyFavog]

8. 1988 Ford Taurus...

Man, that car had great acceleration. However, the electrical system had more shorts than a Fruit of the Loom factory outlet store.

[tridim]

9. A 1978 Fiat X1/9

Don't laugh, it was a great first car. I loved it. 15 years later I still own a Fiat Spider.

[DenverDem]

10. 68 VW bus

The quintessential hippy van, bought in 77.

[bahrbearian]

11. 1953 VW Bug, named Butch...

[unblock]

12. 1985 nissan sentra, NEW for $6700 including a/c & tt&l

basic, but a fun car to drive.
lasted 10 years, even raced it once (autocross).

you can't get CRAP these days for that kind of money....

[fugue]

13. Never have owned one, never will

But a friend owned a car--a huge ancient Ford sedan of some description--in high school that she and I and a third friend road around together in. It was so old that its yellow had faded to a weird fluorescent color.

We called it "The Tank." We were furious when we returned from our first semester of college to discover that her sister had destroyed it. (She failed to get the brake shoes replaced when they started squealing. My friend was going to drive them somewhere in the car, and when she applied the brakes at the end of the driveway and got a grinding noise, she looked at her sister in horror, and she said, "Oh, no, that's OK. The brakes always make that sound.")

[Awsi Dooger]

14. 1980 Datsun B-210

A reliable white 4-door that served me well for a decade+, countless treks on I-10 from Miami to Los Angeles and back in college and early post-collegiate. In 160,000+ miles I remember one replaced radiator, same with the alternator, and a couple of new rotors.

That performance married me to Nissan/Infiniti cars, including my current '95 G20.

[RetroLounge]

15. My first car was a truck

When I was 17 my Dad gave me his 1960 Ford F-100 pickup. Manual Steering. Ford 292 V-8, 3 speed on the column. I did some body work on it, then Gray Primered it. Put in a new transmission, chrome bumpers, 1967 Grand Prix bench seat, roll & tuck black velour door panels and ceiling, new carpeting and a stereo.

Drove it for two years then sold it and bought a guitar and my first car:

A 1965 Impala Super Sport. Restored this one completely, drove it for 5 years before it got totalled by a drunk teen-ager in a stolen car.

RL

[sundog]

16. 1978 Plymouth Horizon

It was pretty bad.
Not exactly glamourous, but so be it.

[woofless]

17. 1956 Ford sedan.

4 door, 3 speed. 223 C.I. 6 cyl. Paid $125.00 for it in 1968. Wish I still had it.

[benito]

18. 1984 Kawasaki 454 LTD

Paid 50 bucks for that rat bike in 1988 and when it broke down on me, I left it on the curb.
My first car was a 1990 Geo Metro!

[Tom_Foolery]

19. 1969 Chevy Nova. n/t

[supernova]

20. 1984 Oldsmobile Omega

it was slate blue w/ blue interior. Quite nice for a recent college grad. :-)

[catmandu57]

22. 1947 plymouth

with suicide doors, that never ran, it just sat in the driveway looking cool, I traded a stero for it.
Later I got a 1968 Chrysler 300 that I drove into the ground.

[johnnie]

23. 1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham

My big black Cadillac. It was laid out though.

[alittlelark]

24. '71 VW Bug - orange

I did all the maintenance on it myself....I loved that car.

[2Design]

25. 57 chevy

[tinnyguy1777]

26. '56 Chevy Bel-Aire, White over Green---"Classy"

[flvegan]

27. 1985 Ford Mustang...totalled it 2 days after getting my DL

[NV Whino]

28. 1957 Ford Coup

In the classic puke mauve and white color combination.

[HEyHEY]

29. 1985 jeep cherokee

It was great, I bought it just after the guy had put a new engine in it, the body was solid and the four by four was working great... loved that truck

[Carson]

30. 1984 Thunderbird

I turned 16 in '90 and my Dad bought me the T'bird. It was huge by today's standards. The front end looked a mile long--although, that hood probably saved my life when I wrecked it in 1992.

[HEyHEY]

32. my dad had one of those

[kestrel91316]

33. 73 Ford Pinto wagon..............

third-hand, no less. It lasted 5 years, then blew a gasket or some such, and the engine needed replacing according to my mechanic. I said "Oh no it doesn't, it needs to be traded in". It was a great little car while it ran. Could drive circles around the big boys on 4WD roads and in deep snowdrifts it just floated up over the snow and never got bogged down!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

34. A 1972 Gremlin

Held up pretty well for a cheap car. Originally a pale yellow but after getting in a wreck I had it repainted to "Corvett Yellow." Looked pretty good. Second car was a '79 light green Chevy Monza. What a piece of junk!! Had a pretty powerful engine but everything else was always going kaput. I did drive it from Tampa to Colorado Springs and back in '8l. Ran good except the AC went out in Dallas on the return trip - in July.

[Zorro]

36. 71 Gremlin here

Purple, bought it from my brother for $500 in 74.

Too bad it has such a bad (and undeserved) rep these days, because mine was reliable, comfortable, could haul a lot of crap for a little hatchback, and was fun to drive. Its appearance actually closely resembled the 80s Honda Civics, but for some reason it was always dismissed as being unattractive.

I took it cross-country from San Diego to Florida in 75, and because it was rather low-slung and heavy, I managed to cruise through the dust storms in the desert without any fear of getting blown off the side of the road. Ended up selling it for $750, so I'm left with fond memories of it.

[vetwife]

37. 1963 Corvair and I liked it very much Thank you Mr. Nader

[tonekat]

38. 1962 Chevy Impala Convertible

Two doors, power windows....and manual steering. I think it's still running somewhere in the mid-hudson valley.

[doc03]

39. 1961 Chevy Corvair

Piece of crap but fun to drive and good in the snow.

[shanti]

40. '56 chevy belair

big ol black and white tank!