Friday Fun Thread:First Car

[WhiteTiger]

'95 Mercury Sable that was a hand-me-down from my mother.

Incredibly reliable, took me a great many places until I tapped a tree dead center of the front bumper at just over engine idle speed, and had "irreparable" frame damage.

[Sample00]

My first vehicle. Learned to drive a stick with it. My old man bought it for me for just that reason. I spray bombed it gold and put black lightning strikes on it from one end to the other. Wish I still had a picture of it.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Sample00

My first vehicle. Learned to drive a stick with it. My old man bought it for me for just that reason. I spray bombed it gold and put black lightning strikes on it from one end to the other. Wish I still had a picture of it.

What the hell is that?

[Sample00]

Originally Posted by Locke

What the hell is that?

1962 Volkswagen Single Cab truck.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Sample00

1962 Volkswagen Single Cab truck.

Its glorious. I cant stop looking at it. I have to have one.

[ricosuave]

I owned a 1969 single cab in that exact colour!

I also had an 89 CRX in Jamaica yellow

[bossy22]

OMG that is cool. I would love to have that now.

[transplant99]

'67 Chevy Biscayne...283, 3 in the tree. There was so much room under the hood i could sit inside the well while i worked on something.

the linkage would get all screwed up every few days, so i would need to pull over and move it back to where it belonged...over and over again.

Car was solid steel and weighed over 3500 lbs. It was awesome.

[Minnie]

This beaut right here. Dad bought it for $200, put a little elbow grease into it and it ran forever. Not sure whatever happened to it. (not my actual car, couldn't find a picture, but it looked exactly like this)



Bought this right before we got married. My husband already had a truck, and we just needed something for me to get around in. Then it became our main driver for a bit after his sister wrecked his truck. Oddly enough, you can get a car seat in the back of that thing. This isn't the exact car either, because I have no idea where the pictures are, but it was this year and color scheme. Had to learn how to drive a standard for this car.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Wow, the AMC Pacer really was the original cross over. And to think we mocked it so much....

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Minnie

This beaut right here. Dad bought it for $200, put a little elbow grease into it and it ran forever. Not sure whatever happened to it. (not my actual car, couldn't find a picture, but it looked exactly like this)

Just imagine what pylon could have done with that car

[GreatWhiteEbola]

Bought it when I was 17, second owner, I still have it. It's for sale if anyone is interested...

[redforever]

1970 Dodge Challenger, Plum Purple, bought it brand new for $3000.00

Only car we had at the time so went camping with it, the whole 9 yards, and the trunk roads were all gravel then.

Great mileage from that car too...about 30 mpg on the highway.

Black bucket seats, vinyl though...no air conditioning...very hot to say the least in the summer. And the back seat was only big enough to hold our Black Lab.

But it purred...was a beauty. When we had our first child, my husband decided that the Challenger was not an appropriate family vehicle so he sold it for a truly awful putt putt blue Volvo...no power steering or brakes...hated it and could not wait to get rid of it.

[ericschand]

Originally Posted by csnarpy

I had other cars before this but this was my first Brand New car. I bought this little guy from an America base when I was posted in Germany. Great car, topped it on the Autobahn at 243. Brought it back to Canada after my base closed and had it for 4 years before getting a jeep.

Just a great little car.

Which year is that? My fourth car was a 1987 Honda CRX Si. Got it up to 200km/h before my young self figured that was fast enough. Quick and snappy car, great handling.

Crazy great mileage too. 120km/h on the highway got me over 5.5L/100km. Even 30 years later that's great mileage!

ers

[Cuz]

My first car was a 1986 Honda Prelude SI.

Paid 2k for it and unfortunately it only lasted 20k before the tranny went, but it was a fun car to drive. Make a few epic journeys in winter snow storms up to Red Deer to get laid with bald tires. Not the smartest thing to do...

Spoiler!

[Dion]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I'm surprised in a sense that with the apparent wealth of all of the Calgary Puck posters, that this wasn't a thread titled

My first private plane - It was a G2, all my friends had a G3. I was so jelly, I hate my father hate him hate him
My first yacht - it was a 51 footer, anything below 100 feet is so trashy
My first butler - It was a guy named Smith, I told him his name was Sunnyfeathers,

Does this boat count?

[Ryan Coke]

Here is the awesome 1980 Plymouth Horizon TC3. My very first car at 16, it taught me to shop more carefully and be more distrustful, and the value of a reliable vehicle. Looked good to 1988 me, but it was a complete piece of junk.




After that I got a 1978 Honda Accord Hatchback, much like this but with way more rust. But what an awesome reliable car, got me through a ton of driving as I went through post secondary, driving across the city multiple times a day. All it ever needed was a used set of all season tires every once in a while, and a couple of sets of brake pads. Made me a Honda lover for life.

[Montana Moe]

I'll be "that guy". My dad was going through his second divorce, and decided that I needed a car. Enter, a brand new 1993 Hyundai Scoupe for my 17th birthday (mine was blue, and not a turbo).



It didn't last long, as the cost of the divorce was too much to bear. That was a fun senior year, though.

Honestly, I still like the styling.

[codynw]

My first car was a 2011 Ford Fusion.

Pretty much looked exactly like this.

Spoiler!

I miss it. So reliable, never had any issues. All I ever needed to do was change the oil. The Jeep I'm currently driving is a pain in the ass.

[DylanScores]

My first car was beauty! 1990 White Lada. It has a manual choke control next to the dashboard. It's like driving a lawnmower with doors!