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first car.
1977 Chevrolet Camaro in 1987.
bad focus but whatev.

now i drive a Ford Taurus.
how f*ing exciting is that?

bloomsday wrote:

first car.
1977 Chevrolet Camaro in 1987.
bad focus but whatev.
http://homepage.mac.com/obrienlaw/.Pict … Camaro.jpg
now i drive a Ford Taurus.
how f*ing exciting is that?

In my neighbourhood that'd be a total ginomobile.

bloomsday wrote:

first car.
1977 Chevrolet Camaro in 1987.
bad focus but whatev.
http://homepage.mac.com/obrienlaw/.Pict … Camaro.jpg
now i drive a Ford Taurus.
how f*ing exciting is that?

I had 2 '77 Camaros. The first was a black and silver and it was a 4 speed with a 350 4 barrel and straight headers. I got that one (pre headers) at the beginning of '78. I loved that car.

Pariah wrote:

64 VW Bug
66 VW bug
68 VW Bug Convertible
66 Triumph Spitfire
Meyer's Manx Dune Buggy based on a shortened 68 VW bug pan and powered by a 72 dual port engine with a 2 litre kit.
68 VW Bug
72 Toyota Corolla 3 door station wagon
Datsun F-10, can't remember the year. Wretched little thing.
77 VW Sirocco
80 VW Sirocco
78 Volvo 242gt
85 VW Vanogon (waserboxer)
98 Ford Contour, the first American car I have ever owned and the first car with an automatic I ever owned. Likely the last on both points too.

Hope you don't expect a new VW to be any better. Ugh.

First 1986 Buick Skyhawk (2-door Grey...) - 1998
My grandmother gave me it. Well, it was sitting in the yard with a For Sale sign on it for months before. A few weeks after getting my license I ran it into a tree outside my driveway while pulling out of the... driveway. The car lasted a few months more after that (With a huge indentation pushed in bumper and hood that wouldn't close or open.) before dying completely.

Second 1986 Plymouth Reliant (2-door white) - 1999
My grandmother got it for me to replace the dead Skyhawk. This one lasted a while before I sold it to my sisters then current boyfriend for $100. He overpaid by $99.99. It was big. An old lady's car. Huge-ass. A couch on wheels.

Current 199? Mercury Mystique (4-door Red-ish) - 2004
My grandmother gave it to my sister. My sister gave it to me when she got her own car. Really nice I guess. Much better than my first two. The radio (That was my sisters) is worth more than the car itself.

So yeah. I have had three cars given to me for free. Gift horse. And my grandmother is nice and giving.

1972 Buick Skylark - 350/4 barrel purchased in 1986 and given to me when I turned 17 in 1987. It was fast, faster than those specs would indicate, the thing screamed. I could burn out and do smoke shows at will and beat many Chevy, Impala, etc, when raced. One owner, my parents literally bought it off a little old lady with 70k on it. It had an ugly gold body with an equally ugly gold white top with rust around the quarter panels and around the where the white top's seams were. Gold bench seats and column automatic shifter. Ugly car but I loved it and still wish I had it today. The thing took a licking and kept on ticking years after I sold it.

Today I drive a 2006 Ford Taurus. It's a good family car and I have no complaints although I wish it was slightly better on gas.

Last edited by wellfleation (2007-12-26 9:22 am)

first was a chevy monza

Someone hit it and I lost one of the headlights.
I called it my one eyed rust monster.
Now I have a Subaru Tribeca

I used to have one of these MG Midgets (American model, though):

I think mine was a '72.

I only drove for about six months. When I started to wreck it (I had three accidents in that time!), I got rid of it. Anyway, it's like someone said to me: "You gotta be a mechanic to own one of those things."

VERY true.

First: '88 Toyota Camry
Current: '06 Scion xA

I had a red pedal car.

I found out how much those things were selling for a few years ago and tried to find it but my pa had already thrown it away.

I started with a 1980 Chevy cargo van that I pimped out 70's style but with 90's audio tech. Blew up the engine, replaced the engine, and everything else fell apart.
Moved on to an 89 pathfinder until it fell apart.
Bought a 2001 Plymouth Neon on teh cheap and never liked it.
A few months ago I went back to Nissan and bought another PFind. 2004 this time. I heart my car again!

I find it a bit funny that i've owned several of the cars mentioned in this thread.

Civic
Monza
Bug
Camaro
Datsun 210

My first car was actually a '73 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup that I got for $600.  Taught my brother how to drive in that thing and am in the process of restoring it today.  In fact, I actually got a set of custom guages for it this Christmas.

My first actual car was a '73 Plymought Satellite.  It had a 440 ci V8 with a 4bbl carb.  Too much fun.  I have since sold it to my Dad.

I have two rides at present, my daily driver, a 92 Dodge Shadow with over 260,000 miles on it and still going strong, and my pride and joy, a 1968 Dodge Charger w/440 and 4 bbl carb.  My favorite car of all time, and tons of fun to drive.