What was your first car

[Lorenzo]

As I get ready to hunker down for the blizard in DC, I found this pic of me and my very first car. '76 Chevy Chevette. 0-60 in 16.3 sec. 52hp. What was yours?

[Johnmadd]

1988 Ford tempo... p.o.s. what every 16 year old needs.

[az3579]

1988 Ford tempo... p.o.s. what every 16 year old needs.

Pretty much the most unfitting name to that car possible. :)

[Johnmadd]

Pretty much the most unfitting name to that car possible. :)

I didn't have much choice, it was my mothers friend....it was pretty much a gift to her for me to buy it !

[Johnmadd]

Now that I think about it, she wasn't such a great friend lol.

[Johnmadd]

And the tempo couldn't even keep tempo with a turtle.

[Karl Lazlo]

1980 Datsun 210.

[RUS_ZHP]

1986 audi 100, 2.0 turbo diesel.
Very slow, but so comfortable

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[Vas]

It was a burgundy 1988 acura legend sedan.

[wsmeyer]

69 Chevelle SS 396

Back then (1984) they didn't cost much because everybody (including me) wanted a Camaro

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[bimmergofast]

1984 Escort GT. Red. Every 2 weeks like clockwork it left me on the side of the road somewhere; made me the shade tree mechanic I am today!

[cakM3]

1978 Mazda RX7. Burnt Orange in color just like the one pictured below. It was a manual transmission car... had to have a stick and never looked back... all of my cars have been manuals since :)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1495/24164113259_98aa9fe11e_o.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1543/24236319260_bf84c99673_o.jpg

[bosszhp]

I don't want to date anyone here, but looks like I'm the youngster haha. My first car was my last car, and probably the best first car I could have asked for! 2001 E39 525iT, manual and not enough power to kill me. Even for a massive wagon that thing handled on rails, but when I drove it right after driving the ZHP it felt like the Titanic! I still miss those timeless E39 looks every now and then, especially when I happen to catch an E39 wagon drive by.

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[NoVAphotog]

1996 Volvo 850 T5 5MT

$1200 Craigslist find. Parents said I they'd help me with insurance and maintenance as long as I bought something safe...

Good times in this thing from end of sophomore year of hs through to freshman year in college...sold it to another kid for his first car for $1200.

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Bonus same driveway almost 10 years later pic:

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[KevinC]

'69 VW Beetle. Which was only 4 years old at the time. Bought with $900 borrowed from my pop. Brand new it cost something like $1895. Damn I'm getting old!

[BMWCurves]

1993 Audi C4 S4 with a manual transmission. Black on beige interior. It was my mom's until she moved on to a different car and I was lucky enough to inherit it in high school. I loved that car, definitely more power than I should have had in my teens. Sold it to a buddy of mine when I left for college. Unfortunately, he drove it into the ground :facepalm

Oddly, I don't have any pics of that car, so a stock photo will have to do:

http://germancarsforsaleblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/passfront5.jpg

[BADCLOWN]

I had a 1995 VW GTI VR6 5spd. Black on black of course. Such a great motor.

[MiniD]

1997 M3-4-5

[jwalther]

1970 Chevy Impala. My parents bought it from my grandparents' neighbor, and I drove it through HS and college. Mine was tan with the black vinyl top.

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[Vas]

1997 M3-4-5

Any pictures of it?

[RUS_ZHP]

1978 Mazda RX7. Burnt Orange in color just like the one pictured below. It was a manual transmission car... had to have a stick and never looked back... all of my cars have been manuals since :)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1495/24164113259_98aa9fe11e_o.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1543/24236319260_bf84c99673_o.jpg
Nice car!

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[RUS_ZHP]

I don't want to date anyone here, but looks like I'm the youngster haha. My first car was my last car, and probably the best first car I could have asked for! 2001 E39 525iT, manuel and not enough power to kill me. Even for a massive wagon that thing handled on rails, but when I drove it right after driving the ZHP it felt like the Titanic! I still miss those timeless E39 looks every now and then, especially when I happen to catch an E39 wagon drive by.

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Gorgeous! I love e39 wagons. Thinking to get one as my daily.

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[RUS_ZHP]

1993 Audi C4 S4 with a manual transmission. Black on beige interior. It was my mom's until she moved on to a different car and I was lucky enough to inherit it in high school. I loved that car, definitely more power than I should have had in my teens. Sold it to a buddy of mine when I left for college. Unfortunately, he drove it into the ground :facepalm

Oddly, I don't have any pics of that car, so a stock photo will have to do:

http://germancarsforsaleblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/passfront5.jpg
That's the car I wanted so bad, when I had my diesel Audi 100.


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[cakM3]

Nice car!

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back in the day this car was a lot of fun to drive, especially on windy roads :)

[daveuls10]

2001 VW mkIV Jetta VR6. Had 2 of them. Green on black, I hit a patch of black ice with that one my junior year of high school and lost control and hit a honda accord. Then had a black on beige for the next 4 years. During hurricane sandy a huge tree branch cracked off the maple that my car was parked near in my driveway and crashed through the rear window and partially crushed the roof.

[Au1994]

1966 Mustang convertible. It was my parents first second car. Dad got it in 73 and I got it in 86. It had sat for several years so we had to have a pretty large mechanical refresh before I started driving it. 289 V-8 and drum brakes all around made for an interesting learning curve for a 16 yr old!

[theothersawyer]

I still have my first car and always will! 1994 Miata!
The day I bought it! December 5th 2009
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m231/GaAsSlugger22/DSCN0336.jpg (http://s105.photobucket.com/user/GaAsSlugger22/media/DSCN0336.jpg.html)
How it looks now!
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m231/GaAsSlugger22/IMG_2404_zps7b5faf9e.jpg (http://s105.photobucket.com/user/GaAsSlugger22/media/IMG_2404_zps7b5faf9e.jpg.html)

I bought it with 148,000 miles and now it has 215,000 miles! I'll keep this car forever! I love it!

[NYRhockey]

1987 Toyota Corolla coupe (auto). My sister and i paid $500/ea for it and we shared it until i bought a 1999 Dodge Stratus (5spd).

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[fredo]

The first car I bought on my own was like this one. 1992 e36 325i black on tan:

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I learned how to drive on a 1976 Datsun.

[daytona90t]

1991 Dodge Daytona CS 2.5 Liter Turbo 5-Speed.
Not my actual car in the photo but exactly that same down to the aftermarket fog lights installed in the bumper air intakes

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I had a lot of fun in that car!

Only to be replaced by my 1991 Alfa Romeo 164L. My actual car in the photo. Still have this one.

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[BMWCurves]

There are some very cool and interesting first cars in here!

[MiniD]

Any pictures of it?

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Was a great car.

[bosszhp]

Gorgeous! I love e39 wagons. Thinking to get one as my daily.

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Dooooo eeeeetttttt. You won't regret it, perfect DD. If you don't have to have a manual get the 540i for more power ;)

[Just_George]

I had a 1995 VW GTI VR6 5spd. Black on black of course. Such a great motor.

You suck! Or, in other words, you lucky sum bitch! The VR6 was a great motor, although not so much in my '96 Jetta GLI - they softened that car up too much...

[Vas]

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Was a great car.
Nice m3

[terraphantm]

My first car was in fact a ZHP

http://i.imgur.com/MwgGJ.jpg

Miss that car. No color quite like Imola.

[MrMaico]

Colorado Orange 1972 BMW 2002. It goes without saying....wish I still had it!

https://mrmaico.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Barrys-pictures/i-p8hBC2B/0/O/Saturday__January_28__2006__5_a.jpg (https://mrmaico.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Barrys-pictures/i-p8hBC2B/A)

[NorCalZman]

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1982 Toyota Tercel 5 speed that I got in the mid 90s when I turned 16. Just like that except my interior was dark blue.

Was a great first car and was one of the cars that helped the Japanese dominate for the next few decades.

Surprisingly comfortable, easy to drive despite having no power steering, and always started for me. These apparently had forklift engines. Haha

[san]

My first car is the Zhp I have now


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[TigerTater]

My first vehicle was a Truck! 2002 Sierra. Started out as a modest yellow truck, but tht didn't last long. I ended up smoothing, color matching, and adding a pearl pain! Plus cowl hood...dyno tune, exhaust etc. very fun to drive until I grew up and went to college. 2390523906

[johnrando]

Hmmm, thought we had a thread like this. :dunno. I got my first car 6 years after I could drive, an '84 Supra (lightly used), black of course. No pic of that but I'll post up another one. My '85 that I got later.

Separately, holy shit William, a '69 Chevelle? Sweet. Freaking Bruce Springsteen wrote a song (ballad) called 'Racing In The Streets'. It starts out 'I got a '69 Chevy with a 396... '. Dude, that's your car! :)
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01/22/7988d7f3490961f9cb98802dd731995c.jpg


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[danewilson77]

We do. No harm in creating another one.



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[johnrando]

Ah. :)

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[danewilson77]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160123/a7e72cc0dba18b5f44b7e7bace61d65e.jpg

1968 International Scout Pickup

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[RUS_ZHP]

Dooooo eeeeetttttt. You won't regret it, perfect DD. If you don't have to have a manual get the 540i for more power ;)
540 would be cool.
Few month ago somebody on Ebay was selling e39 wagon with 5 speed and M54 swap.

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[RUS_ZHP]

There are some very cool and interesting first cars in here!
+1


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[RUS_ZHP]

Anybody owned e34?

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[Mtl_ZHP]

2002 Celica GT. Learned so much from playing with that car and I miss the go kart feeling it had with the low weight, upgraded suspension and sticky 225/35/18 rubber it had on. + too slow to kill myself which was good as. Keep on thinking I should upgrade the ZHP's suspension... Also learned I would never go that low of a profile tire on my future cars = no 19s on the ZHP :)

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[oldzilla]

First car I was allowed to drive was the family 1980 Datsun Bluebird station wagon. My first car was a 79 VW Rabbit desiel, I was 16 and ruined that car.

[wstr75]

First car was a 1963 Corsair Monza 4 speed. Paid $200. My annual liability insurance tab was $300. A long time ago as a 16 year old in 1968 . . . . .
The car in this link is the same color and hub caps as my car: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2423945/1963-chevrolet-corvair/

[mko9]

The first car I bought myself was a '92 Oldsmobile Achieva SCX, like this:

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[danewilson77]

My first car was a 79 VW Rabbit desiel, I was 16 and ruined that car.

Specifics?

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[1 M Mike]

A Mustang fastback, of course.

And that would be a 1976 Mustang II vintage model tricked out in (bye-bye)Polar white over red, which was actually a Limited Edition Special Value Package (SVP). This package included two-tone paint, tape stripes, styled steel wheels with trim rings, and inside special seat inserts and brushed aluminum instrument panel.

Yeah..........so like............kinda sorta the precursor to BMW's code ZHP.

And the Mustang II SVP reminds me in every other way of my old Imola ZHP in that it was just a garbage option anyway.......you know.......just some cosmetic upgrades with (and here’s where it departs a bit from the ZHP) the same cam and (lack of) diff to claw back some of the (lack of) performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy 13" styled wheels with trim rings.

I religiously washed it every weekend during the 4 years I owned it (lived and went to college on the Central Coast of California), and honed my skill of using Turtle Wax (baked in) and Armor All (rubbed in with extra elbow grease) detailing it. Car literally looked like new when I traded it in for a custom ordered 1980 Trans Am replete with screaming chicken decal and custom T-Tops.

But I digress. Needless to say I'm sooooooo looking forward to Ford retroing this model in the future. :)

http://mustangattitude.com/mustang/1976/1976_00069_01.jpg

[3ZHP]

My wife had a 1978 like that in silver & red with the T-Top option. Special plate was, Pony II. I was running with a 68 hardtop with a 289 auto at the time.


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[oldzilla]

Specifics?

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I ran it dry of oil and seized to engine. I was a very irresponsible 16 year old, did not listen and did not care about anything. So I just ran the car to the ground. I never checked the oil, did no maintenance etc. When she did finally died on me it was 1 am on a dark highway in NJ. Had to walk a few miles to call my bother to come get me. Told my dad and asked for his help to buy a new car, that answer was obvious no and time to grow up son. I grew up a lot at 16.

[danewilson77]

I ran it dry of oil and seized to engine. I was a very irresponsible 16 year old, did not listen and did not care about anything. So I just ran the car to the ground. I never checked the oil, did no maintenance etc. When she did finally died on me it was 1 am on a dark highway in NJ. Had to walk a few miles to call my bother to come get me. Told my dad and asked for his help to buy a new car, that answer was obvious no and time to grow up son. I grew up a lot at 16.
Gotchya

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