Well I have a story to tell! My first car is the LY/LU CVT MC, My second car to own and is on the way is a JB/B MCS. Man am I lucky or what? BTW I paid for nearly all the cars in my family. And MyBrosCoop is my younger brother who is getting the Yellow Bomber (LY CVT MC) as his first car.

 

58 VW bug,bought it in 71,for $50,sold it 2 years later for $75

 

'87 Ford Tempo.

Words cannot effectively describe what an enormous piece of ^$#* that thing was.

 

I *SO* want to be you if I grow up!!

Hugs,
PB

 

1972 capri 2.0, green.

 

a 1937 Olds with a straight 8, I got from my granmother when I was junior in high school, I painted 65 Chevy Cyprice Green, chrome wheels and a lowered front end, the interor was all original tan mohair with jumper seats, pretty cool,

this was back in 1965

tommyb

 

Very cool

 

Remember,no heat,BAD brakes,and folks could pick it up and put it up on the curb sideways

 

'83 Dodge Charger (no Hemi)

 

And that's bad?

Hugs,
PB

 

1972 Ford Maverick, 4 door, 302 V8 auto.


Bad thing: had to use bondo every spring to patch up the rust.
Good thing: You could bury the speedo at 130 (I think) and still have pedal...

 

57 Chevy, shaved 2dr bored to 302

 

a 1971 camaro but not legaly my dad owns it

hopefully me first legaly owend car willbe a classic mini

I would put a picture of it on here but i could not figer it out i tried to cut and paste but that did not work

 

First Car: '62 Rambler American that a farmer gave me for working for him all summer when I was 14. It died on the way home.

First car that ran: '65 Nova that quickly led to a '68 Firebird.... but that's another story

Lance

 

A hand-me-down Opel GT. Learned a lot from that car -- for example, I learned that in a pinch, my thumbnail makes a perfectly fine distributor point gap gauge!

 

1980 Chevy Monza. My dad bought it for me in 1988 when I was in college. It was black and maroon, but it had originally been silver. As some point in its life, someone painted it glossy black. With a paintbrush. I had it for 2+ years, during which time the headliner fell (easily fixed with alot of staples), the driver door hinge broke (just tie it closed!), and it went through 4 oil pumps. It stranded me many times along the Garden State Parkway. I hated that car. When I finally drove it sputtering and spewing oil to the junkyard, I kicked it. Hard. It broke my toe.

Carol

 

2000 Oldsmobile Bravada, black w. tan interior. Named Brandy. Looked just like this:


Not very exciting, but she served me very well over the years. It didn't accelerate very well or move very fast but it hauled lots of people, towed many a trailer, and was my first love. I miss you, baby.

 

I learned how to drive on my first vehicle when I was 19. 1984 Kawasaki 900 Ninja.



After that bike died I went through a series of cheap broken cars untill I met my wife.


My wife (who is not on this board) had a 1984 Honda Accord.

 

My first car was a '72 Z600 Honda coupe hatchback, one of those tiny tiny Hondas that were made for only a couple of years. Anybody know those? I bought it used and as I was driving home the car began to overheat. I realized I had made a terrible mistake. I had owned the car less than a week when it stalled at a stop sign, and a pick-up truck (twice the size of my vehicle) smashed into me and totalled the car (it didn't take much). It was technically the truck's fault since he hit me from behind. I got more money back from the insurance co. than I'd paid for the car. Kind of a miracle for me at the time. Bye Bye tiny vehicle--until now. Expecting my PW/B Mini with red tartan seats in May or June.

Have owned a funky old Volvo and a Honda Civic in between.

 

My first car was a '71 Toyota Corolla. It had a 1200cc engine, 4-speed, and 12" wheels. I had hit something and twisted the front end a bit, and could have had it fixed for what is now a pittance, but I chose to get rid of it. I've always believed that if I had had the fix done I'd still have that car today. I loved that car.


Other cars I've owned:

'72 Corolla - 1600cc and 13" wheels - a step up! But not as much fun.
'79 Rabbit - not an ounce of trouble in tens of thousands of miles - until I wrecked it.
'81 Civic - nice, characterless transportation - 'til I wrecked it.
'76 Nova - was _completely_ worn out at 160k miles when given to me by a friend when I needed a car as a stop-gap. It lasted about a month.
'81 210 Wagon - nice blah little nothing whose MacPhearson strut towers disintrgrated.
'67 Impala/Biscayne/Caprice? - great car. Had nothing in it except that 327 V8. Ran it until the camshaft wore out. Sold it to a restorer who stripped it down for his own '67.
'73 Delta 88 - another barge on wheels. This car was the rat's rat (rotted everywhere, shredded vinyl roof), but ran great for the coupla years I had it. Finally sold it when I moved further away from my job and couldn't afford to feed it anymore. Also, the neighbors in the better neighborhood I moved to were looking at me funny. This car was _that_ bad looking.
'75 Duster - great car. Everything on it except the engine had to be replaced at one time or another. I finally said 'no more' when the _entire_ brake system had to be replaced. We had this car through the Impala, Delta, 210, and probably one other one.
'95 Saturn - my first ever new car. Kept it eight almost trouble-free years.
'03 Monte Carlo SS - I've had this since new. Competent for a big car.
'73 Mach 1 - About 25 years ago I had a girlfriend that had a '71 Sportsroof that I loved to drive. I picked up the '73 about 3 years ago. It's in great shape and only goes out occasionally.
('05 Cooper) - picking up in about a month!

Although I drive my wife's cars, I didn't include them in the above list (her '95 Saturn, '04 Monte Carlo, '01 Impala).

Zip

 

First car? The "Anti-MINI" - a whale of a powder blue 1975 Olds 88 Delta Royale Convertible. Could seat 6 in comfort with a Mini in the trunk, got like 14 mpg on a good day with a tailwind.

I've come a LONG WAY, BABY!!!

 

1959 Morris Mini Minor 850, off white, with 520 x 10" wheels and Dunlop radials.

 

'67 Datsun RL 411, then a '68 Spitfire. After that things got pretty boring 'til the MINI.

(Believe it or not, I did like my '91 Geo Metro for some reason...probably had more to do with the 43 mpg.)

 

'68 VW Bug It was dark blue with light grey interior & daisy stickers

Lois

 

'69 buick skylark... all primer grey with some nice flecks of bondo showing through. i remember driving that car at night over a bridge on the NJ turnpike and the battery lost connection to the terminal since it was loose. the whole car went off lights and all. i had to pull over and break up one of my credit cards to jam it in there to keep the battery cable on.