What was your first car?

[BadDave]

Early "S" plated 4dr Vauhalll Chevette 1.3L
0-60 in 3 days at a push with "vague" steering and dodgy handling

Oh

And
SHIT brakes

[zaust]

Mini 850 when I was 6 followed by a few more various mini's. But my first car with a valid licence was a Gt beetle jeans model powered by a porshe 912 1944cc motor. I still miss it. Crashed it through someones fence and nearly ened upin there living room. Still drove home in it to.

[Cloggy Saint]

'71 viva. Nuff said

[dannyboy759]

1990 Escort RS Turbo nice quick car after i had it tuned, bit plan now and driven fron the wrong end!!!

[green-blood]

oh you will love this

1991 Skoda Favorit 1.3

this of course was pre-VW influence when Skodas were nice and cardboardy. it had power nothing, manual steering (actually I've rarely owned a power steering car) 4 gears etc.

was sold to my aunt who let my thick cousin learn to drive in it, he drove it home from work one day, 25 miles on the motorway with the temp needle off the gauge, steam out of the engine bay and the oil light on.... it didnt start the next day suprisingly, or ever again

[Falkster]

B626UWT

Ford Fiesta XR2 in red. Cost me £3000 of hard earned milk round money. Not a very good entrance into car ownership as I had to replace shocks, clutch, exhaust, alternator plus some fooker tried to rob it.

I thought myself lucky as it only cost me £500 third party to insure in '91 but a year later a mate got one and was paying £1000.

[tailoutcharlie]

B626UWT

Ford Fiesta XR2 in red. Cost me £3000 of hard earned milk round money. Not a very good entrance into car ownership as I had to replace shocks, clutch, exhaust, alternator plus some fooker tried to rob it.

I thought myself lucky as it only cost me £500 third party to insure in '91 but a year later a mate got one and was paying £1000.

you think thats bad, mine was a red fiesta 1.1 mk2, cost £500, stereo cost£500, insurance £800

[trigger]

1972 mk 1 escort with 1600gt engine, signal red , rostyle wheels and jacked up.

[schnaarf]

3.6ltr straight 6 Jaguar Sovereign 1989 off ebay! £300, a bargin. Had it for 6 months and only cost me £30 in parts when my hydraulic reservoir failed on the m1 on friday afternoon. not bad for an 18 year old...

cost a fair amount in fuel (12mpg, because i tanned it)

[afromaan]

j plate 190e in white wid black cossie leather, cost £free. after one year use sold for £900...

[Falkster]

3.6ltr straight 6 Jaguar Sovereign 1989 off ebay! £300, a bargin. Had it for 6 months and only cost me £30 in parts when my hydraulic reservoir failed on the m1 on friday afternoon. not bad for an 18 year old...

cost a fair amount in fuel (12mpg, because i tanned it)

Your first car was a Jag?? F*ck me!!! My dad had a 4ltr Sovreign when I was 17 and I drove it a couple of times and it wouldnt go into the parking spaces my XR2 would!! Plus I wouldve thought you'd get the same questions that I did.....'Out in daddies car are we'?

[seanboy]

White 1990 h-plate xr2i when I was 16 Six years ago an cost A bag of sand. It had rent and mot and the previous owner give me the logbook instead of the green slip?? Silly boy but looking back I was a silly boy as well.
Things you do when your young.

[B7]

it was 1981 and the car was a 1966 mini 850 super deluxe!!!! Caned it till it died then stuck a 998 cooper lump in with a close ratio straight cut box in it. Thought it was a rocket ship back then. We resprayed LYN 422D in Ford Diamond White and put a black vinyl roof on it with a roof aerial. Set of Cooper reverse steels, Huntmaster recliners, rokee wood dash, moto lita wheel and a hi fi went into it and it looked the dogs. Well I thought it did!

[Angus325e]

man what an awesome response, keep them coming guys! its really interesting hearing all this! i would love a mini but they r hardly 1st car money in aus. i dont think i would part with the e30 now, back from mechanic with centralized steering and new exauhst manifold gaskit.

keep em coming!

[StriderDriver]

MKII "D"reg Golk. non-runner for £100

1st legal car: MK3 Fiesta 1.3 - yeah baby!!!

I have no excuses

[whiterhino]

mk1 xr2 at the tender age of 16.it was blue with front quarter windows that opened 4speed transmission.no insurance and lots of rust r.i.p.she was fast in her day

[Angus325e]

mk1 xr2 at the tender age of 16.it was blue with front quarter windows that opened 4speed transmission.no insurance and lots of rust r.i.p.she was fast in her day

nice first car, must say im more jelous of yourcurrent car, must fly! only gripe is that its LHD!!

[Dr Firefly]

1 year old BMW E46 330d at the age of 18 - back when my dad was doing well and didn't need it anymore..... Was a nice intro to car ownership! Car after that, bought under my own steam, was a 35 year old Series III landrover - bit of a shock to the system that was!! Still got the Landy sat in a barn waiting for restoration, but bought my current E30 320i when I realised it was cheaper than a new gearbox (£250) for the landrover. Still drive the E46 occasionally but tbh it's nowhere near as fun as the E30. It's my dad's daily driver now he's had to sell his porshce 911 (and his yacht, his brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee and his chalets in Scotland and France Oh well, at least I had a nice childhood )

[stitch]

my first car was an 1985 Renualt 5 GT Turbo what a weapon bought for a pint cost me £300 to get through MOT
then happy motoring
till a 7.5 tonne truck decide to take the front off it
still want another one !!!!!

[stevo_sideways]

Mine was a 1991 E200 Merc, had it for a year and then lost my E30 virginity with a 1989 320 4 door auto. Not the most exciting of E30's but since then I've had 7 of them. None of them since have been my daily driver.

[StuBeeDoo]

'71 viva. Nuff said

Early HC model?? Mine was one of the last of the HA's

[zimm_zimmer]

damn all your insurances are cheap my xr3i convertible cost me £1500 a year on my dads tpft, my mazda 323f 1.8 sport cost me 650 a year, my s2 rs turbo then cost me £900 a year and my 2.5 is £750 a year lol bearing in mind this is all on my dads insurance on tpft till im a bit older!!!

[StuBeeDoo]

damn all your insurances are cheap

My first car cost me £40/year tax and £50/year insurance! Mind, this was 1975! To put it in perspective, I was earning £15 a week.

[RodentRacing]

A 1.1 mk3 fiesta classic special edition (ie the new shape was just about to come out so the stuck a classic badge on all the old ones they hadn't shifted yet). It was great. The sort of car that teaches you all about carrying speed through corners because there was no acceleration to speak of. Brakes were only needed for steering. Engine was a shocker and didn't last very long in my hands before it started using as much oil as petrol. I'd have another though. Maybe one with slightly more than 40bhp though.

[agreen]

40hp lmso things have come along way

[Cloggy Saint]

'71 viva. Nuff said

Early HC model?? Mine was one of the last of the HA's

That's the fella!

[aceraf]

My first car was a E30 320i SE....E996 WWD i think that was the plate..no pics afraid...before the time of camera phones and digital camera's werent' around then either!

[gaszman]

mine was a 1600gt mk 3 cortina with a sierra rear end bolted up so i could go around corners fast. next cortina 2000e 4 door oh and a couple of mk 1 escorts 16oogt in white sweet

[HenryM3]

1966 850mini it was a flyer, must have had at least 40 bhp.

[Brianmoooore]

My first car was a Mini. Built it myself at the age of sixteen - seventeen by rebuilding the mechanicals of a written off Wolseley Hornet (posh mini with a boot) into a brand new mini shell.
This gave me a mini with 150cc more than average, leather seats and wind up windows! Engine soon got modified into a 1000cc screamer which served me well for 3 - 4 years until it dropped a valve on a German autobahn.
I really should keep away from German autobahns!

[Nemo]

For my first 8 months of driving I used my parents 1300 GL mk 1 Astra until I bought my first and current car for £500 with 154,000 miles on the clock. A 1989 E30 316i, had it 4 years and now with 175,000 miles, first years insurance cost £1200 tpf&t. Luv'd parking it amongst the Novas and Festers at college.

[lenny-d]

brand new mk 4 fiesta zetec lx with 3 years free insurance(the only reason i bought a new car) and it was a belter, used to give it loads of abuse down propper back roads, actually still miss her

[e36boy]

1993 'K' Reg Vauxhall Nove 1.2i merit plus...........Got it in 1999, It had only 2 owners from new and only covered 34k................It was mint condition,Well it was until i got my hands on it

[BreadBin]

A C-reg fiesta 950

[bmwowner]

hillman imp but didnt get to drive it on the road, and 5 mk1 fiesta's since, and still own one now as well as my e30.