What was your first car that you owned?

I'm still searching for that car to part way with my hard earned cash. Since we have a variety of age groups here, I'm entrged to find out what everyone's first car was?

Personally, I'm keen on a cheap Mercedes Benz 190E, so I can be the envy of everyone at school (not really! )!
I can certainly afford one, I'm just worried that being German it will be expensive on parts.

Cheers, Jono

Definitely right on the parts costing, that and most Euro stuff isn't fun to work on in my experience.

I had a '82 Rx-7 as my first car, wasn't overly special but simple. Sold that and bought a '00 Integra Type R. Been reliable as, and everything is sooo friendly to work on =D. If you weren't a car enthusiast I would suggest a 2000 onward Corolla and call it a day ;p

Haha Nice, I guess it's a shame I'm a MASSIVE car enthusiast!

Be weary of you're wallet then ;p

1949 Austin A40

1984 Volvo 244 GL, i only had $400 to spend on a car as my parents wouldn't give me.any extra money.

I had epic fun in it though, had a limited slip diff and even though it weighed nearly 2 tonnes due to the steel chassis and only 103kw it was an epic drift machine in the wet, got done by the cops for doing a burnout a month into my Ps and they defected the crap out of it to the point it wasnt worth paying so I sold it for scrap metal, which because it had soo much of it ment i got a grand for it which payed for the car and the fines ahaha.

If i was on my Ps rights now with a grand I Would get a 240 GL wagon volvo, swap the engine for somthing RB, run the rusted hood with the wacky anime down the front qaurter panel(MCM Style), perfect Euro cruiser lol.

1983 Honda Prelude in white.

lol it sure did man... wish I could have that car again, in perfect condition... loved it.
Sad thinking back to the way I left it once I got my next car... wish I looked after it better. It went for a long time though and loads of good times in it! (snif snif)

First car was a 1971 mk1 escort, 1300 blueprinted engine with twin dellortos

And some photos of my old pride and joy, 1971? Datsun 1200 rally car
A14 1400cc engine also with twin dellortos, escort 5:3 ratio diff.
Rolled it twice then sold it to go to Aus back in the day.

1st car...VL commodore 3ltr nissan rb30


but honestly, and i can say this because i think we've all been there with our first car..... - buy something cheap (mabe 3-5k) that is as reliable as it can be.

it's your 1st car, you will want to drive it everywhere, ticker with everything, modify little things which turn into big things, eat in it, sleep in it, in it etc.

but lastly, you'll most likely crash it. big crash, little crash, it's all the same and you'll forever bang yourself up about it if you went out and spent your hard earned moolah on an expensive 1st car and you wreck it in the first week/month/year.

i believe reliability is the key here - when it breaks down, the last thing you want to be doing is spending thousands on repairing it, if you can avoid this (and its hard to, but hey you can try), you'll have so much enjoyment, and spare cash, to buy something else later that you really want.

when you get a bit of driving hours under your belt (and stupidity hours), maybe then look into something sporty, powerful, blingy etc.



anyway, probably my dad coming out in me now, so take care, good luck with your hunt !!

As some who went through 5 cars on my Ps I agree with this, having a car is better then no car.