What was your first car?

[rnomis]

1953 Standard 10 in black (in those days they were all black) Bought in 1970 for £5 and sold it 3 months later without an MOT for £7.50

[Patriot1]

an MG metro which i got for christmas when i was 16 to do up for turning 17 the following september as becoming a mechanic.

my dad made me put a 1.0 engine in it to lower the insurance which in turn raised the bloody insurance

as it was now classed as being modified, every week it broke down without fail be it the exhaust snapping,

subframe breaking or subframe sandwich joints parting company?

one week i got a bigger pay packet (£80 rather than £50) as back payment for being underpaid by

a fiver for a while, with this money i went to the garage to put more petrol than usual in.

While standing filling it up i had to start bending my knees as the car started getting lower and lower as one of the

fekkin hydrolastic suspension units burst leaving luminous green liquid all over the garage forecourt??

drove back round to the garage with the back mudflaps dragging all the way and dumped it, then went to the scappy the next day for more donor

bits..........

[seboni121]

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Our first car awesome little thing

[Yearofthegoat]

MG Metro here too. Present to me and my brother to save us driving Dad's car. The suspension went on ours too and had to be regularly 'pumped up'. At one point the only way to get the boot to open was to give the lid a good kick.

I stacked it into a hedge outside Beeley in the Peak District, and he stacked it into the side of a bus when the brakes failed and he sailed across a T-junction. In his defence, he deliberately aimed for the side of the bus because if he missed it he would have been into the bus stop and the queue.

Needless to say that was the final straw and it went to the scrappers. I bought a B reg silver Orion Ghia which was my pride and joy for several years. Fond memories of nights out with the gf in that car

[vRS_Tim]

Polo classic. The one with a boot in good ole VW pink sorry I mean red

[XLBaconDoubleCheese]

Vauxhall Nova SR

[alkip]

Vauxhall Chevette hatchback or Shuvit as it was aptly named, all my mates were getting MkII escorts and I wanted to be different, once I'd got the Shuvit I wished I'd followed the herd

[ssppeeddyy2]

Mine is 2012 vRS Octavia TFSI picked it up last friday. Always wanted one since the Mk I came out. Now when it came to buying car I was looking at all sorts (second hand rs4 b7), but then when I realised that it would be nice to be able to afford to drive it(and insure it... I am 24 with 0years NCB) I decided to go with my old dream car which was Octavia.

[Richf]

Toyota 1000cc estate 1976 model

Edited 4 September, 2012 by Richf

[SamsterXX]

Citroen 2CV6 - never smiled as much driving a car since

Had better quality audio than my Superb's columbus delivers, and more comfy too ;-)

[ColinD]

A 4HP tractor with 3 gears. I was never to use third gear.... straight cut gear box... 3rd was a challenge

Then I got a Citroen, 1.4, how I fondly remember that tractor getting the grass collector to slide around rubbing the tow bar just enough of the rear tyres.

Then I got another citroen a 1.6, then a 1.9; citroen, finally snapped and brought a Nissan Primera GT; that was my first car, the rest were but training tractors.

[PDIBK]

1981? (X-reg anyway) Vauxhall Astra 1300L "S" (which denoted hi-output engine). It was Gazelle Beige, with beige and brown interior. Calling it high-output was optimistic - it advertised 70bhp I think, so not bad, but the problem was that the auto-choke was a nightmare and the car hiccupped at 65mph. This made motorway driving...interesting.

I changed the auto-choke for a manual one, raising the hiccup point to 70mph (ish).

I can't remember the mileage, but I know I bought it for £650 from a used car dealer in Bristol and sold it for £350, no test drive by the new owner, who'd travelled over from west wales (?!?!?!). He'd have discovered that issue on the way back.

I had also stoved in the nearside doors in a parking incident at uni, where I was boxed in heavily and after waiting for an hour, had to fight my way out. I checked their cars and saw no damage, discovering my stoved in doors when I got home.

That car taught me a lot - how to drive, how to stop (when your accelerator sticks and you forget to stick it in neutral - cue brakes on fire), how to fill and paint, how to DIY.

I looked after it well I thought (car park incident aside) and NEVER got myself in a parking space I could be jammed into again!

[nickguzzi]

A35, POS. Rotten as a pear, handbrake pulled out of the sill, so seat came loose. Had rubbish, tiny brakes at the front and rod operated largly ineffectual things on the back. Lorry chucked a brick through the windscreen but I couldn't afford the £5 for a new one. Went through the winter of 68 without. I laid hands on a 950cc spridget engine which at least made it go, and the extra heat from the exhaust went some way to compensating for the total lack of any heater.

[sarahvrs]

A MK 2 Escort 1.3L - Loved the RWD Seriously proud of the Front Fogs I fitted

Also had a Mk 3 Triumph Spitfire at same time - no synchro between second and first - great fun - Might have had an occasional crunch :S . Interesting transverse-leaf suspension - made cornering more exciting !!!

[Speedy_vrs]

My 1st car on the road was a fiat Uno turbo mk2 was around 200bhp I ended up selling it about a year later to my brother who still has it. Wished I never sold it now :( somthing about them that makes me smile.

[speters]

V reg renault megane please dont judge me

[mellyboy]

Austin A35 van in 1968 with mods by the owner who worked for Lotus!

[KenONeill]

Austin A35 van in 1968 with mods by the owner who worked for Lotus!

I think the best "mods by Lotus" story I've heard involved Jim Clark (yes that one), a 105E Ford Anglia, a twin cam engine, and a Jaguar Mk2 3.8l.

Jimmy blew the doors off the Jag with an ostensibly standardish Anglebox!

[Macdemon]

Vauxhall Viva 1300 with light blue vinyl seats

Had a REALLY nice 'old car' smell in it.

[lukeg]

mine was a '97 306 d-turbo got pulled over 30+ times in the 2 years i had it then the cambelt went at 120k used to keep running when i took the keys out and had to stall it to turn it off. the wonders of french engineering

[Robjon]

In 1971.

A ten-year-old, Mk1 Hillman Imp.

Yes, I know....

[Lemming]

In 1971.

A ten-year-old, Mk1 Hillman Imp.

Yes, I know....

If it helps - Black and yellow MK1 Hillman Imp which I modified (white weller wheels, flared arches, 998cc engine, twin Webber carburettors and high lift cam) with GnR Appetite for Destruction album art airbrushed on the bonnet in 1982, followed by a Powder Blue Imp Californian while at University. Will have to find the pics to properly embarrass myself.

Did go Ford Sierra after that...

Edited 4 October, 2012 by Lemming

[KenONeill]

In 1971.

A ten-year-old, Mk1 Hillman Imp.

Yes, I know....

Well, it's better than having to confess to an M*n*.

[Panther_uk]

A 1972 Austin Maxi 1750 !!

Can you believe I even modded this beast

Fitted MG rostyle wheels painted white and black, de-chromed, front spoiler and fog lights fitted and toyota celiac front seats, and then a pair of twin SU carbs

That thing was like a tank !

[Robjon]

If it helps - Black and yellow MK1 Hillman Imp which I modified (white weller wheels, flared arches, 998cc engine, twin Webber carburettors and high lift cam) with GnR Appetite for Destruction album art airbrushed on the bonnet in 1982, followed by a Powder Blue Imp Californian while at University. Will have to find the pics to properly embarrass myself.

Sorry, it really doesn't help....

My next vehicle was a Hillman Husky (the Hillman Imp van with windows).

THAT's embarrassment