What was your first car?

[Geek42]

My first car was an 8-valve Cavalier 2.0, on a J-plate (91).

Interestingly, I reckon the current Octavia 1.2 TSi is pretty similar on headline figures for weight, power, torque and 0-60, and yet my Cav was fairly well up the Cav food chain (fuel injected don't you know! ) but the Octy 1.2 is now bottom of the range.

I mentioned this to my Dad who proceeded to bang on about a time when 0-60 in 15s was acceptable and under 9s was supercar territory!

[RMurphy195]

Triumph Herald Convertible, 948cc twin-carb

[Wile7]

I remember her well....a 1972 MK1 Escort 1100L with Rostyle wheels reg OLA851L

Same colour as the blue one below but with the rostyles as on the brown one. Got a photo somewhere but need to dig it out.

[jmattley]

Land rover series 3 88" 2.3 petrol from 1983. Ex military. It was spot on and I wish I'd never sold it.

The insurance was also £420 for a 19 year old!

[tempra007]

Mine was a Vauxhall Viva 1300 g saloon STS 252S 

Then that was followed by another viva GLS Estate in yellow, like this AAN 630T (I really miss that car, felt like I was sat on the floor, 

crushed velour interior, 7 dial dash, well I'm of to Ebay)

 

[DGW]

1953 Morris Minor - my parent's one and only car.

[oldtynesider]

My first car was a 1937 Austin 10 Cambridge side valve engine, it was a 4 door saloon with suicide doors (hinged at the back on 2 of them)

it used to do about 70 miles on a gallon of oil but I used to get that free because I knew the foreman of the local bus depot, he didn't tell me it was detergent oil and eventually the engine expired but the air in our village got cleaner.

it had semifore indicators and the left headlamp went out on dip, it was designed that way, you could hear the solinoid clunk in the right hand lamp as it went into dip mode

regards to all, George 

[lol-lol]

1.3 Mk 2 Escort.

 

When it was icy you could imagine you were in a rally spec Mexico or the like.

[Paulbrown]

Old K reg nova 1.2 luxe plus with elec windows

[Yearofthegoat]

Ford Orion Ghia. With little black rubber spoiler and some aftermarket fogs. B reg. Loved it. GF at the time broke the driver's lumbar adjuster with her foot. Good times

[domhnall]

C reg skoda estelle 120)

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[domhnall]

120L

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[mikey vrs]

A lovely Mk 1 Ford fiesta 1.1 Ghia in metallic silver,i bought it when i was 16 & spent a year doing it up,it was immaculate MFC302W. Passed my test 2 weeks after my 17th birthday,ran the fiesta for 6 months then sold it to get a Nova SR.....lol.  Should of kept the fiesta & put it away in the garage....rare car nowadays. 

[timbris93]

1990 Toyota Lexcen.

 

 

 

Drove like a bus, handled like a boat.

Edited 2 June, 2015 by timbris93

[KenONeill]

1990 Toyota Lexcen.

 

 

 

Drove like a bus, handled like a boat.

Looks a bit like an Audi 100 "Snowgoose" from abut 10 years earlier? Or maybe a similar age Vauxhall/Opel Carlton (and I imagine there was a Holden used the same body).

[andymonkey14]

Mine was an E reg silver Fiat Uno 70sx with 57k miles. It was 11 years old. Had the 1.3 engine and used to leave my mates Nova SR standing. Corduroy yellow seats, chrome exhaust tail pipe as standard. Only problem was the engine was a little fragile for a 19 year old lad [emoji41]

[RapidPaul]

A Fiat Tipo Forza like this:

except mine had a big dent in the door where someone ran into it in a car park :(

It was 10 years old when I got it and I traded it for a Mazda 323f four years later. There wasn't a spec of rust on it, although I did have to replace the exhaust, brakes, alternator and starter motor. It had an oil leak, a coolant leak and the rear number plate light would flash on and off when you switched the rear wiper on (eventually traced that to a worn-through wire in the boot lid). The fuel gage would waggle around when you went round a corner too quickly as well.

Great days

Edited 19 July, 2015 by RapidPaul

[gallego1968]

My first car which i bought in 1986 was a 1978 Mk2 Escort 1.3GL

[Superb32]

My first was a Volkswagen golf mk1.

[Auric Goldfinger]

Our first car was a 1999 ( V reg ) Skoda Felicia Paciffic 1.3 Special edition ............

 

That was my down fall, my Octavia MKIII Vrs is our 23rd Skoda

[Mavawreck]

Ford Anglia Estate in the same colour as this one but with a white roof.  Had ti have a new engine it it while I had it which if I recall was the same price as I paid for the car £100.  Four gallons of petrol for a quid at the time.  I bought it in 1970 and it was a 1964 car so 6 years old and if I look at my motoring history since that day for a lot of it I would struggle to buy a 6 year old car.  Strange how things change.

 

http://www.simoncars.co.uk/ford/slides/s_Ford%20Anglia%20105E%20AS%20Estate%20side.jpg

When my mate and I finished training as junior soldiers we bought one of these from the depot mechanic, it was sky blue, paid £90 for it. I gave it to my sister when I was posted to Hong Kong. It failed it's next mot when it was raised on a post lift and the engine and front wheels stayed on the ground.

[Gromle]

My first car was a 1976 Ford Taunus (Cortina).

Great fun in snow!

[Gromle]

My first car was a 1976 Ford Taunus (Cortina).

Great fun in snow!

[domhnall]

1985 skoda estelle 120L

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