What was your very first car?

[UberRoo]

1986 Subaru GL wagon. I still drive it from time to time. The car was pretty close to perfect when I got it, but that quickly changed once I realized how competent it was off road. After that an 85 Honda CRX fell into my lap and I've put a lot of miles on it because of the fantastic mileage and because it just won't die no matter how badly I beat on it. (Believe me, cars have nightmares about things I've done to it.) Next came the SVX and quite a handful of other mid 80's Subarus. I'm still searching for an RX coupe with the rally package, an XT6 5-speed (or a motor to go in the one I've got), and maybe a Brat if it's cheap or in great shape.

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Originally Posted by Landshark

1986 Plymouth Horizon -

it could only get better from there.....

Actually, those things are ridiculously fast with a turbo motor. I know it's easy to laugh at them, but if it's got a turbo, watch out. The GLH (literally, Goes Like Hell) version produced 146 ponies from the factory and only weighs 2300 pounds, so the power-to-weight ratio is almost exactly the same as the SVX. The GLH-S version of the Omni (2) produces 175 HP which Car & Driver claims will get you down the quarter mile in 14.7 seconds, though many people do much better. The styling is almost kinda sorta slightly coming back into a pseudo retro style, but the interior build quality does stink. The motors however are tough and super easy to build up. They’ll pull quarter miles in twelve seconds by doing nothing more than closing the waste gate. The 2.5 caravan motor, (which comes purposely and significantly detuned from the factory, but can be unleashed by plugging a vacuum hose,) bolts right in and with 20+ pounds of boost will kill WRXs. I stopped laughing once I was spanked by a $200 Plymouth with half a day's tweaking an no money invested.

[SilverSpear]

Originally Posted by Andy

1975 FIAT 128.

Quickest car that I have every owned. Lived on valve-bounce (no rev limiters in those days) 60 mph in 2nd from 1116cc

Oh yeah I remember those cars, they were the fastest in their days... we still have some of them over here...

[Budfreak]

1973 firebird formula 350:

blue with white vinyl top and white pinstripes and spoilers

white vinyl interior

350 th tranny

350 pontiac motor with summit cam and lifters
hooker headers
edelbrock performer intake
holley 650 cfm four barrel
accel ignition
15x10 cragar ss mags

SWEET

and 1987 bonneville SE fully loaded to the hilt!
every available 1987 option including:
dual exhaust
rally suspension
alum wheels
dual power seats(leather of course)
power everything including sunroof
optional stereo that rocked even by todays standards
steering wheel radio controls
two tone paint
3.8 v6 with 4 speed auto (ran like hell!)

dad bought car new in 1987 and paid 24k for it!!

since then:
1989 cougar (POS!)
1973 chevelle malibu laguna (ugly ass color but loved it)
1987 trans am GTA (my baby)http://www.gtasourcepage.com/87Photo...ssell87GTA.jpg
1985 dodge caravan (4 cyl. with 5 speed)
1989 dodge caravan conversion van(pretty sweet van for caravan)
1992 dodge spirit (ok car)

i currently have my svx and the 89 caravan but the van needs new head gaskets and such or just a new motor.

about to buy fully loaded 87 subaru wagon with 67k miles for 100 bucks. just needs a little work which i'm sure i can find here of course.

Ye good ole 1986 Saab 900 non turbo automatic!

Talk about a dog. But I loved that car, and it hooked me on weird cars from then on

Then from there it went on to:

1968 Saab 96 (Rotting in the driveway - but works!)
1984 Saab 900 8v Turbo (RIP)
1989 Subaru DL (She still runs today with 200k+)
1989 Saab 900 Turbo Conv (Just needs a new tranny :P )
1999 Subaru Legacy Outback 30th Annv. (Wife's Daily Driver - 160k+)
1993 Subaru SVX 25th Annv. (Needs engine work )

and then what I drive today...
1989 Ford F150 Color: Rust (But a frosty cold A/C!)

Speaking of that Fiat 128, my dad used to have a '59 1100 Millicento. Beat anything to 40mph, then you were toasted... It did get 42 mpg though being driven all out. Top speed was something like 90mph! I wish that thing was still kickin' today...

[AvPPoW]

After running around in my dad's 5mt Ford Escort a couple of months I drove up to LI and bought my SVX. I owned an explorer before I got the suby, but didn't register it. The SVX is now a 5mt and is MY first street legal car

[Earthworm]

My parents bought me my first car when I turned 16: burgandy 1977 Nova 6 cylinder


First time I was in control of a car was when I was 2. My grandfather let me steer the 1970's Toyota Corona around the field

[mikecg]

First car was a '69 Camaro. Had a 307ci with a Powerglide tranny. I got it when I was 15. Rebuilt the engine and had it ready to drive by my 16th birthday. Ran off a dirt road about 4 days after I was on my own (no permit anymore). Had to replace the passenger front fender and A-frame. passenger door was crushed in too, but wasnt an issue. By my senor year I managed to get it restored.

The rest of the past:
82 F150 4X4 (351 set-up for dirt drag)
89 Toyota 4X4
91 Eclipes GS-T
96 Doge Status ES (V-6)
97 Mustang (V-6, 5-Speed)
88 Chevy Blazer 4X4
82 Crown Vic (got it in 2002 w/ 15K miles, sounds great, but every seal in the thing leaked from dry-rout)
92 Stealth (free Got it after having the 94SVX for awhile. I put $800 in the engine to get it running and sold it for $1000 to by the 92 SVX

Current List:
94 SVX L: Bought it May 2003 with 20K for $8000
92 SVX LS-L : paid $900 w/ bad tranny.
75 Datsun 280Z: paid $300 needs steering linkages and floor boards
72 Datsun 240Z: Needs floorboards (did Datsuns actually come with floorboards?)

I'm thinking about getting a 96 Legacy GT. I've never had a NEW car. I want a GT, but I dont want the new front end. I'm afraid 2007s will have the new grill.

[AvPPoW]

Kinda like me. At one, I used to turn my wagon upside down and drive it. At 2, I got a powerwheels. It wasn't fast enough, so my dad put a chainsaw motor on it. It still wasn't fast enough so we put an 8hp briggs on it with minibike tires for traction (it would still smoke them.) Leared to drive a cart before I knew how to ride a bike. At 3 I got my first go-kart and my dad re-drilled the pedals for my short legs. That was fun, but it was only three hp. By 5 I was driving around an old race kart with slicks on the grass. Most fun thing to drive ever. Nothing comes close to drifting a kart. At 6 I started riding the minibike, at 7 I fixed up the moped and then went to a 125cc 1975 Rockford Taka trailbike. It moved, but was falling apart. I learned to deal with the weight when riding with my friends and eventually got a 1988 Kawasaki KX80 bigwheel. Sold that after I moved and got a 1994 Ford Explorer. Drove around in mommy and daddy's car for a while then traded the explorer for $700 and gas to a friend who needed a truck when I bought the SVX.

[NapaBavarian]

When I was 16 I picked up an old Jeep Cherokee...



This thing was reliable like a clock, It broke down exactly once a month, every month, but it went everywhere and was all wheel drive

[MNYPNNY]

First car - red 1977 4-door Ford Granada with a bench seat.
Second car - blue 1976 2-door Ford Granada with power bucket seats, power windows, a smokin' V-8
Third car - a yellow 1980 Ford Fairmont which was a dog... but it never broke down on me
Fourth car - a gray 1991 2wd Subaru Legacy... didn't have cruise control
Fifth car - my Penny

[SVXer95]

My first car was a 1985 Toyota Camry. 'the beast from the far east'

That thing took one hell of a beating before it died at 200k miles.

[ensteele]

My first car was a 1967 Chev Camaro. It was deep water blue with white pin stripe and bumble bee stripe. It was a 4 speed manual.

[svxxx26]

First car was a 1973 Plymouth Fury II ex-state police car (bought in 1975).
That car - especially by today's standards - was HUGE. Rode like a tank. 440 cube V-8, dual exhasts, vinyl bench seat, a 140 mph "certified" speedo and weighed over 2 tons.

Does it get any better than that???

[Royal Tiger]

1981 Oldsmobile Holiday 88 coupe. One of only 300 or so that year. 307ci V-8 with a Rochester 4 barrel and the Turbo 200 4R auto. Burgandy over silver and no vinal top. She was a nice car.

[Bob6stringer]

My first was a blue 1975 Honda Accord hatchback with room to get me and several milk crates to college in upstate NY. I ran it into the ground (and a few other things). But my favorite car, bought used in the early 90s, was a 1984 Fiat Spyder with low-profile Pirellis and with nicely tuned ANSI exhaust.