[W4HG0N]

Paid $50 for a 1974 Plymouth 4 door Valiant (straight 6 )

[JhnRX7]

1994 Mazda RX-7. Still have it today

[Th3Walrus]

1988 Merkur XR4Ti

[Frank851]

1970 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe 1600
5-Speed
Purchased in 1976

[OkieSnuffBox]

I was 16 in 1998. Dad passed down his '89 Ford Escort GT.

[Gregrobin]

Bought in 1983 with money I saved from 2 paper routes: 1973 Dodge Duster with a slant 6

I wanted a blue 1969 Charger 440 but could not afford it.

[6oclockshadow]

1985 VW Scirocco. Brilliant auto.

[Skoidat69]

illegally, 1989 honda accord. legally, 1993 Geo Prism

[wtwo3]

1993 Nissan Maxima.

It had automatic seatbelts and was pretty quick for the time. This I believe is also when Nissan coined the "4DSC (4 door sports car)" concept. This is also when Nissan was building good, fun to drive cars.

Eventually I blew the transmission just by driving it too hard.

[Gregrobin]

Originally Posted by 6oclockshadow

1985 VW Scirocco. Brilliant auto.

Had a gold one myself, nothing but a headache (repairs) but a fun car.

[Rocket455]

1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS Spyder, 5 spd. All show, no go, but I loved that thing. Added 17" 5Zigen Copse wheels in hypersilver, roll bar and a turbo wing. This is back in 2003.

[DrFerry]

Even more first cars here:
https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1849534

[Silverstreak76]

1981 Ford Escort Pony (GT interior throughout) couple 5MT. Wrecked it and bought a 1981 AMC General Mail Jeep 850.00 wrecked into a tree after hitting black ice in MI Winters. 1990 Pontiac 6000 Beige with Alpine CD Deck and no hubcaps. My pride and joy to own was a 1993 Acura Integra GS-R (AEM Intake, Magnaflow exhaust, BFG a bit wider then OEM) handled like on rails!

[Wrjose81]

2001 Nissan Maxima

[Oldgixxer]

Was 17 back in 1987 when I got it,1974 Mercury Comet w optional rusted out floors(feet would get wet if it was raining,boombox w 18 D-cell batteries for music,no heater-core and brake lights that would or would not work depending on how heavy traffic was smh..The one in the picture was what I had except that one looks mint compared to mine.

Damn do I miss that car!

[WGNT M3]

1972 Datsun 521 pickup

[Moflow]

My old 1988 Celica All-Trac Turbo circa 2003 or so.

Rally homologation special and ultimately way too cool for me as a first car. I managed to cover all my bases though and both over AND understeer it into ditches on separate occasions.

2.0L turbocharged inline-4 with 190 hp and AWD isn't really anything to write home about by today's standards, but in the early 2000's it was near WRX performance at a sub $3K price point.

[Coaldog]

1955 Ford F100 with 243,000 miles on it.

[hellrotm]

Alpine White 1995 325is.

[JJ 911SC]

1980 VAZ-2101, Russian version of Fiat 124

[///d]

I had two.

1984 AMC Eagle
1979 Datsun 280ZX

The Eagle was a beater but would go through just about anything.
The Datsun was mint, but motor went due to faulty oil pump.

[Gregrobin]

Originally Posted by Oldgixxer

Was 17 back in 1987 when I got it,1974 Mercury Comet w optional rusted out floors(feet would get wet if it was raining,boombox w 18 D-cell batteries for music,no heater-core and brake lights that would or would not work depending on how heavy traffic was smh..The one in the picture was what I had except that one looks mint compared to mine.

Damn do I miss that car!

Ha, had my first kiss in a Comet.