What was your very first car?

Mosaud1998 · 01-03-2021, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Burrcold

1993 Honda Prelude VTEC. Bought it in highschool back in the 90's (stupidly worked evenings and weekends just to pay for it). Awesome car though...bought 3 since then and one just a few years back for nostalgia.

My dad's first car was a 1987 Honda Prelude Si I think. He said the engine blew on the highway at 220k miles

Burrcold · 01-03-2021, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

My dad's first car was a 1987 Honda Prelude Si I think. He said the engine blew on the highway at 220k miles

I had a 1986 Prelude Si as well and that thing was so rock solid. Went 250k miles before the floor boards literally rotted out and the driver's seat fell to the ground

Mosaud1998 · 01-03-2021, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Burrcold

I had a 1986 Prelude Si as well and that thing was so rock solid. Went 250k miles before the floor boards literally rotted out and the driver's seat fell to the ground

Did you fall with the seat

(jk)

Burrcold · 01-03-2021, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

Did you fall with the seat

(jk)

Not joking at all, I sold it to my brother and he DID fall through the floor sitting at a stop light! Haha. He was a courier at the time and just needed a car that run, so he put a few sheets of aluminum and bolted the seat onto a piece of plywood placed under the seat. Lol

mikado463 · 01-03-2021, 12:15 PM

Wow, a lot of of young'ins here ! , LOL !

Since I got my drivers license before most of you were born, my first car.... 1965 Dodge Coronet, 318 with 'three on the tree' !

Mosaud1998 · 01-03-2021, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mikado463

Wow, a lot of of young'ins here ! , LOL !

Since I got my drivers license before most of you were born, my first car.... 1965 Dodge Coronet, 318 with 'three on the tree' !

I'm 22. People consider 22 as old

Littlebear · 01-03-2021, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by mikado463

Wow, a lot of of young'ins here ! , LOL !

Since I got my drivers license before most of you were born, my first car.... 1965 Dodge Coronet, 318 with 'three on the tree' !

Oh man, my friend Russ had a Coronet of similar age in HS. Driving the dirty back roads with six or so people in it, doing many bad things, was often our weekend entertainment. Two of the girls in our gang had the last name, "Call". My brother & I liked them long time.

Murf

mikado463 · 01-03-2021, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

I'm 22. People consider 22 as old

LOL, do you even know what a carburetor is ? !!

..Rush.. · 01-03-2021, 12:33 PM

A mid 90s Honda Prelude VTEC.

mikado463 · 01-03-2021, 12:35 PM

I'll have to see if I kind find pics of the Coronet, but my second car, 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A was a lot more fun !

FatRear08 · 01-03-2021, 12:39 PM

1990 Mustang GT in bright red. It was an automatic with 2.73 gears. The 1/4 mile time on it was high 15’s and I would get smoked by tweaked mopeds from a standstill. I then saved up some money, changed the rear to a 3.55, added a Hypertech power module(I’m showing my age here), and a set of underdrive pulleys. Ran a 14.1 and I was hot sh!t now!

Mosaud1998 · 01-03-2021, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mikado463

LOL, do you even know what a carburetor is? !!

Kinda, it mixes air and fuel in an engine for combustion. The gas generator we have has a carburetor.

4Hockey4 · 01-03-2021, 01:53 PM

I had a 65' Malibu 283 briefly (parents let me drive for a few months), but first car I bought was a 79' TA, white with blue bird. Loved that car....paid $3K for it, only had 50K miles on it.

SCREAM3R · 01-03-2021, 01:55 PM

93 Eagle Talon. Same thing as an Eclipse GS-T. I was just happy to have a turbo lol.

TheHaze · 01-03-2021, 03:31 PM

'92 Nissan 240SX. It was slow as hell but I enjoyed it for what it was.

Murf993 · 01-03-2021, 03:51 PM

1969 Pontiac Firebird. I was 16, talk about freedom.

kb2wji · 01-03-2021, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TheHaze

'92 Nissan 240SX. It was slow as hell but I enjoyed it for what it was.

You don't know what slow really is - wish you could have driven my Tercel. Or VW bus LOL - That 240 was a rocket!

chenry · 01-03-2021, 07:30 PM

In 1989 after working my ass off fueling boats and installing cell phones....I financed a used 1987 Audi 4000CSQ (my dream car at the time).

Even back then loved me a German 4-door. Funny thing was in the 80's few understood just how cool a sports sedan was and often asked me why I was driving my parents car to high school. Worse yet why I bothered putting a sound system in my parents car (yeah that's right it was sporting a pull out Alpine CD player....yeah I was cool like that

)

ps- was modding back then too - it had a Schrick cam and a straight pipe

supra93 · 01-03-2021, 09:08 PM

At 16 my 1st car given to me was my mom's old 96 Camry coupe. She had went out and brought a new one in 2005.

A year later after working the weekends and nights after school I had save enough to buy my own car which I still have today.

Mosaud1998 · 01-03-2021, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by supra93

At 16 my 1st car given to me was my mom's old 96 Camry coupe. She had went out and brought a new one in 2005.

A year later after working the weekends and nights after school I had save enough to buy my own car which I still have today.

wow, how much did that cost you, and what're the miles on it now?

chassis · 01-03-2021, 09:55 PM

First car I drove was a 1977 Olds Cutlass Supreme. That car was slow.

This was back in the days when, to "improve" efficiency, carmakers put small engines in huge vehicles. The Cutlass was a body-on-frame two door with long heavy doors, huge trunk and very long hood. A large car. Under the hood was a 231ci / 3.8L V6 that was underpowered for the day, and grossly underpowered by today's standards.

Mash the pedal to the floor and nothing much happened. A distant, strained whirring sound came from a generally forward-in-vehicle direction. And not much else.

Black exterior with black vinyl Landau roof, and tan velour interior. With all of the trunk space, massive hood and long side doors, there was an amazing lack of space in the rear seat. It was very much a car indicative of the period.

supra93 · 01-03-2021, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

wow, how much did that cost you, and what're the miles on it now?

I paid $7.5k back in 2006. Currently sitting at 314k.

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mikado463 First Lieutenant 470 Rep 344 Posts Drives: 2017 x5 35i , '67 Corvette BB, Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: SE Pa iTrader: (0)	Wow, a lot of of young'ins here ! , LOL ! Since I got my drivers license before most of you were born, my first car.... 1965 Dodge Coronet, 318 with 'three on the tree' ! __________________ cheers - Dave
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mikado463 First Lieutenant 470 Rep 344 Posts Drives: 2017 x5 35i , '67 Corvette BB, Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: SE Pa iTrader: (0)	I'll have to see if I kind find pics of the Coronet, but my second car, 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A was a lot more fun ! Attached Images __________________ cheers - Dave
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FatRear08 Major 1429 Rep 1,195 Posts Drives: F90 M5 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: HHI iTrader: (0)	1990 Mustang GT in bright red. It was an automatic with 2.73 gears. The 1/4 mile time on it was high 15’s and I would get smoked by tweaked mopeds from a standstill. I then saved up some money, changed the rear to a 3.55, added a Hypertech power module(I’m showing my age here), and a set of underdrive pulleys. Ran a 14.1 and I was hot sh!t now!
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4Hockey4 Banned 838 Rep 674 Posts Drives: Pinto Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Here iTrader: (0)	I had a 65' Malibu 283 briefly (parents let me drive for a few months), but first car I bought was a 79' TA, white with blue bird. Loved that car....paid $3K for it, only had 50K miles on it.
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