What was your first car? What is your current car?

[Grimjaws]

I bought a 1991 Eagle Summit 3-door hatch with stick. That car got 35-40 miles per gallon and never gave me a lick of trouble. Got it for college and loved to go to class last minute because the spot with the concrete lamp post was always empty - all the other cars were too big and stuck out - I could take four large steps and walk from the driver door around back to passenger door. A little cramped when driving my friends but loved that car.

I remember upgrading to a Chevy Cavalier and felt like I was driving a huge Cadillac. Now I drive a Silverado Extended Cab and all cars are tiny to me.

What did you start out with and what do you drive now?

 

[bgrafsr]

1936 Buick Coupe with straight 8 engine. Built like a tank.

Current is a 2006 Ford Ranger with 3.0 V6 and extended cab.

 

[redlevel]

1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster with a busted block. I had to haul water around to keep it replenished. Jumped out of high gear. No muffler, but I wired a piece of rusted-up 4" well screen over the exhaust pipe. Every time I geared down to slow down, it blew rust out of the well casing and got louder.

I drive a 2003 Chevrolet 2500HD pickup now.

 

[RonJ]

1964 Corvair Monza Red on red on red!

2003 Mercury Sable. The soft vinyl is peeling off the door panels and Ford says they cannot fix it. Otherwise it's been a good car.

 

[Bkreutz]

1st car was a 50 Ford sedan, 3 of us pooled our money for the $50 it cost us. The radiator leaked so bad we had to drive with the wipers on the way home (didn't have a hood either). 2 bottles of BarsLeak later, no problem. We drove that for the summer and sold it at a profit. Current vehicle is a 2014 Subaru Forester, the wife has a 2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser. Not much into car stuff anymore except my 1947 CJ2A Jeep and it's bone stock.

 

[walkin jack]

The summer of 1961 I turned 17 and I bought a '36 Ford Coupe. Paid 35 dollars for it. It was a fixer-upper. I fixed it up some but never could get up the money to do all that I wanted to do to it. I spent all my money getting/keeping it running and keeping tires on it and gas and oil in it and wasn't able to do much about it cosmetically.

Still It was a lot of fun and I got very popular after I got it. Lots of good memories in that old beater. I'll never forget it.

 

[arjay]

'51 ford PU-'02 ford super duty.

 

[Lee Barner]

my uncle's 55 chevy 4 door, black on black, 6 cyl, three on the tree and not even an AM radio. now an 07 reg cab Silverado. lee

 

[ditrina]

1965 Volvo Only in Battleship Gray

2014 RAM 1500 LARAMIE LIMITED

 

[finesse_r]

First car was a two year old, mint 1959 Impala two door hard top, with a 348 CI engine. It was all power, automatic, and loaded for that time. It was baby blue with white trim and blue interior. That baby would fly, but I only got 10 MPH with it. I bought it at age 16 with money from working after school and that I got from the sale of my motorcycle.

Today I have two PU trucks, a 1997 Silverado extended cab that is loaded, and a basic 1998 F-150 with heater, A/C and radio. The Silverado rides like a car, and the F-150 is all truck.

I have never owned a vehicle that the manufacture date begins with a 2.

 

[GaryS]

1966 Ford Fairlane 2 door hard top, rebuilt from a wreck. By the time I was finished with it, it had a 302 instead of the original 289 and a 1968 interior, instead of the 1966. It helps that my dad owned an auto salvage yard. I treated cars as kids now treat Legos. I made a lot of my own creations.

My current "car" is a 2006 Toyota Tundra. I bought it used in 2008 as a dealer demo.

 

[deadin]

1st car was a '49 Plymouth Business Coupe. Current car is either a 2007 Prius or a 2000 Tacoma. (Oldest car owned was a 1946 CJ2)

 

[sophie]

A 1952 Ford 2 door coupe, standard, 6cyl, and now a 1986 Chev reg cab Silverado

 

[PWGUNNY]

In 1981, I bought my brother's 1970 6cyl Nova. Now I have a 2008 Escalade and an '04 4Runner

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Very first car was a hand-me-down 1967 bug that had 300k+ miles on it. It had dropped a valve so dad said... Here ya go son, your first car.

Took the engine out and seen what we needed. Bought two used heads, one used piston, new rings and a gasket set. A friend and I and two cases of beer later, we took that beetle for a test ride up and down the street at 4AM. Dad came wandering out... could not believe it.

I drive a Toyota Tundra.

 

[DCWilson]

I tried to buy a '36 Buick when I was 16 but my parents wouldn't let me. Bill, I envy you yours!

So I actually spent my first two years driving a '53 Nash Ambassador. Another tank, but one with a diminished turning radius because of the body metal that covered the fender wells. What a bad idea! Every U-turn was a back and fill operation.

These days I am usually in my new Toyota FJ Cruiser that I am just enjoying the heck out of. The mechanical stable also includes a 15-year old F150 4x4 for hauling bigger stuff. Even in retirement I need to do that from time to time. Either of these vehicles is suitable for off-road exploring and remote camping, which I hope to do more of in years to come.

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That old 10-foot Alaskan used to ride in the bed of an F250 4x4 that I no longer have. It's just for storage now.

 

[K38]

Rice burners I'm afraid.... Started with a 1976 Plymouth Arrow (Mitsubishi)
Now a 2013 Nissan 370Z Touring 6 speed Manual, and a 1972 Datsun 240Z with a 1978 2.8 liter engine Triple Side Draft Webers and 5 speed Manual.

D.

 

[Squarebutt]

First was a 1958 Ford Fairlane, V8 stick-shift with overdrive. Had a few newer and older rides through the college years. Currently drive a 2004 Silverado extended cab 4x4 or a 1999 Coachmen Catalina class C 24-foot motorhome with 454 Chevy power.

 

[jimmib]

in 1959 at the age of 14 I bought a 1942 chev. sedan for $15 and had to put u-joints in it....I was only 14,but could get a daytime only license ....I now have 2 Jeep Cherokees...one 1995 for fishing and a 99 for my daily driver

 

[diamonback68]

Bought Ford Model A in 1950 for $50 from the feed store. Was worth more in metal junk value. Just bought a 2014 Ford Escape, a really neat little vehicle.