GTKY: My First Car

redfallon · January 2014

*inspired by @kimberlymacrae in UO thread

My first car was a 1981 Datsun D210. It was brown. It had a working 8-track player. I started driving on my own when I was 16 in 1993.

When did you start driving and what was your first car? Pic gets extra points!

Pic is not mine but is similar to my first car.

kimberlymacrae · January 2014

I can't remember what year I started driving and I am horrible at math so... probably 2002? I drove an '86 Buick LeSabre. It was my grandpa's and in cherry condition. So much room!

elm005 · January 2014

1974 Smurf Blue Ford Maverick. The car was older than I was. I was mortified back then but I wish I still had it now!

CDMay2006 · January 2014

I didn't get my license till i was 23. I bought my first car in 2005. It was a 1996 Toyota corolla, and i didn't sell it till last year.

csspencer · January 2014

I started driving in 2001, I was 17. I bought my car that next summer, 2002. I drove a 1994 Chevy S-10 pickup crew cab. I loved it! My friends and I would have picnics in the bed.

Eta: I'm an idiot and forgot the year.

Zmommy2 · January 2014

I started driving in 1996 and my car was a 1991 Plymouth Laser... Here's my best friend and I in front of it before some dance Jr year. It was a hot little car though, loved that thing.

blinnea23 · January 2014

In 06 I think? 91 Subaru loyale. Picture is not my car just what I found on the internet. Had to give it to my sister because I rolled and totaled her truck. So I bought a $300 VW Jetta put a battery in it and that thing lasted me until I married DH

blondii428 · January 2014

Mine was a 1993 Saturn SL2. My parents still have it and refuse to let it go! It got slammed into twice, both of which it just barely missed being totaled.

bumpuser10024844 · January 2014

I turned 16 in 2003. My dad bought me a 98 silver Saturn sc2 with a sunroof! It had been stolen at some point before we had it, and my dad got it super cheap. I loved it

bpietronicco · January 2014

I started driving in 1995 and drove a Nissan sentra. Can't remember what year it was. Had to give it to my sister when I went to college in 1997.

DaisyZH · January 2014

I started driving in 2002 and bought a 1992 Ford Escort. It had a lot of miles on it, it only lasted 3 years for me.

mkb5g5 · January 2014

I started driving in 2005, I was 17. My mom bought my first car, a 95 red Nissan 200sx. I wrecked it in 07, I think. But I loved that car!

RagsdaleA · January 2014

I started driving in 2002 @ 16. I drove a Ford Focus hatchback off the show room floor. My husband drove it after me to save on gas when we first got married and I bought my first SUV in 2010.

313Meg · January 2014

Got my first car in 2000-2001?? Old school mercury grand marquis. It was awesome with blue plush seats!! It would stall every other left turn. (Net pix)

eyris · January 2014

I started driving and got my first car in 2001 when I was 16. I guess I was kind of spoiled because my parents bought me a new car. It was a Toyota Echo and I loved that car.

I had it for 12 years and just traded it in three days before E was born! It was a great little car but I wanted something safer and more reliable with a baby. I was sad to see her go.

Here's the last pic I took driving out of the dealership with my new car... *tear*

janelleashu · January 2014

My first baby, Shaft, was purchased by me for 3,000 bucks cash in 2000 when I was 16. She was a lovely 1989 Honda civic. I loved her then I love her still. I consider saving up my money for her a big accomplishment!

aml8979 · January 2014

My first car was an 84 honda accord that my parents bought for me in 97. I learned how to drive stick on it and needed a new clutch after 1 month. I have never had an automatic since then.

Burrberrymum · January 2014

My first car that I'm still driving now is a 1997 Mazda protege and yes it still plays cassettes! I love it though!

ajbook · January 2014

@blondii428 that was my first car too! Mine was that blue/green/teal color in the 2-door "sport" version

eta: I totaled mine out my senior year of high school though.

JLMcWeeney · January 2014

I started driving in 2006. I drove a late 90s model Mustang. My dad does body work on cars so he got one that needed work, and fixed it up for me. This is not my car, but mine looked like this.

llybeck · January 2014

I got my license the day I turned 16, 2002. I had already bought my own car for $500, it was a 1980 Malibu that I planned on fixing up with my dad. Well, it was in a little (a LOT) worse shape than I thought and it was literally crawling with mice. First time we started it up a whole mouse nest flew out of the tail pipe and about a dozen mice scattered all over the garage. And it had no steering wheel so we had to use 2 vice grips.
Needless to say, my dad made me sell it to someone for a demo derby car and he helped me out big time. He let me basically have his full size Chevy Blazer and that thing was sweet. It had a lift kit and huge tires and fit all my friends. My 5'1" self felt pretty bad ass jumping in and out of that beast.

PrettyInPearls23 · January 2014

It was my senior year, so 2000-2001 and I drove a 1991 white Ford Ranger similiar to this one:

It was a hand-me-down from my dad and it was awful. The windshield leaked and the interior was destroye because my dad used it to drive back and forth 150 miles round trip to his construction job. Oh and it was a stick shift! BUT, it was free and I could pull my small 2-horse trailer with it to the fairgrounds for horse shows.

kje120 · January 2014

Mine was a 1986 Dodge 600 convertible. Mine was silver with this awful maroon interior and a black top. There was a hole in the drivers side floor and it didn't even have a tape deck. If I hit a bump too hard the radio would go out and wipe out all my pre-set stations. It was a piece of crap, but I loved that it was a convertible. My sister started letting me drive when I was 15 and I got my license when I was 16 so in 1993.

Kristonita12 · January 2014

Mine was a 1992 Toyota Carolla that was an awful shade of blue. My dad does work on cars so he found one for a really great deal and kept it running. When I sold it, it had 300,000 miles on it and he still services it for the lady that bought it.. so it's STILL alive. I can't imagine how many miles are on it now!!!

Kristonita12 · January 2014

Mine was a 1992 Toyota Carolla that was an awful shade of blue. My dad does work on cars so he found one for a really great deal and kept it running. When I sold it, it had 300,000 miles on it and he still services it for the lady that bought it.. so it's STILL alive. I can't imagine how many miles are on it now!!!

psychgirl33 · January 2014

I got my license in 1998 when I was 16, but didn't get my first car until I was 21. My first car was a 1997 Mazda Protege. I loved that car so much. I only got rid of it because my aunt sold me her Camry for $1,000. It was in fantastic shape with 1/2 the miles, so I couldn't pass it up.

redfallon · January 2014

psychgirl33 I love your siggy pic. Your baby's look on her face is like "Say what?"

jlp0528 · January 2014

I drove a 94 Ford Tempo in 2002 when I was 17. Boy did I put that car through the ringer. X_X

mrs_chewie · January 2014

I started driving in 96, and came home to a brand new mustang in my driveway. Turns out, it was for my mother.

I got her 88 Ford Taurus, which I nick named the cli Taurus, as classy as that sounds. That car broke down every weekend, like clockwork.

eyris · January 2014

mrs_chewie said:

I started driving in 96, and came home to a brand new mustang in my driveway. Turns out, it was for my mother. I got her 88 Ford Taurus, which I nick named the cli Taurus, as classy as that sounds. That car broke down every weekend, like clockwork.

Haha, one of my high school friends drove a Taurus that we used to call the Cli-Taurus, too. I guess we had the same immature high school sense of humor.

psychgirl33 · January 2014

Thanks @redfallon!

magdalina.h · January 2014

I started driving in 2000. I had a silver 2000 Mazda 626. It had a sunroof and I would always climb up through it at baseball games at sit on it. My dad had no idea why there were dents on top.

mrssamarataylor · January 2014

duplicate! ignore

mrssamarataylor · January 2014

My first car was an Infinity G20. 10 Years old. I thought I was the ISH! Until I totaled that old thing on a speed hump...

JocelynB0911 · January 2014

91 Chrysler 5th ave

Nukke · January 2014

First started driving around my parents farm when I was 12. Learned standard when I was 14. Got my license a bit late; 17. Didn't own my first car until I was 26 and living in Japan. It was a 1994 Daihatsu Mira, we nicknamed "Rufus". Rufus had a 3 cylinder, 650cc engine.

Here's Rufus at the end of his life:

Marley629 · January 2014

I got my license at 17 in 1999 and my first car was a late 80's Pontiac Grand am...and then the engine died a few months later because Cars apparently need oil to run...who knew lol

Jason&Erin82507 · January 2014

I got my permit at 16 (1998) and my license on my 17th b-day (Jersey laws..lol)..,My first car was a 1982 Toyota Celica....it was a hand-me-down from my grandpa....it was this ugly sh*t brown....it broke down after a few months and my parents bought me a 1996 Eagle Talon for my 17th bday in 1999. It was like going from a hoopty to a Cadillac!! Lol

Sarajanelleladd · January 2014

Am I only one so far with a classic car? I got my license in 1998. My first car was a 1963 Ford Mercury Comet. It had the coolest rocket lights ever. Same color as this one from google. It sadly blew up on the freeway the month before I went to college and my mom donated it.

sapphire0228 · January 2014

My first car was a blue 2000 ford focus. I was supposed to get my dads 1979 F150 Ranger with a big block 460 but a month before I turned 16 the transmission blew and it wasn't worth fixing for me. The focus was my sister's and she gave it to me. I drove the shit out of that car. It was wrecked (three dents) and made noises like a diesel but awesome on gas and still looked new inside. I just got rid of her last year to buy my first car. An F-150 4 door. I still have the motor of the old truck and DH and I want to build an 80's Bronco mud truck with it.