Your First Car And Other Questions

[black roadster]

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Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?

Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)

Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)

Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)

My answers:

Q1 - My Mom's 1983 Chrysler New Yorker 5th Avenue. Pimpin'! It would like great as a Donk



Q2 - 1974 Ford Capri 2.0 4-speed (bought for $318 with a slipping clutch)



Q3 - 1988-1991 Honda CRX Si (I'd still like one but they've all been modded or riced to hell or have 200k+ miles)



Q4 - Lamborghini Countach LP500S (Had a 6-foot poster on my wall too!)

[jeepinbanditrider]

Q1- Red 1994 Jeep Cherokee Sport.  4.0L "HO" 5 speed manual and 2-wheel drive. Looked exactly like the one below



Q2-Same vehicle. Family wagon I got it as my first car with 170k miles on it. If I wouldn't have wrecked the damn thing I'd probably still have it :)

Q3- A 4WD Jeep. Not a Wrangler but a Cherokee with a lift and such.

Q4-Didn't really have one Liked Jeeps a lot! Once I got stationed back in Tx and realized there was a lot more paved road than off road....road, I switched to cars and my Miata.

When I was in Boot Camp I had my mom mail me photos of my Jeep and I would buy a sunday paper (only free time we got) so I could cut out ads of Jeep Cherokees for sale in the for sale section

[cone-cerned]

Post pics if you can.

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?

Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)

Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)

Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)

My answers:

Q1 - M38A1, no instruction, just learned by discovery.


Q2 - 1949 Ford Tudor, paid $150 in 1964. It was dark blue when I bought it, but I painted it Burgundy Mist. It had the big motor, 100 HP and 3 speed with overdrive.



Q3 - I came close to buying a 1964 Lotus Super Seven Kit. Still love those Sevens.



Q4 - If not a King Cobra, at least a Cobra. And for the track, a Lotus 23B.

[Radio-Active]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?
1972 Toyota Corolla Deluxe
Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)
1980 Dodge Challenger
Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)
Fiat X-1/9
Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)
Lotus Esprit

[trickyrix]

Couldn't dig up any actual pix, but at least these are the right color...

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?
I learned to drive stick in my grandfather's '82 Datsun King Cab 4x4 - looked just like this except his had a bad-ass light bar in the bed.

...and when I got my learner's permit, I got to play in my dad's SHO. He was a bad influence who encouraged me to "wind it out" and "jack with that M6" from time to time. I did as I was told.


Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)
I sort of had two first cars... first up was a 1978 Camaro that my dad and I bought at an auction - I paid half...

It looked like the one in the pic - very clean and very red. But then we worked on it and decided that no matter what, it was still going to run like crap and leave me stranded. So we sold it before I got my license, and the Camaro proceeds went toward an '89 Mustang 5.0 - it looked about like a DPS Stang, and I won't deny that I owned a Vanilla Ice CD at some point in time.


Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)
I wanted an old muscle car. My folks had (and still have) a '63 Impala SS 409, a '65 Mustang convertible, and a '76 Eldorado convertible. But I really liked the old 442, and back in the day you could still find a decent driver for $5K (well, maybe not a 442, but at least a Cutlass with a 350)...


Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)
A slant-nose 911 Turbo was the end-all be-all back in the day... legendary. I mean, they just don't make cars that can easily kill you like they used to...

[goofygrin]

1. Combo of a Buick Century (auto) and a Fiat Uno (stick) (Venezuela)
2. 1970 240z

3. Any car. Seriously, I was bumming rides and my parents like 3000 miles away.
4. Porsche 911 with with wide fenders and a whale tail. Still want one.

[Billy Blaze]

I learned to drive in an old ass monte carlo
My first car was a honda civic
I wanted to drive a 750 Ninja
My dream car was the 68 firebird....still is, I have had a 79 with 400ci and 80 with 455ci
I cant imagine driving one of those now...I would stay broke.

[modernbeat]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?
A: I learned in three cars. An '80 Caprice Classic, a '70 Torino Wagon and a '50 Chevy Truck.

The Caprice looked just like this, but single color, not two tone.


The Torino was an ex Kodak deliver car and had once been painted Kodak yellow. My dad repainted it metallic pine green.


The truck wasn't nearly this nice. It was a beater on a farm and had led a hard life.


Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)
A: A '71 Datsun 240Z. It was bone stock down to the hubcaps. Paid $1500 but had to do some work to make it drivable.

Looked exactly like this. Exactly.


Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)
A: A VW GTi. Volkswagen marketing worked. Preferably in black.



Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)
A: A Ford RS200



As an aside, I bought my first new car in late '89. A Merkur XR4ti. Sort of half way between the GTi and the RS200. Looked exactly like this one.

[CosmosMpower]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in? 92 Acura Legend LS

Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?) 00 Honda Civic EX 5MT, around 14K OTD

Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget) Prelude SH

Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall) F40 (still is).

[Rob®]

Q1 = Driving in general, my father's Toyota truck. I used to steal it and drive it around, trying to park it back exactly as it was when I took it (I was 12 or 13). Driving stick, a huge dump truck at the landscaping company I worked at when I was 13 or 14

Q2 = 1984 300zx turbo. Paid $300. Was doing demo for my mom's friends, and the car was sitting in the grass at their neighbor's house. It was love at first sight. Have a pic in a box somewhere..

Q3 = my brother's friend's 1994 240sx. Almost bought it too, but ended up finding my '92 300zx instead :)

Q4 = Lotus Esprit

[Rogue]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?
1971 Toyota Corona Mark II


Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)
1967 Mustang Deluxe Coupe 289/C4 ($1500)

(just like this one, but with cream scoops)

Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)
1964 Impala SS 409/4speed


Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)
I was blown away by the Porsche 911 RSR, but never figured I'd ever have a Pcar.

Well I ended up close with this.


I also was enamored by John Milner's Piss Yellow Deuce Coupe

and the Hirohata '51 Merc

[sammm]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?
I took drivers-ed in a '76 AMC Pacer...I really wanted one bad...no really, I did!


The first car I drove after I got my license was my dad's '69 Chevy station wagon (complete with the sweet wood-grain sides!)


Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)
The first car that was totally mine was a '77 Toyota Corolla (it was dark green). My grandfather left it to me in his will.



Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)
My brother's '69 Buick GS Stage-1....

or the Starsky & Hutch '76 Gran Torino!

Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)
I had the obligatory Lambo/Alpine poster

[BigDmiata]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?

My dad's 1986 VW Scirocco (crap brown color with a 5spd)

Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)

My first car was a 1987 VW Jetta (5spd) paid $1500 for in 1995

Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)

My aunt had a red 1990 Acura Integra GS, loved the look of the car and actually bought it from her after the Jetta started constantly having problems.

Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)

Dream car as a teenager was a black 1997 Chevy Corvette (first year of the C5)

[Darron65]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?

Dad's 1963 Galaxie, my uncle's late 60's Chevy pickup and his 3 ton grain truck (5-spd with 2-spd axle of course)

Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)

First car was a 1971 Dodge Demon paid $200 for it in 1983. 4 wheel drum brakes, one worked. Hey a kid needs to learn somewhere, right?

Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)

68 Barracuda Formula S with a 340/4-spd

Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)

I too had the Countach on my wall, only because I couldn't find a Porsche 928 poster. Also slightly miffed when my parents sold the Galaxie to an older cousin when I was 14.

[MadMonkey]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?

19--something Ford F-250 diesel pickup (manual... I was like .

Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)

1979 Mercedes 300SD Turbo Diesel (free)

Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)

Toyota Supra

Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)

Waaaaay too many to count. Diablo SV and Ferrari F40 were high on the list, along with the XJ220, F50, Shelby Cobra, Ferrari 550, Maclaren F1, and many others.

[HudsonHawk]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?
1984 Ford LTD Crown VIC (try to parallel park that beast.)

Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)
1978 Ford Fairmont Futura (302 on mustang chassis) Hand me down from my mom. Spent more time keeping it running then driving it.

Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)
Mustang SVO

Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)
Jeep Wrangler

[Squid]

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?
a 1962 Mini (right hand drive)


Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)
1966 Ford Mustang. paid $750. Still have it.


Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)
1966 GTO


Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)
1970 Hemi-Cuda drop-top


Or :drool: This:

[Kestrel]

Post pics if you can.

Q1 - What car did you learn to drive in?


Learned to drive in my dad's Dodge Coronet Station Wagon


Q2 - What was your first car? (how much did you pay?)


My first car was a 1972 VW Beetle (not a Super Beetle). Paid $800 for it and loved it until the day it died.


Q3 - What car did you want to drive back then? (with in the budget)


If I'd had any real money, I would have bought a TR6 or a VW Scricco. If I had any real money today, both of those would be in my collection as we speak.


Q4 - What was you teenage dream car? (or the car poster hanging on your wall)


My dream cars at the time were a Porsche 930 Turbo, Ferrari 308... and a particular Lotus

There was this very cool poster of the Porsche with the silouette of a woman's back (and backside), the neck of a violin, and a Porsche Turbo... showed the "sexy", classic lines of each, and I thought it was fantastic. Wish I could find one of those, as it'd be hanging in my garage now! It looked like this (the only version I could find on the interweb):

[Sharpie]

Learned on: Suzuki Brute - stick shift I was 8. Dad said might as well learn since you can push the clutch to the floor. I was sad the day he sold it and the guy drove it up into the bed of a 1 ton dully and drove off.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hugo90/2512176961/

first car: 85' VW Golf Diesel that had been wrecked by brother (not his fault) $500

Looks almost just like this but light blue metallic:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...%3Disch&itbs=1

3. Wanted: too many cars to count - l liked so many. A miata!!!!! Took my test in a turbo Samurai. I wanted the 85' Toyota truck from back to the future. I'll always have love for the 69' Charger known as the General Lee.

4. Out of budget as a kid: a bluebird bus towing a Rolls. As a teen: Probably an old Bronco or Jeep.