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neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
4/6/11 9:45 p.m.

'88 Accord, put it into a tree backwards at 60 avoiding a deer.

KATYB
KATYB Reader
4/6/11 10:02 p.m.

88 dodge colt 5sp. ugly faded denim blue. with matching interior. drove for 2 years untill a cross country road trip did it in 85mph for hours was too much for that car to handle. over heated with a perfect working order cooling system and lost all compression. dont know if it was headgasket or engine. didnt matter. left it on side of road and bought a 300 dollar 89 escort with 89k on it. well damn odometer rolled over 3 times after i bought it and before i finally killed the engine. gosh i miss that stupid lil car.

Nitroracer
Nitroracer SuperDork
4/6/11 10:04 p.m.

1991 NX2000 - I sat around on the internet for awhile trying to find the best bang for my buck and an SR20 powered B13 was the ticket. Then I realized they were a pain to find in the mid-atlantic because they were already rusting away. Dad drove it home, I learned to drive stick in the backyard.

Sold it to someone from new york who paid me and waited a month or two to pick it up when he randomly showed up one night. Was supposed to get a DET swap from his wrecked NX but never happened and I saw it up for sale again online.

WilberM3
WilberM3 HalfDork
4/6/11 10:28 p.m.

white auto 4dr 95 Geo Metro. i traded it in on my e30 M3.

friedgreencorrado
friedgreencorrado SuperDork
4/6/11 11:10 p.m.

1971 Chebby Chevelle, damn near donated to my by a rich aunt. 305 w/slushbox. Sold to a local family in Starkville MS for a couple of hundred bux because they didn't have any car at all.

EDIT: The thing had drum brakes on the front.

donalson
donalson SuperDork
4/6/11 11:40 p.m.

85 tercel 5dr, bought it from my 'rents on payments for $400 (they bought it the year prior for $600 with working a/c)

the 1st year I was married the wifes car broke down 100 miles away and we HAD to get her to work... it blew a heater hose... it overheated... I fixed it but not before I blew the HG... it sat parked at my 'rents house and I learned A LOT about cars over the next year or so... wanted to swap a 4afe into it... but mom and dad moved so the car had to go... to the junkyard :(

killerkane
killerkane Reader
4/6/11 11:41 p.m.
WilberM3 wrote: white auto 4dr 95 Geo Metro. i traded it in on my e30 M3.

Excellent choice.

mtn
mtn UltimaDork
4/6/11 11:55 p.m.

"My" first car was a 1999 Maxima. Dad wrecked it after 6 months while going to get donuts on my birthday.

My first canoe was a Gruman.

oldeskewltoy
oldeskewltoy Reader
4/6/11 11:57 p.m.

Ahhhh,,, my 1964 Volvo 1800S built by Jensen in England!

The car was rusty... and then I hit something with it too

Since that was way back in the late 70s... it likely is part of some early 80s Japanese import....

Maybe mine!

HappyJack
HappyJack Reader
4/7/11 12:10 a.m.

75 Fiat 128 Coupe

Worked on it more than I drove it. Could never get the brakes to work right. I figure it needed a new master cylinder. Couldn't afford a new one, and couldn't find a Fiat at a wreckers, never mind a master cylinder for one. At the time Fiat hadn't sold a car in Canada for years.

Ended up scrapping it, and took out a loan to buy an 81 Dodge Charger.

lewbud
lewbud Reader
4/7/11 3:44 a.m.

First car was a 73 Pinto station wagon. Blew the head gasket and bent some valves on the move from San Antonio to Arlington Tx in 1992. Sold it to a local gent for 50.00 (I paid 25.00 for her). I like to think she's still roaming the plains of Texas somewhere south of Fort Worth, but the truth is I probably shaved with part of her in 1995.

wheels777
wheels777 Dork
4/7/11 5:19 a.m.

My 1954 Chevy 2 dr Delray purchased for $50 was traded away for a 1950 Studebaker with a 283/T400/Dana 60. Eventually traded the Stude for a 66 Chevelle with a 327/4spd/12 bolt. My Mom steered the 54 home as my neighbor towed it 32 years ago. Wow time has flown by..

dbgrubbs
dbgrubbs New Reader
4/7/11 5:43 a.m.

1972 Vega GT. Apparently I didn't learn my lesson. Sold it and immediately went out and bought a '76 Vega GT w/ 5 speed. No doubt both rusted away years ago.

bravenrace
bravenrace SuperDork
4/7/11 6:17 a.m.

In reply to 93EXCivic:

My first car was a Corvette bronze '68 Camaro. I had big plans for it, right up until I was broadsided by a dump truck. It took out my door and rear quarter panel. Being 16 and having a father that knew nothing about cars, I bought a used door and filled the quarter panel with about a gallon of bondo. I drove it that way for a while and then bought a '71 Formula 400. At that point the Camaro became my winter car (they were just old cars then, really!). When winter was over I sold it to a guy in my high school with the condition that I had first right of refusal if he sold it. About two weeks after I sold it to him it was stolen and I never saw it again. Every once in a while I get an urge to re-create it.

FlightService
FlightService HalfDork
4/7/11 6:28 a.m.

82 F100 with a 68 390 PI punched to 408, ported and polished heads with a 650 double pumper.

It was my Dad's, I picked out a 88 Mercury Tracer hatch back, after he saw I was getting upper 30s in gas mileage, we "traded".

Which is family speak for you drive this one.

Klayfish
Klayfish Reader
4/7/11 6:49 a.m.

Long story short....

'88 Chevy Nova (Corolla). Owned by my parents when I was living at home. Parents kicked me out when I was 19, so I had to leave the Nova behind.

Shortly after I bought an '81 Subaru DL wagon for $300, so that was the first car I owned. A year later, my parents decided to "gift" the Nova to me. The very day I picked it up, the Subaru blew a head gasket. It went to the scrap yard.

Coincidentally enough, a few years later, I bought my first new car, a '96 Integra GS-R. Planned to keep the Nova as a beater. One week after buying the Integra, the Nova blew a head gasket. It went to the scap yard...

Rob_Mopar
Rob_Mopar HalfDork
4/7/11 7:00 a.m.

'80 Chevette Scooter. 2-door 4-speed death trap. My uncle inherited it when his uncle died. He gave it to me since he just bought a new Buick.

Taught myself stick in one evening in my parents hilly neighborhood. A couple months later I put the car on its side. On the way to school in the rain on May 5th. It did land back on its wheels.

I gave the car back to my uncle and he sold it. I replaced it with a '78 Malibu Classic 2-door that I consider my real first car. The Chevette was more of a driving appetizer.

sjd
sjd New Reader
4/7/11 7:05 a.m.

First hand-me down car: 1981 Buick LeSabre with a 307 Olds. Reliable and plush at the same time. Rust got the better of it and it went to the scrapyard.

Second hand-me down car: 1981 Pontiac Acadian. I hated this car with a passion. Eventually wrote it off when someone hit me. Towed to the scrapyard.

My actual first car: 1981 Pontiac Trans Am Black SE (Bandit) with a 301 Turbo. I loved this car and it was a great car to have when you're 18. It was also written off due to a relatively minor collision. I bought it back from the insurance company but never got it fixed. Sat for 5-6 years before I sold it to a guy who was going to restore it. Never saw it again.

DukeOfUndersteer
DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
4/7/11 7:16 a.m.

This:

Well, without the wheels. 1988 Toyota MR2 Supercharged. Found it locally for $1000, took my dad, had him talk it down to $500, needed a clutch which apparently is impossible to find for a SC MK1 MR2. Would give ANYTHING to get it back or one just like it...

MA$$hole
MA$$hole Reader
4/7/11 7:20 a.m.

I blew a rod through the oil pan of my 89 Grand Am Quad 4 & sent it to the boneyard. A few months later I was in the yard where the car was & I overheard two guys talking about how the tires looked fairly new. I told them they had roughly 400 miles on them & they got all cocky like "how do you know". I than told them it was my car & they were cool after that.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill PowerDork
4/7/11 7:25 a.m.

This is one tricky canoe.

GregW
GregW New Reader
4/7/11 7:55 a.m.

A 1962 TR-4 I bought after 'Nam. I sold it and bought a '58 Volvo 544 to drive to Alaska and back with my girl. Car is long gone but girl is still here.

purplepeopleeater
purplepeopleeater Reader
4/7/11 8:33 a.m.

59 Renault 4CV, inherited it from my sister when she got married & moved to Spain. Cramped slow & dangerous handling. Blew the engine cause I didn't know any better.

itsarebuild
itsarebuild GRM+ Memberand Reader
4/7/11 8:43 a.m.

84 z28. it got me all the way through grad school then became a fun car soon after when i got responsible car with 4 doors and working A/C. it was stolen 2 years later and found without engine, trans, battery stereo, t-tops wheels and tires. they even stole the front wheel bearings!

i still have what is left of it and i am trying to put it back together between other projects. i've built it seven different ways so far........ in my head at least .... and right now i am stuck in a debate about getting an ls1 or using the rebuilt tpi 350 i already have built for it. either way its getting 6 speed........ decisions decisions

dlmater
dlmater GRM+ Memberand New Reader
4/7/11 8:46 a.m.

1970 Chevy C-10 pick-up with a swapped and built 283 v-8, 4-barrel, solid lifter "race" cam, long-tube headers with Thrush glass-packs bolted directly to the collectors, no pipes. A little slow from a dead stop, but an absolute riot on the top-end. Faded light blue paint with rust around the edges. Sold it to a guy who wanted the motor for another project. Never saw it again.

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