You have to love your first car

[gormag38]

1993 Chevy Caprice Classic. As @fisherclive stated, easy to work on. Thing was a boat on wheels. Drove it into the ground and at 257K miles sold it for $275 to some guys in Detroit who pulled a radiator hoses when he was checking it over. Coolant sprayed everywhere.    Man I loved that car. 

[Arabian]

15 hours ago, gormag38 said:

1993 Chevy Caprice Classic. As @fisherclive stated, easy to work on. Thing was a boat on wheels. Drove it into the ground and at 257K miles sold it for $275 to some guys in Detroit who pulled a radiator hoses when he was checking it over. Coolant sprayed everywhere.    Man I loved that car.

Around here its nicknamed the soap since it looks like a soap 😁. I'm not sure how Chevy settled on this after the legendary 3rd generation. I wish the Caprice and Cown Vics make a comeback.

[gormag38]

13 minutes ago, Arabian said:

I wish the Caprice and Cown Vics make a comeback.

I couldn't agree with you more. Seems like pretty much all the major auto makers have slashed their sedan selections regardless. 

[Hypersomniac]

I don't remember the exact year (1998 or 1999?), but the first car I had to regularly drive was a green Ford Explorer.

http://images.gtcarlot.com/pictures/62612026.jpg

The first car that was in my name was a used 2004 Pontiac Grand Am. It was a high school graduation gift. I remember it had just over 20,000 miles on it when my parents bought it. I drove that car for 12 years and put on about 220,000 miles before it finally started falling apart.

[Capn_Jackson]

Not mine but a picture of the model.

1987 Chevrolet Silverado c10. That was the last year Chevy sold the Silverado C and K series, right before the 1500, 2500, and 3500 series. My dad split the cost with me, $4250 total, and we bought it right before my senior year of high school. It was 12 years old, but with only 13,000 miles on it. It roared like a lion and drove like a dream. I called it Rolling Stone. About five years later I needed something more gas-efficient, and we gave Stone to my grandpa. Right before he passed away, literally on his deathbed, he sold it back to me for $1. I drove it from Arkansas here to Texas where I live, and it promptly got stolen. No trace, no clue of who stole it, and no hope of recovery. That was ten years ago last month, and every time I see an ‘87 Silverado on the highway I follow them closely, looking for signs that it might be my Stone. In truth, it was likely scrapped for parts, but I don’t like to think of that.

[Nevrknow]

Damn. Wish I had pictures. Lost in a fire long ago. British racing green 69 Mach l. First of several. Dad bought it when he got back from Vietnam. I "won" it from him at age 7 in a poker hand. 🤷.

11 years later and it was a USED car.🤣

Got me wrenching as a hobby. Its a stress reliever turning wrenches. Like cigars. But also a thrill when you step on the accelerator and say " I made it this fast". 😁

[Chas.Alpha]

1 hour ago, Nevrknow said:

Damn. Wish I had pictures. Lost in a fire long ago. British racing green 69 Mach l. First of several. Dad bought it when he got back from Vietnam. I "won" it from him at age 7 in a poker hand. 🤷.

11 years later and it was a USED car.🤣

Got me wrenching as a hobby. Its a stress reliever turning wrenches. Like cigars. But also a thrill when you step on the accelerator and say " I made it this fast". 😁

Damn, I knew I liked you for a reason! Same. My dad bought me my 1st car for $75 dollars with the understanding that he would pay for insurance until I turned 18, but I was responsible for all maintenance and problems. I learned to wrench very quickly with help from my motorhead friends. To this day, I still love doing it...

[Greenhorn2]

On 9/28/2022 at 7:16 AM, HarveyBoulevard said:

No idea what my old man was thinking.  This was my first car when I graduated high school.  My kids will be buying their own.  I will probably go 50/50 with them and they can pay their own insurance on their own policy.  It did get sold the second time I failed out of college 🙂

Is that a 98? I had a Dinan edition 98 M3.

[HarveyBoulevard]

14 minutes ago, Greenhorn2 said:

Is that a 98? I had a Dinan edition 98 M3.

94 318is

Seriously lacking on power but was enjoyed just the same. 

[BrightonCorgi]

1971 Dodge Sportsman Van in the same blue was my first car.  Was the family car that was bought new.  After the engine blew on return home trip from Montreal, I had a brown Mercury Topaz like @BoliDan had.  Piece of crap just the same too.  Was my mom's car.  People handed me their cars before they went to the crusher back then.

 

[cigcars]

      *My first car was a 1980 Buick Skylark - olive drab in color.  I was stationed at Fort Dix, NJ and everybody said, "You would get a car that color, wouldn't you!" 

[Fox Sterlingworth]

1979 Mustang 6 banger 4speed with cobra package.  Managed to keep it on the road for 10 years before selling to a friend who still owns it and dropped a 429 cobra jet into it.