What was your first car

Following on from what is your ideal car...

What was the first car you owned/drove?

As a child of the 70s I learnt to drive in the early 1990's in my mums 1988 Fiat Panda 750cl. Although slow, ugly and lacking in any comfort my mates and I were rather pleased to have it as I was the first of my mates for quite a while with a licence. So piling into it for trips to concerts or weekends in Blackpool were quite good fun.

The first car I owned was of similar vintage, a donated 1989 Vauxhall Nova. This had been my dads and was a bit of a heap, but it kept me going for a few years after Uni until the timing chain gave in at 105,000 miles.

Moved on though a couple of other cars to my present car, a Golf GT which i love to bits

 

I passed my test around 1974 and bought a 1935 Morris Eight :thumb:

 

I learned to drive in my mum's Metro and borrowed it for years, til I passed my motorcycle licence, and rode a CM 125, then a completely customised XS 400. Gave up motorcycling when had my son, but bought my beloved 1973 VW Camper van which would give us great times, til i could no longer afford it's upkeep. I used my brother's Nissan Micra for 3 years while he was working in the Falklands, then bought my mum's old one, a P reg which i still use today. So, I suppose, over 20 years after passing my test, it is my first car!

 

Having learned to drive in the mid 60s, my first car was shared with my Sis (Kedi-Gato) and it was a 1956 Ford Victoria .... how strange ....

The first car I had on my own was in 1967 and it was an MGB GT, which I managed to lose on a bend and roll over three times ..... it was a write off .... luckily I wasn't, only went through the side window and had the engine land at my feet .... :eek:

Both of the above cars were in America.

I now, sensibly in my advancing years, drive a Peugeot 306 Cabriolet ...... :thumb:

 

A H reg rover 416, the day after passing my test bought from a neibour (ripped off by neibour).... the first and last time my old man ever negotiated on a car for me!!!!

Oh yes even had a walnut trim, a real grandads car and only kept it four months before scraping it. On the last day of its ownership I decided to have a bit of fun with it and hit a hump back bridge at 65, it took off from the ground and the rear springs came through the boot!!!

Bought a nice M reg 2 litre mondeo then which was goood for the motorway as I was working as an optical technician and comuting.

Sold the mondeo and bought an L reg isuzu trooper as I was going self emloyed. Wrecked this using it for work and had countless break downs.

Got shot of the isuzu and bought a 2001 transit and shortly after a 03 Navara pickup for towing and as a backup/lesure vehicle. The van was written off earlier this year so replaced it with a 04 top spec transit.

Hope to get shot of the navara next year and get a ex demo Discovery 3 comercial.

 

Triumph Dolomite. :D

Ant.

 

Mini 850, wide wheels and a bendy fibreglass aerial clipped to the gutter:D

Couldn't hear anything but the engine at speeds above 50mph.

Wouldn't pull the skin of a rice pudding, and as dangerous as hell.

£39 insurance, third party, fire and theft.

 

This is my one and only car that I have bought from new nearly two years ago. I only passed my test six years ago.I had various 50cc mopeds for nineteen years pictures of which I have on photographs,though they were the ones that looked like mini scooters and not the ones with pedals

Once I had passed my test I had a Purple Ford KA for four years which was actually Mr Kandy's car but he passed it on to me.:D

Anyway,this is my pride and Joy and her name is Myrtle and we go nearly everywhere together...
:thumb:

 

Ive never had a car :( i passed my test in 2006 an as i was allready self employed i bought this

A 98 suzuki supercarry i loved it cos it showed how well i was doing i spent hours working on it takeing off the signs polishing it an treasting the rust nit was great easy to park an fun to drive :D however i the exhaust and cat fell off after a month an i got ice on the inside of the windows lol

ive now got a 02 2.0 HDI citroen dispatch :D

An next monday ill finally get me personalised plate on it

 

Morris 1100:eek: didn't last long as it was about 10 years old when I got it:rolleyes:

Then only had a couple more cars until around 1992 when I bought my lovely XR2 which at only 5 years old was like a new car to me:thumb:

Now I'm back even further with a 13 year old car, although I have had it 3 years so I suppose i'm just keeping the same:confused: One day, when I grow up, I will get one that's less than 10 years old:D

cheers

 

Morris Oxford. Steering like a brick:D