The "Your First Car" Thread

[Raza]

I think this picture was taken on a Sunday, hence the sweats and all that jazz, but you can't tell me none of you have a pic like this somewhere...

So, how's Snookie doing?

[Raza]

Only photo I can find, so far, of my first car.

Coolest.  By far.

[2o6]

2002 Mercedes Benz E320
Gift
2 years
I have the option to take it back right now, so no, I'd rather be driving what I have now. 

Take it back, sell it, and buy your MSC.

[Hachee]

First car...ugh.

I blame my brother, for not having the forsight to want what was a cool car.  It was the 70's, gas crises, etc.  My parents had a 1969 Olds Delta 88 Convertible, bought new, then hardly used after the first two years.  It was a "second" car, only used on weekends and to and from the train station (about 4 miles per day) during the week.  My brother learned to drive, around 1977, on this car, but around a year later, there were a few problems with it (I don't remember), so my father sold it to a neighbor.   And bought a friend's 1975 Mustang II Ghia!!  This of course, was the lamest Mustang of all time.  And worse, it was white with a white vinyl top.  I think my brother contributed something to the price, which if I recall (I was in tune to these things even then) about $2500.  So my brother drives this for a year or so, and goes off to college, and gets a 1979 Camaro.  I learn to drive around 1981, and get to use the Mustang.  It didn't cost me anything, so I can't complain, but it was really a piece of shit, and let's not kid ourselves, quite a chick car.  Why in the world did they sell the '69 Olds??!! 

I couldn't wait to get something else.  Luckily, my father bought a 1982 Celica, which I used when I needed it.  I never really had the need to own another car until 1996.

[cawimmer430]

I don't care what anybody says. This car is badass. 

I agree. I love classic Oldsmobiles. I mean look at this baby! 

I fell in love with it after watching Army of Darkness. Too bad it got junked in the film! 

[cawimmer430]

I finally found the pictures Wimmer took of a green 1952 Chevrolet Styleline in Germany.



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This looks EXACTLY like the 1952 Chevy I had!!!  Same green paint, same wheel spats and external visor, too.

If I didn't know for a fact that my car had been crushed into a tiny metal cube, I'd swear this was my car!!!


Madman of the People

This car was photographed in the gay and lesbian section of Munich. Me and a buddy were cruising through it in his Porsche Cayman S. 

[JWC]

I agree. I love classic Oldsmobiles. I mean look at this baby! 

I fell in love with it after watching Army of Darkness. Too bad it got junked in the film! 

That is the car we used for driver's ed.   It is even the same color and roof.

[cawimmer430]

That is the car we used for driver's ed.   It is even the same color and roof.

You lucky bast***! 

How did she drive?

[JWC]

You lucky bast***!  

How did she drive?

Well, it was driver's ed, so I couldn't really "open" it up.  I will say the three of us students had no idea what would be the vehicle and when we walked out to the parking lot and saw that, there was a collective "oh shit".  

It was a great learning experience.  Learning to drive narrow country roads and tight, small town streets was a real confidence builder.  If you could handle that, you could handle anything you bought or was given to you as a first car.

[cawimmer430]

Well, it was driver's ed, so I couldn't really "open" it up.  I will say the three of us students had no idea what would be the vehicle and when we walked out to the parking lot and saw that, there was a collective "oh shit". 

It was a great learning experience.  Learning to drive narrow country roads and tight, small town streets was a real confidence builder.  If you could handle that, you could handle anything you bought or was given to you as a first car.

It just looks so hot. 

[ChrisV]

I also found a picture of my second car, a 1966 Dodge Charger.  It cst about 1900 in 1968, IIRC.  I'd like to have it today

Only photo I can find, so far, of my first car.

My two favorites so far. Alex's Camaro is slotting in third.

But that Mustang... the '70 fastback is my favorite, having had 3 of them. The '69 is close enough. Love those cars.

[Hachee]

Wimmer, I still don't know how to post a pic here, but here's a link (German, actually) I just found on Bing (I like to try it instead of google sometimes)....
This is the 69 Delta 88 Convertible my parents had....their's was brown with tan top and tan interior.  It was the series just before the green one above.  

http://www.remstal-cruisers.de/html/body_bilder_o.html

[Raza]

Take it back, sell it, and buy your MSC.

I would, but there's a loan on the car.  Even if I sold it, I wouldn't get enough to buy a decent watch.

[Raza]

Wimmer, I still don't know how to post a pic here, but here's a link (German, actually) I just found on Bing (I like to try it instead of google sometimes)....
This is the 69 Delta 88 Convertible my parents had....their's was brown with tan top and tan interior.  It was the series just before the green one above.  

http://www.remstal-cruisers.de/html/body_bilder_o.html

Take the URL of the image itself and tag it with [-img-]URL[-/img-], without the dashes.

Like so:

[Hachee]

for some reason, I thought it was much more involved.
let's try this....if it works - thank you.

[93JC]

I don't care what anybody says. This car is badass. 

I breezed over this post thinking "WTF, it's just a Vista Cruiser..."

Then I noticed the badge on the front: 442?! A 442 Vista Cruiser?! That's AWESOME!

[NomisR]

1994 Acura Integra LS Automatic



It looks faster than it goes.. handles nice though.  But definitely don't want it back.

[cawimmer430]

Wimmer, I still don't know how to post a pic here, but here's a link (German, actually) I just found on Bing (I like to try it instead of google sometimes)....
This is the 69 Delta 88 Convertible my parents had....their's was brown with tan top and tan interior.  It was the series just before the green one above. 

http://www.remstal-cruisers.de/html/body_bilder_o.html

Very nice. 

The Olds in this guys album is a bit run down in the front. Looks like he had a minor accident of some kind. Sweet car though.

Like I said, love those old American landyachts from the late 60s and 70s and early 80s. 

[cawimmer430]

I breezed over this post thinking "WTF, it's just a Vista Cruiser..."

Then I noticed the badge on the front: 442?! A 442 Vista Cruiser?! That's AWESOME!

The same engine from the Olds 4-4-2 muscle car!?

[Rich]

Blue with same wheels in gray

[The Pirate]

-What was your first car?
91 Escort GT

-How much did you pay for it/how did you receive it?
$600 from a friend's mother. She had bought an Elantra and wanted to get rid of it.

-How long did you have it?
From when I was 15 until about 17. Rust got the best of the frame, and since I couldn't jack it up anymore, I figured it was time for something a little more solid.

-Would you want it back if you could get it back?
It was a really good first car: quick, the hatchback had lots of space for my stereo stuff, and the engine ran like a top (140,000 miles when I junked it). But I don't think I'd want it back. The MR2 (my second car) is better than it in every way, minus interior/trunk space.

No pics though - I only have one, and it's a film photo that I haven't scanned yet.

Escort GTs rock!  I want one. 

[93JC]

The same engine from the Olds 4-4-2 muscle car!?

Oh, the Vista Cruiser was always available with the engine from the 442. Lots of cars were available with the 442's engine. The rarest, most appreciated 442s were equipped with option package "W30", which included engine refinements for more power than the standard 455 V8, as well as exterior modifications like the "W25" ram-air hood as seen on that Vista Cruiser above. I presume that Vista Cruiser in question has the W30 version of the 455, as well as the hood scoops, to bring it into line with what a factory "W30 Vista Cruiser" would look like.

[Sigma Projects]

-1998 Chevy Astro
-Hand me down from my parents
-From 2001 to 2006
-In it's current condition, no, I drove that thing into the ground and did a lot gnarly things to it, no I don't want it back, but maybe a 2004/5 one with AWD and do a diesel swap.


I loved that car since it wasn't fast, but it was loads faster than any econo car so I didn't feel stuck, loved driving up and over curbs, and it was the first car I was able to do a nice 4 wheel drift in. I took it to Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and was great as a camper with the middle row taken out of it.

Only pic I have of it at Valley of Fire.

[Rupert]

I breezed over this post thinking "WTF, it's just a Vista Cruiser..."

Then I noticed the badge on the front: 442?! A 442 Vista Cruiser?! That's AWESOME!

Eric Forman's dream car!

[93JC]

The best episode of that show, ever, was when Red, Kitty, Bob and Midge get high after accidentally eating Hyde's batch of 'special' brownies. Red sells the Vista Cruiser to some guy who gives it to his obnoxious daughter as a beater.

So, Eric drags Red to this guy's apartment to ask for the deal to be reneged and to have the Vista Cruiser back, and the daughter shows up at the door. Eric asks if her dad bought a car that morning and she says, "The station wagon? Yeah, he bought that piece of crap for me."

Red looks incredulously at her and says, "Piece of crap?! That's a VISTA CRUISER! You could literally cruuuuuuuuuise the vistas!"

Kurtwood Smith's delivery was awesome.

[93JC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEGnRQVBgA

[93JC]

Jump to about 5:00: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chGfbH8Lc5c

[The Pirate]

The best episode of that show, ever, was when Red, Kitty, Bob and Midge get high after accidentally eating Hyde's batch of 'special' brownies. Red sells the Vista Cruiser to some guy who gives it to his obnoxious daughter as a beater.

So, Eric drags Red to this guy's apartment to ask for the deal to be reneged and to have the Vista Cruiser back, and the daughter shows up at the door. Eric asks if her dad bought a car that morning and she says, "The station wagon? Yeah, he bought that piece of crap for me."

Red looks incredulously at her and says, "Piece of crap?! That's a VISTA CRUISER! You could literally cruuuuuuuuuise the vistas!"

Kurtwood Smith's delivery was awesome.

I love Red Forman.

[JWC]

"That's 70's Show" is about the only series I can watch repeatedly and not get bored.  A lot of that has to do with Mila Kunis.

[omicron]

I breezed over this post thinking "WTF, it's just a Vista Cruiser..."

A Vista Cruiser is far more brilliant than some sort of rainbow-tights MazdaThuper, or whatever it is that you have.