Okay, here's the game:
-What was your first car?
-How much did you pay for it/how did you receive it?
-How long did you have it?
-Would you want it back if you could get it back?
-Etc.
-1992 Subaru Legacy
-My parents' old car.
-Since I got my license I guess?
-Still have it.
I wish they got the Legacy sport sedan (aka a Legacy sedan with a turbo+AWD+5MT) back in 1992. I <3 that thing.
(http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs205.snc1/7230_1182222720039_1362330437_30683289_2406755_n.jpg)
You know, you can post pics and stuff. Usually, there's an emotional attachment to one's first car...
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
Okay, here's the game:
-What was your first car?
-How much did you pay for it/how did you receive it?
-How long did you have it?
-Would you want it back if you could get it back?
-Etc.
1971 Mercury Montego
It was a gift from my grandmother.
I had it for a little over a year. I sold it because it was starting to develop some expensive problems.
Honestly no, I wouldn't want it back at this point.
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...
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/9470/dscf0183gq.jpg)
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 09:09:38 PM
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...
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/9470/dscf0183gq.jpg)
You look like you came straight out of the early 90s/late 80s, for some reason.
Quote from: CALL_911 on February 05, 2010, 09:11:40 PM
You look like you came straight out of the early 90s/late 80s, for some reason.
I usually didn't go for the flat top. There were/are days when I just don't care. That was one of them.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
Okay, here's the game:
-What was your first car?
1952 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe sedan
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
-How much did you pay for it/how did you receive it?
$500.00 Bought from a garage which also had a small used car lot.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
-How long did you have it?
About four years
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
-Would you want it back if you could get it back?
-Etc.
Oh yes! I didn't want to get rid of it in the first place. I was doing a restoration on it and even though I kept the car out of sight, under a cover and behind some very tall bushes, we had some asshole neighbours who called the county and said we had a "junked" car in our yard. The local zoning laws said we could have one non-running car on our property, but the zoning people were being total dickheads and said we had to get rid of it. Saddest day of my life when that car was towed away. Wimmer posted a picture a while back of a green 1952 Chevrolet Styleline that looked IDENTICAL to the one I had. I love to have that car again!
Madman of the People
LOL
-1988.5 Suzuki Samurai JA soft top with about 60k
-$1800, paid for by the insurance money from the wrecked car I was supposed to get, the mom's old 1990 Ford Escort. There were several other cars that I had shopped and test driven and wanted, including an '89 Tercel 4 spd hatch (dad didn't care for it), an 88 Escort PONY (I didn't care for it), an 86 Corolla FX-16 (I loved it, but dad said it was too rusty), and an 88 Cavalier Z24 V6 (took it to a mechanic for a pre-buy inspection, and it had a head gasket leak). After I test drove the Samurai, I was tired of shopping, and went with it.
-Had it through my last two years of high school. When I enlisted in the forces of arms, I gave it to mom so she could put it towards a new Durango
-I don't really want it back
-Do I win the game? Etc.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
Okay, here's the game:
-What was your first car?
-How much did you pay for it/how did you receive it?
-How long did you have it?
-Would you want it back if you could get it back?
-Etc.
1979 Camaro.
$2,000 in 1989 paid for it all myself by working at grocery store + gramps pitched in $200.
Had it until 1995.
If it weren't a POS/rust bucket, possibly. Love that car to this day, but they're terrible cars really.
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8215/camarot.png) (http://img229.imageshack.us/i/camarot.png/)
I'll add my part:
-1993 Impreza wagon (as pictured)
-Bought in 2005 with 144k on the odometer for $800, sold last August with 175k on it for $600
-I initially didn't want a wagon because it was dorky, but after my dad talked some sense into me on the kind of bargain it was and the fact that I remembered my favorite car in GT2 was an STi wagon with 400 hp, I warmed up quickly. The AWD was pretty kickass, too.
The car was getting old and more was going wrong with it than it was worth to repair, so I unfortunately had to sell it. If I could find a similar car for a similar price with a stick, I'd probably jump on it. I miss that car with all my being.
Quote from: GoCougs on February 05, 2010, 09:16:04 PM
1979 Camaro.
$2,000 in 1989 paid for it all myself by working at grocery store + gramps pitched in $200.
Had it until 1995.
If it weren't a POS/rust bucket, possibly. Love that car to this day, but they're terrible cars really.
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8215/camarot.png) (http://img229.imageshack.us/i/camarot.png/)
Dude, those were guido cars to the max! I had a '73 Firebird, which was the same basic car, but they guidoed it up a lot in 1979. I liked the 1973-78 versions a lot better.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 09:12:40 PM
I usually didn't go for the flat top. There were/are days when I just don't care. That was one of them.
I was going to say the same thing. You look like you should be listening to Vanilla Ice.
Quote from: dazzleman on February 05, 2010, 09:20:51 PM
Dude, those were guido cars to the max! I had a '73 Firebird, which was the same basic car, but they guidoed it up a lot in 1979. I liked the 1973-78 versions a lot better.
The late '80s was really the last era in which it was acceptable to own such a car IMO, so not quite guido then I don't think.
I too prefer the earlier versions; much better looking dash IMO, amongst other things.
Quote from: 280Z Turbo on February 05, 2010, 09:22:57 PM
I was going to say the same thing. You look like you should be listening to Vanilla Ice.
You've seen my more recent pics on Facebook. I usually don't roll like that. But what can I say? That picture was taken in 2005 -- a long time ago.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 09:25:36 PM
You've seen my more recent pics on Facebook. I usually don't roll like that. But what can I say? That picture was taken in 2005 -- a long time ago.
That still puts you like 15 years out of date at that point. :lol:
Quote from: GoCougs on February 05, 2010, 09:23:58 PM
The late '80s was really the last era in which it was acceptable to own such a car IMO, so not quite guido then I don't think.
I too prefer the earlier versions; much better looking dash IMO, amongst other things.
Even by the late 80s, they had moved considerably down the social scale. But by '79, the redesign that year put the car on a major road to guido-ville. I actually loved those cars at one point. A friend in high school had a '67 Camaro, and those were really classic. My '73 Firebird looked pretty sweet -- it had a very good body, at least superficially -- but mechanically it was a pain in the ass. It always needed some type of repair. Still, I loved the car.
Quote from: 280Z Turbo on February 05, 2010, 09:26:45 PM
That still puts you like 15 years out of date at that point. :lol:
You just be hatin' on my stylez.
Quote from: 280Z Turbo on February 05, 2010, 09:31:33 PM
STOP! Hammer time!
I'm glad I made your birthday entertaining. Most of my dorky pics will stay far from these forums, but I figured that one needed shared.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 09:09:38 PM
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...
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/9470/dscf0183gq.jpg)
:ohyeah:
You looked pretty badass then, Jake.....bordering on going for the 'wigger' image... :evildude:
Quote from: dazzleman on February 05, 2010, 09:34:37 PM
:ohyeah:
You looked pretty badass then, Jake.....bordering on going for the 'wigger' image... :evildude:
That year, I rocked at wrestling. My former-170-pound self could have killed you.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 09:42:14 PM
That year, I rocked at wrestling. My former-170-pound self could have killed you.
What year was that picture taken?
1988 Chevyota Novarolla
(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5894/dscf0084e.jpg)
Just before I sold it.
(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5615/dscf0026l.jpg)
Complete with the roof rack.
I got it from a family friend on a payment plan. Ended up paying $650. I had it for a little more than a year before I bought the Miata. I would totally take it back. It was a great little around town car. A smarter person than me would have driven that car through college, and would have just sold it last August. :lol:
Quote from: Rupert on February 05, 2010, 09:44:25 PM
1988 Chevyota Novarolla
(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5894/dscf0084e.jpg)
Just before I sold it.
(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5615/dscf0026l.jpg)
Complete with the roof rack.
I got it from a family friend on a payment plan. Ended up paying $650. I had it for a little more than a year before I bought the Miata. I would totally take it back. It was a great little around town car. A smarter person than me would have driven that car through college, and would have just sold it last August. :lol:
I had the 86 model of that car. It wasn't a hatchback, but the front looked pretty much the same.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 09:33:25 PM
I'm glad I made your birthday entertaining. Most of my dorky pics will stay far from these forums, but I figured that one needed to be shared.
That's so annoying when people do that. ;)
It's the worst in ads for cars on craigslist where the seller is a bit, eh, rural. "Has engine, needs fixed." NO GODDAMMIT! HAS ENGINE NEEDS
TO BE FIXED!
Quote from: dazzleman on February 05, 2010, 09:47:33 PM
That's pretty recent.
Seems like a hell of a long time ago to me...
Quote from: dazzleman on February 05, 2010, 09:47:07 PM
I had the 86 model of that car. It wasn't a hatchback, but the front looked pretty much the same.
:rockon:
They were great because they were reliable like Toyotas (being Toyotas), but they were cheap like Chevys (being Chevys, too). Even better 15 years later on the used market.
Quote from: Rupert on February 05, 2010, 09:47:45 PM
That's so annoying when people do that. ;)
It's the worst in ads for cars on craigslist where the seller is a bit, eh, rural. "Has engine, needs fixed." NO GODDAMMIT! HAS ENGINE NEEDS TO BE FIXED!
I worked today. I have not much energy. My level of caring is under 9,000.
But I appreciate the correction nonetheless. Thanks.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 09:48:07 PM
Seems like a hell of a long time ago to me...
My sense of time is very different than yours, because I'm so fucking old. To me, 1970 was recent..... :lol: (well, not really, but you know what I mean..)
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 09:49:41 PM
I worked today. I have not much energy. My level of caring is under 9,000.
But I appreciate the correction nonetheless. Thanks.
This is the most gracious acceptance of a nitpicky internet grammar correction I have ever seen. 0_0
Quote from: Rupert on February 05, 2010, 10:04:24 PM
This is the most gracious acceptance of a nitpicky internet grammar correction I have ever seen. 0_0
For an English major, he makes a lot of grammatical errors. He really ought to have about a 1.5 GPA in that major.... :evildude:
Quote from: Rupert on February 05, 2010, 10:04:24 PM
This is the most gracious acceptance of a nitpicky internet grammar correction I have ever seen. 0_0
You deserve a check plus for the day. There's nothing wrong with proper English. I'm thankful you caught that.
Jolly good, wot!
1995 Dodge Neon Highline 5-spd
$1400, my money
Had it for about 3 months before I managed to total (hit a light pole in a parking lot. Not wreckless, just stupid).
Well, the Prelude is nicer, but I'd probably still have the Neon if I hadn't totaled it. I certainly would have saved a lot of money.
1990 Toyota Camry
$3200
Had it for 5 years. Only problem was a shitty ignition coil design, and a crazy alignment problem following an accident. Otherwise it ran like a top.
It also suffered from an unintended lack of acceleration.
1978 Chrysler Cordoba
- Got it for free from my parents when I turned 16.
- I had it one year because at the end of one year it failed 47 of the 49 points in the safety inspection. :lol:
- No, I don't ever want to see it again.
It was just like this one:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/1978-1979_Chrysler_Cordoba.jpg/800px-1978-1979_Chrysler_Cordoba.jpg)
But, I would love to have another one if it was like this:
(http://www.dragtimes.com/images/11646-1978-Chrysler-Cordoba.jpg)
1992 Mitsubishi Galant GTI 2.0 DOHC 16V
(http://images04.olx.com.ph/ui/1/50/53/9544753_1.jpg)
Handed down to me by my father after he bought himself a Nissan Cefiro Elite 2.0 VQ V6.
From about 1998 to 2001.
Sure. It was a great car. You could reach 70 km/h in first gear! :mask:
Quote from: SVT666 on February 06, 2010, 12:39:37 AM
1978 Chrysler Cordoba
- Got it for free from my parents when I turned 16.
- I had it one year because at the end of one year it failed 47 of the 49 points in the safety inspection. :lol:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/1978-1979_Chrysler_Cordoba.jpg/800px-1978-1979_Chrysler_Cordoba.jpg)
You Americans don't know how lucky you are to have experienced these awesome landyachts! That thing is hot! :rockon:
Late '60s to 70s and 80s American cars are the coolest IMO. :mrcool:
1969 Mustang Sportsroof 302 V8
Grandfather picked it up for $1,000 and gave it to me.
I had it till I started college, then picked up a 1973 Celica.
I'd take it back in a split second if it hadn't been rolled three times by the guy I sold it to a month or so after selling it.
Quote from: JWC on February 06, 2010, 04:27:59 AM
1969 Mustang Sportsroof 302 V8
Grandfather picked it up for $1,000 and gave it to me.
I had it till I started college, then picked up a 1973 Celica.
I'd take it back in a split second if it hadn't been rolled three times by the guy I sold it to a month or so after selling it.
Those are both sweet cars. :ohyeah:
1987 Mazda B2000 Pickup Truck- Black with bench seat and factory chrome rims.
Don't know how much dad paid for it. The original owner had wreaked it 3 times having my dad fix it each time. The last time he hit something my dad made him an offer for it and the guy sold it then my dad fixed it back up. I wasn't old enough to drive so my father used it until I was 16.
From the age of 14 to 19. I traded it in on a brand new 1993 MX-3 GS
Yes, I would love to have it back. Those trucks are slow but they handled great for a little truck. The ride quality was really good for what it was too. Much better than the Ranger/Mazda trucks that replaced them. And you could not kill one. It was the perfect size for what I'd need in a truck. And it didn't drink any gas. It was the perfect little truck.
-1994 Subaru Legacy L wagon, green.
-Gift from my Grandmother.
-Owned it for 5 year IIRC, put about 90k miles on it.
-Oh yes. But I know where it lives now and the people who own it take good care of things, so I'll be content with where it is for now.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
Okay, here's the game:
-What was your first car?
1973 Chevelle
QuoteHow much did you pay for it/how did you receive it?
$200. Bought it from my manager while working at Wendy's.
QuoteHow long did you have it?
2 years.
QuoteWould you want it back if you could get it back?
Yes, it was a nice car. I wish I had more money back then, I would have hung onto it and fixed it up. It was a nice ride.
(http://bbarton424.com/images/Test/73Chevelle.jpg)
Not my actual car but pretty much identical to what I drove, right down to the color.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
Okay, here's the game:
-What was your first car?
-How much did you pay for it/how did you receive it?
-How long did you have it?
-Would you want it back if you could get it back?
-Etc.
1995 Nissan Maxima SE
Dad got a new car and just kept it
I had it for about a year in college but didn't get to keep it with me (it stayed at my parents' place)
I would have liked to have kept it longer. It was a special car- black on black, fully loaded, 5 speed. I thought I totalled it, but it was all cosmetic. If I had known then what I know now I would probably still have that car; it would have been an easy fix.
First car I bought was this Accord:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w272/futuresixtytwo/accords/is_00242.jpg)
Got it for 1800 stock, 93,000 miles from Virginia. No rust. Car really taught me a lot. Had to ditch it when a "friend" botched a motor swap. I love this car though. Thing handled perfectly and the engine pulled + sounded like a raped ape right up till the oil pump went. I think as long as it's practical for me to have one of these cars I will have 2 or 3 as daily drivers and weird projects. But that's way in the future.
Quote from: Jon? on February 06, 2010, 07:43:44 AM
1973 Chevelle
$200. Bought it from my manager while working at Wendy's.
2 years.
Yes, it was a nice car. I wish I had more money back then, I would have hung onto it and fixed it up. It was a nice ride.
(http://bbarton424.com/images/Test/73Chevelle.jpg)
Not my actual car but pretty much identical to what I drove, right down to the color.
That car is sweet, man. That was one I always wanted, but never managed to get, when I was younger.
Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 06, 2010, 03:17:21 AM
1992 Mitsubishi Galant GTI 2.0 DOHC 16V
(http://images04.olx.com.ph/ui/1/50/53/9544753_1.jpg)
Handed down to me by my father after he bought himself a Nissan Cefiro Elite 2.0 VQ V6.
From about 1998 to 2001.
Sure. It was a great car. You could reach 70 km/h in first gear! :mask:
Cefiro? Were you not originally from Germany?
Mine was a 1980 Buick Century that I got for $975 (1990) and drove for 10 months before the 3.8 V6 locked up.
Quote from: R-inge on February 06, 2010, 07:37:48 AM
-1994 Subaru Legacy L wagon, green.
-Gift from my Grandmother.
-Owned it for 5 year IIRC, put about 90k miles on it.
-Oh yes. But I know where it lives now and the people who own it take good care of things, so I'll be content with where it is for now.
1. So our cars were almost the same?
2. Wait, you're, what, 15 years older than me and your car is 2 years newer!? :rage: :lol:
1976 Datsun (Nissan) 280Z 2+2
$1100
Owned since 2003
Before I bought it:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/bhof.jpg)
When I first got it:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/Znew.jpg?t=1265475469)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/rear34.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/oldinterior.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/Natspi.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/front.jpg)
Driving to school for the first time:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/Zfirst.jpg?t=1265475520)
At the track:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/gingermanZ1-1.jpg?t=1265475566)
Now:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/DSCN1809.jpg?t=1265475361)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/DSCN1704.jpg)
The American bumpers for that car were huge.
- 1984 Volvo 240 sedan (244DL)
- $1,000 of my own money + $500 from my parents
- owned from summer of 1998 through summer of 2000
- sure, if I had the room and the know-how, I'd love to keep it around for a Chevy 350 project. I'd even paint it flat black with red scallops :mask:
visual representation:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Volvo_240_D.JPG)
only mine had the quad sealed-beam lamps, and couldn't dream of being that shiny.
I actually had a 1986 V6 Mustang for 3 months before that, but I had to sell it when my family moved, so I didn't get as attached to it as I did the Volvo.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
Okay, here's the game:
-What was your first car? 1951 Mercury coupe
-How much did you pay for it/how did you receive it? $300/off a used car lot
-How long did you have it? 3 years
-Would you want it back if you could get it back? Absolutely
-Etc. Bought it when I was 17 after working for the Summer picking tobacco. I was influenced by "Rebel Without a Cause" :huh:
It looked something like this, although the one pictured is a 1950...
(http://www.cars-on-line.com/43100/50merc43115-1.jpg)
- 1993 Jeep Cherokee!
- hand-me-down from Pops
- a couple years
- Absolutely. It's still kicking around, too. My dad has it stored.
I'm still attached to the 1990 Dodge Spirit too. A hand-me-down from Mum, drove it for six years. I don't really care to have it back though, I'm quite comfortable driving El Tres. Mum still drives it though, so I see it often. I've had the Mazda for five months now, and in those five months I've driven the Spirit a couple times.
Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 06, 2010, 03:19:06 AM
You Americans don't know how lucky you are to have experienced these awesome landyachts! That thing is hot! :rockon:
Late '60s to 70s and 80s American cars are the coolest IMO. :mrcool:
Maybe if you see them as pieces of rolling sculpture. Taken as cars, they fail miserably.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classic-1978-cadillac-eldorado-biarritz-classic-coupe/
Read the article and the many anecdotes in the "comments" section. These land yachts were terrible from day 1.
I kinda had two 'first' cars, depending on how ya define it. Hand-me-down 1996 Accord DX in high school. Left it at home when I went to college so my brother had something to drive in high school, and I bought myself a 1993 Subaru Legacy L sedan for $1600. Had that for just over a year, then a lady backed into me and it made more financial sense to take the insurance money and sell the rest of the car than fix it. Then I took the Honda back when my little bro went to school overseas, and I drove it until I killed it in December of 2008 when I was driving too fast in an ice storm and put it ass-first into a guardrail at 50. That hurt. That thing still got me almost 400 miles home after that too, after I spent 6 hours in a junkyard cutting the back half of the exhaust off (as well as a large part of the rear end) and bolting new taillights in so I wouldn't get pulled over. I still kick myself. I LOVED that car, moreso than the Subaru that I paid for myself. So many memories in that car.
The Honda after I drove it home damaged. Note the aerodynamic duct tape (there is no metal under there.)
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e252/jparks86/PC180890.jpg)
Honda in happier days:
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e252/jparks86/passengersideprettycleanthatday.jpg)
Subaru in it's natural environment:
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e252/jparks86/P2140070.jpg)
Subaru doing it's duty as a workhorse. (Every car I have owned I've put a trailer hitch on... and use it!)
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e252/jparks86/IMG_0663.jpg)
Quote from: CALL_911 on February 06, 2010, 09:51:36 AM
1. So our cars were almost the same?
2. Wait, you're, what, 15 years older than me and your car is 2 years newer!? :rage: :lol:
If I'm 15 years older than you that would make you 10. :lol:
But yeah, my car looks pretty much like yours.
Quote from: 280Z Turbo on February 06, 2010, 10:04:30 AM
1976 Datsun (Nissan) 280Z 2+2
$1100
Owned since 2003
Before I bought it:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/bhof.jpg)
When I first got it:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/Znew.jpg?t=1265475469)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/rear34.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/oldinterior.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/Natspi.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/front.jpg)
Driving to school for the first time:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/Zfirst.jpg?t=1265475520)
At the track:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/gingermanZ1-1.jpg?t=1265475566)
Now:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/DSCN1809.jpg?t=1265475361)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/280Z_Driver/DSCN1704.jpg)
You win "Coolest First Car", I reckon.
Quote from: R-inge on February 06, 2010, 12:50:04 PM
You win "Coolest First Car", I reckon.
I have 110 hp of flat four fury that fervently disagrees with you.
Some cool cars in the thread!
My first car was a 1962 Mercury Comet that I got from my grandfather. Did some customizing on it (installing a '60 Falcon nose), but since an old Comet wasn't considered "cool" in high school I traded it off for a '71 Torino GT that I painted and built a 429 for. At the same time, I got a Pinto and went racing in it.
Here's my car when I got it:
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/clay92/5-21-08239.jpg)
Here it is a few weeks later:
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/clay92/Carwashit069.jpg)
I started doing visual mods.
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/clay92/TurboBricks031.jpg)
Then I backed into a Grand Cherokee...
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/clay92/Accident003.jpg)
New taillights!
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/clay92/5-14-09104.jpg)
New wheels!!
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/clay92/ColumbusTXMeet092.jpg)
New grille, and how it sits today!
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/clay92/014.jpg)
Need turbo or V8. :rolleyes:
-1999 Honda Accord LX Coupe 5-speed.
-Got in early January 2004
-We paid slightly over $10k for it. I paid $3000 that I had saved up and my dad lent me $2000 that I paid off over the next year and a half or so. My dad covered the other $5000.
-Still have it. I put H&R sport springs on it in 2006 and put KYB AGX shocks on it last month. It now handles much better than your average Accord. It had about 53k miles on it when I got it and now it has 118k.
A couple weeks after we bought it, when it still had the wheel gap of a monster truck.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_63nSZQRZohE/S23QsK9xWjI/AAAAAAAAJD0/CsXDqWqPV_k/s800/DSC02059.JPG)
Right after I lowered it.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_63nSZQRZohE/S23QshhjBEI/AAAAAAAAJD4/UabTjYSkXnE/s800/IMG_2015.JPG)
Just a picture I took while driving home from Huntsville, AL one day. I took this route every week and as it got later in fall, I could tell that one one week, I'd be driving by here right at sunset. I told myself I'd stop and take pictures when that time came, so I did.
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_63nSZQRZohE/S23R2CDPjXI/AAAAAAAAJEA/GhsJN3fvqvk/s800/IMG_3971.JPG)
I'm actually not terribly attached to it, and have considered selling it a few times, but haven't yet. I'll probably keep it until I graduate and have some time to save up for a new car.
Need some rimz and lopros :rolleyes:
E21. :wub:
My first car was a 1995 Civic Ex that my dad handed down to me in 2005 when he bought himself a new Accord. I traded it in a year and a half ago for a 2008 Civic (same color too, which looking back was kind of a stupid decision, lol). I miss it, it just felt so much more lively then the new Civic and it was so much easier to see out of. Although by the end of its time with me it had a terrible alianment problem, and insane dead zone at the center of the wheel, and would average about 20mpg for whatever reason; the car was obviously on its last legs. The engine still ran like a champ, not so much on everything else.
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1/giant_mtb/jkfldsa.jpg?t=1265492529)
That.
Quote from: giant_mtb on February 06, 2010, 02:42:25 PM
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1/giant_mtb/jkfldsa.jpg?t=1265492529)
That.
A Lumina?
Quote from: 280Z Turbo on February 06, 2010, 10:04:30 AM
1976 Datsun (Nissan) 280Z 2+2
$1100
Owned since 2003
Car looks damn good with the non-US bumpers. I nominate this as coolest first car as well.
I think ChrisV's is the coolest.
My first was my Camaro.
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x253/calfan5/Nashville%2009/Nash003.jpg)
We had a '76 and '78. Our '76 was a blue Z/28, and my dad and I nicknamed that car El Kabong after the cartoon character.
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l292/deerod8/elkabong-1.jpg)
I remember when I was waiting for my dad to pick me up from kindergarten. I couldn't find him (because I'd never seen the car before). He then honked quite possibly the loudest air horn I'd ever heard -- because that car had a fuckin' loud horn -- and I caught up with him. That car was awesome, wool-covered seats and all.
:facepalm:
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on February 06, 2010, 02:04:42 PM
ya wuts up with dat :heated:
Nothing, due to these reasons: 1) I'm lazy, 2) I'm poor and 3) I don't have a good place to work on it.
Quote from: BimmerM3 on February 06, 2010, 06:00:32 PM
Nothing, due to these reasons: 1) I'm lazy, 2) I'm poor and 3) I don't have a good place to work on it.
If I had the money, I'd so buy that car off you, supposing I couldn't find a decent 2002 at a good price.
Quote from: BimmerM3 on February 06, 2010, 06:00:32 PM
Nothing, due to these reasons: 1) I'm lazy, 2) I'm poor and 3) I don't have a good place to work on it.
24 Hours of Lemons.
Quote from: BimmerM3 on February 06, 2010, 06:00:32 PM
Nothing, due to these reasons: 1) I'm lazy, 2) I'm poor and 3) I don't have a good place to work on it.
Hey, those are all the reasons I have!
My first car was a 1963 Chevrolet Belaire 4 door sedan. 230 cuin engine 3 on the tree.
My 17th birthday present, cast about $900
I learned the basic about cars from that car.
This is the best picture I have of it.
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
Quote from: EtypeJohn on February 06, 2010, 07:24:01 PM
My first car was a 1963 Chevrolet Belaire 4 door sedan. 230 cuin engine 3 on the tree.
My 17th birthday present, cast about $900
I learned the basic about cars from that car.
This is the best picture I have of it.
What exactly were you taking a picture of there? That lovely bush?
Quote from: Laconian on February 06, 2010, 12:16:24 PM
Maybe if you see them as pieces of rolling sculpture. Taken as cars, they fail miserably.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classic-1978-cadillac-eldorado-biarritz-classic-coupe/
Read the article and the many anecdotes in the "comments" section. These land yachts were terrible from day 1.
Stop introducing empirical evidence to the thread! No good can come of this. :nono:
Quote from: TBR on February 06, 2010, 09:54:44 PM
What exactly were you taking a picture of there? That lovely bush?
Ha, Ha. No, that's cropped from a larger photo. I was taking pictures for the advertisements in the bck of our high school year book. I parked the car there and took the picture of the restaurant. That also explains the crappy quality. It's an enlarged scan of of a black and white Polaroid shot printed in a 43 year old yearbook.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
Okay, here's the game:
-What was your first car?
-How much did you pay for it/how did you receive it?
-How long did you have it?
-Would you want it back if you could get it back?
-Etc.
My first daily driver was the 1996 Caravan, which went from my father's daily driver to our spare car when be bought a Focus as a commuter car in 2005. It was written off in November 2006 after a minor rear-ending and the other driver's insurance provided nearly 3x its approximate value -- perhaps the best thing that could have happened to it. In the week or so before the accident, it was acting like it wanted another cash infusion anyway.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/IFCAR%27s-Caravan.jpg/800px-IFCAR%27s-Caravan.jpg)
The first car that's mine -- though still paid for by my parents -- is my current 2001 Focus, which was $3,200 from a used car lot.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/2001_Ford_Focus_ZX3_--_12-31-2009.jpg/800px-2001_Ford_Focus_ZX3_--_12-31-2009.jpg)
Quote from: SVT666 on February 06, 2010, 12:39:37 AM
1978 Chrysler Cordoba
- Got it for free from my parents when I turned 16.
- I had it one year because at the end of one year it failed 47 of the 49 points in the safety inspection. :lol:
- No, I don't ever want to see it again.
It was just like this one:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/1978-1979_Chrysler_Cordoba.jpg/800px-1978-1979_Chrysler_Cordoba.jpg)
But, I would love to have another one if it was like this:
(http://www.dragtimes.com/images/11646-1978-Chrysler-Cordoba.jpg)
My friend had one of these in high school. Same year. We called it the " Blue Whale ". I think it was the biggest car parked at school. We did a lot of stupid things with that car, and it had the baldest tires this side of a NASCAR track.
The funny thing is, if we had been in high school circa 2006 and onward, driving that car in good shape would have got us a lot of attention. Unfortunately, back in the day, it was just considered a massive old beast.
1st car - 1985 Honda Civic Hatch ( w/ hondamatic transmission! )
- Paid $3200 ( in 1994 )
-Drove the little bastard for 8 years. Rust did it in. Engine was still firing, albeit on three cylinders, but it still wanted to go.
- If I can find one, I want to restore one of these things. The car was huge fun for what it was.
(http://image.hotrod.com/f/8970010+w750+st0/113_0306_z+1985_honda_civic_s+side_view.jpg)
Only photo I can find, so far, of my first car.
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/3057/jwcmustang.jpg)
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 11:12:51 AM
Only photo I can find, so far, of my first car.
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/3057/jwcmustang.jpg)
That's pretty nice. I really liked the '69 & '70 styling.
Quote from: omicron on February 07, 2010, 07:07:21 AM
Stop introducing empirical evidence to the thread! No good can come of this. :nono:
yeah, Omi, i don't think that particular article is proof of anything other than that a beat up, ratty, old, mistreated, smogger Caddy that's missing a bunch of parts is a rolling pile. It's not really representative of anything factual other than that. ;)
Quote from: ChrisV on February 07, 2010, 11:37:38 AM
yeah, Omi, i don't think that particular article is proof of anything other than that a beat up, ratty, old, mistreated, smogger Caddy that's missing a bunch of parts is a rolling pile. It's not really representative of anything factual other than that. ;)
The article and comments are more about the Eldorado's history than they are about that particular specimen. There are more than one anecdotes describing their parents fulfilling their lifelong dreams by buying big Cadillacs only to watch them fall apart mere months later.
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 11:12:51 AM
Only photo I can find, so far, of my first car.
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/3057/jwcmustang.jpg)
:ohyeah:
Quote from: Laconian on February 07, 2010, 12:34:55 PM
The article and comments are more about the Eldorado's history than they are about that particular specimen. There are more than one anecdotes describing their parents fulfilling their lifelong dreams by buying big Cadillacs only to watch them fall apart mere months later.
They weren't terrible cars for what they were. But the way they were built and the people who built them were not up to speed with what was an incredibly reliable kaizen manufacturing process that the Japanese had been using. When people say that cars have been over-restored, that's not necessarily a bad thing. A lot of cars in the Malaise Era were built like shit.
The only thing "quality" about Toyota, Datsun, and Honda back in the seventies and early eighties were the engines and transmissions. Every thing else rusted or fell off the car.
The interiors were cheap and the seats uncomfortable.
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 01:03:28 PM
The only thing "quality" about Toyota, Datsun, and Honda back in the seventies and early eighties were the engines and transmissions. Every thing else rusted or fell off the car.
The interiors were cheap and the seats uncomfortable.
+1
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 01:03:28 PM
The only thing "quality" about Toyota, Datsun, and Honda back in the seventies and early eighties were the engines and transmissions. Every thing else rusted or fell off the car.
The interiors were cheap and the seats uncomfortable.
Bullshit. The engines and transmissions were crap.
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 01:03:28 PM
The only thing "quality" about Toyota, Datsun, and Honda back in the seventies and early eighties were the engines and transmissions. Every thing else rusted or fell off the car.
The interiors were cheap and the seats uncomfortable.
The materials sucked, but the cars were put together better. One car will rust to dust, but its moving parts will never die; the other will fall apart and stop running, but its parts will last forever.
I hope you guys realize that the only reason the Japs appeared to have made anything better was because they were all given a huge break as far as meeting increasingly tough U.S. emission and fuel economy laws. The U.S. automakers had to do all of the R&D and make all the mistakes while working to meet these new standards, while the Japs just waited so they could copy whatever worked.
1987 Pontiac Perisienne Not this one I don't have a pic of mine but it was just like it. POS but it rode nice and got me to and from my job. Yeah I'ld like to have another one but one that's mint this time would be nice.
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff15/rohowssgt/326445_48_full1.jpg)
They stopped making the Parisienne in '86. :tounge:
That is clearly a Firebird, anyway.
Quote from: 93JC on February 07, 2010, 01:46:57 PM
They stopped making the Parisienne in '86. :tounge:
And the contraction of "I would" is generally the same as "I had," e.g. with no "L" in it. What's your point?
Quote from: 93JC on February 07, 2010, 01:46:57 PM
They stopped making the Parisienne in '86. :tounge:
:huh: Close enough. LOL it's not like it really mattered because it was such a fine piece of technology or anything.
The Parisenne is clearly from an upside-down alternate reality where GM made the Parisenne for an extra year.
See, it would have been cool if he had an '82, because before '83 it was only sold in Canada. :tounge:
Quote from: 2o6 on February 06, 2010, 08:24:57 AM
Cefiro? Were you not originally from Germany?
I lived in the Philippines for a couple of years. That's where we drove those cars.
And I still regularly PWN hardcore Nissan fanboys who claim "there was never a 2.0 VQ!!!". :praise:
Quote from: Laconian on February 06, 2010, 12:16:24 PM
Maybe if you see them as pieces of rolling sculpture. Taken as cars, they fail miserably.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classic-1978-cadillac-eldorado-biarritz-classic-coupe/
Read the article and the many anecdotes in the "comments" section. These land yachts were terrible from day 1.
I read that article yesterday. That Cadillac is a beauty. A shame the owner doesn't take care of it. If I had something like that I wouldn't drive it but store it in my living room - too bad that this Eldorado won't fit into my living room any way you put it! :frown:
I still love American cars from the '70s because of their styling. I mean look at this hotness! :rockon:
(http://www.dodgepedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/blues-dodge-police.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/2253386259_506504297b.jpg)
(http://www.ctstevenson.com/images/Car00118x6.jpg)
(http://www.chooseyouritem.com/classics/photos/83000/83483.1972.Lincoln.Continental.Mark.IV.jpg)
(http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/pictures/1976_Chevy_Caprice.jpg)
I could go on, but you get it, right? :praise:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Esz2h6sKmUU/SockyWOIWII/AAAAAAAABDI/QORgkV769vo/s400/truckster.jpg)
Quote from: Laconian on February 07, 2010, 02:26:03 PM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Esz2h6sKmUU/SockyWOIWII/AAAAAAAABDI/QORgkV769vo/s400/truckster.jpg)
Not that one. :lol:
Great movie though. I miss the Griswalds! :rockon:
Griswold, Wimmer.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/2253386259_506504297b.jpg)
I don't care what anybody says. This car is badass. :praise:
-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.
Okay, technically, my first car was a fire engine. My second the trike, then the wagon, then the pedal go-kart. I'm standing, my cousin Lynda is in my friggin' car!!!!
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3886/dad.jpg)
As a side note...this is a photo I gave my daughter for her photoshop class. It was originally black and white and she "restored" it to color.
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 06:56:15 PM
Okay, technically, my first car was a fire engine. My second the trike, then the wagon, then the pedal go-kart. I'm standing, my cousin Lynda is in my friggin' car!!!!
As a side note...this is a photo I gave my daughter for her photoshop class. It was originally black and white and she "restored" it to color.
Does she want to go into photography or graphic design, too?
Quote from: the Teuton on February 07, 2010, 07:03:44 PM
Does she want to go into photography or graphic design, too?
She wants to open her own daycare center.
She is great is her chem classes, but she has this idea now of switching and getting a teaching degree and opening a day care. I prefer she stay with science, but if she doesn't enjoy it now....there is no need.
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 07:05:17 PM
She wants to open her own daycare center.
Primary Education in college then? Rare choice of job skills for such an entrepreneurship.
I'm hoping she'll stick with chemistry. I will be thankful if she stays in school.
If she keeps spending anymore time with her boyfriend and his family....I fear she'll drop out.
I finally found the pictures Wimmer took of a green 1952 Chevrolet Styleline in Germany.
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2284/57508191.jpg)
.
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3729/93248390.jpg)
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
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 08:22:38 PM
I'm hoping she'll stick with chemistry. I will be thankful if she stays in school.
If she keeps spending anymore time with her boyfriend and his family....I fear she'll drop out.
You might have to be a douchebag about the whole thing, but I'm sure she'll either thank you down the road or completely disown you.
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.
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 09:09:38 PM
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...
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/9470/dscf0183gq.jpg)
So, how's Snookie doing?
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 11:12:51 AM
Only photo I can find, so far, of my first car.
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/3057/jwcmustang.jpg)
Coolest. By far.
Quote from: Raza link=topic=21242.msg1263550#msg1263550 date=1265604999
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.
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.
Quote from: Northlands on February 07, 2010, 04:23:12 PM
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/2253386259_506504297b.jpg)
I don't care what anybody says. This car is badass. :praise:
I agree. I love classic Oldsmobiles. I mean look at this baby! :rockon:
I fell in love with it after watching
Army of Darkness. Too bad it got junked in the film! :frown:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/1971_Oldsmobile_Delta_88_sedan.jpg/800px-1971_Oldsmobile_Delta_88_sedan.jpg)
Quote from: Madman on February 07, 2010, 08:24:21 PM
I finally found the pictures Wimmer took of a green 1952 Chevrolet Styleline in Germany.
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2284/57508191.jpg)
.
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3729/93248390.jpg)
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. :lol:
Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 08, 2010, 07:48:13 AM
I agree. I love classic Oldsmobiles. I mean look at this baby! :rockon:
I fell in love with it after watching Army of Darkness. Too bad it got junked in the film! :frown:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/1971_Oldsmobile_Delta_88_sedan.jpg/800px-1971_Oldsmobile_Delta_88_sedan.jpg)
That is the car we used for driver's ed. It is even the same color and roof.
Quote from: JWC on February 08, 2010, 08:04:31 AM
That is the car we used for driver's ed. It is even the same color and roof.
You lucky bast***! :lol:
How did she drive?
Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 08, 2010, 08:05:08 AM
You lucky bast***! :lol:
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.
Quote from: JWC on February 08, 2010, 08:09:52 AM
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.
:praise:
It just looks so hot. :rockon:
Quote from: EtypeJohn on February 06, 2010, 07:25:56 PM
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
Quote from: JWC on February 07, 2010, 11:12:51 AM
Only photo I can find, so far, of my first car.
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/3057/jwcmustang.jpg)
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.
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
Quote from: 2o6 on February 07, 2010, 10:17:43 PM
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.
Quote from: Hachee on February 08, 2010, 09:10:44 AM
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:
(http://www.remstal-cruisers.de/Oldsmobile_Delta_88_05.jpg)
for some reason, I thought it was much more involved.
let's try this....if it works - thank you.
(http://www.remstal-cruisers.de/Oldsmobile_Delta_88_02.jpg)
Quote from: Northlands on February 07, 2010, 04:23:12 PM
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/2253386259_506504297b.jpg)
I don't care what anybody says. This car is badass. :praise:
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! :lol: :rockon:
1994 Acura Integra LS Automatic
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/NomisR/sidecar-1.jpg)
It looks faster than it goes.. handles nice though. But definitely don't want it back.
Quote from: Hachee on February 08, 2010, 09:10:44 AM
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. :praise:
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. :rockon:
Quote from: 93JC on February 08, 2010, 11:08:29 AM
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! :lol: :rockon:
The same engine from the Olds 4-4-2 muscle car!?
(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/vehicle-pictures/1996/pontiac/grand-prix/93129191990713-480.jpg)
Blue with same wheels in gray
Quote from: Speed_Racer on February 07, 2010, 04:25:44 PM
-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.
Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 08, 2010, 04:11:12 PM
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.
-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.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/SigmaProjects/valley%20of%20fire/CopyofDSCN1379.jpg)
Quote from: 93JC on February 08, 2010, 11:08:29 AM
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! :lol: :rockon:
Eric Forman's dream car!
:lol:
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!" :lol: :lol:
Kurtwood Smith's delivery was awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEGnRQVBgA
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Jump to about 5:00: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chGfbH8Lc5c
Quote from: 93JC on February 08, 2010, 08:42:36 PM
:lol:
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!" :lol: :lol:
Kurtwood Smith's delivery was awesome.
I love Red Forman.
"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.
Quote from: 93JC on February 08, 2010, 11:08:29 AM
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.
El Tres is not well suited to cruising the vistas, I'll grant you that.
My SEAT is my first and only car so far. It was new in December 1996 and my grandfather bought it as an ex-demo from the dealer sometime in 1997. When he finally traded up to a Yaris a few years back, he gave the Ibiza to my sister and I. However, since my sister was still learning to drive at that point, I bought her out for her half. I think I gave her about ?400.
Since then I've put on about 20,000 of the 47,000 miles it has done in total (not bad for a 13 year old car). The bodywork is pretty bad, there's only a tiny bit of rust but there's a ton of large scratches, dents and dings. Recently, it has been feeling more and more tired, the engine is reluctant to pull in 4th and 5th, and I'm only getting about 35 mpg (metric), so something is wrong somewhere. Also, there's a problem with either the tracking or wheel balancing - I just put two new front tyres on it but still, whenever I go above 70mph the thing vibrates like crazy the faster I go. Oh, and I crashed it in 2007, I rear ended someone in a 106 at a roundabout at about 15mph. Managed to get a cheap repair from a backstreet garage though!
I have a love hate relationship, on the one hand I feel like there should be a lot of life left in the car, but I still yearn for something new because I've been driving this thing since 2005.
Guess I can't complain as long as I remain broke.
(http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/6705/img1066pq6um6.jpg)
Courtesy of the what we drive thread.
PS some great cars in here. I have to nominate the Z as the coolest. Though Madman's Chevy and FoMoJo's rides are pretty awesome too.
There's supposedly a 442 in a friend's neighborhood that's in good shape. Sources say that the owner may sell it for 2-4k. Yes, you read that price correctly.
Quote from: hotrodalex on February 09, 2010, 04:05:58 PM
There's supposedly a 442 in a friend's neighborhood that's in good shape. Sources say that the owner may sell it for 2-4k. Yes, you read that price correctly.
You're buying, right?
Quote from: The Pirate on February 09, 2010, 09:23:07 PM
You're buying, right?
If it's true, hopefully. There's a chance that my dad could be interested in it as well.
Quote from: JWC on February 08, 2010, 10:32:28 PM
"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.
This might make you feel creepy, but she was 15 when she started on that show. She had to lie about her age to get the audition.
Quote from: BimmerM3 on February 10, 2010, 12:36:32 AM
This might make you feel creepy, but she was 15 when she started on that show. She had to lie about her age to get the audition.
I just saw that on TV the other day. Yes, I did feel creepy about it. I was happier thinking she was an 18 year old, playing a 15 year old.
That said, she's still hot.
Quote from: JWC on February 10, 2010, 08:25:49 AM
I just saw that on TV the other day. Yes, I did feel creepy about it. I was happier thinking she was an 18 year old, playing a 15 year old.
That said, she's still hot.
Paedo Warning!!! :pullover:
:lol:
Madman of the People
Quote from: hotrodalex on February 06, 2010, 04:19:29 PM
I think ChrisV's is the coolest.
My first was my Camaro.
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x253/calfan5/Nashville%2009/Nash003.jpg)
Awesome first car man
Quote from: the Teuton on February 05, 2010, 08:58:55 PM
Okay, here's the game:
-What was your first car?
-How much did you pay for it/how did you receive it?
-How long did you have it?
-Would you want it back if you could get it back?
-Etc.
1947 MG TC
'Given to me by another GI who did not want to put money into it--he was into electric guitars and was getting decent at it. It was running, but had an erratic fuel pump that could leave you shufflin' down the railroad tracks kickin' beer cans if you didn't feel like disassembling the fuel pump on the side of the road. :rage:
I had it 'til I got an early out of the Army--the sudden announcement of group early outs for about fifty of us cut my time left from 385 days left on the tenth to 74 days left on the eleventh :tounge: :tounge: :tounge: :clap: :clap: :clap: :ohyeah: :ohyeah: :ohyeah: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
(Instant Two-Digit Midget!!! :rockon:)--there were barely funds and time remaining to have my motorcycle crated and shipped to the US, much less funds and time to ship the TC (If it hadda been a TD, I woulda tried harder to find funding--but it wasn't so I didn't...).
I'll take the TC back if I get home and there it sits, postage paid, but I don't regret keeping the motorcycle instead of the MG back in '72. I gave the TC away to another GI, and so I heard it was eventually parted out to fix up various other vehicles where I had been stationed in the Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Like chicks, some cars enter your life sorta unexpectedly from nowhere and most sorta wind up being memories of the way your life was at the time. Some you miss, some you don't. MGs should never be missed unless you had a '48 TD and let it slip away...or a sweet girl with beautiful eyes that you let slip away...
Quote from: JWC on February 10, 2010, 08:25:49 AM
I just saw that on TV the other day. Yes, I did feel creepy about it. I was happier thinking she was an 18 year old, playing a 15 year old.
That said, she's still hot.
Absolutely. Have you seen
Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Great movie, and she looks great in it.
Quote from: BimmerM3 on February 16, 2010, 12:08:02 PM
Absolutely. Have you seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Great movie, and she looks great in it.
BimmerM3: Nice ass-whuppin' the Yellow Jackets laid on the Tarheels, BTW! Keep up the good work! :clap:
Quote from: hotrodalex on February 15, 2010, 02:15:00 PM
Thanks!
Nethead's is pretty cool too.
hotrodalex: Thanks, HRA! It
was a cool ride--the best part being the wooden frame (early effort at carbon fibre, no doubt), offset a bit by rusty wire wheels whose spinners had been well knocked over the quarter century that had elapsed by the time the '47 came into my possession...
Solid axles front & rear and four-wheel drums--little did I suspect at the time that I would once again enjoy those amenities twenty-seven years later in my '66 Bronco.
I've come full circle, I guess :tounge:
First car I was allowed to drive somewhat regularly (I was 15 then) was an '87 VW Atlantic (that was the name in Mexico, it was the first gen Jetta for us)
First car I was given for my own use was an '89 Dodge Shadow ES - called a Chrysler Shadow here in Mexico. 2.2L engine.
First car I bought with my own money was a '96 Chrysler Breeze (Plymouth Breeze in the U.S.) that I bought new.
First BMW (had to bring this up) was a grey market, imported from the U.S. by an embassy, '94 325is E36 coupe that I bought in '98 used.
Try as I might, I seem to have lost the pictures of my late 4runner.
Anywho, it was a
1986 Toyota 4runner
Hand-me-down from pops
I had it for 5 years
and would love to have it back
Well, sad news. I found out that my first car was totaled when some twit slid into it at high speed on the ice, and sandwiched it between theirs and another car on the sidewalk. Luckily nobody was hurt. The tailgate and front bumper are ruined.
Quote from: Tave on March 04, 2010, 03:36:36 PM
Try as I might, I seem to have lost the pictures of my late 4runner.
Anywho, it was a
1986 Toyota 4runner
Hand-me-down from pops
I had it for 5 years
and would love to have it back
One year too late for the solid front axle (though it's still an awesome truck, and I'd love one). Why did you get rid of it?
Quote from: The Pirate on March 04, 2010, 10:21:36 PM
One year too late for the solid front axle (though it's still an awesome truck, and I'd love one). Why did you get rid of it?
It became more expensive to fix than it was worth. Also, I lived in Phoenix at the time and didn't need a truck.