My first car (15 years ago).

[Jake D]

My first car was a 1980 Malibu.  I gave it to my older brother when I got to law school and he turned it into a 600 hp race car, pictured below.
The tires on it suck, and the only time he really got to turn it loose this year it wouldn't hook up.  He still ran a 11.99.  New slicks in the spring should put him into the mid-10's.  


Also, my brother every year builds a Toyota Tundra and gives it to the guys at OCC.  The deal is if they get his truck on the show, he'll get them a new one next year for free.  Last year, his white Tundra was on the Terence Man episode.  Here is the truck he built for them this year.  Rick drives it and took all the stickers off it.

[Phaedrus]

My first car was a 1986 Dodge Colt (in 1996). Hatchback, 4 cylinder, auto. Ugly brown - no pics

I've also owned:

1986 Dodge 600 - Grey, 2 doors hole in floor
1986 Ford Crown Victoria Wagon - Ugh.
1986 Dodge Aries - Brown, 4 door
1886 Chevy Celebrity - Dukes Of Hazard style doors, grey
1989 Chevy Cavalier - blue, 2 door
1980 Pontiac Trans Am - Black, t-top, auto.
1989 Ford Tempo - Red, auto, 4 door
1989 Ford Thunderbird - red, 2 doors, auto
1989 Chrysler LeBaron - Red, sunroof, 2 door
*1990 Chevy S10 Blazer - 4.3 V6, 2 door, blue, 4x4
1991 Plymouth Acclaim - 4 cylinder, 4 doors, blue
*1997 Dodge Dakota - 5 speed, V6, Club Cab. Lots of mods.
*2002 Hyundai Accent GS - 5 speed, 1.6, hatchback. Current vehicle.

I think that is it - atleast all that I can remember right now. I've driven a lot of cheap beaters.   The ones with a * were bought for more than a $1000..hehe. Most of the other ones were only a couple hundred bucks, the rest were between free and $800.

[Jake D]

What, no Chevette?

I've had:

1980 Malibu, pictured above
1993 Ford SHO
1997 Jeep Wrangler with 33's and a winch
2005 Scion xB with 18" Racing Hart Evolution GT-5's

Next car:

WRX STI

[Blazinjr]

My true first car......



I had my senoir pictures taken with it.

[Jake D]

That is a solid look.  You know, long sleeve shirt, tie, shorts, penny loafers.

I bet you got boy band ass back in the day.  :lol:

Didn't you love the 80's???

[thirdman]

I've had:
1975 Maroon AMC Pacer from 1988 through 1991- weird car, but I loved it.  Perfect highschool car.
1975 Pale Blue Chevy 3/4 Ton Pickup from 1991 to 1993 - ate fuel like mad, blew smoke, general pain in the butt.  College rig.
1993 White Ford Festiva from 1993 through 1995 - tiny!  42mpg no matter how hard I flogged it.  Took out the rear seat and put in an amp and 12" kickers.  My mom still drives it.
1987 Tan-ish BMW 325i from 1995 to now.  I love it, but it's expensive when it breaks.  Only 210,000 miles on it (I put 160,000 of those on it myself).

[Blazinjr]

That is a solid look.  You know, long sleeve shirt, tie, shorts, penny loafers.

I bet you got boy band ass back in the day.  :lol:

Didn't you love the 80's???

That was a pull over Windbreaker, no tie jacket was unzipped, I was wearing jean shorts, and regular tie up shoes?

This picture was taken in summer 1992  :nana:  before going into my Senior year.

[Jake D]

I was just takin' the Mickey out of you.  Photo is kind of grainy.

I was wearin' clown shaZam! back in 1992 (summer before my senior year too).  

Nothing like being 31 years old and still into turner cars, huh?  :lol:

[Blazinjr]

My wife says she is raising 3 kids instead of 2 :mrgreen:


grainy because it is a picture of a picture   and I can't scan it because it's too BIG. :dunno:

[Blazinjr]

Here is another senior picture......  before you all say what color the shirt is it was orange and dark blue and when I got the pictures back it looked well you see :x

[SuZuki10]

My first was a POS 1992 Toyota Tercel  STICK SHIFT...I was the coolest girl in high school for knowing how to drive it...

Now I have my 1999 Chevy Malibu aka grandma car

but the coolness balances out with my GS now

I want a scion!!!

[Blazinjr]

Which Scion?  XA, XB, or TC?

[SuZuki10]

Here is another senior picture......  before you all say what color the shirt is it was orange and dark blue and when I got the pictures back it looked well you see :x

HOT ANKLES!!!   those shoes must have smelled sooo bad b/c you never wore socks with them!  ....and PS  Freddy Krueger called and wants his shirt back :lol:

Just give me a few years and I'll have embarrassing pics like that too

[Blazinjr]

They did not smell that bad.....  put powder and rarely used to wear them.  I had like 5 or 6 different pairs :mrgreen:

[Jake D]

Amanda, you probably don't know about "tight rolled" jeans?  That was a good look.  I went to an "80's Party" 2 weeks ago.  Tight rolled jeans, stone washed, of course, pink polo with the colar popped, and a tan Member's Only jacket (which cost me like $18 at the thrift store).

[Blazinjr]

If the pictures were taken about 4  years earlier I would have looked like Don Johnson off of Miami Vice

[Jake D]

Now you look like Don Johnson off Nash Bridges. :lol:  

Just kidding!  Look out!

[Blazinjr]

:guns:

[Onlypastrana199]

I had a 85 Jeep Grand Cherokee...irritated me cause it was a POS, sold that got an 85 camaro, somehow ended up with a 96 lumina (beats out every other grandma car but my brother has now attempted to "pimp it"), and I just bought an 03 spyder.

[RVertigo]

My first car was a 1985 Nissan Pulsar, silver...  Bought it from a friend for $100.  All 4 tires were bald, different brands, and three different sizes.  The spedo didn't work (it had an estimated 240k miles on it), only one head-light opened, the tail lights were out, the trunk leaked, it was randomly dented, and it smelled like pizza.  It ended up killing three transmissions and got towed to the junk yard.  Looked just like this (except the wing window was made out of duct tape and the quarter molding was gone):


Then came the '69 Beetle...  Bought it from a friend for $120.  It didn't really run and pretty much everything in it was broken in one way or another.  A trailing arm and 1/4 shaft was bent, so it drove kinda side-ways and wobbled.  Mostly rust, all but the driver's door and rear fender were dented...  Including a huge dent in the roof.  It was Dark Blue, Light Blue, Tan, White, Black, and Gray...  I lent it to my Bro-In-Law and he wrecked it up some more...  I sold it to a friend (who still has it) for $50.

Then the '79 Wagoneer.  Bought it from a friend for $1000.  It ran like a champ, but it got 8 MPG.  That's not a typo...  It really got EIGHT MPG.  It was a dark burgundy/wine color with the fake wood on the sides.  Someone T-Boned me in it and 6 months later their insurance paid $3500 for the repairs.  I figured they were going to total it, so I stopped maintaining it...  By the time I got the money, it ran like total crap and needed a lot of engine work...  So, I sold it to a friend for $100...  Then they sold it to a different friend of mine for $100...  That guy didn't ever check the oil and he ceased the engine.

Then the '94 Ford Exploder...  Paid blue book at a dealer and put about the same amount into it since then.  Still have it.