What Was Your First Car

[clemh01]

Mid sixties Rambler American with a hole in the passenger side floor big enough that one could fall through. Only cost me $100 but lasted nearly a year including at least one trip to the beach.

 

[JTP039]

1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera

 

[racerboy]

1962 Ford Anglia 105E. It took all the abuse that an idiot 17yo me could throw at it.

 

[gerunc]

a Volkswagen käfer (beetle)

 

[Arctictwin]

Silver Mitsubishi Galant. I still miss that car.

 

[Baikal308]

Audi 60 in savana beige.

 

[polonais]

Citroën AX

 

[johnnycs]

VW Beatle

 

[spud52]

10 year-old AMC Gremlin

My first car was a 1972 AMC Gremlin. Although many people considered it a monstrosity, I preferred “distinctive”. It was 10 years old when I bought it and over the next 5 years I put over 120,000 miles on it before it finally shook itself to death. Cars were much simpler then. You could get a wrench on just about any part that needed fixing. As time went on, there was a good bit of fixing to do. I spent many pleasant Sunday afternoons under the shade tree pretending to be a mechanic.

 

[zachak]

Subaru xt

 

[garth33]

My first car was a 1972 AMC Gremlin. Although many people considered it a monstrosity, I preferred “distinctive”. It was 10 years old when I bought it and over the next 5 years I put over 120,000 miles on it before it finally shook itself to death. Cars were much simpler then. You could get a wrench on just about any part that needed fixing. As time went on, there was a good bit of fixing to do. I spent many pleasant Sunday afternoons under the shade tree pretending to be a mechanic.

You could have also used it as a greenhouse as I recall - LOTS of windows

RIP Gremlin

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[garth33]

I'll bite - 1969 Chevy Impala for a guy who was in HS in the 1980's. Hideous color but the body style would be considered a classic car today. I drove it until it blew up then got a 1972 Impala that was like a land yacht. Just slightly smaller than a Caddy of the era - same gas guzzling ability. I put carpet on the back window and hung some fuzzy dice. It was great. I miss that car.

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