I guess I'm a little jealous here lately. One of the local kids that autocrosses with my club just got a C5 Corvette for his 1st car on his 16th birthday. Then there's the kid on m.net that is pimping his (theoretical) 275rwhp coldside SC'd Miata. He is 15 years old.

I just don't get it. My 1st car was a 1973 Terd brown Chrysler Station wagon. Although it did have the high end scenic floor board which allowed a close and personal view of the road as it passes by. I think it was 47.5 feet long.

The quarter panels were so rusted out that I didn't have to open the hatch to put my backpack in the back. I could just throw it through the quarter panel.

And yes I paid for it myself with the money saved from delivering newspapers. I paid top dollar....$50.

What was your 1st car?

 

My car history: (I might forget a couple)
83 Subaru GL $300
73 Buick Lesabre $500
83 RX7
85 BMW 325
87 Prelude
92 Accord
92 Prelude *turbo*
90 Subaru Legacy
88 300z
90 Civic Wagon <----still got it too. I love this car!
88 Civic Hatch *turbo*
93 240sx *turbo*
95 Ford Escort (fix-n-sell)
90 Civic Hatch *turbo*
96 Miata *turbo*

 

An Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser that I "got" to share with my twin brother. It was a hand-me-down family car. As soon as I could afford to buy something of my own I bought a TR-3a for $800.

 

Buick Regal GS
(Mid 90's)
I thought it was fast at the time....

 

1987 Nissan Stanza
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I had a 8v jetta ($2000) for my first car, rear ended, then bought a vr6 corrado ($6000 settlement) with my parents assuming it was a 4-cylinder. I drove like a moron, then bought a t04 kit for it and put down 488whp...I should be dead. If it were rwd, I would be dead.

...the a 1997 jetta for 10 years, then the miata, and now the 2000 outback wagon.

Giving your kit a 250whp miata or a c5 is asking for asset seizure, a dead child, and a lack of responsibility and sense of entitlement from your kids.

 

First car I drove regularly was my parents, it was a 1992 Mercury Marquis.
First car I own completely outright and pay for everything myself is the Miata.

 

Had to share a several cars with my older brother before I got my own:

88 Dodge Colt *crashed
73 Super Beetle
90 MX6 *crashed
98 Ford ZX2

Then I had the pleasure of having a 92 Plymouth Sundance Duster all to myself.

 

1993 Mazda MX-3 GS V6
My first motorcycle was a Yamaha PW50 I got when I was 7.
I've since had 2 other cars and 7 other motorcycles. I'm 19 years old and indeed spoiled by my awesome dad.

 

1976 Chevette (White with fake wood paneling, and puke green interior)
1981 Celica (Donated to the kidney foundation)
1990 Accord (Traded in on the Protege5)
2002 Protege5 (Sold)
1993 Miata (Money Pit)
2005 Tribute (Mini-Van alternative)

"All that" and I'm 35.

Each and every car I purchased myself (With a little help from the bank). Tributes days are numbered, I'm thinking about a CX-7.

 

93 civic hand me down
and then a bunch of others

 

First car i drove... Plymouth Voyager
Main family car I drove... 91 Maxima SE (great daily car)
First car I bought... 1978 Plymouth Trailduster sport... rusted out on 33s... awesome cheap 4x4.
1992 civic vx... turned into a track car (miss it alot)
1991 civic si... turbo 'sleeper' daily driver
1993 miata... track project

 

83 ford escort L aka a dune buggy. it did well on beach sand at pismo. and the chixx duggit.

 

First bought car- 1961 TR3A I shared with my brother - bought it for $350. Wan't worth the money, but taught me a thing or two about fixing cars.

 

My first was a Geo Tracker 4x4. I went halfsies with my older brother. That thing was great in the snow. Once my dad and I restored the 73 Midget, though, that's what I was driving most of the time.

 

I was given a '90 dodge spirit by my dad on the condition that if i could get it to run, it was mine, at 16. I did some troubleshooting and determined it was a faulty TBI injector. Replaced it, and she fired right up. Drove that car until my second year of college.

Then I bought a 4-cylinder, automatic 1993 MX6. I got involved on mx6.com and learned a lot about cars in general, and the mx6 specifically. Eventually I found an LS model and sold the old 4-banger.

the 1993 LS was bought in a box, basically. I had to reassemble it from pieces. I dropped in a KLZE and drove it happily for a couple of years. Sold it when it developed an interior water leak i could never track down.

That's when i bought my daily, a 2007 Honda CRV. Not the nicest looking thing on the road, but gets awesome gas-mileage and is comfortable as hell. with as much driving as i do (put 25,000 miles on it in the first year of ownership), that's important.

shortly after the honda, i picked up my miata. Been playing with it ever since.

 

first car i bought i was 17 a plymouth voyager 1800 but never drove it the that summer i bought a riced out pontiac sunfire gt 4900 (riped off)
now i'm 18 and have a 03 miata 14000 and a 06 honda 600rr

 

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bought myself:



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1998 nissan altima,
gutted,header back, drop, rims, yadi yadi,
nailed a telephone pole

1991 honda civic hatchback
swapped, camed, i/h/e, gutted, track car
sold

1992 mx-5 miata
greddy turbo kit waiting to be installed

 

1990 Honda CRX - 3k - sold for 3k
1998 Mitsu Eclipse GSX
2001 IS300 - 14k (39k miles- steal)
1993 Mazda Miata
2006 Jeep Liberty