Show us your first car (PICS!!!)
Senior Member
Joined: 07-26-2006
Posts: 903
From: Soon to be Longview, Texas
First car I drove: '87 Plymouth Sundance (mother's car)
First car given to me: '93 Ford Escort Wagon (bought as belated high school graduation gift when I finished 2nd year at Michigan State)
First car I chose: '79 Cadillac Sedan de Ville (bought after I left college because the Escort went to my mother after her car was stolen)
First car I bought: '85 Dodge Charger (from junkyard for $200, lasted all of three months before blowing the cylinder head)
First car I paid more than $200 for: '85 Ford Crown Vic LTD (from private owner for $500, bought after Cadillac's brake hydraulics died for the second time.)
First car I paid more than $500 for: '89 Pontiac Firebird Formula (from co-worker for $1200, bought after Crown Vic blew a head and had the frame rot out)
FIRST BRAND-SPANKIN'-NEW CAR: '06 CHEVY HHR
First car given to me: '93 Ford Escort Wagon (bought as belated high school graduation gift when I finished 2nd year at Michigan State)
First car I chose: '79 Cadillac Sedan de Ville (bought after I left college because the Escort went to my mother after her car was stolen)
First car I bought: '85 Dodge Charger (from junkyard for $200, lasted all of three months before blowing the cylinder head)
First car I paid more than $200 for: '85 Ford Crown Vic LTD (from private owner for $500, bought after Cadillac's brake hydraulics died for the second time.)
First car I paid more than $500 for: '89 Pontiac Firebird Formula (from co-worker for $1200, bought after Crown Vic blew a head and had the frame rot out)
FIRST BRAND-SPANKIN'-NEW CAR: '06 CHEVY HHR
Platinum Member
Joined: 05-09-2006
Posts: 6,805
From: "Upland" Mesa, Arizona
Originally Posted by Desert Coyote
First car I drove: '87 Plymouth Sundance (mother's car)
First car given to me: '93 Ford Escort Wagon (bought as belated high school graduation gift when I finished 2nd year at Michigan State)
First car I chose: '79 Cadillac Sedan de Ville (bought after I left college because the Escort went to my mother after her car was stolen)
First car I bought: '85 Dodge Charger (from junkyard for $200, lasted all of three months before blowing the cylinder head)
First car I paid more than $200 for: '85 Ford Crown Vic LTD (from private owner for $500, bought after Cadillac's brake hydraulics died for the second time.)
First car I paid more than $500 for: '89 Pontiac Firebird Formula (from co-worker for $1200, bought after Crown Vic blew a head and had the frame rot out)
FIRST BRAND-SPANKIN'-NEW CAR: '06 CHEVY HHR
First car given to me: '93 Ford Escort Wagon (bought as belated high school graduation gift when I finished 2nd year at Michigan State)
First car I chose: '79 Cadillac Sedan de Ville (bought after I left college because the Escort went to my mother after her car was stolen)
First car I bought: '85 Dodge Charger (from junkyard for $200, lasted all of three months before blowing the cylinder head)
First car I paid more than $200 for: '85 Ford Crown Vic LTD (from private owner for $500, bought after Cadillac's brake hydraulics died for the second time.)
First car I paid more than $500 for: '89 Pontiac Firebird Formula (from co-worker for $1200, bought after Crown Vic blew a head and had the frame rot out)
FIRST BRAND-SPANKIN'-NEW CAR: '06 CHEVY HHR
Coyote....no wonder you're in the car parts business !!!
Senior Member
Joined: 07-26-2006
Posts: 903
From: Soon to be Longview, Texas
Originally Posted by Snoopy
Coyote....no wonder you're in the car parts business !!!
Then again, some of those cars I got attached to, the '79 Caddy for instance, not only because it was a great sleeper for those traffic-signal drags, but just because I kind of liked the whole "steer-like-an-ocean-liner, drive-your-living-room-sofa-down-the-freeway" feel of driving that car.
Senior Member
Joined: 05-06-2006
Posts: 1,218
From: Illinois
first car was a pile of crap 71 dodge duster ,but wipe brown with cream interior rusted out POS i got for 150 bucks drove it for a yr and then sent her to the crusher!! then a 81 toyota 4x4 then a 68 camrao then a 69 then a 70 nova then a 71 nova and on and on for a total of about 35 cars and now have the hhr, the 71 chevelle,the 80 z/28,and a pos 91 silverado! no pics of the first 20 or so cars!!!