Your first car

[Billy ray]

Another thread got me thinking

For me it was a 1979 toyota corolla.
This was in 1992 so it was 13 years old at the time.
Cost $1,999 from Mr Magoo motors in east Victoria park.

Had it for about 7 years.
Sold it for $1,200.

 

[Kram]

80s Gemini for $2k, had it for about 6 years.

 

[Gralin]

1976 Datto for $600, getting it on the road cost more
It died after two years with a cracked head

 

[MatthewB]

1978 Gemini, handed down from mum, had it for a couple years before i upgraded

 

[Quivorir]

Parent bought me an old hyundai excel. 91 model I think. I hated and it didn't drive it. Looking back I realise how selfish I was and should have been thankful. First car I bought was a 96 EL Falcon Futura. I loved that thing

 

[FRUMPY]

Toyota Corona - something like a 1986 model (about 13 years old at the time) - cost me $2,500 i think. Got me through about 4 years then got a holden commodore for about $5,000 (again about 10 years old)

 

[Engimal v3]

1993 Ford Laser, owned well past 1993 lol

Was driving home one night after work and fell asleep driving and crashed it into another car

 

[edgie]

80s Gemini for $2k, had it for about 6 years.

My neighbor is selling his, he recently won 'best small car' with it at a Holden car show.

It was the only small car entered.

 

[MatthewB]

My neighbor is selling his, he recently won 'best small car' with it at a Holden car show.

It was the only small car entered.

 

[blueboy25]

It was in 1996 and my first car was a 1987 VL Commodore.....it served me well

 

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[Roobs321]

2010. It was a new 2010 Mazda3 neo sedan (charcoal). About 25K, 16 up front. I was already 21 then, hadn't really needed a car of my own until this point (passed my (manual) driving test at 17 but would just scab mum's car then left home and had the convenience of nearby workplaces, trains and driver roommates for a few years). I'd possibly still be driving it now, a real trooper, but someone ran an intersection red light 6 years later and cleaned me up, so it got written off. Still on my second (used). Which makes me realise I've now had my second car longer than my first although it felt like I had the first longer because I was younger and drove it a bit more, plus the expansive freedoms of your first car (and it being brand new).

 

[Syd]

1962 Pontiac Catalina, 389 V8, 4 barrel Carburetor

Had an absolute ball in that car.

Ran like a champ until I lost the brakes at over 100MPH, interesting ride that one.

 

[Gralin]

my first two cars were bombs, cheap to get expensive to maintain, and not reliable

i got lucky with a job that came with a car, the downside of that was the amount of driving I had to do in that job, was on the road a lot, getting paid to drive isn't bad but it was a lot of time in country towns, luckily I was single so not being around much didn't matter

My first "new" car that I bought myself I was 29, at the time the second hand cars weren't that much cheaper, got a good price and full warranty

 

[LeakyValve]

Chrysler Galant purchased for $250 from the Claremont Footy Club.
First thing done was scraping the 2 Claremont stickers off the back window.
Left the Esso "Put a Tiger in your Tank" one on though.

 

[edgie]

1962 Pontiac Catalina, 389 V8, 4 barrel Carburetor

Had an absolute ball in that car.

Ran like a champ until I lost the brakes at over 100MPH, interesting ride that one.

Looks like you could have lived comfortably in the boot

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[Syd]

Looks like you could have lived comfortably in the boot

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Used to sneak 3 mates into the drive in movies for free in it

 

[edgie]

I never really had a first car. I drove mums car until I just kinda took it over. Then there was the HQ which never really felt like a 'first car' because it definitely wasn't a taxi lol, it never got driven regularly.

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[edgie]

Used to sneak 3 mates into the drive in movies for free in it

Were they basketballers?

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[Syd]

Were they basketballers?

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Average height

Only ones of my mates was tall (6’4”)
Others all around 5’10”

Big Mike couldn’t get in the boot though, take too long to get him out

 

[quotemokc]

2006 Mazda 6, bought in 2010 and still going strong.

Never broken down on me, just wish I had been able to park it in a garage as the outside isn't in great condition.

 

[Spirit Level]

White 2002 VX Commodore

 

[The Dice Man]

1974 Leyland Marina. Was never quite the same after I got it bogged in Port Phillip Bay and the tide came in.

 

[Gough]

1974 Leyland Marina. Was never quite the same after I got it bogged in Port Phillip Bay and the tide came in.

I had a 76 Mini and frankly I'm surprised a few hours immersed in Port Phillip Bay made any difference to a British built car from the 70s.

 

[The Dice Man]

I had a 76 Mini and frankly I'm surprised a few hours immersed in Port Phillip Bay made any difference to a British built car from the 70s.

The engine was underwater for an hour or 2, it still ran afterwards but not quite the same. Was a ripper of a car actually.