First cars

[deaf_rattle]

Thought this might be interesting..

what did people have for first cars?

My dad bought this brand new, it was a nice car until i got my hands on it.

Had big plans for this car, but it rusted away
1986 holden camira 1.8l opel engine auto (got it up to 205kph)

had loud stereo and bald tyres



did many a burnout at old toyspeed meets

[Cakky]

aaaaaahhhhhhhhh! dreaded camira, my best friend had one that we used to cruise around in when we were younger, the biggest pos had so much trouble with it lol!

my first car was an 86 gl laser which i drove into the ground pretty much lol.

[KwS]

my real first car was a 1976 morris marina. what a beast! sold it on early this year, after doing me well, and lasting the distance, even though i gave it shit. lol

was burning a lot of oil by the time i was done with it, but still only ever let me down once... which was when the slave cylinder seals gave up the ghost. $20 seal kit, half an hour, and she was back running again.

I had lots of cars before that.... but none of them were real milestones. i got my restricted in the old marina, so thats why i class that as my main car.

[Adamal]

Suzuki SJ-410. But we didn't have that long, and ended up getting a Suzuki Escudo.
After that was the Nissan Sunny. Still miss that thing!

[bluemaumau]

my first car was the corolla had it for 3 and a bit years now, its only been going for a bout 2 and a half tho!

[Alex B]

Brought for $250 with a run bearing, $1000 bucks later she was on the road, 4WD AE95 chassie with some kind of sponge used in place of the shockies, what a beast

[Cahuna]

My great-great grandfather gave me the keys to his 1972 Peugeot 504 for my 15th birthday, a very cool gift. In many ways it was a great car - 4 wheel disk brakes and independent suspension, it handled beautifully and rode bumps in a way only French cars can. The auto tranny had no lockout between gears so I could (and did!) drive it like a manual and it was way cooler than the old Datsun Sunny, Mazda Familias etc the other high school kids had.Unfortunately the motor was gutless, disliked the rain and had a bad habit of overheating. Eventually the old girl gave into the rust scurge but I still have fond memories of it

[Snoozin]

1981 Datsun 720 flatdeck in traditional beige, with bullbars, mudgrip rear tyres, L18 and column change. Was epic.

[mr2_t]

1986 Mirage 4 door hatch
silver with a louvre on the rear window
1.3L carbed, 5 speed
velour (it was the GLX model )

Capable of a mighty 155km/h!

Then, a maroon NZ new EF civic sedan with a D13 (?). That'd pull 180 easy, most impressive - who needed an SiR?

then a 91 G-Ltd MR2
then a 91 GT MR2 which I've had for far too long really (i'm 28 and only had four cars!)

[Flange]

ae85 with complete ae86 conversion! awesome car to learn how to drive in! ,,,, pretty awesome drivers car!

[rolla_fxgt]

First car i had i still have, 1992 manual silvertop fxgt. Had it over 6years now, still going strong.
Though i sometimes wish i had brought paddock bashers like all my mates. Though there was 1 occasion in cromwell where i decided to go paddock bashing in the mighty fx & got at least a metre of air, and amazingly didnt break anything on it, though my head was a little sore from hitting the roof & there's still a dint in the passengers footwell from a rock i hit

[DJ]

EG Civic VTEC Hatch.



WHAT 9000?

[drtydog]

my first car was a 1980 mirage 2 door...more dent than straight panels lol, then i moved up (down?) to an 86 holden camira wagon 1600 (gutless pos), then an 88 mitsi magna wagon (what was i thinking?) then an 82 kp61 starlet (first ok car lol), then a 4wd mazda familia, then a cordia gsr, and now my sw20 mr2

oh and i'm only 18

[fivebob]

1954 Phase II Vanguard. Solid as a brick shithouse, Fergie tractor motor, and with 16x7 mudgrip tyres on it, you could go anywhere.

[Emperor]

lol gutless wonder 1.5l impreza

[escortman]

1st car learnt to drive in wen 14 - tx3 stil got it lol pos
then mazda familia when tx3 was stolen - stil hav it driving it atm
then my 1st fxgt ae82 it was autotrajic but only payd 150 and sold for 1g 12mnths later
then picked up the panelvan and another for parts still have them
have bought and sold heaps others as well

[flygt4]

st185 celica gt4 , was an interesting car to learn your limits in, as they were a bit of a moving target. great fun tho and i still have a soft spot for them.

[IH8TEC]

my gtz is my first car and i'm keeping it until i'm old and grey,

[no_8wire]

A mighty 89 1.8 corona for me...had big plans at the time...till I crashed it over a bank on west coast road...I loved that car...

[solitaire]

Learnt to drive in my mums 1989 323 sedan 1.3l.... my dad got it up to 160 once (had to turn the aircon off at 140 )

My first car is my ae92 Levin Smallport which i still have and 8 years on has served me well for 115,000 ks (incl 3.5 years of storage while i was in england)