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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

What did everyone have for their first car? I'm just starting out. I don't even have my license yet. However, I'm 99% sure my first car is going to be a blue 1989 Chevrolet Cavalier RS coupe 2.8L V6 5-speed manual transmission.

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

1980 Buick Century 4.3l automatic. Last year that they made those little V8s. Black with red interior. I loved that car, I should have listened to it when it didn't like my girlfriend at the time. Ooops, I married her. It just wouldn't start for her......

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

I just got my new car Wednesday, and I don't have a license yet either.

But it's a 2001 Oldsmobile Alero GX 2-Door Coupe, white, with dealer added special paint job and aftermarket rims, also added by the dealer. Just got the license plate for it tonight

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

My first car (which I got in late summer of 1997), was an '89 Acura Legend ... god, what a POS ... first the transmission, then the tires, argh! If it wasn't *one* thing, it was another.

Don't get me wrong -- I still loved it. The first car is always memorable. But I killed her delivering pizzas so I could buy my current JEEP! =)

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

White '95 Dodge Intrepid. As someone once put it, "I drive an Interepid-class carship." :-)

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Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

First car: '96 Chevy Cavalier 2-door. Totalled in my school parking lot by two 14 year old gilrs in a stolen car.

Replacement "car" (I use the term loosely): '85 Ford Tempo 4-door.... loaded to the max... but, even the accessories couldn't change the fact that it was a Tempo. Revoked by my parents upon being disowned. Thank HEAVENS! Stupid car was the most unreliable thing ever.

New car: My baby, '96 Honda Civic LX.... I love her..... even AFTER getting in two wrecks with her. But I'll be car shopping again in the spring..... Can we say Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, anyone? ;-)

~LOA

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

LOA,

No, no, no! Grand Cherokees are *not* (nor will they ever be) a JEEP!

Buy a Wrangler!! Look at it this way: you can still have the 4 wheel drive, *and* take the top down in warm weather! =)

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

1984 Nissan Stanza. Had all the options: power windows, locks, sunroof, etc. Used to be a demo car. My maternal gradnmother bought it...& died the next year. My mother drove it into the ground to the point where it had 3 complete exhaust replacements & several engies. I loved that car, though.

The thing I truly enjoyed, however, was the fact that I could blow the doors off almost every other car at school...for underneath the hood of my 84 Stanza lurked the powerplant of a 92 Maxima--it was the only engine they could find that would fit that last time.

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Posted by Epoch (Member # 136) on :

My first car was an ugly yellow two door '82 nissan sentra. In high school it's nickname was the yellow beast. It was completely gutless.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

I got you all beat.

My first car is a 1978 Ford Fairmont. Oldest POS still running. But I still love it, cuz it got me home tonight

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Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

I will not ever RIDE in a Wrangler, let alone own one..... no way, no how.... too small and too scary.....

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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

My first car was a 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier. 4 doors, automatic transmission, crappy sound system, power nothing but steering, and a habit of requiring a major trip to the maintenance shop once every year and a half.

I still drive this car. Well, not right now. It's sitting broken down in the parking lot in front of my residence hall. Frozen compressor, broken belt, and a dead battery.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Oh, LOA!

Imagine it: warm sunny day, on your way to the beach, with the top down, and the doors off ...

It is rather small, but longwise - no trunk will do that, I suppose. Makes it easy to fit into small parking spaces; it's actually fairly wide (which provides for good balance). Of course, that is effected by what size tires you get ... and its got a Grand Cherokee suspension (well, the newer ones do, anyway), so the ride isn't that rough either!

And hey, its got 4x wheel drive to boot!

Go Wrangler! Go Wrangler! Go!

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

The first car I ever drove was actually, REALLY, a 1930 Ford Model A. Of course, it was unpowered and being towed by another car, but I was steering!

MY first car was a tanklike 1983 Ford Thunderbird that we picked up at a used car lot for $3500.
I drove it on my commute to Penn State Fayette. The bloomin' thing got 30 miles to the gallon!

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

*30 miles?*

Damn. My Jeep gets 15 Highway ... less if I've got the heater on, or the 4x wheel drive ...

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Wow. Some of you have really small penises.

Er, except for possible LOA.

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

*laughs*

Gotta love my new car...

Of course, if you want to enjoy the weather, well, that's why God invented convertibles...

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Me: "Why don't you live in Hong Kong?"
Rachel Roberts: "Hong Kong? Nah. Oh, but we can live in China! Yeah, China has great Chinese food!"

(discussion with fellow classmate, 9/5/00)

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I have a 1993 Plymouth Voyager. All the space in the back comes in handy sometimes.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I'll say. Accordians do look pretty big.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Well, then again, so does Frank...

*runs away*

:-)

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

I don't own this car yet, but as soon as I get a job, it's Mine!

Our M-Body 1981 Dodge Diplomat S-Type Coupe

Cost: $600CAD / $416USD
Powerplant: 5.2L/318 2bbl V8
Transmission: 3 spd Auto
Cool stuff: Power brakes, steering, windows. Am/Fm/Cass

This car RULES. Most people will say 80's Chrysler cars are unreliable, but Chrysler definately got it right with the Diplomat/Caravelle/Gran Fury/Fifth Avenue (all basically the same car)..

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Posted by Sidewinder (Member # 50) on :

My car: 1991 Ford Probe LX. Just turned 122003 today! 3.0L V6, but the cool thing is the ground effects. White car and white effects. It is a testarossa body kit. Other probes look like Miranda's compared to this Sovereign! (In my opinion)

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

*laughs at UM and TSN*

And it's not often I do that, so be grateful.

Still, you think that Frank's accordian looks big, you should see Simon's trumpet.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I have two trumpets, actually. I salvaged them from my father's uncle's old house. I cannot play the trumpet.

Oh, right, sexual metaphor. Uh...I do play the sax. Get it? Get it?

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Yes, I get it it. Mainly because I also play the sax. Ah, the hilarity of every person who sees me with it saying "do you give good sax?" Because, you see, sax sounds like sex! Yes! The hilarity! Never mind that no-one ever says "do you give good sex" anyway.

Cretins. Hope they all die.

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

My first car, which I still own is a:

1991 Nissan NX-2000. Black with T-tops.

I've had it for about a year with no major problems, replaced the 2 front tires last summer, and both headlight bulbs. The engine and transmission work fine. Might need new brake pads, they make a scraping sound most of the time when I brake.

I plan to start fixing it up now that I have a full-time job. Get a CD player, some repair body work as well as some customized body work, tint the windows, smoked headlight covers, rims....

My goal is that by the time I finish to have it look and run like new.

I was hoping to just get myself a new car, a 2000 Toyota Celica. I was able to afford it, but not the damn insurance cause of other 18-year old drivers who've gotten in accidents or tickets. About $200 a month, dispite my clean driving record. On top of a $350 monthly car payment I wouldn't of had any extra money to save or spend.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Hobbes,

Get those brakes looked at ASAP. That sound could mean you're losing your pads, and if they wear down too much, you'll damage the rotor -- and they cost way too much to fix -- it ran me almost $450 to replace my rotor when I wore through it. Ugh.

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