What Was Your First Car?

[ke70dave]

1984 mazda 323 hatch, 1.5L carby FWD.(essentially the same as the ford laser)

 

bought it from the neighbours back in 2003, for the sum of $1100 un rego'd. (260,000kms)

 

very good condition, straight as, no rust, almost perfect interiour. just needed a new headgasket. this car was actually in "overrated" condition, all pin stripes were in order, no previous damage that i could see, even had all 4 chrome rings on the wheels!

 

did the head on it (reco'd a wreckers head), got L's soon after, i drove it for about 2 yrs, then bought ke70.

 

sold the mazda to my brother, he learnt to drive in it, then drove it everywhere (hes a trady, worked everywhere), head needed to be done again (the reco'd head was a dud apperently). drove it for about 3yrs total, then sold it to my other brother!

 

he but learnt to drive in it, and drove it for 2-3yr (another trady), but neglected it a bit, maintenance wasn't kept up to it.

 

he has recently sold it, for a grand total of $500, with about 325,000km's. needs 4 new shocks, has a few nice dings from an encounter with a concrete wall and an energex truck (still driveable), just need to replace a few panels...

 

served us well the ol' mazda thats for sure. with a bit of maintenance it would go for another 100,000km at least i reckon....

[Redwarf]

Baby Blue 82 TF Gemini. It was only 8 years old when I bought it. :)

 

God I punished that thing.

[LittleRedSpirit]

XF Falcon.

 

Auto.

 

Big and White. Very flat riding car. Could put a maccas drink next to the shifter and just drive around with it sitting there.

 

Flatmates girlfriend took down a power pole with it trying to dodge, of all things, a possum. Put me in hospital for 2 weeks with a cut throat from the windscreen. Didnt chip a tooth but. Car was a write off and the scum sucking tow truck drivers took the speakers out of it. Tow truck drivers=scum of the earth. Kinda like lawyers but with no teeth, education or judges to answer to.

 

Took the hit like no rolla could... Was only doing about 55kph but the pole still sunk back far enough to hit the block and drive it into the firewall.

[Crowie55]

ke55 4 door sedan, until I lent it to a friend and he wrote it off. Corolla bug has also bitten me.

[ToasticlesAe82]

1986 ae-82 cs-x sedan, had a bit of guts, exhaust manifold leaked so sounded like a lawnmower for the year i owned it was my dad's for 26 years before i got next car

 

1995 kj 1 ford laser sedan, free from my boss was sitting at his mothers house and asked me if i was a car guy, i told him yeah drove it from logan to viccy point unregoed 4 bald tyres low compression on all cylinders spent a bit of money on it was gonna cost wayyyy to much to fix and couldn't find a "sympathetic" mechanic to get a rwc so sold it off for 400 bucks

 

still driving the rolla with subwooferz

[Hiro Protagonist]

Exact same AE102 in my sig that I still drive to this day.

[Tume]

1979 Chrysler Sigma GE. Wrote off into a pole swerving a tourist on the wrong side of the road.

[KEhendo]

first car i got was my parent's old civic 'shuttle' wagon, complete with 'hondamatic' gearbox. so many good memories. so many shenanigans.

 

first car i spent money on was my ke20. been though 4 other cars since and still got her. determined not to let her go. it's love.

[swampgarage]

1988 ae82 corolla cs (cheap spec). Gift from my grandparents after finishing high school in 1997.

 

I still drive it occasionally. Its like a time capsule, complete with all the silly mods I did to it when I was 18.

 

While trawling corolla forums looking for ideas on what I could do with it, I discovered ae86s. Have accumulated a pile of those and various other decrepit corollas, but my only registered cars are the ae82 and trueno coupe.

[EnjoyAUS]

Chrysler VE Regal.

First and current car

[7shades]

1988 ae82 corolla cs (cheap spec). Gift from my grandparents after finishing high school in 1997.

 

I still drive it occasionally. Its like a time capsule, complete with all the silly mods I did to it when I was 18.

 

 

Currently sitting in my yard, sucking the coolness out of all the other cars parked around it

[swampgarage]

Amongst volvos, it looks sleek and modern.

[Des]

Pulsar, Ended up at the bottom of a dam.

[carbonboy]

1988 ae82 corolla cs (cheap spec).

 

If you want cheap spec, I've got an AE80...C? I don't even get the 'CS' badge :laff: 2A-C, 4 speed manual, not much else...rockin!

Edited May 1, 2011 by carbonboy

[Jordain]

KE10!