What Was Your First Car? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Tcoat · 10-31-2014, 12:55 PM

With the surprising number of people that post the FRS/BRZ as their first car it got me thinking about my first!
Mine was a 10 year old '64 Impala SS convertible. Exactly the same as the one below but not that one as I would have to dig through boxes of these things called "printed pictures" to find the real thing.
It was my pride and joy for several years but fell victim to some vandals (slashed top, seats, door panels, padded dash) and the good old 60s cars rust demons.
What was the first car that you personally owned?

D_Thissen · 10-31-2014, 12:58 PM

Mine was a white 1992 Cavalier RS (3.1L V6). Had it until it died at 390,000km or so

BRZZZZZZZZZZ · 10-31-2014, 01:08 PM

1998 Ford Escort ZX-2.

Rear disc brake swap
Larger sway bars
Koni Yellows with lowering springs

It was a good first car, never again will I own FWD now.

jvincent · 10-31-2014, 01:16 PM

The first one that I actually owned myself was a 1994 Ford Contour.

It was the first model year in North America and honestly it was a pretty decent car. It's too bad Ford didn't just bring the Mondeo over as-is from Europe because some of the stuff they added didn't really make sense.

murdoc · 10-31-2014, 01:34 PM

This 1988 Mazda 323 that I got for $300 from my neighbor when I graduated high school.

Leaked oil like a sieve, but I drove it anyway. Oil smoke poured from the engine bay due to oil on the manifold, and I had to put about two quarts of oil in it a week.

But it got me to work realiably until I could afford to buy my second car later that year.

First car I ever modded now that I think about it. Didn't come with a Tach from the factory so I installed one from autozone. That and a short shifter.

EricJ17 · 10-31-2014, 01:44 PM

1992 Galant VR-4. Bought it used in 2008 when I was in high school. Spent all of my money on it, barely drove it, sold it for a huge loss.

Texas BRZ · 10-31-2014, 02:28 PM

2004 Winning Blue RX-8.

This car injected the sports car addiction within me, especially after I used to drive 3 hours through tight and winding roads to see my fiance (now my wife).

Because of how much I enjoyed and built a passion for driving it, I personally won't own anything other than a sports car for the rest of my life.

Teseo · 10-31-2014, 03:05 PM

Mine was mazda rx7 fc non turbo (yuk!)
it had all kind reliability problems expected in rotary car but i managed to keep it running
I sold it for pay student loans

Dadhawk · 10-31-2014, 03:26 PM

1964 Dodge Polara 2dr Hardtop with a "push button" automatic transmission.

Not this one (I don't think I even have a picture of it) but when waxed looked exactly like this except I had white walls on it (well it least it looked like this in my memory).

Paid $300 for it in 1975 and sold it two years later for $450.

funwheeldrive · 10-31-2014, 03:40 PM

I had a 1990 civic. It had 240k on it when I sold it. Never have me any issues. I loved that car.

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Originally Posted by EricJ17

1992 Galant VR-4. Bought it used in 2008 when I was in high school. Spent all of my money on it, barely drove it, sold it for a huge loss.

Sounds like a typical dsm experience.

Tcoat · 10-31-2014, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

1964 Dodge Polara 2dr Hardtop with a "push button" automatic transmission.

Not this one (I don't think I even have a picture of it) but when waxed looked exactly like this except I had white walls on it (well it least it looked like this in my memory).

Paid $300 for it in 1975 and sold it two years later for $450.

My parents wanted to give me my mom's 64 Polara which was identical to that (only brown) and I said "no I want something smaller".
Then bought the SS at about 1/2 a foot longer and couple of inches wider.
They were pissed!

strat61caster · 10-31-2014, 04:16 PM

Excuse the silly photo, best $1k I've ever spent, 202k miles and hasn't skipped a beat despite me trying really hard to fuck up the timing chain replacement that in the end I realize was likely unnecessary.

Dadhawk · 10-31-2014, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tcoat

My parents wanted to give me my mom's 64 Polara which was identical to that (only brown) and I said "no I want something smaller".
Then bought the SS at about 1/2 a foot longer and couple of inches wider.
They were pissed!

Sounds like something I would have done.

The Polara was a great first car. You couldn't hurt it, and with the front/back bench seats you could easy get 6 to 8 friends in it plus another 2 or 3 in the trunk! Agh, the days before we "knew better"!

Special_K · 10-31-2014, 05:06 PM

'92 Ford Aerostar ftw! It could carry seven people comfortably, and when needed, two people horizontally. HEYOOO!!!!

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BRZZZZZZZZZZ Car Nut Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: BMW 335d, Toyota Echo RS, FRS Location: Calgary Posts: 1,557 Thanks: 368 Thanked 603 Times in 346 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	1998 Ford Escort ZX-2. Rear disc brake swap Larger sway bars Koni Yellows with lowering springs It was a good first car, never again will I own FWD now.

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jvincent Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2022 WRB BRZ Sport-Tech Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,746 Thanks: 131 Thanked 1,410 Times in 715 Posts Mentioned: 25 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	The first one that I actually owned myself was a 1994 Ford Contour. It was the first model year in North America and honestly it was a pretty decent car. It's too bad Ford didn't just bring the Mondeo over as-is from Europe because some of the stuff they added didn't really make sense.

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murdoc Sometimes I'm wrong. Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: '13 FR-S/'96 240SX Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 366 Thanks: 91 Thanked 316 Times in 152 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This 1988 Mazda 323 that I got for $300 from my neighbor when I graduated high school. Leaked oil like a sieve, but I drove it anyway. Oil smoke poured from the engine bay due to oil on the manifold, and I had to put about two quarts of oil in it a week. But it got me to work realiably until I could afford to buy my second car later that year. First car I ever modded now that I think about it. Didn't come with a Tach from the factory so I installed one from autozone. That and a short shifter.

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EricJ17 Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: 2015 FR-S Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	1992 Galant VR-4. Bought it used in 2008 when I was in high school. Spent all of my money on it, barely drove it, sold it for a huge loss.

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