What Was Your First Car? - Page 8 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

gravitylover · 11-23-2014, 09:58 AM

1981 Datsun 200SX, owned from 1984-1986. That was a fun car and in many ways quite similar to this one. All told it was a bit less powerful (stock,) slightly larger and sat a bit higher but my recollection is one of familiarity every time I get in my car.

raven1231 · 11-23-2014, 10:49 AM

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Stang70Fastback · 11-23-2014, 11:03 AM

You guys had some pretty sweet first cars. This was my first car, which I got from my mom with around 170k miles, and owned for 8 years until I sold it to someone a month ago with 286k miles:

babydriver · 11-23-2014, 12:53 PM

A '65 Mustang coupe, Caspian Blue. Eventually upgraded to a Mustang GT thanks to some poor guy who wrecked his '66. 4.11's, GT motor with the better heads, Edelbrock intake, headers, HTH 4 speed manual tranny, reasonably tall cam. Ran mid 13's at the drag strip.

The carb was always the problem: I had bought a Holley 750, which really was too big for the 289, even with the upgrades. Should have bought a 650, which would have been perfect. The stock carb was a 500, which wasn't bad but a bit too small for the GT version. Great car, but handled like a brick. Still, the most fun I've had up to the FR-S. Now, I'm having more fun! Wish I still had the Mustang though. It would be worth a fortune today.

Tcoat · 11-23-2014, 02:06 PM

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A '65 Mustang coupe, Caspian Blue. Eventually upgraded to a Mustang GT thanks to some poor guy who wrecked his '66. 4.11's, GT motor with the better heads, Edelbrock intake, headers, HTH 4 speed manual tranny, reasonably tall cam. Ran mid 13's at the drag strip.

The carb was always the problem: I had bought a Holley 750, which really was too big for the 289, even with the upgrades. Should have bought a 650, which would have been perfect. The stock carb was a 500, which wasn't bad but a bit too small for the GT version. Great car, but handled like a brick. Still, the most fun I've had up to the FR-S. Now, I'm having more fun! Wish I still had the Mustang though. It would be worth a fortune today.

It would have been worth a fortune about 10 years ago. Unfortunately you would only get about 30% now of what you could have in 04/05. The bottom dropped right out of the classic Mustang market in 06. Now having said that, in 5 years you may get twice as much as you would have back then. Such is the ups and downs of the classic car market.

babydriver · 11-23-2014, 03:37 PM

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I had a nicely done up 327 I pulled out of my 55 Chevy he was always going to buy and put in it but never came through with the cash. It would have been a rocket (also probably a death trap but that is beside the point).

Yep, definitely with all that weight up front. Drag strip only. There it would have been a blast!

STJ · 11-23-2014, 07:46 PM

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You traded down!

raven1231 · 11-23-2014, 08:10 PM

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You traded down!

Lol didn't trade anything that was my first car. I had an Evo 8 before this and it was a POS.

Tcoat · 12-01-2014, 01:26 PM

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There was a day when that was my dream car but you couldn't get them here (and the fact I was dirt broke then didn't help either).

raven1231 · 12-01-2014, 01:52 PM

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There was a day when that was my dream car but you couldn't get them here (and the fact I was dirt broke then didn't help either).

Was definitely mine growing up. I remember playing it in grand torismo and Tokyo extreme racer. Goal was to get it one day and I did

still wish they would come out with another one...

Tcoat · 12-01-2014, 01:56 PM

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Was definitely mine growing up. I remember playing it in grand torismo and Tokyo extreme racer. Goal was to get it one day and I did

still wish they would come out with another one...

Unfortunately they never will now unless they radically change their business plan again. All we will see out of them is econobox sedans, suvs and electric commuters for the foreseeable future.

MokSpeed · 12-01-2014, 02:00 PM

The VR-4s were so nice. That was my cousin's first car then he eventually traded somebody straight up for their MKIV TT Supra. My cousin was my Gary Oak...

raven1231 · 12-01-2014, 02:21 PM

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Unfortunately they never will now unless they radically change their business plan again. All we will see out of them is econobox sedans, suvs and electric commuters for the foreseeable future.

Yeah, tis the sad reality. I wouldn't be surprised if Mitsubishi goes under soon....They can still make tvs, fridges and hvac units I guess.

strat61caster · 12-01-2014, 04:18 PM

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Yeah, tis the sad reality. I wouldn't be surprised if Mitsubishi goes under soon....They can still make tvs, fridges and hvac units I guess.

We use Mitsubishi for our aerospace parts, they build entire spacecraft, they're so diversified they will never disappear, it's mind boggling how big that umbrella is.

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gravitylover Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: 2013 BRZ Premium 6MT White Location: SE NY Posts: 1,503 Thanks: 1,218 Thanked 669 Times in 474 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	1981 Datsun 200SX, owned from 1984-1986. That was a fun car and in many ways quite similar to this one. All told it was a bit less powerful (stock,) slightly larger and sat a bit higher but my recollection is one of familiarity every time I get in my car.

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Stang70Fastback A.K.A. Starlord Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2015 Series.Blue Location: Illinois Posts: 1,842 Thanks: 845 Thanked 2,100 Times in 834 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	You guys had some pretty sweet first cars. This was my first car, which I got from my mom with around 170k miles, and owned for 8 years until I sold it to someone a month ago with 286k miles:

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MokSpeed Granny Shifter Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: 2014 FR-S Location: United States Posts: 2,094 Thanks: 539 Thanked 1,289 Times in 711 Posts Mentioned: 24 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The VR-4s were so nice. That was my cousin's first car then he eventually traded somebody straight up for their MKIV TT Supra. My cousin was my Gary Oak...

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