Your first ever car: Would you want it again?

[radiodanno]

Completely by surprise, an opportunity has presented itself to me. I have the chance to buy a VW which is exactly the same as my first ever car. I wasn't looking for one (in fact I was just looking at the classics on ebay in general) when this popped up. There are only 60 of them left in this spec according to the interweb, and I'm quite keen. If nothing else, it seems like a very good investment potential.

Have you ever done it? Was it disappointing?? Was it amazing??? Did you regret it? Did you realise how far cars have come since the halcyon days of the 80s?

Interested to know experiences.

[Blakewater]

2003 grey Volkswagen Polo 1.2 65bhp S 3dr. Perfectly decent car, I've never actually had an old snotter. I wouldn't rush to buy one like it if I saw one for sale but if I saw that particular car it might make me feel a tad emotional.

[kambites]

I've still got mine, slowly rotting away under a friend's car-port.

[Axionknight]

It was an S reg Saxo, in red, either a 1.0 or 1.1, I can't remember. Would I want it back to use daily? Nope! But it wasn't a bad car really, it did its job well and I enjoyed owning it. I managed to sell it for what I paid for it too after spending a grand total of zero on it, but the insurance was ridiculous, of course.

It was really good fun to punt down a twisty B road, yeah it was **** slow but it was still great to thrash the arse out of it.

[Petrolhead95]

In the process of putting my first car up for sale now but I really don't want to. I wish I could keep it but I probably wouldn't drive it so there's no point

[swisstoni]

Not now - it was nicked an written off. But would I quite like another 1966 Mini 850 to scream about in - yes!

[TommoAE86]

Alot of my rose-tinted spectacles would say yes, 1,000 times yes, but the safety is creeping into my head looking back. If something hit my first car (Peugeot 205 GRD) then I would basically be toast, or something very much like it.

It's disappointing really, so I think I'll have to settle for my 4th car if I was to go again, but maybe this time I get the one with the Mustang engine

[Baz Tench]

A 1977 Datsun 120Y coupe (steady ladies) on skinny remoulds would be interesting now!

I'd love to have a drive in one again.

[robertrobertson]

Lol no I rolled that fker into a field playing silly buggers when a mate wanted to race in his new imprezza. He won lol

[forzaminardi]

Yeah, probably not the actual one I used to own, but I still look at Celicas in the classifieds and can't get over what brilliant value they are.

[johnxjsc1985]

triumph 12/50 herald convertible .Never again thankyou

[V8forweekends]

I'd love it. MK1 Ford Escort Van. It would be useful and the value now would make it worth doing the rest of the rust repairs.

[hairyben]

First car was a 1984 passat estate, bought for a monkey at an auction in '96.

Catastrophically bad handling, but floated over speed humps and potholes, would be perfect for london.

easy 40+mpg from the 1.8 carb, I don't see how we've come that far in eco-terms either given it's supposedly such a priority today

[woodnut67]

I certainly would have my first car again - a 3 door 1972 yellow Ford Escort 1100 L. Cost me £100 to buy with insurance £120! Would be worth a wee bit more today methinks!

[anonymous-user]

I'd like my first car again (90s Fiesta), simply because it would be nice to have a wreck of a car which I could use for tip runs, mountain biking etc.

It wasn't a bad car, in fact I always felt it might be fun if it had another 50 hp, as the handling wasn't too bad.

[FreeLitres]

I would love to have a 1.3 Nova for a day to thrash it around see what it feels like and to bring back some memories.

I don't think I would want to own one now though.

[stephen300o]

My mk1 escort does not show in the records anymore, joined the choir invisible.

[Impasse]

A 1976 P reg, Mk3 Cortina 1.6L in pale blue with rusty arches, sills, doors and boot floor? No thanks. Even its square headlights, Mk4 dashboard and £180 purchase price bring no redeeming memories. Fortunately a bloke in a lorry with a hydraulic grabbing claw came to take it away.

[gforceg]

My first car was an absolute crock. I bought it in haste and had plenty of time to regret it. Until I killed it while green laning it. It was a 1976 Mk1 Golf by the way.

[BrownBottle]

Mine was just like this except on a B plate, not really feeling a massive desire for one if I'm honest!

Interestingly we have a customer who brings in mint old Vauxhalls (god knows where he finds ones that haven't dissolved) and he brought in one very similar recently.

It was quite nice actually to sit in one and have a drive again, the things that really struck me were first of all how small it was compared to everything else in the car park and also the smell when I first got in it gave me a total nostalgia rush, I love the way that happens with cars you haven't sat in for years.