What was the first car you saw that burnt into your memory?

[Emsman]

What was the first car that you saw- be it on the road, at a racetrack, or on the telly, that had a lasting impression on you?



For me, it has to be this:

[james_gt3rs]

Still one of my all time favourites...

[AndrewW-G]

Dino 246gt

[Twincam16]

First toy car I can remember having that was obviously a model of a particular car rather than a Fisher-Price blob-on-wheels. Remember my Dad explaining that it was an Audi Quattro, and that it did rallies, which I can vaguely remember being on the telly. Unfortunately Group B was killed off by the time I turned four, but this thing, albeit built by Corgi, helped my third word, after the obligatory 'Mum' and 'Dad', to be 'Car':

[hahithestevieboy]

This is gonna sound sad. Dark red rover SD1 owned by my grandad. Being in it with him is one of my first memories if not the first. I was two and a half years old.

[SVX]

For me it was this:



So much so that I bought a Delta HF turbo at 18 when funds permitted. Absolutely timeless.

[dpbird90]

It just had to be, I had a set of 3 matchbox toy ones as a child (in red, white and blue) and the first proper car film I ever saw was the Italian Job. Plus a few family members had one at the time.

The other car I remember from such an early age was a Ford Anglia sat in our garage, rust all over, no paint, no interior, doors, glass, engine or gearbox. Dad kept meaning to restore it but never had the time due to work commitments. Would love to know what happened to it but I can't remember the reg no.

[S3_Graham]

Jaguar XJ220 - My first remembered Supercar spotting.



Was in my Uncles 2.8 Granda ( you know the PROPER granada ) and remember it flying past us on the A3 and us trying to chase after it for a second look. Can still picture that rear view...

[piquetuk]

Predictable really, but in the early '80s I saw a Countach going the other way on a dual carriageway when my dad was driving his Citroen CX. My neck still hurts from the double take I did

Edited by piquetuk on Wednesday 3rd March 17:46

[Twincam16]

S3_Graham said:

Jaguar XJ220 - My first remembered Supercar spotting.

I remember my first 'supercar spot' too. Being driven from Manchester to Brighton one night by my Dad in his old Mk2 Cavalier GSI (go and find one for sale now, I challenge you) for the wedding of a couple of my parents' old friends, we pulled in at a motorway service station for some 'food' by way of dinner at the Little Chef. Now, you've got to remember that I was all of about five years old at this point and had never been in a motorway service station before, so to me it looked for all the world like a spaceship inside. I remember looking out of some floor-to-ceiling wrap-over windows at the car park, and seeing one of these, in this colour, pull up outside:

[Emsman]

Twincam16 said:

S3_Graham said:

Jaguar XJ220 - My first remembered Supercar spotting.

I remember my first 'supercar spot' too. Being driven from Manchester to Brighton one night by my Dad in his old Mk2 Cavalier GSI (go and find one for sale now, I challenge you) for the wedding of a couple of my parents' old friends, we pulled in at a motorway service station for some 'food' by way of dinner at the Little Chef. Now, you've got to remember that I was all of about five years old at this point and had never been in a motorway service station before, so to me it looked for all the world like a spaceship inside. I remember looking out of some floor-to-ceiling wrap-over windows at the car park, and seeing one of these, in this colour, pull up outside:

Kevin, the chap who does IT for a mate has a mk2 cav gsi, recently restored, and another with the (i think) irmscher body kit.
Still, whatever floats your boat

[Elroy Blue]

Oh..I so wanted one of these when 'I were a lad!'

[scarebus]

I dont know why, my dad had 3 when I was a kid. Were nice and different in their time.

[Twincam16]

scarebus said:

I dont know why, my dad had 3 when I was a kid. Were nice and different in their time.

My Auntie had an estate, absolutely loved it, had it for nearly twenty years. Incidentally, when they wanted to get rid of it, they were expecting to literally pay a scrapyard to break it, but it turns out they're very sought-after in Africa, and the money they got from the export agent paid for a VW Microbus restoration project for my uncle, which is now rebuilt and finished in a gloriously hippyish shade of bright orange, complete with all interior fixtures and fittings.

[Mr AJ]

I'm going to have to be a bit murky on here and attribute my fascination with cars to 3 seperate vehicles:



Got plonked in one when i was around 6 or 7 at a local fair. Was fascinated by all the levers and pedals, felt like Toad of the manor. Oh, and the horn... did i mention the horn? I honked that thing for what seemed like hours and then begged for one for my bike for months. I'm happy to standup and say the Ford model T is what sparked my original interest in cars. Up until then a car was just that thing that takes me to school and back.

Shortly after i was plonked behind the drivers seat of one of these:



Owned by a friend of a family friend, In a lary Gold coloured paintjob. Still see it out and about every now and then no idea if its owned by the same guy still, but it was his pride and joy.

Then at the age of about 10 my dad came home with our newly aquired Video Camera he'd lent to a friend at work to record a car show he'd gone too. Full of hot rods, that really ignited a fire for hot rods and modified cars.


There's plenty of cars that are burnt into my memory since then for being gorgeous looking, or having amazing performance. But those are the 3 that have really burnt in.

[tangent police]

Probably this in a motorsport hardon sense. Very very very very fast up hillclimbs. Sounds like a food blender full of spanners at idle

[MarJay]

Knight rider.

The Coyote X from Hardcastle and McCormick

The 308GTS from Magnum PI

And this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eU8j4MeJ4I

[fathomfive]

For me it was the Ford RS200. I remember standing in the newsagents on a Saturday morning flicking through a magazine which was running a spread on it. The white paint, red seats and £50k price tag are still very apparent when I close my eyes and think back.

[miniman]

My Dad's Dolly Sprint.



I had to have one of my own.

[160steve]

My nana had one very similar to this when i was a kid -


I wanted it so badly throughout my childhood but just as i was about to turn 18 she sold it

I will own it one day - Where are you CBR 332S??

Edited by 160steve on Wednesday 3rd March 18:29