What Was Your First Car?
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Fiesta Popular (not plus) mark 3 1.0. For a 1989 car (in 2002), it was very "old".
- 45 Horsepower
- Carb
- Manual choke
- One wing mirror
- No glove box door
- No parcel shelf
- 4 speed
- No door bins
- No rear wiper
- Greenhouse spec glass
- Pretty much manual everything
My first few months of driving was spent using my mum's Polo, but when I urgently needed a car of my own I ended up buying a Corsa because it was local and cheap. Although it never let me down, it was a hateful car and it was a relief when I finally sold it, replacing it with a 306 D Turbo.
angels95 said:
My first few months of driving was spent using my mum's Polo, but when I urgently needed a car of my own I ended up buying a Corsa because it was local and cheap. Although it never let me down, it was a hateful car and it was a relief when I finally sold it, replacing it with a 306 D Turbo.
No young man should ever have to drive a Corsa. It should be one of things that just never happens.Riley Blue said:
The same rust-riddled, unreliable '62 Mini Traveller as the last time someone asked. I keep wishing it wasn't but there's diddley-squat I can do about it now.
Mine was a 1963 Mini van which had been ' Travellerised' by a previous owner, ie side windows had been fitted in the rear, which I think had something to do with avoiding purchase tax back then. Bought for £90 in 1975, learnt to drive in it in London (student then) and sold it back to the bloke I bought it from 2 years later for £80. Clearly the car thief who stole it from outside a mate's flat in Brixton one Saturday night in 1976 must have felt sorry for me - the car was returned a couple of hours later!
This is actually my first car. Was an L plate, Renault Clio 1.2 Oasis.
Had under 50k on the clock when I got it back in 2000. Had a beast of a 1.2 engine, 4 speed gear box, no power steering, wind down windows, manual locking etc. I guess around that time a lot of smaller cars were getting ABS, central locking, power steering etc as standard so I'm glad I spent 18 months in something more mechanical.
Thankfully I didn't chav it up so just a set of 15" alloys on the outside and a decent stereo.
Looking up it's MOT history, it's last one expired in 2008 but it had reached a respectable 116,000 miles by then. I part exchanged it in 2001 with under 70k on the clock.
Had under 50k on the clock when I got it back in 2000. Had a beast of a 1.2 engine, 4 speed gear box, no power steering, wind down windows, manual locking etc. I guess around that time a lot of smaller cars were getting ABS, central locking, power steering etc as standard so I'm glad I spent 18 months in something more mechanical.
Thankfully I didn't chav it up so just a set of 15" alloys on the outside and a decent stereo.
Looking up it's MOT history, it's last one expired in 2008 but it had reached a respectable 116,000 miles by then. I part exchanged it in 2001 with under 70k on the clock.
Edited by Alex_225 on Thursday 25th May 22:06
GKL 673D
1664 Mini Traveler 850 in green
Rotten floors, cills subframe etc etc. slow as a very slow thing.
But mine all mine, 17 yrs old spotty and full of attitude, my mum paid the insurance to get me off my motorbike! GT185 at the time which was a pile of crap.
Nearly 40 years later I can still remember the reg. And the smell of rotting carpets
1664 Mini Traveler 850 in green
Rotten floors, cills subframe etc etc. slow as a very slow thing.
But mine all mine, 17 yrs old spotty and full of attitude, my mum paid the insurance to get me off my motorbike! GT185 at the time which was a pile of crap.
Nearly 40 years later I can still remember the reg. And the smell of rotting carpets
Seat arosa 1.0, low mileage one with fsh bought suspiciously cheap, ran absolutely fine with no issues for several years, although it did mist up on one side more than the other and started to bubble up on the sill on the same side quite alarmingly. I sold it for next to nothing as it was a bit scruffy when I wanted something more powerful and comfortable and got offered a 9 year old 150k Bora tdi 130 for £250 with clutch and flywheel issues. Next owner was local and told me down the pub that the misting and rusting was down to it having a serious side on impact some point before I bought it and it being poorly repaired. He still has it for his kids to learn to drive in several years later, albeit with a new sill welded in and says it's the most reliable car he's ever had.
I bought my first car in 1976 - a 1967 Ford Cortina MKII 1500 in Lagoon Blue. Reg was PJJ1E, and it had a 1600E wooden dash! I should probably have sold that and the plate!
It was a sh*gged out rep special with rubber floormats, but by the time I sold it the GT badges, remote gearchange, 6.5 inch banded rear wheels and copious amounts of pop-riveted panels from Duckhams cans covered with Plastic Padding had improved it no end.
On the insurance front, the car cost £250 and Third Party Fire and Theft insurance was £116!
I only had it 1 year thankfully!
It was a sh*gged out rep special with rubber floormats, but by the time I sold it the GT badges, remote gearchange, 6.5 inch banded rear wheels and copious amounts of pop-riveted panels from Duckhams cans covered with Plastic Padding had improved it no end.
On the insurance front, the car cost £250 and Third Party Fire and Theft insurance was £116!
I only had it 1 year thankfully!
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