My First Car.
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brimson

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100 posts

99 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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I hope this is the right area? EDIT: DIDN'T SEE THE 'STATE MODEL MAKE ETC' IN THE RULES. My bad.

I'd like to share a snap of my first car; 2010 Alfa MiTo. I clocked off work early & picked it up on Friday afternoon. I then went for a long drive with my girlfriend to get used to the car and to see what it can do. Unreal fun, The more I drive it, the more I get used to it.



Now, I could've been safe and bought a Polo or a Fiesta but where's the fun in that?

Edited by brimson on Monday 2nd July 15:15

Shaw Tarse

31,880 posts

232 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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Right area, but just show the car, or you leave yourself open to photoshops frown

ricotansky

114 posts

213 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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Nice car. And your face is the same as the headlights too!

Eddieslofart

1,328 posts

112 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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ricotansky said:
Nice car. And your face is the same as the headlights too!
hehe

Alan16ac

149 posts

178 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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brimson said:
Now, I could've been safe and bought a Polo or a Fiesta but where's the fun in that?
Funny you should say that, the Fiesta has the best chassis in its class and is far more "fun" than the Polo or Mito!
Still a nice first car though, enjoy!

LordGrover

34,147 posts

241 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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Congrats.
First cars these days are rather different to my generation (and older). I passed my test 1979 and my first car was a 1960 F-type Victor - it was older than me, obvs. hehe

brimson

Original Poster:

100 posts

99 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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Shaw Tarse said:
Right area, but just show the car, or you leave yourself open to photoshops frown
All I have for now!

ricotansky said:
Nice car. And your face is the same as the headlights too!
laugh

Alan16ac said:
Funny you should say that, the Fiesta has the best chassis in its class and is far more "fun" than the Polo or Mito!
Still a nice first car though, enjoy!
Never said they weren't fun to drive, I meant to choosing what "everyone else has"

LordGrover said:
Congrats.
First cars these days are rather different to my generation (and older). I passed my test 1979 and my first car was a 1960 F-type Victor - it was older than me, obvs. hehe
They look like baby Chevy bel airs, thats a great looking car!

Martin_Hx

4,024 posts

227 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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Nice first car, mine was a £400 old fiat panda, but i guess we all need to start somewhere! Enjoy it

Kewy

1,464 posts

123 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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ricotansky said:
Nice car. And your face is the same as the headlights too!


I'll start this off then rolleyes

Vitorio

4,296 posts

172 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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Not bad for a first car indeed

What engine/spec is it? did they already sell it with the twinair engine in 2010? I had one with the 135hp Turbo-MA engine back then, decently fast, but not as good as the 155hp i had before...

brimson

Original Poster:

100 posts

99 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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Martin_Hx said:
Nice first car, mine was a £400 old fiat panda, but i guess we all need to start somewhere! Enjoy it
Was that the one that was a box on wheels? I remember seeing them about when I was a kid, I liked the big badge back then.

Kewy said:


I'll start this off then rolleyes
Thats actually a bit un-settling.

Vitorio said:
Not bad for a first car indeed

What engine/spec is it? did they already sell it with the twinair engine in 2010? I had one with the 135hp Turbo-MA engine back then, decently fast, but not as good as the 155hp i had before...
This is just the 1.3 basic model, so no DNA in this one!

Martin_Hx

4,024 posts

227 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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brimson said:
Martin_Hx said:
Nice first car, mine was a £400 old fiat panda, but i guess we all need to start somewhere! Enjoy it
Was that the one that was a box on wheels? I remember seeing them about when I was a kid, I liked the big badge back then.
Oh yes, an aerodynamic brick! A steering wheel, a 2 foot long lorry length gear stick, clock where the rev counter was and not much else... happy days hehe

brimson

Original Poster:

100 posts

99 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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Martin_Hx said:
Oh yes, an aerodynamic brick! A steering wheel, a 2 foot long lorry length gear stick, clock where the rev counter was and not much else... happy days hehe
Sounds like great fun in nothing else! hehe

fnguy

1 posts

98 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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That photo looks weird.

Are you sure it's not your mom's car?

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah

13,240 posts

129 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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As per your choosing first car thread, it's a good call, it just wants some Cloverleaf alloys on it. Now get posting on some other threads.

evoivboy

986 posts

175 months

Monday 2nd July 2018
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fnguy said:
That photo looks weird.

Are you sure it's not your mom's car?
Or Auntie!

Mr Tidy

31,155 posts

156 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Well done OP for choosing something different - enjoy it. thumbup

Regardless of the reaction on here. rolleyes

QBee

22,421 posts

173 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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First car.......848cc 1967 Mini. 2 foot long gear lever that went down to the front of the car for ever at a 45 degree angle and waggled about, headlight dip/beam switch was operated by your left foot. I drove it like a lunatic and wrote it off up the chuff of a Ferrari 6 weeks after passing my test.

Rebuilt it and drove it to Italy and back. Fond memories of driving down Mount Vesuvius at night and having the lights fail on a bend. Just leaned down without stopping, much to the G/F's horror, and pushed the wires back onto the dipswitch. God, cars were rubbish then, rust buckets and unreliable, but so much fun and freedom to be had. Petrol 33p a GALLON, traffic at the levels you see now in the Scottish Highlands. Got my rosy tints on again....


Fuzzarr

322 posts

140 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Martin_Hx said:
brimson said:
Martin_Hx said:
Nice first car, mine was a £400 old fiat panda, but i guess we all need to start somewhere! Enjoy it
Was that the one that was a box on wheels? I remember seeing them about when I was a kid, I liked the big badge back then.
Oh yes, an aerodynamic brick! A steering wheel, a 2 foot long lorry length gear stick, clock where the rev counter was and not much else... happy days hehe
Excellent choice! My first car was also a Panda, in 1994 'Colour' spec no less. Mine didn't have a clock but I bought one off eBay, it never told the right time though.

I think I'd quite enjoy having another one now as a semi-classic bit of fun.

MrBarry123

6,102 posts

150 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Kewy said:


I'll start this off then rolleyes
laugh

HAHA!