First car?

[legenddc]

I've seen some of these discussions pop up in the various off-topic posts, but curious to see it all together. What was your first car you drove and/or purchased?

I got my driver's permit in 2000, license in 2001.

First car I drove was a 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager (mini-van). First car I bought was a 1998 Jeep Wrangler Sport (4.0 6 cyl stick shift) in 2004 and until January this year it was my daily driver. Need to sell it but I'm dragging my feet on it.

[Tpt life]

82 diesel Ford Escort was the first I owned. Not really sure what I drove first. Full size Chevy van was my primary for a long time. That was diesel also. 

[Chestnut]

First 4 wheeled vehicle i drove was a 96 Polaris atv. I can't remember the first car i drove. Either a 94 Dakota or 98 gmc 1500. I was 9 or 10. First car i owned was and still is my 96 ranger bought it in 2003 at 15 had my licence at 14.

We start young in ND.

[Spanky]

The first one I drove was a 1973 ford pickup truck. 1979 ford pickup truck was my first new truck. It was also, my last ford too!

[Chet]

First car i drove and got my license in was a 1968 VW square back that belonged to my parents.  First car I bought was a 1956 Mercury Monterey and I wish i still had it.  But what I didn't know at the time I bought it was the frame was bent and because of that it went through tires pretty quickly and that got old fast.  Unfortunately back then they didn't have the technology they do now for fixing frames. 

[Keggers]

The first car that I drove was a model A. The first car that I could call my own was a 1968 Rambler with a three speed on the column.

[Minnesota Steve]

First car I drove was a 1983 Chevy Celebrity.

First car I owned was a 1978 Ford Mustang II, for about 2 months until my mother said there was no way I was driving that POS to college and she gave me her '83 Celebrity and traded the Mustang in on a '88 Buick for herself.  :-)

 

[Rapid Roger]

First car to drive, Dads 1946 Ford pick-up. First care to call my own 1947 ford sedan (three on the tree) Second car I owned was 1953 Chevy standard shift with split manifold. Then 1956 Ford, 1957 Ford, '61 Austen Healy Sprite. That gets us up to 1968 and there have been quite a few "rides" since then.

[Mark J]

I learned to drive in two cars.  A 1970 Olds Delta 88 with automatic and 455 ci V8 and simultaneously in a 1968 VW type 3 manual.  The VW had 4 forward gears, but no reverse, that was busted.  So had to be careful where I parked.

First car I owned was 1980 Olds Omega.  That was a sweet ride, had all the electrics which was something in its day.

[Tom King]

Got my driver's license on my 15th Birthday, in 1965 driving a '62 98 Oldsmobile for the driving test.  Had to parallel park it in a spot marked with vertical rebar in concrete filled tin cans.  Pulled up beside it, and the Tester said, "I don't think it'll go in there."  I said, "I'll try."   Put it a half inch off the curb.  He said, "Can you do that again?"   I said, "I don't know.  You want to give it a try?"  He said, "Hell no!"

First car of my own was a 1970 Olds 442 W30, when I was 19 years old.  Never got a ticket, or had a wreck, but could drift those bias ply tires around curves fairly good.  There was so little traffic back then that we'd turn our lights off before entering a turn, to see if anything was coming the other way.  Virginia back roads were so narrow, that if there wasn't a crown in the road, two cars might not have been able to meet going opposite directions.

[Bankstick]

1964 Dodge and an English Vauxhall. Learned to drive on my uncle's 1962 T-bird with a 390!

Had a fellow in my church in Louisville. He was raised in the mountains in eastern KY. The only straight stretch of road in the county was a half mile long.

[Mick S]

'47 Willys Jeep CJ-2A. We had a cabin in northern NM that my dad built that same year. My grandparents spent their summers there, so that's where we kept it until I was old enough to drive.

When I was about 9 I spent a month up there with the grandparents. After about a day I was bored to death so Sam (granddad) decided he'd teach me to drive. Our secret. I got pretty good at it. When I was 12 and my brother was 14 my dad thought it was time to teach my brother to drive the Jeep. Just the 3 of us, me in the back, our secret. He just could not get the hang of the clutch. Killed it about 34 times. He finally got it, so dad thought he'd give me a shot. Ha. Like a pro, first time. From then on I was the designated driver when we went to the cabin.

 

[mat60]

At 16 I had my first apartment and needed a work truck.  I got a 1976 Ford f100.  Had that for 10 years.  It served me well for work and my girl friends.  

[prov163]

I learned to drive in a 1966 Thunderbird. The first car I owned was a 1964 Chevrolet Impala, 4 door. Great car. Built like a tank but gas was .40-.50 a gallon. Miss that car but I really miss those gas prices. 

[wtnhighlander]

7 hours ago, Keggers said:

The first car that I drove was a model A. 

You win.

First drive, '65 Impala. First owned, 1980 Datsun Stretch pickup, brand new. Last new car I ever bought.

[pkinneb]

First car I drove was my dads 1967 Pontiac Catalina with the 428 and Turbo Hydra-matic that thing ripped for being such a big car. First car I owned was 1978 Ford Granada 2 door

[wdwerker]

Mid sixties Chevy Chevelle with a straight six  & peeling paint was the first thing I drove. 1972 Dodge Maxi van was the first vehicle I owned. Queen sized mattress fit in the back with a little trimming. Lots of memories in that truck.

[RichardA]

First drive was a 1936 plymouth, made into a beach buggy.  First owned car 1949 ford two door. V8 flathead.

[Brendon_t]

When I turned 16, I had held a job at a tire shop sweeping floors and stacking tires since my fifteenth b day so pops told me he would match me $ to $ up to 5k to buy a vehicle 

Built an 86 f150 w 6" suspension lift, on 37's, smoke stacks and a the stars n bars flying off the light bar out the back. In suburban California.

[JohnDi]

First car I bought was a '66 ford thunderbird when I was 17. Bought it from our elderly next door neighbor with low miles. Sooo many people told me to put it in the garage on blocks and hold onto it.

traded it in on a '77 Z28 when Chevy started making them again.

 

[Spanky]

Young teenage boys, the mistakes we have made!

[Chet]

3 hours ago, Spanky said:

Young teenage boys, the mistakes we have made!

And lessons learned. 

[thatCharlieDude]

1970 Dodge Demon. *bleep* brown exterior and *bleep* brown interior. It was a great beginning car because even though it looked small for the time it was built like a tank.  It had no AC, no radio and near the end of it's life the engine would stall if you took a turn too fast. 

[Tpt life]

4 hours ago, Spanky said:

Young teenage boys, the mistakes we have made!

I was fortunate to have my first 9 years of work on a rural college campus. I tried so many things in empty lots over summer without putting people at risk. The number one thing that bothers me is the town kids who don’t know to get out in the sticks and end up trying those things in crowded places. 

[thatCharlieDude]

Growing up my parents had a 1950s Volvo, it looked something like this: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-classic-volvo-pv544-car-from-1950s-1960s-london-149197265.html

My older sister drove it while in high school and hated it. She would leave the windows down with the keys in the car hoping that somebody would steal it but nobody ever did. Her friends moved it once without her knowing it and she was so happy until she found it.

I loved that car, I played in it as a kid and was hoping it would be my first car once I got my license but my dad sold it before I turned 16.