First automobile
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Renault Scenic, because I didn't have to compensate for anything 
I needed the car to be mobile and go to work. Cost me 3500€. Drove it for 100k kilometers. Was still able to hook up some girls.
The space inside and the removable single seats were awesome for shuttling in summer and winter. It was a fvcking workhorse. So many good memories are linked to that car.
For example driving from the lower valley back to the ski resort after a 1300m vertical powderrun. Seven guys plus snowboards and skis in the car. Almost not enough HP to get the car back up a 15% ramp to the resort with all the lads in it and the snowchains on the wheels. I still remember our smiles that day and the looks from people in the parking lot when three guys came out of the trunk.
I needed the car to be mobile and go to work. Cost me 3500€. Drove it for 100k kilometers. Was still able to hook up some girls.
The space inside and the removable single seats were awesome for shuttling in summer and winter. It was a fvcking workhorse. So many good memories are linked to that car.
For example driving from the lower valley back to the ski resort after a 1300m vertical powderrun. Seven guys plus snowboards and skis in the car. Almost not enough HP to get the car back up a 15% ramp to the resort with all the lads in it and the snowchains on the wheels. I still remember our smiles that day and the looks from people in the parking lot when three guys came out of the trunk.
Glad to know they haven't improved corrosion resistance.2005 Mazda 3 hatch. Had some fun times in it on some great adventures, replaced a bunch of rear shock mounts and generally pounded it into the ground.
But god damn the thing literally rusted from the inside out.
My "reliable" college auto (came immediately after the Spitfire) was one of these shitboxes:
85 rx7
hooned the shit out of it. hit 135 in it. would beat big v-8s off the line.
fun car. dad was nuts for letting me get it lol
hooned the shit out of it. hit 135 in it. would beat big v-8s off the line.
fun car. dad was nuts for letting me get it lol
First vehicle I got to drive regularly was moms 84 Blazer.
Traded mine in before the rust got too bad. Funny that my new car (another Mazda) doesn't have (apparent) rust, except for the disc brakes...2005 Mazda 3 hatch. Had some fun times in it on some great adventures, replaced a bunch of rear shock mounts and generally pounded it into the ground.
But god damn the thing literally rusted from the inside out.
From what I've read, they actually changed how the body panels are manufactured to do away with the rust problems. The generation of Mazda 3 after those don't have the same problem, nor did the last years of that first run. It really sucked, because other than the rust and rear shock mounts, the car was actually pretty decent. I didn't have to do anything to it other than oil changes.Traded mine in before the rust got too bad. Funny that my new car (another Mazda) doesn't have (apparent) rust, except for the disc brakes...
Mine got bad enough that the drivers window would get stuck going up, so you had to help push it up. Why? Even the inside of the door was rusting, one of the window runs rusted and split apart effectively pinching the window.
Rear wheel wells looked like this when I gave the car away. And this is after it was repaired once before (worked at body shop in college and got it done free).
If we're on the what'd you first drive or grow up driving, mine would be my moms early 2000's Dodge Neon. What a pile haha as I'm sure @Jm_ can attest to. Somehow, someway, my mom drove that thing for fucking 400000 kilometers.
And this shitbox, much like @canadmos's Mazda, rusted from the inside out. So we did a heart-transplant from the orange shitbox into one of these shitboxes:Glad to know they haven't improved corrosion resistance.
My "reliable" college auto (came immediately after the Spitfire) was one of these shitboxes:
'84 Plymouth Voyager
In pretty much that same color shown. Played in bands at the time, and would use this bad larry to haul equipment to our shows and whatnot. It also went to it's fair share of Metal/Punk/Dead/Phish/whatever-I-was-listening-to-that-week shows in that era, which was the early 90s that I owned it. Kind of like a rolling bong shed, I suppose.
That thing sucked, but it had some good memories.
In pretty much that same color shown. Played in bands at the time, and would use this bad larry to haul equipment to our shows and whatnot. It also went to it's fair share of Metal/Punk/Dead/Phish/whatever-I-was-listening-to-that-week shows in that era, which was the early 90s that I owned it. Kind of like a rolling bong shed, I suppose.
That thing sucked, but it had some good memories.
And probably slower than a modern V6 Camry.fastest thing in a straight line.
Guaranteed.
I think it ran low 14's. A Camry can certainly turn and stop a hell of a lot faster. Also leaked enough oil to fill a Camry, too.
First thing I bought with my own money (used)
The angularity of cars of that era is jarring. H had a similar Quaalude... which she endoed...
Yeah I remember the shock in the motoring circles when into the midst of all those hard lines Ford lobed the "Jelly mold" Ford Sierra.
first car i drove on the regular was a '71 C10. three on the tree and i could barely push the clutch all the way. if only i had a nickel for everytime i stalled that fucker...
What I already learned from this thread:
Old sh!tty cars from the U.S. look way better then old sh!tty cars from europe.
Old sh!tty cars from the U.S. look way better then old sh!tty cars from europe.
Hand me down '86 Chevy Blazer. Damn thing burned as much oil as gas.
First call I ever bought '88 Chevy Beretta
First call I ever bought '88 Chevy Beretta
Got 272,000 miles on it before selling it. Parents bought it new and gave to me in high school.
Dunno what a Geo Metro is, I think I learned in a Rover Metro.
Nice first ride
Mine had a roll bar.
I miss that truck.
Not really. Body wise it was in good shape and straight, but it was a mechanical nightmare. 5000 miles of 20+ year old California emissions vacuum tubing and some previous owners electrical hackery meant it was pretty unreliable. If I could have it back the first thing I'd do is rip it all out and start completely over. I need to dig around and see if I can find my pictures of it.
A 2018 Camry will do it in 14.3.I think it ran low 14's. A Camry can certainly turn and stop a hell of a lot faster. Also leaked enough oil to fill a Camry, too.
To be fair you'd have to compare it to an '86 Camry (I learned to drive in an '85 Camry). Not sure my '72 is still on the road.
Dayum... Jeremy must have been a baller in high school!
Just looking at that pic, I can smell the after effects of leaky t-tops and malt liquor meshed as one.Dayum... Jeremy must have been a baller in high school!
I can only imagine that a long flowing mullet was also involved.
probably upside-down in a ditch somewhere...... Not sure my '72 is still on the road.
If it made it that far it would be a miracle.