Good morning everyone :)
(or in the case of Melbournites, good afternoon).
I'm giving myself a quick break from the exam study, and I've perused the last few threads (my life is a laugh a minute . . .)

Tell me about your first car . . . (Honda jokes aside)

Mine was an olive green Mazda 929, about 15 years old at the time, two-door.
I thought it was the bee's knees: electric windows (average time for window closure - 30 seconds . . .), electric mirrors, and power steering!!! Bought for the princely sum of $2500 in 1998, while I was at Uni. Capable of getting to 110 kph with a good headwind and some luck on a freeway. Given to my Mum when I got a proper job (TM) and written off by said Mum 2 years ago.

I'm not getting into what I drive now . . . it'll only result in more Honda jokes . . .

So, tell me/us: what bomb/sparkly new car did you first drive?
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Wed 7 Apr 2010, 7:04, 30 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I had one of these


Not this actual one, It was able to just get to 70mph, and it consisted mainly of rust. I loved it, and drove it round until it died.

It cost me 50quid
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 7:12, Reply)

Very pretty . . .
The poo-brown colour is lovely too :)

I loved my car as well . . . was very sad when it was taken to the wreckers . . .
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Wed 7 Apr 2010, 7:18, Reply)

As I said this wasn't my car
I had two, one was Almond Green the other was El Paso Beige,

Both went for banger racing in the end.

They were so uncool that they became cool by default. All my mates had Ford cortinas, escorts or capris.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 7:23, Reply)

Is that
a Cresta?
( Kroney, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:19, Reply)

Sorry, I forgot to say what it was.
Morris Oxford series 6. I had a 1965 one, and one registered on 1st April 1971.

Crestas were Vauxhalls and more cool. One of my brothers had one.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 9:23, Reply)

I learnt to drive in a 1969 VW beetle,
then my (our) next two cars where Karman Ghia's. Loved them, and if I could afford a restored one, I would.

Currently drive a Scion Xa, my little putt putt.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 7:45, Reply)

I had to google the Scion
It's a bit boring.

The Karmann Ghia though is well cool. A normal person's porsche.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 7:52, Reply)

My Scion is all of the win!
But fuck...I so badly want a convertible Karman Ghia. The Scion does get 31/37 per gallon, though!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 7:57, Reply)

Horses for courses, I'm sure the Scion suits your needs.
the consumption figures, are they kilometres or miles per gallon?

My boring Mondeo does 51mpg.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:02, Reply)

Miles per gallon.
Stop showing off!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:06, Reply)

Its a diesel but it goes like shit off a shovel
When it starts, that is.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:10, Reply)

Putt putt is pretty damned nippy.
On the freeway....some guy going 60? I get around him pretty damned quickly. And that's an auto!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:17, Reply)

I forgot, you have silly speed limits.
If your not doing 80 over here you get pushed off the motorways by buses.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:21, Reply)

And just for the hell of it....here's one of those sexy beasts

( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:23, Reply)

Now that's cute

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:27, Reply)

See my
point?
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:31, Reply)

I've already said nice things about it,

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:32, Reply)

Karmann Ghias are fucking awesome
one of my bro's mates has one, and it is a thing of beauty.

I preferred his 1979 Porsche 911 Turbo though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:55, Reply)

Ok, and here's what I currently drive ( I do heart putt putt, she's lully)

( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:26, Reply)

piccy don't work

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:34, Reply)

I had
a 1994 Fiesta Si:

It was slow, had a woolly gearbox and handled like a boat. Every car I've had since has been a much better machine, but I still have a soft spot for my little fezza.
( Kroney, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:31, Reply)

Mine was
a 1.6l MkII Vauxhall Cavalier, 8 years old, 115000 miles on the clock and more than its fair share of rust.

In henna red (which was actually a hideous shade of orange). It only had a 4 speed gearbox, but it did the job.

How things have moved on. I used to get about 32mpg out of it. Nowadays I have a car which has nearly twice the horsepower but returns over 50mpg.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:37, Reply)

Mine was a V reg 1.25 Fiesta
in 2002, so it was only a couple of years old because we lived in the back of beyond and my mum didn't want me to break down on the scary moors so she bought it for me.

He was called Zippy. I killed him less than a year later.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 9:00, Reply)

Triumph Acclaim
Automatic (well, "Triomatic") and with electric windows. It was mint.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 9:46, Reply)

I don't drive
But the first car my wife had was a Fiesta Firefly.

It was one of the ones put together from bits of the terminated XR2 so it was nippy (1.6 engine, 5 speed) and had Rocaro seats and a decent stereo. It was called Fred and she drove it until it began to fail to start in foggy weather. Not good on the North-East coast.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 7 Apr 2010, 9:57, Reply)

1995 1.8l Peugeot 205 Diesel
I paid £400 for her, I called her Miranda. I put black viper stripes on her. I put a flying spaghetti monster badge on the back. I loved her and cleaned her but never took my test. I sold her 6 months later for £500. I still don't drive.
( Peej, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Austin Allegro
Dark poo brown. TVP407S. The back seat wasnt fixed properly, so if you broke itd fall forward. Goos times.
(kitescreech still here, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 10:45, Reply)

dull yellow vauxhall chevette 1.3l 2dr. popped my cherry in it.
then graduated(?) to a bright orange citroen 2cv.
currently running a pale blue 2001 vw transporter (on veg oil), a dirty green 1996 toyota estima, a silver 1998 honda hornet 600 and a military green 1965 kmz k750 combination.
just done a quick tot-up and i reckon i've had about 30 vehicles over the last 23yrs.
favourite? easy. honda xr650r what i supermoto-ed, top speed of about 90mph but would wheely at 80mph.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Wed 7 Apr 2010, 11:23, Reply)

Mine will be a silver 2002 Rover 45 1.8
Which I'll be picking up in a few days.

*Excites*
(bill, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 12:01, Reply)

get ready to howl
My first car that I owned was a 1977 Morris Marina 1.3 coupe in maroon. Matt maroon that was once shiny. I bought it in 1991 at the tender age of 21 and paid £35 for it - £70 on welding to stop the front wing flapping and got £25 scrap for it a year later.It had vinyl seats that stuck to you in hot weather.Name? Horace..........
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 17:15, Reply)