First Car? - Page 2

CliffyG · 25-08-2006, 23:04

Thats the best picture i could find. Bought a 1990 Astra Sri MK2 1 week after passing my test at the age of 18. Cost me 1.3k to insure it lol

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Lopez · 25-08-2006, 23:30

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Originally Posted by Matblack

I was lucky my first car was COOL!

I was unlucky my first car was ****E!

A Mk3 Escort 1.6. Rotten as a pear but it sounded cool. Especially with my sub in the glovebox

(think I described that at the BBQ)

Davey_Pitch · 25-08-2006, 23:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lopez

I was unlucky my first car was ****E!

A Mk3 Escort 1.6. Rotten as a pear but it sounded cool. Especially with my sub in the glovebox

(think I described that at the BBQ)

You did indeed

I still own my first car (for another week anyway), a 1.3l Ford Ka. A bit of a girly car admittedly, but it's dirt cheap to run and insure, when the engine isn't breaking or I'm not spinning off motorways at 95MPH thanks to some black ice.

Burble · 25-08-2006, 23:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lopez

I was unlucky my first car was ****E!

A Mk3 Escort 1.6. Rotten as a pear but it sounded cool. Especially with my sub in the glovebox

(think I described that at the BBQ)

Aye, you did. I think it was just a sub, ie, a speaker loose in the glovebox with a couple of wires poking out? Awesome!

Blackstar · 25-08-2006, 23:50

I get my first car next week or the week after. M reg mk3 fiesta in red with character (by character i mean rust)

Stan_Lite · 25-08-2006, 23:54

My first car was a clapped out Renault 11 - wasn't up to much but it got me from one place to the other.

Stan

lostkat · 26-08-2006, 07:28

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Originally Posted by Desmo

Here's mine....

1.3GL

Awsome.

I concur!

I drove my Mum's F Reg Ming Blue Peugeot 309 GRD SPECIAL EQUIPMENT (that's important), which we'd had from new around for the first few years after passing my test. It eventually got binned because the gearbox gave up.

I then went to Uni. Came home in the first year and bought a D Reg Beige 1.3 GL for £100. It was an absolute shed! It was matt beige when I first bought it and the starter motor was knackered, but with a little help from Leon, we shined it up with t-cut and stuck a starter from the scrappy on it.

Don't have a photo of it, but I found a shining example on google. Beautiful colour, huh?

The brake calipers were constantly binding, so the brakes boiled after about 30 mins of driving it, but I never went further than the 20 min journey to work, so it didn't really matter. They used to smoke at the traffic lights though

The cost of new callipers was well over the cost of the vehicle, so I never bothered changing them.

Despite all this, I REALLY liked driving this car. Much more so than my brother's 309 DTurbo.

Unfortunately, the car didn't do too well over the winter, and ended up like this.

So my parents binned it

I still miss it now.

Belmit · 26-08-2006, 10:24

1973 MG Midget - the last edition to have the chrome bumpers, but two months off being tax-exempt.

I believe that pic is the '69 version, but it was identical. Loved it to bits but had to get rid of it - didn't have the time or patience to maintain it properly. Almost wrote it off too after the bonnet flew up at 55mph on a dual carriageway and did £1500 of damage; some joker had removed the safety catch and I never even knew it was supposed to have one.

Roberta · 26-08-2006, 11:27

Still have mine. A little silver 1.2 W reg Corsa.

People can knock Corsas as much as they like but it passed the MOT with flying colours, is cheap to insure and gets me from Swansea to Leeds and back for £40.

LeperousDust · 26-08-2006, 11:39

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Originally Posted by lostkat

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So my parents binned it

I still miss it now.

Jesus Kate what were you growing in there!

I'm looking at cars now, i'll probably end up getting one next year i'll class thats one as my first car, because my current one i've just commandeered off my mum who just never drives anymore, i pay for everything done on it tax MOT insurance and the rest, i just never paid for it to begin with. Does that count?

25-08-2006, 23:04	#11
CliffyG Vodka Martini Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lower Cambourne Posts: 576	Thats the best picture i could find. Bought a 1990 Astra Sri MK2 1 week after passing my test at the age of 18. Cost me 1.3k to insure it lol . __________________ Last edited by CliffyG; 26-08-2006 at 00:31.

25-08-2006, 23:50	#15
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	I get my first car next week or the week after. M reg mk3 fiesta in red with character (by character i mean rust) __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen

25-08-2006, 23:54	#16
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	My first car was a clapped out Renault 11 - wasn't up to much but it got me from one place to the other. Stan __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

26-08-2006, 10:24	#18
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	1973 MG Midget - the last edition to have the chrome bumpers, but two months off being tax-exempt. I believe that pic is the '69 version, but it was identical. Loved it to bits but had to get rid of it - didn't have the time or patience to maintain it properly. Almost wrote it off too after the bonnet flew up at 55mph on a dual carriageway and did £1500 of damage; some joker had removed the safety catch and I never even knew it was supposed to have one. __________________

26-08-2006, 11:27	#19
Roberta Pole Model Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,986	Still have mine. A little silver 1.2 W reg Corsa. People can knock Corsas as much as they like but it passed the MOT with flying colours, is cheap to insure and gets me from Swansea to Leeds and back for £40.