What was your first car
 

As the topic was on TG last night it reminded me of my very first car. Back in 1978 it was.....
A Red Vauxhall Victor 2000 SL (like the one on Randle and Hopkirk). My mum insured it for me in her name for me to "drive to the shops" . I really loved that car for all of 6 months and 2 gearboxes before I wrote it off. Hit a hedge, tree, wall and killed 6 garden gnomes the bloke from the house went nuts saying He had 2 kids asleep in the house, didnt help my pissed up mate saying
"your lucky they,re not playing in the garden"....cue the police
3 points £50

Mine was a mini clubman estate, loved it :D

Mine was a 1989 white 1.4 Vauxhall Cavalier I bought from my dad for £1(!)
I used it as a part ex for the Astra - it got me £1 discount and a CD player :lol:

Vauxhall Chevette 4 door, VFY 35V. Went to the scrappies after it rusted itself to pieces infront of my very eyes. Loved it though.:wub

mine was a fiat uno turbo that i got from auction with my dad at 16, i said it was a 1.0 badged up as a turbo :lol:.went through 5 gearboxes in a year :blush: then it caught fire whist i was driving it , i was not happy

Rover Metro 100

cost me £500 and lasted a year- drove every place in it

took it off the clock on the m4 once- never did it again :):)

mine was vauxhall viva 1157cc 1972 with the horizontal speedo :lol: had a great laugh with that until i hit fiat x15 lol snapped the engine and gearbox clean off its mounts lol

Dave

mk1 escort 1300gt,with forest arches on it,came like that im afraid.

Denim Metallic Blue, 1.0l Metro... with black front wings, rally steering wheels and a scary expression on my face!!

Mine was a black vauxhall Nova 1.4. Oh yeah....

Loved that car.......lol

Suzuki SC100

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It was everything you could want from a first - A coupe with a rear engine and rear wheel drive for doughnuts, a rev counter and sports steering wheel so you felt you were in a sports car, and a 1.0 litre engine so you didn't actually go anywhere fast, but at least you could insure it.

Sadly couldn't insure it against the rust though........

a green mini 1000 , wish i still had a mini, but you can't get 6 kids in one:cry:

Were they concieved in it :woot:

Nissan Cherry Europe, shocking car, I had 2 :woot:

1971 mini 1000... turquoise with a gloss black roof... went for miles in it to the east coast every w/e for 2 yrs... 14" paddy hopkirk steering wheel, home made steering column drop bracket, walkers crisp box dizzy cap cover... it cost me £250 'n ended up being p/x'd for a turquoise (again..!) Datsun sunny 120y... got mi £250 back on it... result!

mk1 astra 1.2 brought off my brother. think i had it nearly 3 weeks before i spanked it the first time :wtf:

I had a datsun 120y, i hit a dog and it cracked the chassis so i scrapped it and 2 days later the police knocked me up at 2.30am it had been involed in a armed robbery...mmm not exactly sweeney material :lol:

just remembered i put a 10" steering wheel in the mini, even in a small car it made it fun to park:blush:

alfasud 105Ti

very fast & awesome handling but dissolved in a matter of months :bored:

Mk 1 Astra 1.3. Metallic maroon/brown with beige interior and faded chrome trim round the arches, bonnet lip etc, didn't stay on for long, had it for 6 months untill the mot ran out, it failed on account of the A and B pillars having rusted away from the bottom of the car :lol::lol::lol::lol: