What was your first car

[bodgit]

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

[rcracer]

Mine was a mini clubman estate, loved it

[Richard Lowe]

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

[Scouser]

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

[phil c]

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 .went through 5 gearboxes in a year then it caught fire whist i was driving it , i was not happy

[millzy]

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

[Dave Dodd]

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

Dave

[bigred5765]

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

[DCM]

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

[Jamie.T]

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

Loved that car.......lol

[Si Coe]

Suzuki SC100



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........

[bigoggy]

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

[bodgit]

Originally Posted by bigoggy

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

Were they concieved in it

[Belsten]

Nissan Cherry Europe, shocking car, I had 2

[emtee]

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!

[niggs98]

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

[rcracer]

Originally Posted by emtee

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!

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

[bigoggy]

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

[showtime]

alfasud 105Ti

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

[Crazy L]

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