What was the first car you ever drove?

[Chris Maunder]

They don't make cars like they did 40 years ago. (Thankfully)

cheers Chris Maunder

[Simon Lee Shugar]

Rover Metra 1.4 GTA. (British racing green) Light on its feet, 1.4 engine and RED seatbelts, because thats what make its a gta.

Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil

[scottgp]

Mine was a 1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring, v8 318, with a moonroof. [^] Fun car. Scott

[GenJerDan]

A 1962 Lincoln Continental. (A 12 year old car at the time.)

We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

[Rage]

A clio II [^]

~RaGE();

I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

[jeron1]

73 Ford Gran Torino Station Wagon[^]. It used to get me, 10 friends, and as much :beer: as we could fit, into the drive movies and a fairly regular basis.

"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst

[John M Drescher]

I assume it does not count if you could not reach the pedals. As a 2 or 3 year old. I somehow obtained the keys and was able to get my dads truck started and in gear. And the real answer was my first car was a 2002 Ford Escape although I had regularly parked and driven cars around the block for close to 20 years before I had a license (which I obtained at 30).

John

[Shelby Robertson]

1989 Buick LeSabre T-Type (http://www.lesabret.com/[^])

CPallini wrote:

You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:

[GuyThiebaut]

A 1983 Talbot Horizon - it drove forwards and backwards, that's probably all I can say about it compared to my current 7 air bag, pre-tensioning force limiter seatbelt, all-in-one satnav, stereo, car computer, reversing camera equipped car.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

[OriginalGriff]

My Mum's Rover 90[^] Gawd but that was a pig to drive when I was 12! Heavy steering or what? But the first car I owned was a Lancia Beta HPE 2000[^] Which was an education...in so many ways. :sigh:

You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

[Lost User]

Maruti Esteem[^] also known as the Suzuki Cultus in the US.

[Tom Deketelaere]

Drove: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_205[^] Owned: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Golf_Mk3[^] Loved both of them.

[R Giskard Reventlov]

My mother's dark green MkII Ford Cortina.

[MidwestLimey]

Oddly a Ford Transit Van. When I was 14. I almost rolled it in a tight turn and I wasn't allowed to drive it after that. No, we weren't on the public highways!

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[Keith Barrow]

OriginalGriff wrote:

Which was an education...in so many ways

I'm guessing not to buy Lancias, or the need to better avoid puddles :)

Alberto Brandolini:

The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

[OriginalGriff]

That and more: that you should never assume that all cars of a certain make, model, year, and specification will share common components: Lancia fitted whatever came to hand. Trying to replace the distributor cap the first time... :sigh:

You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

[Lost User]

this heap[^]

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