What was the first car you owned?
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Mine was a Vauxhall Viva HA [^] Paid £50 (about $120 in the late 20th century). Lasted for a few months until it caught fire. :)
1984 Toyota Corrolla[^]. /ravi
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Mine was a Vauxhall Viva HA [^] Paid £50 (about $120 in the late 20th century). Lasted for a few months until it caught fire. :)
'89 Mazda RX-7 bought it in '97 for $1000 lasted for a few years without A/C until I bought a 2000 VW Jetta, which was a great car when it wasn't falling apart.
Curvature of the Mind now with 3D
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Mine was a Vauxhall Viva HA [^] Paid £50 (about $120 in the late 20th century). Lasted for a few months until it caught fire. :)
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Mine was a Vauxhall Viva HA [^] Paid £50 (about $120 in the late 20th century). Lasted for a few months until it caught fire. :)
A '76 Chevy Monte Carlo[^], yellow and black and rust, aka. the Bumble Bee Mobile. Paid $200 USD, lasted about a year. The door panels would flap over 40mph, had a pretty decent stereo though.
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Mine was a Vauxhall Viva HA [^] Paid £50 (about $120 in the late 20th century). Lasted for a few months until it caught fire. :)
I drove 7 cars over the last 20 years, but owned no car - never. The first 3 was of my father, and the other are belonged to the company I work for...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Mine was a Vauxhall Viva HA [^] Paid £50 (about $120 in the late 20th century). Lasted for a few months until it caught fire. :)
1981 Honda Prelude, drove it until the transmission locked up. Loved that little car. First cars I drove were a 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (4 doors, vinyl top, and AM only radio) and a 1972 Ford Pickup truck (with the gas tank inside the passenger compartment)
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Mine was a Vauxhall Viva HA [^] Paid £50 (about $120 in the late 20th century). Lasted for a few months until it caught fire. :)
1941 Chrysler Highlander. Dave
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Mine was a Vauxhall Viva HA [^] Paid £50 (about $120 in the late 20th century). Lasted for a few months until it caught fire. :)
Mine was a Wolsley 16/60[^] in blue. Paid £20 from memory - from a guy who split up with his wife - I think it was his wife's car. Did me well for a few miles, but cracked a cylinder & would have cost more than I had to fix it. I tried leaving it in the local car park with the window open and the keys in the ignition - but I jsut got a note from the council telling me it would be towed & I would be fined, if I didn't move it. Eventually I paid someone a case of beer to remove it :(
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Mine was a Wolsley 16/60[^] in blue. Paid £20 from memory - from a guy who split up with his wife - I think it was his wife's car. Did me well for a few miles, but cracked a cylinder & would have cost more than I had to fix it. I tried leaving it in the local car park with the window open and the keys in the ignition - but I jsut got a note from the council telling me it would be towed & I would be fined, if I didn't move it. Eventually I paid someone a case of beer to remove it :(
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I had a 1958 Standard Ensign that I bought for £41. It was a tank! Weighed over a ton and had non-servo, non-disc brakes. Stopping it was an adventure. With its 1296cc engine, starting it moving was fun too. No power steering, cross ply tyres. Bench seats. Column gear change. Accelerator had a cable drive that left the throttle wide open if it broke, ask me how I know that. I loved that car. Says a lot about me perhaps.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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Mine was a Vauxhall Viva HA [^] Paid £50 (about $120 in the late 20th century). Lasted for a few months until it caught fire. :)
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