Your first car

[Zomby Woof]

Mine was purchased in 1984 in high school... a '78 Toyota Corolla station wagon. It was good for hauling my guitars, my amp, and various friends' keyboards and drums. Got me across the country too. I have always been utilitarian about cars. :-)

Yours?

[AlCzervik]

1. 1979 Cutlass Supreme Brougham in old lady blue, a complete shitbox

but it was mine.

[Casper Alabaster]

52. Like this?,

[GOPisEvil]

2. Bought from my parents (a trend in my life): a 1980 Datsun 210 Hatchback.

Purchased in 1984; retired in 1989. It was still running good, but little things were starting to break down. So, I ditched it and got another car from my parents, a 1984 Subaru Station Wagon.

[Zomby Woof]

7. Mine was retired and sold to a neighbor in '92

Funny thing is I last saw it in 2002, being driven by someone else. I knew it was mine by the faded red paint and the dent on the passenger side front fender - from where I slid into a light pole on ice during a bad winter storm in 1989. :-) That was one tough car, if it lasted 24 years or more.

[GOPisEvil]

11. When I bought my first, and only, new car, I sold the Subaru.

I sold it to a woman that worked with my dad. She was still driving it at last report, so it's 23 years old now. Subarus are built like tanks.

[TnDem]

3. Vega

1975 Vega coupe....burned more oil than gas.

I remember climbing a hill once and slipping the clutch to provide an extra "gearing" to be able to pull it.

Junk in the first degree, but got me to work for a year.

[bridgit]

4. 67 Triumph Spitfire...

[AlCzervik]

5. Lucky!

:toast:

[bridgit]

8. but Dahling, it's all about the style & grace...

:toast:

[AlCzervik]

9. that was a totally kick ass first car, i bet you had a ball driving it.

[bridgit]

13. i loved that little car...

:headbang:

[Casper Alabaster]

46. For real? Nice! n/t

n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

72. Sweet!

My BIL has a '78 Spit, quite like this one:






He's been restoring it for about 15 years. :7

[femmocrat]

6. A 1964 (?) Dodge Dart. Great little car.

I moved into a couple of apartments and drove to work several years with that car. I loved it. I got a ton of stuff in it!

[Casper Alabaster]

61. Despite this,

, they're still mechanically sound.

[fizzgig]

10. 82 volvo wagon

my parents bought it for me when i turned 16 and she's still going strong. i'm gonna bawl when i finally have to give her up

[querelle]

12. 1974 Olds Cutlass Supreme

Mine was just like the one in the picture, but black with a white Landau roof. I have some old pics of it, but I've never gotten around to scanning them. I really loved that car.........

Q

[Casper Alabaster]

51. 350 w/ TH automatic;

electric windows. The Olds Cutlass is still cluttering up back yards all across America.:thumbsup:

[SacredCow]

14. a 1971 Toyota Celica....

Back when they had the cool little dragon emblem.

got me to and from school, until it started having some minor troubles. Then I opted to share my sister's 1984 Bronco II and do a complete overhaul of the Celica. I got it torn down, but time never allowed me to build it up again, and I sold it in pieces to a junkyard.

[Redstone]

15. 1955 Chevy, with a Powerglide transmission that wouldn't shift out of first gear. I was 15, so I had

to take it out late at night to drive around the neighborhood.

Bought it for $15, sold it for $25.

Redstone

[Casper Alabaster]

47. Hey! You made a profit!

What are ya, some kind of capitalist?!:mad:

[Oeditpus Rex]

74. My '66 had a 'Glide

I took off a linkage rod and turned it into a shifter. I was a hot-rod kid and that 2,200-RPM upshift didn't cut it.

You could wind a 'Glide way past the torque curve. It and the Mopar 727 Torqueflite were probably the toughest American automatics ever mass-produced. :thumbsup:

My truck has one too, but I let it shift itself.

[Qanisqineq]

16. '73 Oldsmobile Firenza

it was kinda cute, black and red. Same age as me, too. My dad bought it for $300 if I remember right.

[dysfunctional press]

17. the car i learned to drive in was a '72 charger se 440/4bbl...

the first car i owned was a '67 mustang fastback.
then a '72 chevy nova- 350 with a 3-speed manual transmission...
then a '69 lesabre convertible...
then a series of 5 different amc pacers...
and it gets a little cloudy after that-

up to the present- 2001 vw new beetle with a 2-litre turbo.

[Casper Alabaster]

53. I'd definitely trade an '01 VW for a '71 Fastback. n/t

n/t

[dysfunctional press]

110. my fastback ended up wrapped around a tree.

but nobody was killed.

but i wouldn't knock our vw either- it's got the same engine as the audi tt- and it FLYS.

[Left Is Write]

18. I was twenty. I bought a 1975 two-tone green Buick Century for $600.

[lost-in-nj]

19. A gold ford fairlane

With no radio or ash tray



lost

[Mendocino]

37. 66 Fairlane

Aqua coupe. With an Alpine stereo/Pioneer speakers. Great Car!

[Casper Alabaster]

50. With a straight 6,

and a 3-on-the-tree?:freak:

[havocmom]

20. 71 Corolla - new

I think it may still be on the road. My bro says he sees it sometimes.

[wildhorses]

21. '65 mustang--white with red interior 3 speed

:woohoo:

[Control-Z]

31. Great car!

I learned to drive in a Shelby - I'm not sure what year it was. I'm thinking 65. It was my boyfriend's.

My first car: 67 cougar

[Casper Alabaster]

55. Nice! Always liked the pimpability

of Cougars. The initial year Mercury introduced them ('67) are the best; after '73, not so much.

[wildhorses]

63. i don't think shelby's came out in '65 but, i could be wrong

but, i loved the car even though it needed a new clutch:loveya:

[mentalsolstice]

22. Toyota Corona

My parents bought it for a couple hundred dollars...it was worth it to my mom, not having to cart me around. They bought it in 1976, so it was probably a late 60s/early 70s model.

[greendog]

23. '62 Galaxie 500 XL

Here's a photo of the convertible version. Mine was a 2 door hardtop w/deluxe interior. 390 V8. 6 mpg.

This photo is of an exact match of the interior of mine.

[Casper Alabaster]

60. Nice!

That car alone caused the gas crisis of 1973, then again in '79!:spank:

[greendog]

102. Around mid '77 I swaped it for a '74 Pinto Wagon.

Better gas mileage. :7

[Oeditpus Rex]

76. Nice, indeed!

C-6 on the console. :thumbsup:

We had a '62 or '63 when I was a kid. Drove that sucker to Arkansas and back. Then the transmission fell out.

[Kali]

24. Marty Mazda

with an 8-track. Man.

[Mz Pip]

25. 1966 Delta 88

When my dad died, I got his car. Giant green gas guzzler. I put yellow flowers on it and moved to Berkeley from Chicago in 1969 with a bunch of boxes and a screaming Siamese cat in that car.

Then my stupid ex totaled it running a stop sign. Bummer.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[doc03]

26. 1961 Corvair

Piece of junk, coffin on wheels lucky to still be alive. It was fun to drive though.

[borlis]

27. A 1979 Pontiac Sunbird

Very similar to this one.




I got in 1983 when I was a senior in high school.

[Whoa_Nelly]

28. 1972 VW Camper (no poptop on mine)

Loved it and lived in it for three years! Went many places, had many good times!

[sammythecat]

29. 1958 Austin-Healy 100-6

Just like this except mine was black with red interior. Nicest looking and most fun car I've ever driven, let alone owned. I still think it's one of the coolest cars ever made.

My second car. 1962 Rambler Ambassador. At the time, my commute to work was a 60 miles round trip. I burned 6 (SIX) quarts of oil each trip! I bought used bulk oil for $.10 a quart. I think I was visible from outer space.



Not one of the coolest cars ever made.

[RetroLounge]

30. My First Car was a Truck

My First Car Was A Truck

At 16, a gift (?) from my dad. A Ford.
Model year: 1960. Body style: F-100.
Originally from Tennessee. A bootlegger's wheels.
Painted with green housepaint, applied with a roller.
Ugly. Distinctive. Beautiful. Mine.
No seat. No muffler. No brakes. No Problem.
Missing two windows and one door.
Weld some new steel. Add some bondo. Paint it black.
New interior. New tires. New stereo. Tune it up. Cruise.

Weekends: pick up Anita (14, tall, blond, built for speed).
Stop at Foremost for a fifth of Southern Comfort.
Hanging out at the 7-11, necking on the tailgate.
Way Cool. Still Young. Drunk with love.

Do you know Paul?
No.
Yeah, you know, the guy with the old truck?
With the Blond?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah I know him.

That truck was something.
I was somebody.
I sold it to buy a guitar.

********************

Along with the guitar, I bought one of these too: 1965 Impala Super Sport



RL

[Oeditpus Rex]

80. Oh, bay-bee!

Wha'd the Impala have, a 327 or a 396? :thumbsup:

I learned to drive in a '65 Bel Air with a 230-inch six and a slushbox. Zero to 60 by Tuesday. x(

[RetroLounge]

89. 327 4-bolt with a single 4bbl

powerglide with a 2800 stall, and a 4:10 chevelle rearend.

Zero to Gas tation in 10 minutes...

It was black on black...

RL

[grannylib]

32. Little orange VW squareback. That one wasn't technically 'mine' but was the

first family car I drove. My first car was a Nova, lemon of the century, the only car I ever bought new and it was a piece of shit from the word 'go.'
Must have been the Spanish version: No va.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

33. My current car

2002 Mitsubish Diamante

[Maddy McCall]

34. 1976 Chevy Monza, "firethorn red" with a hatchback.

I loved that little car.

[Maineiac]

35. 1974 Fiat Spyder convertible

rear engine, rear wheel drive. So light whenever I went to parties, people delighted in picking it up and putting it places I couldn't drive out of.

[leeroysphitz]

36. 1977 four door Plymouth Gran Fury. Similar to the "Blues Mobile"

2 tons of FUN!

[TK421]

38. 1988 Nissan Stanza...the best car I have ever owned

It was my dad's car, and when he passed away in 1997 I inherited it from him. It never let me down, and was killed in an accident by someone who made a left turn right in front of me. She died at 146K. :cry:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

39. '84 Mercedes in 1997.

POS. :D

[Evoman]

40. It was a Comet, don't remember the date (79? 81?) but there is a story.

My dad gave me the car. It wasn't working anymore and he gave it to me to do with it as I wished. I was going to fix it with my mechanic buddy, as soon as we had time off from school. Two days later, my dad sold it for 200 bucks, and kept all the money.

My dad is a rat bastard.

[Casper Alabaster]

58. Mercury Comet?

Exactly the same as Ford Maverick. Easy to fix, but not cheap. Your dad definitely made the best transaction.

[Evoman]

84. Yeah, but the point was it was my car and he sold it without asking me.

He GAVE it to me (pink sheet and everything). Two days later, it was gone. I didn't get a penny.

[SeattleGirl]

41. 1968 Ford Falcon. My parents got it for me for my high school

graduation present. They bought it for $50, and my dad, a mechanical whiz, fixed it and it ran like a dream.

[last_texas_dem]

42. '88 Dodge Caravan

It looked something like this...



I drove it my first year that I could drive, but it was twelve years old at the time and on its last legs. It had some quirky things about it that I had to get used to, but I actually had a lot of fun driving it, and took a weird sort of pride in driving the old minivan I'd been riding in since I was five years old. It's the only vehicle I've ever felt sentimental feelings about getting rid of.

Plus, I think it's good for a sixteen year old driver to have a vehicle that it won't be that big of a deal if they screw something up in it. At least in my case, my first couple of years of driving were when I was getting most of the stupidness, driving-wise, out of my system (I know this varies to a large degree from driver to driver!) so it's better to do something stupid in an old run-down minivan worth less than $1,000, than in a brand new car.

[sakabatou]

43. '98 nissan sentra

[shanine]

44. 1964 Chevy Impala

In 1972, beige, powerful . . I bought it for 200.

[Race4Peace]

117. was it SS? engine? tree or floor?

i'm on the lookout for a '64.

[Casper Alabaster]

45. 1972 Plymouth Fury sedan;

w/ the indestructible .318. Not good on gas, but impervious to damage.:thumbsup:

[Casper Alabaster]

57. add pic:

[Ptah]

48. 1956 Ford two-door

Like this, only mine was blue:






I bought it in 1968 from my uncle.

[frogcycle]

62. cool

mine was a '54 Ford Custom, which, by the way, is what is in the photo

'56 didn't have that round thing in the grill, nor the bulge on the rear qtrpanels

[Ptah]

64. You are correct

:thumbsup:

[frogcycle]

66. yep!

My dad had a '56 Ford Country Sedan station wagon

when I was a teenager I could identify every Ford, Chevy, and Dodge by year from 49 thru 65

damn I wish I had my '54 back! I got $300 for it as trade-in on a '63 Chevy Bel Air.
I wish I had THAT back too. I gave it to someone to use in demolition derby.

[Coyote_Bandit]

49. Pea Green

1967 Ford Galaxie 500. No airconditioning. Only had about 20,000 miles on it even though it was 13 years old at the time. Had no problems with it for the 3 or 4 years I drove it.

[kedrys]

54. 1969 Chevy Nova, bought in '93

Had 60K miles on it, needed paint but went 102mph without blinking. We partially rebuilt the engine and painted it the original Chevy orange. Good first car, heavily armored. :D

I took it to a garage once - can't remember why - and the kid who saw it first said "We'll hook it up to the computer and find out what's wrong with it in no time". Before I could stop laughing, one of the oldtimer mechanics came by and explained to the kid that cars with computers were a somewhat recent development. :rofl:

Then the oldtimer helped the kid fix my car.

[michreject]

56. 62 Corvair

Drove all over Michigan in that thing. 4 speed. Loved it.

[mike_c]

106. yep, that was my first car too....

Unfortunately, I trashed it rather quickly.

[Giant Robot]

59. Early 80's Renault 18i

No I cannot find a picture of one anywhere. That should tell you how cool it was. No heat (in norhtern Michigna that meant BRRRRRRRRRRR) and no one could tell me why. No mechanic wanted to work on it. Always blew fuses. But you know, it was my first taste of freedom in some ways, being able to come and go as I could, well as much as I could in high school. And my second car totally kicked ass so it makes up for it.

[Casper Alabaster]

71. Does this look familiar?

[Giant Robot]

86. I'm not 100%

I could not tell you what under the hood looked like off hand, other than I remember it was different looking, kind of like that picture. But this was 20 years ago too.

[speedoo]

65. 1962 Chevy Impala

Pretty much same color as this one, although I never took it to Niagara Falls. Bought it in 1965 from a Navy buddy, but only had it for a year or two until I bought a 1966 VW bug, new, to save on gas. The Impala was a real nice car.

[Rambis]

113. 1963 chevy impala powder blue

We called it the tank because if anyone couldn't get around they would call me and I would come and pick them up. They called off school one time in all my years and we rode around town all day banging through snow drifts.
It only had 23,000 miles on it in 1980 when it was "Stolen" from the junkyard we had it towed to after an accident while we waited access having it fixed.

[Race4Peace]

119. that sucks. but nice car, so

you can't blame someone for feeling tempted. you can sure as hell blame someone who follows thru, though!

[nickinSTL]

67. 1988 Toyota Tercel

Bought in 1995.



(mine was a dark red)

[NewWaveChick1981]

68. My great aunt gave me and my sister her 1973 Plymouth Fury III to use at college.

:bounce: :toast: We got the car in late 1983, when she decided at age 91 that she couldn't drive any more. It got about six miles to the gallon and was metallic pea green with a green vinyl top. She was the proverbial little old lady that only drove the car to church on Sundays, so it only had 17,000 miles on it. However, she apparently gunned the engine and used it as a race car to church because the motor mounts were broken when we got it. :rofl: :yoiks: It was big as a whale and was about to set sail... :P We drove it until it fell apart---I got my first purchased new car in 1987 (a Mazda 323), but my sister drove the Fury until it died in 1994. :D

[Penndems]

69. A 1990 Chevy Chevette

Calling it "a piece of junk" would be an understatement. :(

[Bombero1956]

75. 1973 Ford Galaxie 500

it was a 4 door sedan piss yellow and wasn't my first choice for a car. My mom was helping me by cosigning the loan so she nixed the car I wanted, a 1972 Mustang just like this



The girls I took out on dates thought I was Ward Cleaver. I lost reverse on the tranny in 1981 soI spent $500 to fix the exhaust and a rebuild transmission. The next week I lost control in a snow storm and hit a pole sideways. I was able to drive it to work where it sat until a chief bought it for $50. He wanted it for the transmission and doors etc. He sent it to out to the training center for storage. A month later the rescue squad was out there doing some training and they set it on fire.

[Penndems]

82. Oops - I meant to say a 1980 Chevy Chevette - I bought it in '90 for $150

Looked like this:



Reynolds Aluminum Foil with four wheels. Not safe at all.

*************************************************************************
Wow, I remember those '73 Galaxies. That was one tough-looking car. :)

[TnDem]

83. Yea, except that's a 1970 stang shown...

The 1972 was a totally different bodystyle. It was bigger and squarer in the front and back. It was also smogged way down. Performance was in the crapper compared to the 1970 shown.

Not only that, but you are showing a "Boss 302" fastback. It was a high HP model that had a large smallblock designed specfically for that car....Plus the one shown in original condition is worth between $50,000-$80,000 right now.

You can buy a decent 1972 for probably $5K

Not even in the same league.

[Bombero1956]

128. ooops

grabbed the wrong pic. Same color though.

[CatholicEdHead]

70. 1983 Chevy Citation

Used to be my late grandma's. It was 10 years old and only had 23K on it.

[SKKY]

73. A 1967 Ford Custom 500...

...what a freakin' tank that thing was.

[Heidi]

77. Silver Toyota Celica, 1980, the year I got my license.

It was also the year I got my first newspaper internship, and my mom was driving me to work in her Ford LTD one afternoon after school. We passed my dad coming from the opposite direction, and he honked and waved wildly. Mom pulled over and dad pulled up behind us in the Celica and reached through the passenger-side window to hand me the keys to the car he was driving: a year-old, silver, two-door Toyota Celica. I got out of the car, he got into the passenger seat, and I drove to work in my first car. :)

[mark414]

78. a 1981 VW Rabbit

i only paid $200 (but threw a lot of work into it). it was a beauty and it could just fucking roar down the highway - very deceiving, which was part of what was so great about it...i embarrassed a lot of people cause of that. ahhh how i miss that car....

[fizzgig]

97. we had a 79 rabbit when i was younger

it was a horrid lime green and was so very awesome. that car is how i learned to drive a manual

[nini]

79. Yellow 1971 Ford Pinto

luckily mine didn't have an exploding gas tank like many :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

81. '66 Chevy Bel Air

Like this one, only with a 283 instead of a 427. And it was a freakin' four-door. x(






I tried to trick it up a little on a low budget. Put headers and cheap "turbo" mufflers on it, 60-series tires on Cragar SS wheels, and I had the seat done in black diamond. But no matter what I did, it was still a freakin' four-door. x(

[ForrestGump]

85. 1990 Toyota Camry

Bought new.

I loved it.



White, but not the V6.

Loved the second Camry, too, a 1998.

For me, cars are primarily a practical necessity (I never got into them as a kid and I never had one 'til after I got married -- all motorcycles before then) and I figure that if I want high performance I'll take my motorcycle out, because only a few $250000-plus sport cars have been built that are street-legal can approach its acceleration, anyway.

I've got a Mercedes now but the Japanese stars (Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Maxima, etc) still dominate the list of cars I'd buy.

To go with the Elvis thing, though, I have to admit that I'd love to get hold of a mid-'70s Cadillac Fleetwood or the like (the older ones are cool, too, but the mid-'70s ones were ridiculously plush, like riding around in a Lazyboy, and they not only fit with the period I'm trapped in but are available from little old ladies who hardly drove them whereas the older Cadillacs in good shape tend to be restored and big money).



I also wouldn't turn down a Lamborghini, or similar, but I'd sure hate to pay for its keep.

I'd definitely buy another Mercedes, in a heartbeat.

[bmbmd]

87. 1964 Ford Falcon

AM radio, AC, standard transmission-huge back seat. Lost something back there-never got it back.

[lizziegrace]

88. 1969 Pontiac Catalina was the first car I drove

the first I owned was a 1978 Plymouth Volare 2-door coupe.

:)

[ulysses]

90. 1980 Cutlass Supreme, baby blue

Short block V8 - loved that car.

[Zomby Woof]

95. Did it have a bald spot on the front tires?

:P I can imagine you skidding into the driveway in it.

[ulysses]

96. I did some fun things in that car

but never skidded down the driveway. Damn.

[Hand]

91. 1966 VW bus.

Complete piece of junk. I hated it. :puke:

[bullwinkle428]

92. 1979 Datsun 810 sedan!

Inerited from my mom in '85 when I was in college. Had the original 240Z engine in it, which made around 120 hp, not bad for a sedan in those days - this was actually the model that was a precursor to today's Maxima.

[Pacifist Patriot]

93. 1980 Dodge Colt in baby poo yellow

We called it "DOC" but I can't for the life of me remember what the acronym stood for now. Bummer!

[WCGreen]

94. 1968 Polara...

[Lumily]

98. 1983 Chevy Chevette.

[Strawman]

107. 1980 Chevette for me

[libnnc]

99. 1977 AMC Hornet station wagon

V-8, white walls, AM/FM stereo, tinted windows. White with faux wood paneling and red "leather-like" interior. AC, PS, AT, and cruise control. All original factory perks. It had been a little old lady car. I loved it.

Looked kinda like this one except it was white.

[Auggie]

100. 1972 Yellow VW Beetle

The first car I bought for myself in 1984 -- not nearly as nice as this one

[stuntcat]

101. a white 1980 Ford pickup truck

That's how I roll :+
(I don't drive now though)

[petronius]

103. Am I the only one with the '76 Honda Civic hatchback?

You all seriously missed out on the best driving experience ever...

Mine was orange, and it could do absolutely anything - I even ran down an 8' chain link fence to escape a concert parking lot.

It died a sad death when my numbskull of an uncle neglected to give it it's daily quart of oil (my parents gave it to him when I left for college)... :cry:

[jen4clark]

104. Fun thread!

We loves our cars!

My first car was a 1964 VW Bug. (It was 10 years old when I bought it for $500.) Chocolate brown, named 'er Cocoa Puff. 6 volt battery -- the headlights were almost worthless... Used to drive that car from Santa Cruz to Tahoe every few months and coming up some of the mountain roads I'd have to go into 1st gear! LOL!! :/ But it took me all over the country and I loved that little car! When I lived in Montana, I had to put a little heater underneath it at night in the winter so the oil wouldn't freeze. Well I've never heard of that before or since so don't really know if it was true -- but we did it. The locals were probably laughing their asses off at us! LOL!!

[Cobalt-60]

105. 1964 Chevy "Nova"

[LuckyTheDog]

108. '72 Chevy Vega

I still have nightmares about it.

[Chan790]

109. I've never owned a car...

there is a reason for this. I've never passed the driving test. Not even close. It's not a matter of driving, it's a matter of spacial disorientation. I can't drive with my mirrors...so I rarely look at them...so I fail. The one time I had the test passed, I was backing into the parking space and I hit the curb. Automatic fail. The test administrator asked me if I hit the curb and like an idiot...I said "yes".

[susanna]

111. Egads.

Mine was a 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. Though I must say that thing rocked; I sold it a few years after buying it used (in 1989) with 190,000+ on the odo and a brand new engine put in at 75K miles (paid for by GM). Last I heard, the damn thing was still running, though finally rusting out (that was in 2002).

[Joe Fields]

112. A hand me down 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 stationwagon.

My folks bought it new. Two years later they gave it to my older brother when he went off to college. A year after that, my brother gave it to my sister, and a couple of years after that it was given to me.

[RubyDuby in GA]

114. Ford Tempo

Biggest piece of shit ever made.

[LSK]

115. 1974 Malibu

My parents bought it new in 74 and I got it in 89. Actually they made me pay them $700 for it.

[likesmountains 52]

116. 1964 Rambler...it's so fun to read all these old model names...

[Jimbo S]

118. 1989 Plymouth Reliant

Gotta love those K-cars!

[grace0418]

120. 1999 Green Honda Civic. It's still the car I drive.

I never had a car in high school or college. Or the first seven years I lived in Chicago.

[LibertyLover]

121. A 1974 Gremlin X

in red with a V8 engine. Damn but I loved that car. You could pack a lot of luggage in it if you needed to.

[AllegroRondo]

123. What a car

at that time, the Gremlin came with more engine options than any other car. You could get anything from an in-line 4 cylinder all the way up to a V-8. And a V-8 in that little thing could really move!

and it came in such great colors, like lemon yellow, purple, and pastel pink.

[Race4Peace]

122. '96 Thunderbird LX, Jet Black, 4.6L v-8, auto, no a/c...

bought it from a drunkard who lost it by 2 DUIs in a month, so the front suspension was at its breaking point. i was going down a slick ash road, and it broke, and, well, you know the size of those mailboxes on rural roads? big ass mailboxes? yea, on the driver side(i was the driver, no passengers) i wraped the car around one that happened to be filled with concrete!

I was ok.

I had the car only 3 days. this was back in early october.

[seemunkee]

124. Fiat 850 coupe

[Rob H.]

125. 1981 Honda Prelude, bought used in '88

*sigh* I loved that little car. A flat-out blast to drive and 33mpg highway--the perfect ride for a poor college student :).

Edit: mine looked just like this, but with different wheels.

[ileus]

126. 1984 Chevette...Senior in 1988.

That car and I had some fun times...I miss the 80's

[WeRQ4U]

127. 1979 Mazda RX-7

It had previously been owned by our local mass murderer...John Huber.

Not bad.