First car...
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1985 Corolla that I bought off my mum for $2000 in 2002. I only got to own the car for a short period as I was T-boned by kids in a stolen car who ran a red light and the poor Corolla was a write off.
My first was a EH ute,179 motor ,bought it with a new set pirelli tyres that used to do 60 thousand miles before they blew out,unlike the tyres today all standard never missed a beat bought it for 700 bucks made a small fortune in that ute, it went even better downhill.
LH Torana. 173 manual, 1974 model (it was older than I was). I cleaned the woolworths butchery twice a week for 9 months to save up for it, and the day I picked it up was one of the best of my life. I was 16, owned my own car, and didn't even have a drivers' license!
Mine was a darker colour, but it was a gas guzzler and a lemon,
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My first car was a 1984 Toyota Corolla limited edition "Spirit", the one with the rear spoiler
. This was a 5 speed manual and last of the rear wheel drives. It lasted me to the moment I found Chapel Street South Yarra on a Friday night and bought myself a VL turbo!
Yep I was one of those guys!
Regards,
alicudi
My first car was a 1984 Toyota Corolla limited edition "Spirit", the one with the rear spoiler
. This was a 5 speed manual and last of the rear wheel drives. It lasted me to the moment I found Chapel Street South Yarra on a Friday night and bought myself a VL turbo!Yep I was one of those guys!
Regards,
alicudi
1990 Nissan Pulsar Vector. It was sky blue and very luminous. Never miss it in a parking lot
A Mini bought from my aunty for $60 in 1979. I then bought a wrecked Cooper S from a panel beater for $320 and spent the final year at high school in my aunty's driveway taking everything from the wreck and putting it into my $60 car.
I suspect it probably made her a bit sad seeing me do that to her old car - she had looked after it well.
The thing never ran properly after I finished, either. Boy, it went fast - when it felt like it. And of course, the slightest bit of rain would stop it - what a dopey design that was with the distributor right behind the grill. If I saw a cloud, I parked it.
I suspect it probably made her a bit sad seeing me do that to her old car - she had looked after it well.
The thing never ran properly after I finished, either. Boy, it went fast - when it felt like it. And of course, the slightest bit of rain would stop it - what a dopey design that was with the distributor right behind the grill. If I saw a cloud, I parked it.
1971 poo brown Ford Escort bought of my grandmother for $500 in 1992. Sold it for $500 in 1999, put about $2000 maintenance in the meantime. I managed to get it up to 110 kph going down a hill once.
In the extended family we called it the 'whorechu', (affectionate Dutch version of whore) because everyone had used it. My grandmother came up with the name.
In the extended family we called it the 'whorechu', (affectionate Dutch version of whore) because everyone had used it. My grandmother came up with the name.
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Honda Civic, how boring.
1977 Toyota Corolla. My parents paid $3000 for it in about 1993. My parents were adamant that we kids had to learn on a manual car, "You'll learn how to DRIVE a car, not just bloody steer one!" As both mum and Dad's cars were automatics and I told them that if I bought my own car with my own money (had a casual job and was saving like crazy), I'd buy whatever the hell car I wanted (auto ) so they decided to buy an old car themselves and said if I learnt to drive it, I could have it. The catch was that if I got booked doing anything silly in the car, I would have to pay them back for it. Knowing the car was registered in my mum's name (and that she'd receive any speeding fines in the mail); having a naturally compliant nature and knowing that my parents knew most of the local cops in town, I agreed to learn on the manual. I'm so glad I did. It's great to be able to drive any car, and manuals are usually cheaper too. I never had to pay them the money back for the initial cost of the car but I used my own money to run and maintain it.
My Dad was slightly over-the-top about teaching me to drive. He'd make me have a lesson every day; almost every night and in all sorts of weather conditions - big storms, pouring rain "Come on! Driving lesson! Once you get your license you won't always only be driving on sunny days!"
I'm very grateful for that and will be doing the same with my kids.
