The Automotive Thread

[csb]

I'm currently looking for an Astro van. They are making a comeback, plus I could get some bikes in it.

 

[csb]

First car. It had a topper and was owned by a priest. It was 2WD and had a 4-cylinder. It was just a step up from my bike. My mom made sandbags for it out of my dad's old workpants. She filled garbage bags with sand, slid them in the cutoff legs and sewed them shut. It was like I had raised hell at an Office Max.

 

[matt267 PE]

^ this was the first car that was "mine." It included a leaking head casket gasket and peeling roof paint.

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

^ this was the first car that was "mine." It included a leaking head casket and peeling roof paint.

Did you work for a funeral home?

 

[matt267 PE]

ha

A leaking casket would be much worse than a leaking gasket. But you know what I mean.

(damn smart ass)

 

[envirotex]

My first car...

 

[knight1fox3]

^^^

 

[NJmike PE]

My first car...

Daaaaamn. I would have parked with you in that ride.

 

[Ble_PE]

My first car was this:

It was a 4 speed manual with a speedometer that might start working once you got to 35 mph. Not that you would get over 60 in it anyway. A couple of years later I inherited my brother's Bronco II with a 5 speed and 4wd. I loved that car!

 

[Flyer_PE]

First car was a hand-me-down from my dad. Mine was a darker blue but otherwise nearly identical to this:

I was lobbying for a 1969 Chevelle but that got vetoed. To quote my father when he gave me the keys: "It's reliable as hell and doesn't have enough power to get you killed." He was almost wrong about the power.

Second car was this:

I still miss that car.

 

[envirotex]

^^^Split bumper. Nice.

 

[jeb6294]

My first:

I am the first to admit that I am an idiot. We had a family friend who liked to build old Fords. When dad and I were looking for my first car, he had a '48 Ford he was selling. Was in grey primer but everything else was about done. Being a stupid kid, I didn't understand what a '48 Ford with a built 302 meant so I decided I wanted the pretty red "sports car". Probably for the better anyway...I would have killed myself in that old hot rod.

 

[MetsFan]

My first mode of transporation:

I didn't have my own car until I was 27 and then I got this '97 Civic HX

 

[engineergurl]

My first car (owned by my parents)

My first car (owned by me)

I had that three months, it caught fire and was totaled so I went back to driving my parents car and kept the insurance money and used it as a down payment on a used Mountaineer when I graduated college.

 

[blybrook PE]

First truck was an '84 S10 with an ironduke engine and a four speed. Sold it and switched to a '89 Ranger with a 5 speed. Never owned a car, always a truck of some sort.

 

[NJmike PE]

since we are talking about our firsts,

What a POS it was too. blew the engine, 2x, trans, floor was rotted out

 

[matt267 PE]

I bet the back seat was perfect for sleeping.

 

[DVINNY]

My first car

the highly sought after 1986 Chevette Coupe (gold)

 

[knight1fox3]

My first car (owned by my parents)

My first car (owned by me)

I had that three months, it caught fire and was totaled so I went back to driving my parents car and kept the insurance money and used it as a down payment on a used Mountaineer when I graduated college.

Is that a Saturn wagon? LOL

And how exactly does someone's car "catch fire"? D@mn diplomat.....CHRYSLER FTW!!!

 

[engineergurl]

My first car (owned by my parents)

My first car (owned by me)

I had that three months, it caught fire and was totaled so I went back to driving my parents car and kept the insurance money and used it as a down payment on a used Mountaineer when I graduated college.

Is that a Saturn wagon? LOL

And how exactly does someone's car "catch fire"? D@mn diplomat.....CHRYSLER Sucks!!!!

it's a Geo Storm and a Reliant K, and if I had a clue how it caught fire I would tell you. I drove it down to a coffee house, parked it and then a friend came in 10 min later and said, gee your car had an awful lot of smoke coming from it, when I went out there were like 5 foot flames from the hood.