Your first car, and cars you've owned

[diz_girl]

I don't know if anybody has ever heard of Avanti, but that's my wish car.

Yes, I have and it's a very nice choice. It's the kind of car that you see and go, "Ooh, what's that?"

Here are my cars:
First - 1972 Oldsmobile Omega POS - literally - it was brown - I bought it in 1986 for $150. I probably put 10X that into in for repairs over the next 2-3 years.
Then:
1984 Plymouth Turismo (used in 1989 or 1990) - burgundy
1988 Volvo 740 GLE (used in 1993) - navy
1996 Chrysler Cirrus (first new car) - burgundy
1985 Mercedes 190E (used sometime around 1999-2000) - red
1994 Mazda Navajo - black - (hubby gave to me when he bought his Explorer in 2002)
2005 Volkswagen Jetta GLS TDI - red - (my second new car) - I love this car - it averages 42 mpg and I drove it from NJ to WDW twice in the past 2 1/2 years. It's everything that I loved in my Volvo and my Mercedes, all rolled into an inexpensive diesel-sipper. The only problem is that my husband can't fit into it with my DS's convertible car seat in the rear-facing position - and that's when it's in the middle of the back seat. I may have to get a different car if and when baby #2 comes along.

[crazypoohbear]

I can't believe no one has copped to owning anything like a Geo prism, Yugo or the other Korean car that was around for a minute.
Anyone gonna fess up???/

[kris10399]

My first cars were both Ford Escorts...both died in accidents. Then I got a used VW Fox. I loved that car, my first sunroof! That one had the hood fly off the hinges while I was driving on the highway into Chicago, not a fun time...and another time, the transmission got stuck in 3rd (manual) when I was approaching a toll booth. Retired that with a Saturn SC2 that subsequently had the taillights melted when a hearse caught on fire in the parking lot where we were parked. Ah such memories!

Ford Escort (80s)
Ford Escort (80s)
VW Fox (80s)
Saturn SC2 (90s)
VW Jetta 2000
VW Passat Wagon W8 (2001?)
VW Touareg 2005

DH:
Dodge Neon
Grand Prix
VW Jetta 2002
VW Passat 2007

[jrpersinger]

Me
96 Chevy Cavalier -- 1st car, drove it off the showroom! My mom paid cash for it! Got it for my 16th bday, although it was bought before it. It was customized, slammed to the ground. Blacked out windows... Perfect 1st car! I ended up trading it in in early 98 for a
97 Isuzu Rodeo -- when DH got orders to Alaska. Yes, I was 17 and married! But I didn't live with him till I was 18 or really even see him.....
98 VW Beetle -- got when we got to AK and found out no one in AK will work on Isuzu! My favorite car EVER!!!
98 Chevy Blazer (from DH) -- Beetle got totalled within 2 months, rear-ended by a 16 year old, uninsured drunk driver! DH got the Frontier, so I got his Blazer!
01 Volvo S40 -- Lease was up on the Blazer
04 Ford Explorer -- Lease was up on the Volvo

We bought the Explorer instead of leasing and it will be paid off in a few months. I am still trying to decided what I want to get. A Nissan Armada, Nissan Quest or a Chrysler Town and Country.

DH
93 Nissan Sentra -- traded for
94 Chevy S10 -- totalled
92 Dodge Charger (I think) it was ugly as sin! -- again, totalled!
93 Dodge Charger (again, I think that what they were!) -- blew the engine
95 Chevy S10 -- sold and used the cash for down payment on the
99 Nissan Frontier -- Lease Expired, he didn't want anything new because he had to have a
?? Ford Bronco -- THE BEAST! -- After a while, he realized the Beast wasn't a wise choice due to gas prices and got a
03 Hyandi Elentra -- The Bubble! He loves that car and says he will drive it till the wheels fall off....
He also has a 06 Ford F250 for his work truck, supplied by his job!
Somewhere in between all that, before he got his promotion which supplied him a truck, he had a old Nissan Hardbody and a Dodge Stratus. Both were his work cars.

[diz_girl]

I may have to get a different car if and when baby #2 comes along.

I have to correct this. It looks like I wouldn't be happy with baby #2. Here is a corrected statement. Hopefully it looks better:

I may have to get a different car when baby #2 comes along.

[FlaTinkRAMESAM]

Too funny, but my first car was also a 79 Ford Fairmont (1984).

That's nuts! I hated mine...lol I have never seen another one on the road...ever.

[Ghost * Hostess]

Wow, I loved my first car a 77 Monte Carlo. It was called the Mad Monte. My bf at the time talked me into making it into the mean car it was. Tinted windows, screaming sound system, tinted headlights, and if I remember correctly the undercarriage used to light up also. She was fast. Took her to race in Brooklyn on Fountain Avenue. My dad used to race and customize cars before I was born and he taught me to drive when I was young. We had a 55 Chevy with hand controls because he was in an extremely bad car accident, so I learned to drive without having to reach the pedals.
1980 Cadillac
1985 Trans Am
1989 Trans Am
1990 Riveria
1990 GMC Jimmy
1994 GMC Jimmy
1999 GMC Jimmy
and now
2004 GMC Envoy. I love my truck! Want to go back to a sports car again

[Stan]

How could I have forgotten... between #2 on my list (73 Volvo ) and #3 (78 Delta 88 ) was a car I bought for $75 from a co-worker, for the time between my private sale of the Volvo and the arrival of my custom ordered Olds... a barely running 62? Dodge Dart. There wasn't anything on that car that was in good working order, it just sort of wheezed down the road. After 1 or 2 "drives" I decided to beg rides from coworkers and fellow church members- maybe I took it to the grocery store once when I was absolutely desperate. I probably saved about $1000 with the private sale, and maybe another $500 by ordering my new car, maybe it was worth it?

[Piglet822]

I could have sworn I already posted this but I don't see it so I guess not

I started at 15 in a field on a Nash Metropolitan. I forgot what year.

1967 MG Midget

1966 Ford Falcon

Another Falcon but forgot the year, either 66 or 67.

1979 Ford Mustang

1986 Jeep Renegade (CJ7)

Pontiac 6000 (forgot the year on this one)

1997 Toyota Corolla

2003 Jeep Liberty

2007 Jeep Liberty

And I still have a 1957 Nash Metropolitan

[dolphinmickey9170]

Bought my first car at 19

1979 Ford Fairmont, I felt like a granny, but it was safe.....yeah, maybe, but sooooo uncool.

1979 Chevy Truck (Cheyenne) 1/2 ton
1988 Chevy Truck (Cheyenne) 3/4 ton
1987 GMC dual wheel ton truck - do you see the pattern? I had show cattle, so we needed a truck to haul them around.
1986 Chevy Celebrity
1986 Dodge station wagon - ugh, felt old again
Still had my 88 truck, but when I divorced the husband, I gave up the truck too . Boy I miss that truck.
1993 Dodge Caravan - I think or maybe it was a Chrysler - I can't remember - I had two of them, both white.
2004 Dodge Neon - totaled it before I put 5,000 miles on it. This was my first brand new car. This was an omen to me, don't go new again.
2003 Saturn SLE
2003 Chevy Malibu
2003 Ford Windstar

[DisneyCrazyET]

1st car I bought was a '69 cutlass (1977) I was 18. It was a nice car, got us to Fla. and back.
2nd was a 1975 Monte Carlo (1980) This was my favorite car. It was white with a burgundy roof. I had it until 1995 when we traded it in for a 1995 Cavalier. The Cavalier was in a accident last fall. No more, it was a good little car. Husband bought his mothers car '96 Acclaim. He had a El Camino and a Chevette. I don't remember the years.

[LauraF]

First car - 1979 Chevrolet Chevette. I called it my "Vette" as a joke because it was so NOT. It would whine it's way up steep hills and could barely handle 60 on the highway without shuddering. But it was a solid little car that lasted me 4 more years (through New England winters and many trips to college) until the starter and alternator went.

Next, bought my parents 1987 Chevy van during college from them for pennies because they wanted to upgrade and they knew I could use it for a trade-in once I had a job post-college.

After that, a 2000 Saturn SL2. Cursed car - it had so many things go wrong it wasn't funny.
Now I'm driving a 2003 Saturn Ion. Love it.

[prprincess]

I haven't had that many cars. My very first one was a 1987 Acura Integra that I bought used in college. My second I bought brand new--a 1997 Chevy Cavalier Z24 that I actually just got rid of last year because I had DS#2 and needed more room, but I loved it. Now I drive a 2007 Mazda 6 and DH's 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe.

[DisneyDudet]

Ok, mind you, I'm 24...

In 2000, I drive a 1991 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight. It was a true LAND YACHT! It was my grandmother's and it was passed around to people who were in between cars. I was the lucky girl who got it as their first car!

In 2001, my parents bought me a 2001 Ford Ranger! It was a surprise gift after a mission trip to Mexico.

In the summer of 2005, my dad switched cars with me, since I was driving to Dallas, over 100 mile commute every day for school, and he wanted me to have a better gas mileage car. I drove his 2003 Honda Accord. It was the top of the line, for that time... pretty darn awesome!

In 2006, I bought my first car, except it had my dad's name on it, as I didn't have ANY credit. It was a 2006 Hyundai Tiburon, and the best car known to man!

Well, just this past Feb 9, I got into a wreck and totaled my car. So, Friday night, I bought, with my OWN money and in my OWN name, a 2008 Scion tC.

I am DONE buying cars!