What was your first ride?
07-18-2002, 01:17 PM
#121
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It was dumpy for my age when I had it
My first car ever was a 1973 Volvo station wagon with an automatic transmission (used obviously!). Great utility car--it could hold eveything I had in one trip between home and college. But a rather boxy, "family" kind of look to it. Not something for a 19 year old to feel "cool" driving, that's for sure. 
It served me well for four years and then I managed to escape into a Honda Prelude followed by a Honda Accord. After that it was a 1995 Maxima SE, my first new car.
When I got the Maxima, I bought it outright instead of leasing because I expected to have it for at least 4 years. I'm now just approaching my 8th year owning it and don't plan on stopping.
It served me well for four years and then I managed to escape into a Honda Prelude followed by a Honda Accord. After that it was a 1995 Maxima SE, my first new car.
When I got the Maxima, I bought it outright instead of leasing because I expected to have it for at least 4 years. I'm now just approaching my 8th year owning it and don't plan on stopping.
07-18-2002, 09:31 PM
#125
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Re: What was your first ride?
Originally posted by neverdat
I think it's funny to see how our tastes have changed or not. Be honest and post up. Also, my sig is not BS-I was first stationed at Yokota Air Force Base Japan at the lovely age of 18 for four years. I loved that damn car.
I think it's funny to see how our tastes have changed or not. Be honest and post up. Also, my sig is not BS-I was first stationed at Yokota Air Force Base Japan at the lovely age of 18 for four years. I loved that damn car.
12-18-2002, 01:04 PM
#127
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first car
technically my first was an 87 Nissan Sentra, I got that for Christmas when I was 15 as a sort of hand me down from my stepmom who stepped up to an Expedition...anyway we took it out on joyrides (no license yet = illegal
) and then before I turned 16 I sold for it $700 on autotrader.com back when it was free to post a no pictures listing. Then somehow I decided to get something big and ended up with an 85 Ford Bronco (351W that liked to need to be rebuilt) I must have been smoking crack to have wanted that thing as my first car 
....my dad is restoring it now and uses it as a daily driver, I guess he doesnt mind getting 12MPG Now, I am a freshman in college and bought my 95 SE last summer....it has server me well so far, besides making me want to enroll in .orgaholics anonymous
) and then before I turned 16 I sold for it $700 on autotrader.com back when it was free to post a no pictures listing. Then somehow I decided to get something big and ended up with an 85 Ford Bronco (351W that liked to need to be rebuilt) I must have been smoking crack to have wanted that thing as my first car ....my dad is restoring it now and uses it as a daily driver, I guess he doesnt mind getting 12MPG Now, I am a freshman in college and bought my 95 SE last summer....it has server me well so far, besides making me want to enroll in .orgaholics anonymous
12-18-2002, 01:13 PM
#128
My first car was an early inline 6 cylinder '70s 4 dr Pontiac Acadian (aka Chevy Nova). Got rid of that and got a 4 banger Mazda 808 from my aunt. Got rid of that and bought new an '81 Honda Prelude 5 spd. It had a bulletproof engine and lasted beyond 100,000 kms. Gave that as a hand-me-down to my niece.
12-18-2002, 02:17 PM
#131
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Called it Rufus
1984 Volvo 245 Turbo station wagon - silver..got it in '96
4spd. manual w/ overdrive
1 working speaker (tape deck played at half speed anyway)
No A/C
seat ended up rusting out and pops took the ride from me.
I want another one...oh well..guess i'm gonna have to step up to a V70 T5, of course w/ a stick. gotta love the fast wagons.
4spd. manual w/ overdrive
1 working speaker (tape deck played at half speed anyway)
No A/C
seat ended up rusting out and pops took the ride from me.
I want another one...oh well..guess i'm gonna have to step up to a V70 T5, of course w/ a stick. gotta love the fast wagons.
12-18-2002, 03:08 PM
#132
12-18-2002, 04:10 PM
#134
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Location: Columbia, Maryland
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A 1996 BMW Z3 i waited almost a year for this car i special ordered it it was black with black leather and a black top with all the extras. I loved that car but i got tired of not having any room so i had to upgrade but i want to get a 1999 BMW M3 Rodster as a fun weekend car cometime in the next couple years.
Bruce
Bruce
12-18-2002, 05:06 PM
#135
RE: First vehicle
My first vehicle was a 1988 Toyota 4-Runner. Sold it after 3 years and bought a 1988 Honda Accord Lx-i with 28,000 miles, which is when I got into the whole import scene. Year later bought a 1992 Isuzu Rodeo for a winter car so I could store the Accord. Sold the Rodeo after a couple years. Finally sold the Accord this May and bought my 1997 Maxima SE.
Here is a pic of the Accord.
Here is a pic of the Accord.
). 96k miles on it right now.
12-18-2002, 05:57 PM
#138
Originally posted by erty67
hmm....79 Chevy Nova....yes, i've come a long way!
hmm....79 Chevy Nova....yes, i've come a long way!
http://members.aol.com/erty67/images/tmp22.bmp
12-18-2002, 06:31 PM
#140
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Re: What was your first ride?
Originally posted by neverdat
I think it's funny to see how our tastes have changed or not. Be honest and post up. Also, my sig is not BS-I was first stationed at Yokota Air Force Base Japan at the lovely age of 18 for four years. I loved that damn car.
I think it's funny to see how our tastes have changed or not. Be honest and post up. Also, my sig is not BS-I was first stationed at Yokota Air Force Base Japan at the lovely age of 18 for four years. I loved that damn car.
12-18-2002, 06:41 PM
#141
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Originally posted by SuDZ
1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Brougham Royale Coupe - man I miss that car. So I only got 9 miles to the gallon, had a freeon leak long enough to kill the ozone single handedly, had bad emmisions, and some rust..... at 16 having a car that destroyed the local camaros and mustangs but still let you fit 13 people (did that a few times) in the cabin was a great car to me. Long live "The Delta"
SuDZ
1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Brougham Royale Coupe - man I miss that car. So I only got 9 miles to the gallon, had a freeon leak long enough to kill the ozone single handedly, had bad emmisions, and some rust..... at 16 having a car that destroyed the local camaros and mustangs but still let you fit 13 people (did that a few times
) in the cabin was a great car to me. Long live "The Delta"SuDZ
12-18-2002, 09:33 PM
#144
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Genuine nineteen-seventy-and-nine Plymouth Champ hatchback!
Bought it from my aunt for $1 in 1988 (16th b-day) to avoid paying a "gift tax".
It ran great for about a year, and then the tranny spilled it's guts in the middle of the busiest intersection in town. I was into skateboarding & bicycle freestyling (still have my '86 GT Pro Performer), and I was 1 month from having the car repainted in "GT Blue"! Tranny rebuild was more costly than the car, so I started driving my mom's Olds Cutlass until I could afford my first FUN car... a 1978 Z28.
Bought it from my aunt for $1 in 1988 (16th b-day) to avoid paying a "gift tax".
It ran great for about a year, and then the tranny spilled it's guts in the middle of the busiest intersection in town. I was into skateboarding & bicycle freestyling (still have my '86 GT Pro Performer), and I was 1 month from having the car repainted in "GT Blue"! Tranny rebuild was more costly than the car, so I started driving my mom's Olds Cutlass until I could afford my first FUN car... a 1978 Z28.
12-19-2002, 07:22 AM
#151
87 Mazda pickup (thanx mom & dad) My parents bought it for me, we had it a month, they didn't like me driving it and sold it.
90 Maxima SE (96-2002) Thanx again mom and dad. I still absolutely love that car. I wish i hadn't traded it in for my 2k2. I should've kept it and fixed it up.
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeemories
90 Maxima SE (96-2002) Thanx again mom and dad. I still absolutely love that car. I wish i hadn't traded it in for my 2k2. I should've kept it and fixed it up.
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeemories
12-19-2002, 12:49 PM
#155
Re: What was your first ride?
your mother
Originally posted by neverdat
I think it's funny to see how our tastes have changed or not. Be honest and post up. Also, my sig is not BS-I was first stationed at Yokota Air Force Base Japan at the lovely age of 18 for four years. I loved that damn car.
I think it's funny to see how our tastes have changed or not. Be honest and post up. Also, my sig is not BS-I was first stationed at Yokota Air Force Base Japan at the lovely age of 18 for four years. I loved that damn car.
12-19-2002, 06:57 PM
#157
1984 Red Nissan 200SX 5 Spd Hatchback- First Car. 7/98-10/98.
1994 Maxima GXE 10/98- Present Day.
1997 Maxima SE 5 Spd (Black/Fully Loaded) 10/01-1/02.
1998 Maxima SE 5 Spd 03/02- Present Day.
1988 Cadillac Deville 11/02-12/02.
1994 Maxima GXE 10/98- Present Day.
1997 Maxima SE 5 Spd (Black/Fully Loaded) 10/01-1/02.
1998 Maxima SE 5 Spd 03/02- Present Day.
1988 Cadillac Deville 11/02-12/02.
12-20-2002, 07:39 AM
#160
'87 crown victoria LTD...11 mgp highway...100lbs more than a lincoln navigator...huzzah! still have it too 
5L V8. good ol R34 a/c or whatever that old one was i forget. suspension softer than a waterbed. trunk large enough for 6 dead bodies..er golf bags. nice bench back seat *wink wink*. nice bench front seat *wink wink wink*.
so much wear that:
1. the leather is rubbed off the steering wheel so i just have a plastic ring.
2. all the chrome stickers have rubbed off the buttons like lock/unlock and windows.
3. dash is so sundried that the holes drilled to look like speaker grills fell in...so the speakers rattle and buzz now.
4. radio antenna broke off
5. rear seatback and rear dash is white instead of burgundy (from sun damage) :P
6. outside rear vinyl is a little off red
7. no more tape player
man i love that car.
5L V8. good ol R34 a/c or whatever that old one was i forget. suspension softer than a waterbed. trunk large enough for 6 dead bodies..er golf bags. nice bench back seat *wink wink*. nice bench front seat *wink wink wink*.
so much wear that:
1. the leather is rubbed off the steering wheel so i just have a plastic ring.
2. all the chrome stickers have rubbed off the buttons like lock/unlock and windows.
3. dash is so sundried that the holes drilled to look like speaker grills fell in...so the speakers rattle and buzz now.
4. radio antenna broke off
5. rear seatback and rear dash is white instead of burgundy (from sun damage) :P
6. outside rear vinyl is a little off red
7. no more tape player
man i love that car.