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Lets see who has the most embarrassing.

Mine was a 1995 Ford Escort LX:

Mine was a Ford Tempo. You know you're old when your first car's model isn't even made anymore and hasn't been for a long time

Mine was a 1981 Buick Sky Hawk (burgundy) with a very leaky sunroof. Not only do they not make those anymore, I can't remember the last time I've even seen one on the road...or even on the side of the road.

But white....
1981 Mercury Monarch

1972 Cougar - mine was blue. Nice looking car, but piece of crap - I was very young and naive and found out only when I tried to sell it that the guy who sold it to me had rolled the mileage back

A 76 Chevy Nova my Dad got from my cousin because he needed bail money. Cragers, airshocks and a 350 with headers.

Don wrote:A 76 Chevy Nova my Dad got from my cousin because he needed bail money. Cragers, airshocks and a 350 with headers.

Lucky bastard

ebake02 wrote:

Don wrote:A 76 Chevy Nova my Dad got from my cousin because he needed bail money. Cragers, airshocks and a 350 with headers.

Lucky bastard

My cousin was great with cars just not his temper. He souped up all the police cars and the cop's personal vehicles at the State Penitentiary in Smyrna which helped him when it came time for parole.

Came home from basic training and wanted to buy a car....

Guy was selling a '68 Fastback in my neighborhood....
Not this one, the one I'm referring to was Evergreen...


and like a dope I settled on this, because the salewoman flirted with me. Actually asked me on a date....I bought the vehicle, and she stood me up.

My first car was a '65 Dodge Dart and my second was a '68 Dodge Charger. Wish I still had both of them...

S2M wrote:Came home from basic training and wanted to buy a car....

Guy was selling a '68 Fastback in my neighborhood....
Not this one, the one I'm referring to was Evergreen...


and like a dope I settled on this, because the salewoman flirted with me. Actually asked me on a date....I bought the vehicle, and she stood me up.

I hear ya - instead of the piece of crap I posted above, sold to me by a smooth talking, good looking guy - I could have bought my older sister's '68 Camaro in tip-top shape with low mileage - for about $1000 less! But no, I didn't want her hand-me-down car anymore than I wanted to wear hand-me-down clothes. Stupid, stupid!

S2M wrote:Came home from basic training and wanted to buy a car....



and like a dope I settled on this, because the salewoman flirted with me. Actually asked me on a date....I bought the vehicle, and she stood me up.

That's what you get for think with the wrong head dumbass.

S2M wrote:Came home from basic training and wanted to buy a car....

Guy was selling a '68 Fastback in my neighborhood....
Not this one, the one I'm referring to was Evergreen...


and like a dope I settled on this, because the salewoman flirted with me. Actually asked me on a date....I bought the vehicle, and she stood me up.

Is that one of those Suzuki Samurai deathtraps?

Don wrote:

ebake02 wrote:

Don wrote:A 76 Chevy Nova my Dad got from my cousin because he needed bail money. Cragers, airshocks and a 350 with headers.

Lucky bastard

My cousin was great with cars just not his temper. He souped up all the police cars and the cop's personal vehicles at the State Penitentiary in Smyrna which helped him when it came time for parole.

I would kill for a 71 Plymouth Barracuda with a hemi.

'76 non-rustproofed Cvcc. Put my foot through the floorboard the summer after my freshman year; took it to the mechanic, who came back 5 minutes later and said he couldn't legally let me drive the car home. Had to take it out behind the barn and shoot it.

Seven Wishes wrote:'76 non-rustproofed Cvcc. Put my foot through the floorboard the summer after my freshman year; took it to the mechanic, who came back 5 minutes later and said he couldn't legally let me drive the car home. Had to take it out behind the barn and shoot it.

I finally had to get rid of my escort after I slid down over a bank one winter. It bent the rear axle and never drove the same, driving back and forth to college didn't help either. You should've heard that little 1.9 liter engine scream going up the interstate at 70 mph.

One of these ugly things. It was worn the hell out, leaked oil, power steering and brake fluid. Burned oil like crazy. Had a transmission that slipped. But on the upside, it had good tires.

I drove a chocolate-brown, mid 80s Plymouth Horizon

This pic is for one a few years later, but....you get the general idea
The damn thing had ABSOLUTELY NO POWER STEERING....it SUCKED!!

'03 buick century. Have had it for about 4 years now. The only good thing about it is the gas mileage

I had one of these for 6 months. It had a 304 V8 believe it or not.



But 6 months later I got this... 1970 Chevy Malibu SS 350 V8. Parents loaned me the money to buy it at an estate sale. It had 50,000 miles on it and was in PERFECT condition. All I had to do was put wheels and tires on it. I loved that car!

I would win. A Toyota Corolla my dad bought for 100 dollars and got the engine running for me. It had no floorboard in the left passenger side, so until he fixed the floorboard we joked it once had Flintstone brakes. Some idiot who owned it before waxed one side and forgot to remove the wax, so it was two toned. It sounded like a mosquito when it went down the road, and buzzed noisily the faster you went. Ah...........memories.

It was a 70's model I think? We called it the Toader.

1965 pontiac tempest my grandfather bought new and left to me when he passed in the early 1990's.i drove it to the store one time where it died for good.must've missed its owner,lol.so i think that car doesn't fully count.after that a 1984 pontiac grand prix with t-tops.i loved that car had it about a year before i broke down and called a wrecker.come to find out that one died also because i forgot to add a very important ingridient....oil.lesson learned.

My first vehicle, at 17, was one of these, a Suzuki GN 250 -



My first car, at 24, was a Holden Kingswood Stationwagon, that looked like this except it was white -



The bonnet alone was nearly as long as the GN - no wonder I never learned to drive properly.

Arianddu wrote:My first vehicle, at 17, was one of these, a Suzuki GN 250 -



My first car, at 24, was a Holden Kingswood Stationwagon, that looked like this except it was white -



The bonnet alone was nearly as long as the GN - no wonder I never learned to drive properly.

Now that is a proper car...........looks about the same year model as the Toader. LOL!

artist4perry wrote:
Now that is a proper car...........looks about the same year model as the Toader. LOL!

The Holden Kingswood Stationwagon is justifiably an Aussie Icon. More than few of my friends lost their virginity in the back of one, and there was a rolled up mattress in the back of mine in case my licenced driver had a few and I couldn't legally drive home. Famous for comfortably fitting 6 people if sitting on seats, with another 4 able to sit comfortably in the back - and uncomfortably able to hold up to 20. Known for taking pretty much anything you can throw at it and keep going - the only vehicle to come of best in a car/wombat interaction. But HUUUUUGE - I just couldn't handle transitioning from a small motor bike where I could see everything to a land tank where I couldn't see the road for 22 feet in front of me.
Sam was a good car, and I did more than a few interstate trips in it. Still remember the licence plate, too - SAM606.

I'm surprised nobody has confessed to owning a Gremlin yet.

ebake02 wrote:I'm surprised nobody has confessed to owning a Gremlin yet.

Or the old Glass Coffin....

ebake02 wrote:I'm surprised nobody has confessed to owning a Gremlin yet.

I did. Even included a pic. (scroll back up a little bit) Mine was the ever-popular light metallic green and not the yellow one in the pic but yup, my first car was a 73 Gremlin.

JRNYMAN wrote:

ebake02 wrote:I'm surprised nobody has confessed to owning a Gremlin yet.

I did. Even included a pic. (scroll back up a little bit) Mine was the ever-popular light metallic green and not the yellow one in the pic but yup, my first car was a 73 Gremlin.

It's a red X....no picture.

A red 65' Plymouth Barracuda with a slat 6 225 engine and a continuous electrical problem. Had the car for two years 87'-89' bought it for $350.00 from the original owner. Loved that car, and would take it back in a heartbeat if I could get my hands on it.


Rich the 87' Guy