So - What was Your First Car?
08-27-2006, 07:54 PM
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So - What was Your First Car?
Seeing the thread about what would be your next vehicle got me wondering about what you guys had as your FIRST vehicle -- especially the older guys. It seems like a good number of the younger guys in the group got their TSX as their first vehicle. If so, that's terrific!. As for me, the TSX is the first vehicle that I've ever had that I would consider as "luxury" or "upscale" (ie - leather seats, bluetooth, satellite radio, power memory seat, etc) -- and I'm 53 years old. So, it's taken me awhile to reach this level.
I'll start this off -- The first vehicle I ever owned was a 1975 Chevy Vega (Ugh!). It cost $2636 brand new (without TTL) - and that's not a typo. It wasn't worth even that much. LOL. It lasted about 2 years, when I got lucky enough to find someone to take it off my hands.
So - what about you guys?
I'll start this off -- The first vehicle I ever owned was a 1975 Chevy Vega (Ugh!). It cost $2636 brand new (without TTL) - and that's not a typo. It wasn't worth even that much. LOL. It lasted about 2 years, when I got lucky enough to find someone to take it off my hands.
So - what about you guys?
08-27-2006, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by zainzb06tsx
my first was the 06 tsx. 2 months ago.
I didn't get my first car (that crappy Vega) until I was 22!
08-27-2006, 08:22 PM
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08-27-2006, 08:48 PM
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1993 nissan stanza - leaky sunroof, radio/speakers blown, no a/c, only driver side window went down, and i had to add power steering fluid in it twice a week! but, like most first cars, that was my baby ... i prob took better care of it than my tsx 
08-27-2006, 08:56 PM
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1990 Ford Taurus, haha that thing leaked every kind of fluid imaginable. Ran that thing into the ground and still sold it for $500. Not bad.
btw-I really want to know how 16-18 year olds afford tsx's...
btw-I really want to know how 16-18 year olds afford tsx's...
08-27-2006, 08:58 PM
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1967 Cougar..1970 cuda
I go back to the days of real heavy metal....1967 cougar 289 four barrel automatic Turquoise with Black vinyl top, buckets.....first year produced, hidden headlites, I bought a demo with 5000 miles on it for 2317.00 out the door....
It had more metal in it by accident, than todays vehicles by design....got about 13 mpg
......followed that up with a 1970 Cuda 340.... new $3200 and change...it had 325 actual real HP..talk about a screamer....no matter how you drove it 9-10 mpg
Gas was about twenty nine cents for real premium 96 octane I believe, saw regular at seventeen point nine once... (1971)
Wish I had them today, worth bux....
It had more metal in it by accident, than todays vehicles by design....got about 13 mpg
......followed that up with a 1970 Cuda 340.... new $3200 and change...it had 325 actual real HP..talk about a screamer....no matter how you drove it 9-10 mpg
Gas was about twenty nine cents for real premium 96 octane I believe, saw regular at seventeen point nine once... (1971)
Wish I had them today, worth bux....
08-27-2006, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by godfather2
1993 nissan stanza - leaky sunroof, radio/speakers blown, no a/c, only driver side window went down, and i had to add power steering fluid in it twice a week! but, like most first cars, that was my baby ... i prob took better care of it than my tsx
08-27-2006, 09:18 PM
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I'm not an old guy, but my first car was a '78 Malibu. That thing was boat and stalled out all the time! But I sorta miss it...
Next I had a 1994 Geo Storm, then a 1998 Neon, and now my TSX.
Next I had a 1994 Geo Storm, then a 1998 Neon, and now my TSX.
08-27-2006, 09:21 PM
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My first car was a 1991 Pontiac LeMans Hatchback. A hand-me-down from my Dad my Senior year of high school (1997-1998). He bought it as a second car after he got back from Desert Storm...
A 4-spd manual that had maybe 80 horsepower. I drove the piss out of her. She was my Pimp Mobile
08-27-2006, 09:31 PM
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First car
My first car was a 1988 Acura Integra and I kept it for 10 years. Despite the sluggish AT, the car handled wonderfully. My parents still use it as a spare car. I replaced it with a 1998 Honda Prelude and have just acquired a TSX 2006 RBP w/5AT and navi 9 days ago.
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08-27-2006, 09:49 PM
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This was my first car:
1988 Honda Accord 5-speed with absolutely no options but an AC that didn't work.
I loved it to death. Drove it 30000miles in less than 4 months!!!
1988 Honda Accord 5-speed with absolutely no options but an AC that didn't work.
I loved it to death. Drove it 30000miles in less than 4 months!!!
08-27-2006, 09:55 PM
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A 1984 Pontiac POS (piece of $hit)
Just kidding, I had an '84 Pontiac Sunbird. Not really kidding, actually, it was the biggest POS. The sunroof leaked and it never started in the winter. I actually had to walk to work for a week after pushing it out of the way on a 6-lane highway where it died from a broken timing belt. Overall, it was a pretty cool looking car. That's about the best thing I can say about that.
By the way, I was 18 before I got my first car and it was $1500. I had to buy it with the money I got from HS graduation. This was 1995, by the way. It was already 11 years old.
When that finally became too unreliable, my dad gave me his '84 Chevy Cavalier hatchback. That was a bigger POS. But good for a big laugh now. It was a rust bucket and I had to use a stick to hold the hatchback up. I remember the song "I Wish" had just come out by Skee Lo. I wanted to put "I wish" on the license plate because there's a part of the song that goes:
"I wish I had a brand new car/so far I got this hatchback/ and everywhere I go, yo, I gets laughed it."
People literally used to point and laugh. It was really horrific.
Thank God for Honda. And thank GM for teaching me humility.
Just kidding, I had an '84 Pontiac Sunbird. Not really kidding, actually, it was the biggest POS. The sunroof leaked and it never started in the winter. I actually had to walk to work for a week after pushing it out of the way on a 6-lane highway where it died from a broken timing belt. Overall, it was a pretty cool looking car. That's about the best thing I can say about that.
By the way, I was 18 before I got my first car and it was $1500. I had to buy it with the money I got from HS graduation. This was 1995, by the way. It was already 11 years old.
When that finally became too unreliable, my dad gave me his '84 Chevy Cavalier hatchback. That was a bigger POS. But good for a big laugh now. It was a rust bucket and I had to use a stick to hold the hatchback up. I remember the song "I Wish" had just come out by Skee Lo. I wanted to put "I wish" on the license plate because there's a part of the song that goes:
"I wish I had a brand new car/so far I got this hatchback/ and everywhere I go, yo, I gets laughed it."
People literally used to point and laugh. It was really horrific.
Thank God for Honda. And thank GM for teaching me humility.
08-27-2006, 10:02 PM
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1972 Jeep CJ5 for 3200 with top, yes the top was extra back then, 304 V8, what a blast to drive, wish I still had that monster, the problem was it was a AMC built Jeep, most of the parts were out of the collection bin, parts from everybody, Ford, AMC, GM, reap pain to get parts
08-27-2006, 10:03 PM
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Mine was an 88 Accord DX coupe. It had 137,000 miles on it when I bought it and the tranny almost died a year and a half later when it had almost 160,000 miles and I donated it to charity!
08-27-2006, 10:26 PM
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My first car was my dad's 1976 Datsun 280-Z--I'd grown up riding in it, and he gave it to me when I turned 16. Damn, I still sometimes dream about that car. I've never driven anything since that's had anywhere near the road feel of that Z.
08-27-2006, 10:44 PM
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A White 1993 Camry V6............ !! i
08-27-2006, 11:02 PM
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1987 Accord LXi MT, Blue/Blue.
Had the coolest pop-up headlights, moonroof, and the thickest coat of NuFinish I could apply!! Oh the days....
Had the coolest pop-up headlights, moonroof, and the thickest coat of NuFinish I could apply!! Oh the days....
08-27-2006, 11:56 PM
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well yes im 17 now and my first car was a MERCEDES E CLASS!!! muhahahahah w000t w00t. i actually still drive this car right now and currently waiting to get a new 06 tsx.
Okay the car isn't as great as it sounds its a 1987 yellowish 300e. Everything works fine on the car. ac and transmission all good. just want to upgrade to a new car for my graduation present. any other mb owners out there??
Okay the car isn't as great as it sounds its a 1987 yellowish 300e. Everything works fine on the car. ac and transmission all good. just want to upgrade to a new car for my graduation present. any other mb owners out there??