What was your first car ??

[tufty7]

To start everyone off mine was a really bad "L" reg Hillman Avenger which was written off in a head on pre seat belts law , ouch .......

[NORMANTHEDOG]

a ford corsair 2000E.

[dot.hawkes]

a purple morris mini gt, I think it was DFP 407E, in those days when we asked what car people had we would say, 'what letter's it got behind it?' that was supposed to be a very cool way of asking how old a car was!

[dot.hawkes]

ooo i had one of those norm, in 1979, it was black and grey!!! with black leather seats and power steering, it had either a v6 or a v8 engine. that was an E teg too

[123everton]

Ford Transit Mk1 dormobile, god I miss it

[rabbitygirl]

I had a Fiat Polski - thankfully a rarity. It was a solid drive, like a tank, with a feeling another tank was pushing you back. When we got it home my husband was fiddling around with it with my dad when, on pulling on the choke cable, he managed to cut his finger deeply. My dad drove him to the hospital while I eyed my new purchase with great suspicion.

My husband never took to the car, mainly because he always blamed it for having to have a tetanus shot in the bum.

[Psychick]

D reg ford orion. Loved my little car even with its traditional engine tick that all old fords seem to develop!

[Panic Button]

A Mitsubishi Lancer.

After long and careful thought I named it Lance

[colin6789]

I had a Ford Cortina Mk11, it was saluki bronze metalic, the paint used to flake off leaving good grey primer underneath. One point , I could have cold air from the facia vents and warm air on my feet, you have to have a very expensive car with two layer climate control to get that now.
My Lancia Beta Coupe had a bonnet release on both sides, oil level gauge as with as oil pressure and temperature. Believe it on not it had very little rust and was very reliable, had it for three years, got it for �360, 6 years old 23000 miles on the clock 2 owners. solt it for nearly what I payed for it.

[Playbill]

A brand new Mini in 1960. I went out intending to buy a used Mini van as that was all I could afford and got talked into new car on hp (thats finance to you younger viewers).

Wrote it off and nearly myself a few months later.

[Panic Button]

Colin, I have had Vauxhall Astras for several years now, and they all give cool air from the facia vents and warm feet.

Can I claim that they are posh cars now then?

[tubeway]

A mk2 Escort 1.3 base model, in Olive Green OBY69R - I loved it, but had to let her go when the rust got too bad.

[claymore]

A hq Holden panel van----- 253 v8 best drive-in car ever

[oldhamfan]

1990 H Rover Metro 1.1S! In attractive Henley Blue with no back arches, I suspect it had been clocked back to 97,000 miles.

It went the way of most metros, it vanished and the police found the remains of it on fire in a field.

[skinnycow]

A 1978 mini clubman estate who I called Reg after my driving instructor.

[nikko64]

bright yellow renault 5 complete with dashboard gearlever that caused you to knock out the guy in the backs teeth when engaging reverse.cost �100, had done 130,000 miles. blew up on way back from skeggy one summer....

[anotheoldgit]

A 1933 Hillman Minx, This car had a crash type gear box, in which one had to double - de - clutch to change gear, no synchronised gears in those days.

I passed my test in this car and I think the tester was so impressed that I did not crash any gears, that he passed me first time.

I traded this car in for a 1946 Austin 16, for only �10. This Austin was luxury Leather seats with arms (even the driver's seat)

Part opening windscreen, sunshine roof and valve radio with the long graphite aerial under the running board.

It also had 4 built in jacks at the end of each axle. One could select front, back or all four and then operate a handle under the bonnet to jack the car up. (don't know why they do not use this device on modern cars)

A chrome horn and spot lights on the front of the car completed the overall good looks to this metalic silver monster.

The only draw back was the fact that his car only did 10 miles to the gallon. But at only 4 gallons to the pound it did not matter.

[gsr600]

Well after reading these i seem to be the only 1 whos first car was a Jaguar MK2 2.4 1963 manual with o/drive
met green,only cost me �65 to buy.
I had L plates on it as well
�35 a quarter insurance
well it was 1972/3
done less than 20mpg the way i drove it,
well i was only 18
try getting that insured these days at that age
GSR600